古登堡
Gǔ dēng bǎo
Pinyin

Definition

古登堡
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Gǔ dēng bǎo
  1. Gutenberg (name)
  2. Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400-1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press
  3. Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 surname Gu
gǔ dài
  1. 1 ancient times
  2. 2 olden times
fù gǔ
  1. 1 to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)
  2. 2 to turn back the clock
  3. 3 neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文
  4. 4 retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
dēng chǎng
  1. 1 to go on stage
  2. 2 fig. to appear on the scene
  3. 3 used in advertising to mean new product
dēng lù
  1. 1 to register
  2. 2 to log in
dēng lù
  1. 1 to land
  2. 2 to come ashore
  3. 3 to make landfall (of typhoon etc)
  4. 4 to log in (frequently used erroneous variant of 登錄|登录[dēng lù])
shàng gǔ
  1. 1 the distant past
  2. 2 ancient times
  3. 3 antiquity
  4. 4 early historical times
gèn gǔ
  1. 1 throughout time
  2. 2 from ancient times (up to the present)
Nèi měng gǔ
  1. 1 Inner Mongolia
  2. 2 abbr. for 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nèi měng gǔ Zì zhì qū], Inner Mongolia autonomous region
kān dēng
  1. 1 to carry a story
  2. 2 to publish (in a newspaper or magazine)
qiān gǔ
  1. 1 for all eternity
  2. 2 throughout all ages
gǔ rén
  1. 1 people from ancient times
  2. 2 the ancients
  3. 3 the late (i.e. person who has passed away)
gǔ jīn
  1. 1 then and now
  2. 2 ancient and modern
gǔ diǎn
  1. 1 classical
gǔ chéng
  1. 1 ancient city
gǔ bǎo
  1. 1 ancient castle
Gǔ bā
  1. 1 Cuba
gǔ guài
  1. 1 eccentric
  2. 2 grotesque
  3. 3 oddly
  4. 4 queer
gǔ huò zǎi
  1. 1 gangster
  2. 2 hooligan
  3. 3 problem youth
  4. 4 at-risk youth
gǔ shí
  1. 1 antiquity

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
亘古不变
gèn gǔ bù biàn
  1. 1 unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
  2. 2 unalterable
  3. 3 unvarying
  4. 4 monotonous
人心不古
rén xīn bù gǔ
  1. 1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
  1. 1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
前不见古人,后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
  1. 1 unique
  2. 2 unprecedented (idiom)
千古罪人
qiān gǔ zuì rén
  1. 1 sb condemned by history (idiom)
千古遗恨
qiān gǔ yí hèn
  1. 1 to have eternal regrets (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
彪炳千古
biāo bǐng qiān gǔ
  1. 1 to shine through the ages (idiom)
从善如登,从恶如崩
cóng shàn rú dēng , cóng è rú bēng
  1. 1 doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
捷足先登
jié zú xiān dēng
  1. 1 the quick-footed climb up first (idiom)
  2. 2 the early bird catches the worm
  3. 3 first come, first served
旷古未有
kuàng gǔ wèi yǒu
  1. 1 never before in the whole of history (idiom)
  2. 2 unprecedented
旷古未闻
kuàng gǔ wèi wén
  1. 1 never before in the whole of history (idiom)
  2. 2 unprecedented
  3. 3 also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
替古人担忧
tì gǔ rén dān yōu
  1. 1 to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
  2. 2 crying over spilt milk
  3. 3 often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
替古人耽忧
tì gǔ rén dān yōu
  1. 1 to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
  2. 2 crying over spilt milk
  3. 3 often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
比登天还难
bǐ dēng tiān hái nán
  1. 1 lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely difficult
  3. 3 far from an easy task
泥古不化
nì gǔ bù huà
  1. 1 conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
无事不登三宝殿
wú shì bù dēng sān bǎo diàn
  1. 1 lit. One doesn't visit a temple without a cause. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to visit sb with an ulterior motive (esp. to ask for sth)
  3. 3 having a hidden agenda

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