向隅
xiàng yú
Pinyin
Definition
向隅
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- lit. to face the corner (idiom)
- fig. to miss out on sth
Character Decomposition
Idioms (12)
向壁虚构
- 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向壁虚造
- 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向隅
- 1 lit. to face the corner (idiom)
- 2 fig. to miss out on sth
失之东隅,收之桑榆
- 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
- 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
- 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
女生外向
- 1 a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
- 2 a woman's heart is with her husband