太牢
tài láo
Pinyin
Definition
太牢
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- (in ancient times) sacrificial animal (cow, sheep or pig)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (10)
亡羊补牢
- 1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
- 2 fig. to act belatedly
- 3 better late than never
- 4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
天下太平
- 1 the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
- 1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
太平盛世
- 1 peace and prosperity (idiom)
太阳从西边出来
- 1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
- 2 fig. hell freezes over
- 3 pigs can fly