商纣王 (商紂王)
Shāng Zhòu wáng
Pinyin

Definition

商纣王 (商紂王)
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Shāng Zhòu wáng
  1. King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shāng pǐn
  1. 1 commodity
  2. 2 goods
  3. 3 merchandise
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
Shāng chéng
nǚ wáng
  1. 1 queen
zhì shāng
  1. 1 IQ (intelligence quotient)
Wáng
  1. 1 surname Wang

Idioms (16)

胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
  1. 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
  2. 2 history is written by the victors
含商咀徵
hán shāng jǔ zhǐ
  1. 1 permeated with beautiful music (idiom)
商飙徐起
shāng biāo xú qǐ
  1. 1 the autumn breeze comes gently (idiom)
大水冲了龙王庙
dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng Wáng miào
  1. 1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
  3. 3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
成则为王,败则为寇
chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu
  1. 1 lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. losers are always in the wrong