多妻制
duō qī zhì
Pinyin
Definition
多妻制
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- polygamy
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (20)
不遑多让
- 1 lit. to have no time for civilities (idiom)
- 2 fig. not to be outdone
- 3 not to yield to one's opponents
人多势众
- 1 many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength
- 2 There is safety in numbers.
以夷制夷
- 1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
- 2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
以少胜多
- 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
僧多粥少
- 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
- 2 fig. not enough to go around
- 3 demand exceeds supply