孔融让梨
Kǒng Róng ràng lí
Pinyin

Definition

孔融让梨
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Kǒng Róng ràng lí
  1. Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kǒng Róng] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

孔
Kǒng
  1. 1 surname Kong
孔子
Kǒng zǐ
  1. 1 Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kǒng fū zǐ]
毛孔
máo kǒng
  1. 1 pore
融入
róng rù
  1. 1 to blend into
  2. 2 to integrate
  3. 3 to assimilate
  4. 4 to merge
融化
róng huà
  1. 1 to melt
  2. 2 to thaw
  3. 3 to dissolve
  4. 4 to blend into
  5. 5 to combine
  6. 6 to fuse
融合
róng hé
  1. 1 a mixture
  2. 2 an amalgam
  3. 3 fusion
  4. 4 welding together
  5. 5 to be in harmony with (nature)
  6. 6 to harmonize with
  7. 7 to fit in
金融
jīn róng
  1. 1 banking
  2. 2 finance
  3. 3 financial
面孔
miàn kǒng
  1. 1 face
鸭梨
yā lí
  1. 1 Chinese white pear (Pyrus × bretschneideri)
交融
jiāo róng
  1. 1 to blend
  2. 2 to mix
千疮百孔
qiān chuāng bǎi kǒng
  1. 1 see 百孔千瘡|百孔千疮[bǎi kǒng qiān chuāng]
圆融
yuán róng
  1. 1 accommodating
  2. 2 (Buddhism) completely integrated
孔明
Kǒng míng
  1. 1 courtesy name of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhū gě Liàng]
孔明灯
kǒng míng dēng
  1. 1 sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
孔融
Kǒng Róng
  1. 1 Kong Rong (153-208), poet of the Three Kingdoms period
孔雀
kǒng què
  1. 1 peacock
插孔
chā kǒng
  1. 1 jack
  2. 2 socket
梨
lí
  1. 1 pear
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
梨子
lí zi
  1. 1 pear
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
消融
xiāo róng
  1. 1 to melt (e.g. an icecap)

Idioms (5)

一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
孔武有力
kǒng wǔ yǒu lì
  1. 1 courageous and strong (idiom)
  2. 2 Herculean (physique etc)
梨花带雨
lí huā dài yǔ
  1. 1 lit. like raindrops on a pear blossom (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. tear-stained face of a beauty
无孔不钻
wú kǒng bù zuān
  1. 1 lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
融为一体
róng wéi yī tǐ
  1. 1 to fuse together (idiom)
  2. 2 hypostatic union (religion)

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