人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù
Pinyin
Definition
人生朝露
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- human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
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
一回生二回熟
- 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一朝一夕
- 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
- 2 fig. in a short period of time
- 3 overnight
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
- 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
- 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一生一世
- 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life