厚薄
hòu báo
Pinyin
Definition
厚薄
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- thickness
- also pr. [hòu bó]
厚薄
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- to favor one and discriminate against the other (abbr. for 厚此薄彼[hòu cǐ bó bǐ])
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
刻薄寡恩
- 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
厚古薄今
- 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
厚德载物
- 1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
厚死薄生
- 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
- 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)
厚积薄发
- 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
- 2 good preparation is the key to success
- 3 to be well prepared