商纣王 (商紂王)
Shāng Zhòu wáng
Pinyin
Definition
商纣王 (商紂王)
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- King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant
Character Decomposition
Idioms (16)
胜者王侯败者寇
- 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
- 2 history is written by the victors
含商咀徵
- 1 permeated with beautiful music (idiom)
商飙徐起
- 1 the autumn breeze comes gently (idiom)
大水冲了龙王庙
- 1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
- 2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
- 3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
成则为王,败则为寇
- 1 lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
- 2 fig. losers are always in the wrong