三十八度线 (三十八度線)
sān shí bā dù xiàn
Pinyin

Definition

三十八度线 (三十八度線)
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sān shí bā dù xiàn
  1. 38th parallel
  2. dividing line agreed at Yalta between US and Soviet zones of influence in Korea, now the DMZ between North and South Korea

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Sān
  1. 1 surname San
shí
  1. 1 ten
  2. 2 10
  1. 1 to pass
  2. 2 to spend (time)
  3. 3 measure
  4. 4 limit
  5. 5 extent
  6. 6 degree of intensity
  7. 7 degree (angles, temperature etc)
  8. 8 kilowatt-hour
  9. 9 classifier for events and occurrences
sù dù
  1. 1 speed
  2. 2 rate
  3. 3 velocity
  4. 4 (music) tempo
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
yī dù
  1. 1 for a time
  2. 2 at one time
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一传十,十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance