天方夜谭 (天方夜譚)
tiān fāng yè tán
Pinyin
Definition
天方夜谭 (天方夜譚)
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- fantasy story
天方夜谭 (天方夜譚)
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- The Arabian Nights (classic story)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道，鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一柱擎天
- 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
- 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
- 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
一醉方休
- 1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
- 2 to get plastered
Sample Sentences
真了不起！这事要放在十几年前，简直就是天方夜谭。那时候，有一万块存款就很风光了。