刘姥姥进大观园 (劉姥姥進大觀園)
Liú lǎo lao jìn Dà guān yuán
Pinyin

Definition

刘姥姥进大观园 (劉姥姥進大觀園)
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Liú lǎo lao jìn Dà guān yuán
  1. Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens
  2. (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大
dà
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
大奖
dà jiǎng
  1. 1 prize
  2. 2 award
大话骰
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)

Idioms (20)

不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
  1. 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
  1. 1 to face opprobrium (idiom)

Sample Sentences

听说吃西餐要讲究什么顺序，别我到了那儿，像刘姥姥进大观园一样，让别人笑话。
tīngshuō chī xīcān yào jiǎngjiu shénme shùnxù ，bié wǒ dào le nàr ，xiàng Liúlǎolaojìndàguānyuán yīyàng ，ràng biérén xiàohuà 。
I have heard that when you are eating western food you need to pay attention to the order. I don't want to get there and be like Grandma Liu, who was laughed at in the Grand View Garden.
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