厚薄
hòu báo
Pinyin

Definition

厚薄
 - 
hòu báo
  1. thickness
  2. also pr. [hòu bó]
厚薄
 - 
hòu bó
  1. to favor one and discriminate against the other (abbr. for 厚此薄彼[hòu cǐ bó bǐ])

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

hòu
  1. 1 thick
  2. 2 deep or profound
  3. 3 kind
  4. 4 generous
  5. 5 rich or strong in flavor
  6. 6 to favor
  7. 7 to stress
wēi bó
  1. 1 scanty
  2. 2 meager
  1. 1 surname Bo
fēng hòu
  1. 1 generous
  2. 2 ample
kè bó
  1. 1 unkind
  2. 2 harsh
  3. 3 cutting
  4. 4 mean
  5. 5 acrimony
  6. 6 to embezzle by making illegal deductions

Idioms (20)

刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
  1. 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
  1. 1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
  1. 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
  2. 2 good preparation is the key to success
  3. 3 to be well prepared