乘坚策肥
chéng jiān cè féi
Pinyin

Definition

乘坚策肥
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chéng jiān cè féi
  1. to live in luxury
  2. lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Chéng
  1. 1 surname Cheng
chéng kè
  1. 1 passenger
zhèng cè
  1. 1 policy
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
jiǎn féi
  1. 1 to lose weight
féi
  1. 1 fat
  2. 2 fertile
  3. 3 loose-fitting or large
  4. 4 to fertilize
  5. 5 to become rich by illegal means
  6. 6 fertilizer
  7. 7 manure
shàng chéng
  1. 1 first-class
  2. 2 best quality
  3. 3 also pr. [shàng shèng]
chéng wù yuán
  1. 1 attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc
chéng zuò
  1. 1 to ride (in a vehicle)
chéng jī
  1. 1 to take the opportunity
  2. 2 to take a plane
chéng chē
  1. 1 to ride (in a car or carriage)
  2. 2 to drive
  3. 3 to motor
chū móu huà cè
  1. 1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
  2. 2 to give advice (idiom)
huà féi
  1. 1 fertilizer
Hé féi
  1. 1 Hefei, capital of Anhui Province 安徽省[Ān huī Shěng] in south central China
shī cè
  1. 1 to blunder
  2. 2 to miscalculate
  3. 3 miscalculation
  4. 4 unwise (move)
duì cè
  1. 1 countermeasure for dealing with a situation
huàn chéng
  1. 1 to change train (plane, bus etc)
  2. 2 transfer between modes of transport
dā chéng
  1. 1 to ride as a passenger
  2. 2 to travel by (car, plane etc)
shī féi
  1. 1 to spread manure
  2. 2 to apply fertilizer
shù shǒu wú cè
  1. 1 lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
jué cè
  1. 1 strategic decision
  2. 2 decision-making
  3. 3 policy decision
  4. 4 to determine policy

Idioms (15)

上有政策,下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
乘人不备
chéng rén bù bèi
  1. 1 to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to take sb by surprise
乘虚而入
chéng xū ér rù
  1. 1 to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
乘风破浪
chéng fēng pò làng
  1. 1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
出谋划策
chū móu huà cè
  1. 1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
  2. 2 to give advice (idiom)
前人栽树,后人乘凉
qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liáng
  1. 1 to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
因利乘便
yīn lì chéng biàn
  1. 1 (idiom) to rely on the most favorable method
大树底下好乘凉
dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liáng
  1. 1 lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
损公肥私
sǔn gōng féi sī
  1. 1 to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense
  2. 2 venal and selfish behavior
有机可乘
yǒu jī kě chéng
  1. 1 to have an opportunity that one can exploit (idiom)
束手无策
shù shǒu wú cè
  1. 1 lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
权宜之策
quán yí zhī cè
  1. 1 stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure
  2. 2 makeshift plan
  3. 3 interim step
食言而肥
shí yán ér féi
  1. 1 lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not to live up to one's promises
饫甘餍肥
yù gān yàn féi
  1. 1 to live off the fat of the land (idiom)
  2. 2 to have a luxurious lifestyle
马无夜草不肥,人无外快不富
mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù
  1. 1 a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)

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