八股
bā gǔ
Pinyin

Definition

八股
 - 
bā gǔ
  1. an essay in eight parts
  2. stereotyped writing

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

luàn qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens
  1. 1 eight
  2. 2 8
shí bā
  1. 1 eighteen
  2. 2 18
pì gu
  1. 1 buttocks
  2. 2 bottom
  3. 3 butt
  4. 4 back part
  1. 1 thigh
  2. 2 part of a whole
  3. 3 portion of a sum
  4. 4 (stock) share
  5. 5 strand of a thread
  6. 6 low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[kē]
  7. 7 classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc
  8. 8 classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff
  9. 9 classifier for bands of people, gangs etc
  10. 10 classifier for sudden forceful actions

Idioms (20)

七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
乱七八糟
luàn qī bā zāo
  1. 1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
  2. 2 at sixes and sevens
八仙过海,各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities