洋务学堂
yáng wù xué táng
Pinyin

Definition

洋务学堂
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yáng wù xué táng
  1. college of Western learning in late Qing

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tiān táng
  1. 1 paradise
  2. 2 heaven
yáng cōng
  1. 1 onion (Allium cepa)
  2. 2 bulb onion
hǎi yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
Nán yáng
  1. 1 Southeast Asia
  2. 2 South seas
tóng táng
  1. 1 to live under the same roof (of different generations)
míng tang
  1. 1 item (in a program of entertainments)
  2. 2 trick (act of mischief)
  3. 3 worthwhile result
  4. 4 accomplishment
  5. 5 sth significant but not immediately apparent
  6. 6 sth more than meets the eye
xǐ qì yáng yáng
  1. 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
xǐ yáng yáng
  1. 1 radiant with joy
táng
  1. 1 (main) hall
  2. 2 large room for a specific purpose
  3. 3 CL:間|间[jiān]
  4. 4 relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
  5. 5 of the same clan
  6. 6 classifier for classes, lectures etc
  7. 7 classifier for sets of furniture
táng gē
  1. 1 older male patrilineal cousin
táng táng
  1. 1 grand
  2. 2 magnificent
  3. 3 stately
  4. 4 majestic appearance
táng táng zhèng zhèng
  1. 1 displaying strength and discipline
  2. 2 impressive
  3. 3 upright and frank
  4. 4 square
táng mèi
  1. 1 younger female patrilineal cousin
táng jiě
  1. 1 older female patrilineal cousin
táng dì
  1. 1 younger male patrilineal cousin
dà táng
  1. 1 lobby
dà yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 (old) silver dollar
Dà xī yáng
  1. 1 Atlantic Ocean
Tài píng Yáng
  1. 1 Pacific Ocean

Idioms (20)

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
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
升堂入室
shēng táng rù shì
  1. 1 lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to gradually attain proficiency
  3. 3 to attain a higher level
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
  1. 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
四世同堂
sì shì tóng táng
  1. 1 four generations under one roof (idiom)
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
坐不垂堂
zuò bù chuí táng
  1. 1 lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
家累千金,坐不垂堂
jiā lěi qiān jīn , zuò bù chuí táng
  1. 1 lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expose himself to danger
富丽堂皇
fù lì táng huáng
  1. 1 (of houses etc) sumptuous (idiom)
对簿公堂
duì bù gōng táng
  1. 1 public courtroom accusation (idiom)
  2. 2 legal confrontation
  3. 3 to take sb to court
  4. 4 to sue
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
  1. 1 to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
打退堂鼓
dǎ tuì táng gǔ
  1. 1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to give up
  3. 3 to turn tail
望洋兴叹
wàng yáng xīng tàn
  1. 1 lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
  1. 1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
洋洋大篇
yáng yáng dà piān
  1. 1 lit. an ocean of writing
  2. 2 an impressive literary work (idiom)
洋洋得意
yáng yáng dé yì
  1. 1 immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 proud
  3. 3 complacent
洋洋洒洒
yáng yáng sǎ sǎ
  1. 1 voluminous
  2. 2 flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
洋洋自得
yáng yáng zì dé
  1. 1 immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 proud
  3. 3 complacent
洋腔洋调
yáng qiāng yáng diào
  1. 1 to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)

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