喜山红眉朱雀 (喜山紅眉朱雀)
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Pinyin
Definition
喜山红眉朱雀 (喜山紅眉朱雀)
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- (bird species of China) Himalayan beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus pulcherrimus)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一则以喜,一则以忧
- 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
不识泰山
- 1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
不让须眉
- 1 (idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc
- 2 to be a match for men
- 3 lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)
不显山不露水
- 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts