佛山市
Fó shān shì
Pinyin

Definition

佛山市
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Fó shān shì
  1. Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fǎng fú
  1. 1 variant: 仿佛 fǎng fú
  1. 1 Buddha
  2. 2 Buddhism
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò
Shān
  1. 1 surname Shan
shì
  1. 1 market
  2. 2 city
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
不识泰山
bù shí Tài Shān
  1. 1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively