剖腹
pōu fù
Pinyin
Definition
剖腹
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- to cut open the abdomen
- to disembowel
- to speak from the heart
Character Decomposition
Idioms (15)
以小人之心,度君子之腹
- 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
剖肝沥胆
- 1 to be completely honest and sincere (idiom)
剖腹藏珠
- 1 lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)
- 2 fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
口蜜腹剑
- 1 lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom); fig. hypocritical and murderous
大腹便便
- 1 big-bellied (idiom)
- 2 paunchy
Sample Sentences
但愿如此。你是顺产的还是剖腹产的?
I hope so. Did you do natural childbirth, or get a C-section?
好有意思啊!对了,你想顺产还是剖腹产?