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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- 38th parallel
- 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)
- 1 surname San
- 1 ten
- 2 10
- 1 to pass
- 2 to spend (time)
- 3 measure
- 4 limit
- 5 extent
- 6 degree of intensity
- 7 degree (angles, temperature etc)
- 8 kilowatt-hour
- 9 classifier for events and occurrences
- 1 for a time
- 2 at one time
- 3 one time
- 4 once
Idioms (20)
一五一十
- 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一倡三叹
- 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一传十,十传百
- 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一哭二闹三上吊
- 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
- 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance