名相
míng xiàng
Pinyin

Definition

名相
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míng xiàng
  1. famous prime minister (in ancient China)
  2. names and appearances (Buddhism)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

míng
  1. 1 name
  2. 2 noun (part of speech)
  3. 3 place (e.g. among winners)
  4. 4 famous
  5. 5 classifier for people
míng zi
  1. 1 name (of a person or thing)
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
chéng míng
  1. 1 to make one's name
  2. 2 to become famous
pái míng
  1. 1 to rank (1st, 2nd etc)
  2. 2 ranking
xiāng xìn
  1. 1 to be convinced (that sth is true)
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to accept sth as true

Idioms (20)

一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng
  1. 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)