良禽择木
liáng qín zé mù
Pinyin

Definition

良禽择木
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liáng qín zé mù
  1. a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb)
  2. fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

木
Mù
  1. 1 surname Mu
不良
bù liáng
  1. 1 bad
  2. 2 harmful
  3. 3 unhealthy
优良
yōu liáng
  1. 1 fine
  2. 2 good
  3. 3 first-rate
善良
shàn liáng
  1. 1 good and honest
  2. 2 kindhearted
改良
gǎi liáng
  1. 1 to improve (sth)
  2. 2 to reform (a system)
有木有
yǒu mù yǒu
  1. 1 (slang) come on, you can't deny it!
  2. 2 don't you think so?!
  3. 3 (melodramatic form of 有沒有|有没有)
木偶
mù ǒu
  1. 1 puppet
木星
Mù xīng
  1. 1 Jupiter (planet)
木瓜
mù guā
  1. 1 papaya (Carica papaya)
  2. 2 genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae
  3. 3 Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
木耳
mù ěr
  1. 1 edible tree fungus
  2. 2 CL:朵[duǒ]
木兰
Mù lán
  1. 1 Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang
  2. 2 see 花木蘭|花木兰[Huā Mù lán]
木质
mù zhì
  1. 1 wooden
木头
mù tou
  1. 1 slow-witted
  2. 2 blockhead
  3. 3 log (of wood, timber etc)
  4. 4 CL:塊|块[kuài],根[gēn]
木马
mù mǎ
  1. 1 wooden horse
  2. 2 rocking horse
  3. 3 vaulting horse (gymnastics)
  4. 4 trojan horse (computing)
树木
shù mù
  1. 1 tree
乌鲁木齐
Wū lǔ mù qí
  1. 1 Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区 in west China
禽兽
qín shòu
  1. 1 birds and animals
  2. 2 creature
  3. 3 beast (brutal person)
积木
jī mù
  1. 1 toy building blocks
良
liáng
  1. 1 good
  2. 2 very
  3. 3 very much
良久
liáng jiǔ
  1. 1 a good while
  2. 2 a long time

Idioms (20)

一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (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
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
刚毅木讷
gāng yì mù nè
  1. 1 resolute and taciturn (idiom)
十年树木，百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
  1. 1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
呆若木鸡
dāi ruò mù jī
  1. 1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
丧尽天良
sàng jìn tiān liáng
  1. 1 devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless
单丝不成线，独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
  1. 1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
坐失良机
zuò shī liáng jī
  1. 1 to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
守株待兔，缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
居心不良
jū xīn bù liáng
  1. 1 to harbor evil intentions (idiom)
山颓木坏
shān tuí mù huài
  1. 1 lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined
  2. 2 a great sage has died (idiom)
广结良缘
guǎng jié liáng yuán
  1. 1 to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom)
挚友良朋
zhì yǒu liáng péng
  1. 1 intimate friend and companion (idiom)
木人石心
mù rén shí xīn
  1. 1 lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. heartless
木已成舟
mù yǐ chéng zhōu
  1. 1 lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. what is done cannot be undone
木讷寡言
mù nè guǎ yán
  1. 1 honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)

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