列侯
liè hóu
Pinyin
Definition
列侯
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- duke (old)
- nobleman
- gentry
Character Decomposition
Idioms (5)
侯门似海
- 1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
- 2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
胜者王侯败者寇
- 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
- 2 history is written by the victors
周游列国
- 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
- 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
窃国者侯,窃钩者诛
- 1 steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)
窃钩者诛,窃国者侯
- 1 steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)