听墙根 (聽牆根)
tīng qiáng gēn
Pinyin
Definition
听墙根 (聽牆根)
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- to eavesdrop
- to listen in secret to sb's conversations
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 root
- 2 basis
- 3 classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
- 4 classifier: 条 tiáo
- 5 radical (chemistry)
- 1 grass roots (lit. and fig.)
- 1 Häagen-Dazs
Idioms (14)
刨根问底
- 1 to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
剪草除根
- 1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
- 2 to eradicate
寻根问底
- 1 lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
斩草除根
- 1 to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch
- 2 to eliminate completely
根深叶茂
- 1 deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom)
- 2 (fig.) well established and growing strongly