东亚病夫 (東亞病夫)
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Pinyin
Definition
东亚病夫 (東亞病夫)
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- (derog.) the sick man of Asia (term used in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to refer to China in its weakened state after the Opium Wars)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一夫当关,万夫莫开
- 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一病不起
- 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
久病成良医
- 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
切中时病
- 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
- 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
- 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
- 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
- 3 to study diligently