堂姐夫
tǎng jiě fu
Pinyin
Definition
堂姐夫
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- husband of older female cousin via male line
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一夫当关,万夫莫开
- 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
上有天堂,下有苏杭
- 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
- 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
冠冕堂皇
- 1 high-sounding
- 2 dignified
- 3 pompous (idiom)
升堂入室
- 1 lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)
- 2 fig. to gradually attain proficiency
- 3 to attain a higher level
只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
- 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
- 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
- 3 to study diligently