1 five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xīn], liver 肝[gān], spleen 脾[pí], lungs 肺[fèi] and kidneys 腎|肾[shèn]
Idioms (20)
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一毛不拔
yī máo bù bá
1 stingy (idiom)
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
1 to order again and again (idiom)
三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
1 over and over again (idiom)
三纲五常
sān gāng wǔ cháng
1 three principles and five virtues (idiom)
2 the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
2 fig. a drop in the ocean
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
2 the pot calls the kettle black
五味俱全
wǔ wèi jù quán
1 a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
1 with complex feelings (idiom)
五彩缤纷
wǔ cǎi bīn fēn
1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
五色缤纷
wǔ sè bīn fēn
1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
1 Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
以儆效尤
yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
1 in order to warn against following bad examples (idiom)
2 as a warning to others
伸手不见五指
shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ
1 pitch-dark (idiom)
千里寄鹅毛
qiān lǐ jì é máo
1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
千里送鹅毛
qiān lǐ sòng é máo
1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
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