人儿 (人兒)
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Pinyin
Definition
人儿 (人兒)
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- figurine
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
- 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
Sample Sentences
哼,咱中国四大美人儿里面,大家首先想到的不就是杨贵妃,瞧那丰腴的身段、银盘儿似的饱满脸庞,试问人世间还有比这更美好的吗?
Hmmph, among the four legendary Chinese beauties, doesn't everyone always think of Yang Guifei. Looking at her full-bodied figure, and her full face like a silver plate, one might well ask, is there anyone more beautiful in the mortal world?
对对对,你就像那唐朝贵妃,可是真真儿的美人儿呢,现在这都是什么审美啊?什么A4腰啊,苹果4腿的,再这么折腾下去干脆饿死得了,一了百了。
Yes, yes. You're like a Tang Dynasty imperial concubine, a real beauty. What kind of aesthetic is there around nowadays? With the waist only as wide as an A4 sheet of paper, and legs as thin as the iPhone 4. If we keep on torturing each other like this, we may as well just starve to death and be done with it.
没错!哪像那什么汉朝的赵飞燕,模样长得倒也俊俏,可瘦得跟皮包骨似的,病怏怏儿的可怜人儿居然还号称美人!
That's right! It's like Zhan Feiyan from the Han Dynasty, attractive and intelligent looking, but a sickly piteous bag of skin and bones can still be called a beauty!
美人儿一样的西湖啊,对了,听说西湖还有个著名景点叫苏堤,就是当年苏轼建造的。苏堤也因此得名。
The West Lake is just like a beautiful woman, yes, I hear the West Lake still has another famous scenic spot called Su Causeway, built by Su Shi. That's how the Su Causeway got famous.