北寒带 (北寒帶)
běi hán dài
Pinyin
Definition
北寒带 (北寒帶)
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- the north frigid zone
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一暴十寒
- 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
- 2 sporadic effort
- 3 short attention span
一曝十寒
- 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
- 2 sporadic effort
- 3 lack of sticking power
- 4 short attention span
冰冻三尺,非一日之寒
- 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
北叟失马
- 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
- 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
- 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good