宰相
zǎi xiàng
Pinyin
Definition
宰相
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- prime minister (in feudal China)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一脉相承
- 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
不打不成相识
- 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
- 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
- 2 no discord, no concord
世代相传
- 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
二虎相斗,必有一伤
- 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
- 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
Sample Sentences
真是太过分啦!好吧,我宰相肚里能撑船,不和你一般见识,我还是要做个爱笑的女孩,说不定什么时候就会有人因为我的笑容爱上我呢!
You really are too much! OK, I have the magnanimity of a saint, but I'm not going to lower myself to your level. I'm still going to be a smiley girl, and so maybe someone will fall in love with me sometime because of my smile!
哼,我大人不记小人过,宰相肚里能撑船!看那个瘪三能嚣张多久!
Hmph, I guess I am the bigger man, with the tolerance of a saint! Let's see how long that street rat will keep on ranting!
对对对对,王大人、王宰相,您快喝杯茶,我这就给您切盘水果,放首轻松的音乐,让你舒坦舒坦。
Yes, yes. Sir Wang, Saint Wang, hurry up and drink some tea. I'll cut you some fruit and we can put some relaxing music, to put you properly at ease.
据说李白娶媳妇儿也挺牛的,结了四次婚,有两次都是和前宰相的孙女。还是入赘的。
It's said that in marriage Li Bai was very aggressive. He got married four times. Two times were to the granddaughters of former prime ministers. He even took their surnames.
两次入赘宰相府,看来李白还真是想当官儿。
If he married into the house of former prime ministers twice, it really seems like Li Bai wanted to become a government official.