四世同堂
Sì Shì Tóng táng
Pinyin

Definition

四世同堂
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sì shì tóng táng
  1. four generations under one roof (idiom)
四世同堂
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Sì Shì Tóng táng
  1. Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍[Lǎo Shě]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bù tóng
  1. 1 different
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 not the same
  4. 4 not alike
shì jiè
  1. 1 world
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
luàn shì
  1. 1 the world in chaos
  2. 2 troubled times
  3. 3 (in Buddhism) the mortal world
tóng
  1. 1 (used in given names)
  2. 2 variant of 同[tóng]
tóng shì
  1. 1 colleague
  2. 2 co-worker
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
tóng xué
  1. 1 to study at the same school
  2. 2 fellow student
  3. 3 classmate
  4. 4 CL:位[wèi],個|个[gè]
tóng shí
  1. 1 at the same time
  2. 2 simultaneously
  1. 1 four
  2. 2 4
tiān táng
  1. 1 paradise
  2. 2 heaven
yī tóng
  1. 1 along
  2. 2 together
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
bù yuē ér tóng
  1. 1 to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation
Shì
  1. 1 surname Shi
shì shàng
  1. 1 on earth
shì shì
  1. 1 affairs of life
  2. 2 things of the world
shì rén
  1. 1 people (in general)
  2. 2 people around the world
  3. 3 everyone
shì sú
  1. 1 profane
  2. 2 secular
  3. 3 worldly
Shì bó
  1. 1 abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会[Shì jiè Bó lǎn huì], World Expo
shì jiā
  1. 1 family influential for generations
  2. 2 aristocratic family
shì gù
  1. 1 the ways of the world

Idioms (20)

一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
一视同仁
yī shì tóng rén
  1. 1 to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
三马同槽
sān mǎ tóng cáo
  1. 1 three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Sī mǎ Yì] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof
上有天堂,下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ
  1. 1 lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
  2. 2 incomparable
不同凡响
bù tóng fán xiǎng
  1. 1 lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding
  2. 2 brilliant
  3. 3 out of the common run
不敢苟同
bù gǎn gǒu tóng
  1. 1 to beg to differ (idiom)
不约而同
bù yuē ér tóng
  1. 1 to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation
世上无难事,只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
世态炎凉
shì tài yán liáng
  1. 1 the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
世风日下
shì fēng rì xià
  1. 1 public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
人生一世,草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
传播四方
chuán bō sì fāng
  1. 1 to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
公之于世
gōng zhī yú shì
  1. 1 to announce to the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to let everyone know
公诸同好
gōng zhū tóng hào
  1. 1 to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts
公诸于世
gōng zhū yú shì
  1. 1 to announce to the world (idiom)
  2. 2 to make public
  3. 3 to let everyone know
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
前世姻缘
qián shì yīn yuán
  1. 1 a marriage predestined in a former life (idiom)

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