肥田
féi tián
Pinyin
Definition
肥田
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- fertile land
- to fertilize (soil)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (11)
损公肥私
- 1 to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense
- 2 venal and selfish behavior
求田问舍
- 1 lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
渤澥桑田
- 1 lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shǐ jì], Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes
- 2 life's vicissitudes
沧海桑田
- 1 lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)
- 2 fig. the transformations of the world
瓜田不纳履,李下不整冠
- 1 lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
- 2 fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
- 3 innocent acts may be misconstrued