十面埋伏
Shí miàn Mái fú
Pinyin

Definition

十面埋伏
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Shí miàn Mái fú
  1. Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece)
  2. House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhāng Yì móu])

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
shàng miàn
  1. 1 on top of
  2. 2 above-mentioned
  3. 3 also pr. [shàng mian]
xià miàn
  1. 1 below
  2. 2 under
  3. 3 next
  4. 4 the following
  5. 5 also pr. [xià mian]
èr shí
  1. 1 twenty
  2. 2 20
qián miàn
  1. 1 ahead
  2. 2 in front
  3. 3 preceding
  4. 4 above
  5. 5 also pr. [qián mian]
shí
  1. 1 ten
  2. 2 10
shí èr
  1. 1 twelve
  2. 2 12
shí fēn
  1. 1 very
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 utterly
  4. 4 extremely
  5. 5 absolutely
  6. 6 hundred percent
  7. 7 to divide into ten equal parts
mái
  1. 1 to bury
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance
hòu miàn
  1. 1 rear
  2. 2 back
  3. 3 behind
  4. 4 later
  5. 5 afterwards
  6. 6 also pr. [hòu mian]
fāng miàn
  1. 1 respect
  2. 2 aspect
  3. 3 field
  4. 4 side
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
zhuō miàn
  1. 1 desktop
  2. 2 tabletop
qián fú
  1. 1 to hide
  2. 2 to cover up
  3. 3 to conceal
jiè miàn
  1. 1 contact surface
  2. 2 (computing) interface
lǐ miàn
  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 interior
  3. 3 also pr. [lǐ mian]
jiàn miàn
  1. 1 to meet
  2. 2 to see each other
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
tiě miàn
  1. 1 iron mask (as defensive armor)
  2. 2 fig. upright and selfless person
miàn
  1. 1 face
  2. 2 side
  3. 3 surface
  4. 4 aspect
  5. 5 top
  6. 6 classifier for flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
miàn qián
  1. 1 in front of
  2. 2 facing
  3. 3 (in the) presence (of)

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一传十,十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 short attention span
一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 lack of sticking power
  4. 4 short attention span
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
一体两面
yī tǐ liǎng miàn
  1. 1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a situation with two sides to it
三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī
  1. 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
  2. 2 the facts of the matter
  3. 3 the actual situation
三十而立
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
  1. 1 all walks of life (idiom)
  2. 2 every trade
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
  1. 1 better kept under the table (idiom)
  2. 2 not to be disclosed
  3. 3 too inferior to show in public
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
人面兽心
rén miàn shòu xīn
  1. 1 human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
以泪洗面
yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
  1. 1 to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
伏龙凤雏
fú lóng fèng chú
  1. 1 hidden genius (idiom)
两面三刀
liǎng miàn sān dāo
  1. 1 two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross
  2. 2 double dealing and back stabbing
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground
十全十美
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)

Sample Sentences

视觉效果好,演员好,片子就一定好看吗?我觉得现在国产大片的最大问题就是没有精彩的内容。张艺谋的《英雄》、《十面埋伏》、陈凯歌的《无极》、还有前一阵冯小刚的《夜宴》,都是请了大牌明星来演,场景、服装、道具也是美轮美奂,武打动作和电脑特技更是看得人眼花缭乱。可是光视觉效果好,故事情节和对白设计却漏洞百出,所以观众才不叫好。
shìjué xiàoguǒ hǎo ,yǎnyuán hǎo ,piànzǐ jiù yīdìng hǎokàn ma ?wǒ juéde xiànzài guóchǎn dàpiān de zuìdà wèntí jiùshì méiyǒu jīngcǎi de nèiróng 。Zhāng Yìmóu de 《yīngxióng 》、《shímiànmáifu 》、Chén Kǎigē de 《wújí 》、hái yǒu qiányī zhèn Féng Xiǎogāng de 《yèyàn 》,dōu shì qǐng le dàpái míngxīng lái yǎn ,chǎngjǐng 、fúzhuāng 、dàojù yě shì měilúnměihuàn ,wǔdǎ dòngzuò hé diànnǎo tèjì gèng shì kàn de rén yǎnhuāliáoluàn 。kěshì guāng shìjué xiàoguǒ hǎo ,gùshìqíngjié hé duìbái shèjì què lòudòngbǎichū ,suǒyǐ guānzhòng cái bù jiàohǎo 。