列侯
liè hóu
Pinyin

Definition

列侯
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liè hóu
  1. duke (old)
  2. nobleman
  3. gentry

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

liè chē
  1. 1 (railway) train
xì liè
  1. 1 series
  2. 2 set
yī xì liè
  1. 1 a series of
  2. 2 a string of
xià liè
  1. 1 following
bìng liè
  1. 1 to stand side by side
  2. 2 to be juxtaposed

Idioms (5)

侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
  1. 1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
  2. 2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
  1. 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
  2. 2 history is written by the victors
周游列国
zhōu yóu liè guó
  1. 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
  2. 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
窃国者侯,窃钩者诛
qiè guó zhě hóu , qiè gōu zhě zhū
  1. 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
qiè gōu zhě zhū , qiè guó zhě hóu
  1. 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)