孟尝君 (孟嘗君)
Mèng cháng jūn
Pinyin
Definition
孟尝君 (孟嘗君)
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- Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (12)
仁人君子
- 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person
以小人之心,度君子之腹
- 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
伴君如伴虎
- 1 being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)
君子之交
- 1 friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子之交淡如水
- 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])