5 woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)
6 CL:個|个[gè]
Idioms (20)
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
人不可貌相,海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
八仙过海,各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
同病相怜
tóng bìng xiāng lián
1 fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company
名扬四海
míng yáng sì hǎi
1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
2 famous
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
丧心病狂
sàng xīn bìng kuáng
1 deranged
2 demented
3 berserk (idiom)
四海升平
sì hǎi shēng píng
1 lit. all four oceans are peaceful
2 worldwide peace (idiom)
四海为家
sì hǎi wéi jiā
1 to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)
2 to feel at home anywhere
3 to roam about unconstrained
4 to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
四海皆准
sì hǎi jiē zhǔn
1 appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
2 a panacea
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
多愁多病
duō chóu duō bìng
1 much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly
大海捞针
dà hǎi lāo zhēn
1 lit. to fish a needle from the sea
2 to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
学海泛舟
xué hǎi fàn zhōu
1 sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
学海无涯
xué hǎi wú yá
1 sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn
2 ars longa, vita brevis
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