丁丑
dīng chǒu
Pinyin
Definition
丁丑
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- fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057
Character Decomposition
Idioms (9)
不知丁董
- 1 forgetting the fate of Ding and Dong (idiom)
- 2 unheeding the lessons of the past
付之丙丁
- 1 to burn down (idiom)
家丑不可外传
- 1 lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
家丑不可外传,流言切莫轻信
- 1 Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
- 2 Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
家丑不可外扬
- 1 lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom)
- 2 fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public