老奸巨猾
lǎo jiān jù huá
Pinyin

Definition

老奸巨猾
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lǎo jiān jù huá
  1. cunning
  2. crafty
  3. wily old fox

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

巨蟹座
Jù xiè zuò
  1. 1 Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
老
lǎo
  1. 1 prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
  2. 2 old (of people)
  3. 3 venerable (person)
  4. 4 experienced
  5. 5 of long standing
  6. 6 always
  7. 7 all the time
  8. 8 of the past
  9. 9 very
  10. 10 outdated
  11. 11 (of meat etc) tough
老公
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
老婆
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
老妈
lǎo mā
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 mom
老家
lǎo jiā
  1. 1 native place
  2. 2 place of origin
  3. 3 home state or region
老师
lǎo shī
  1. 1 teacher
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
老板
lǎo bǎn
  1. 1 variant of 老闆|老板[lǎo bǎn]
老爸
lǎo bà
  1. 1 father
  2. 2 dad
偕老
xié lǎo
  1. 1 to grow old together
古老
gǔ lǎo
  1. 1 ancient
  2. 2 old
  3. 3 age-old
回老家
huí lǎo jiā
  1. 1 to go back to one's roots
  2. 2 to return to one's native place
  3. 3 by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo
  1. 1 until the end of time (idiom)
巨
jù
  1. 1 very large
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 tremendous
  4. 4 gigantic
巨人
jù rén
  1. 1 giant
巨型
jù xíng
  1. 1 giant
  2. 2 enormous
巨大
jù dà
  1. 1 huge
  2. 2 immense
  3. 3 very large
  4. 4 tremendous
  5. 5 gigantic
  6. 6 enormous
巨星
jù xīng
  1. 1 (astronomy) giant star
  2. 2 (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc)
巨蟹
Jù xiè
  1. 1 Cancer (star sign)
巨头
jù tóu
  1. 1 tycoon
  2. 2 magnate
  3. 3 big player (including company, country, school etc)
  4. 4 big shot

Idioms (20)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
事无巨细
shì wú jù xì
  1. 1 lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance
创巨痛深
chuāng jù tòng shēn
  1. 1 untold pain and suffering (idiom); deeply scarred for life
大奸似忠
dà jiān sì zhōng
  1. 1 the most treacherous person appears the most guileless (idiom)
天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo
  1. 1 until the end of time (idiom)
奸官污吏
jiān guān wū lì
  1. 1 traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. 1 to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
宝刀不老
bǎo dāo bù lǎo
  1. 1 lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever
  3. 3 the old man still has it
宝刀未老
bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
  1. 1 treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous
年老力衰
nián lǎo lì shuāi
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)
年老体弱
nián lǎo tǐ ruò
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)
敬老尊贤
jìng lǎo zūn xián
  1. 1 to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
活到老，学到老
huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo
  1. 1 One is never too old to learn. (idiom)
无事献殷勤，非奸即盗
wú shì xiàn yīn qín , fēi jiān jí dào
  1. 1 one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)
无奸不商
wú jiān bù shāng
  1. 1 all businessmen are evil (idiom)
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
狗逮老鼠
gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔ
  1. 1 lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be meddlesome

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