夫人
fū ren
Pinyin
Definition
夫人
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- lady
- madam
- Mrs.
- CL:位[wèi]
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
一夫当关,万夫莫开
- 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
Sample Sentences
董事长夫人;总经理夫人;经理夫人;部长夫人
Chairman's wife; General manager's wife; Manager's wife; Minister's wife
哈哈,美好的事情总是让人向往。我看白宫晚宴上,奥巴马夫人米歇尔和彭丽媛女士都好光彩照人啊!
Ha ha, everyone's always eager for such great things to happen. Michelle Obama and Peng Liyuan were both so dazzling!
我听说他支持女权,作为女性,那我肯定支持奥巴马咯!还有,我觉得他很幽默,很真实,不像很多的政治人物,假惺惺的。他的夫人也很有魅力。
I've heard he supports women's rights. As a female, I definitely support Obama! Also, I think he's humorous and very real, not like many politicians who are totally fake. His wife is also very charming.
奥巴马夫人
Obama's wife.
李夫人
Madam Li.
这位是李总的夫人。
This is President Li's wife.
夫人
Madam.
回夫人,小姐自从醒来就说一些奴才不明白的话,可能真如太医所说,小姐的脑子......
She has been saying strange things ever since she awoke. Perhaps it's just as the royal physician said, that her brain...
我们怎么好跟政府比。政府输了,顶多是个决策失误。而我们输了,就是赔了夫人又折兵啊。
How can we compare to the government? If the government fails, at worst it will be called a "policy decision error", but if we fail, we face a dual loss.