八股
bā gǔ
Pinyin
Definition
八股
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- an essay in eight parts
- stereotyped writing
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
- 2 at sixes and sevens
- 1 eight
- 2 8
- 1 eighteen
- 2 18
- 1 buttocks
- 2 bottom
- 3 butt
- 4 back part
- 1 thigh
- 2 part of a whole
- 3 portion of a sum
- 4 (stock) share
- 5 strand of a thread
- 6 low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[kē]
- 7 classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc
- 8 classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff
- 9 classifier for bands of people, gangs etc
- 10 classifier for sudden forceful actions
Idioms (20)
七手八脚
- 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
- 1 misshapen
- 2 crooked
- 3 uneven (idiom)
七零八落
- 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
乱七八糟
- 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
- 2 at sixes and sevens
八仙过海,各显神通
- 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities