对马 (對馬)
Duì mǎ
Pinyin
Definition
对马 (對馬)
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- Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 right
- 2 correct
- 3 couple
- 4 pair
- 5 towards
- 6 at
- 7 for
- 8 to face
- 9 opposite
- 10 to treat (sb a certain way)
- 11 to match together
- 12 to adjust
- 13 to fit
- 14 to suit
- 15 to answer
- 16 to reply
- 17 classifier: couple
- 1 counterpart
- 2 other person involved
- 3 opposite side
- 4 other side
- 5 receiving party
- 1 regarding
- 2 as far as sth is concerned
- 3 with regards to
- 1 mythical horse
- 2 Internet slang for 什麼|什么[shén me]
- 1 absolute
- 2 unconditional
Idioms (20)
一言既出,驷马难追
- 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一马平川
- 1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
三马同槽
- 1 three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Sī mǎ Yì] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof
上有政策,下有对策
- 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
不怕神一样的对手,就怕猪一样的队友
- 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
Sample Sentences
真是牛头不对马嘴呀!
We are not on the same page at all!
哎呀,你们想啊,要真推广的话,这群体也选得不对啊。要找也是找外国人推广啊,怎么反倒在我们自己人里面推广啊?这不是牛头不对马嘴嘛!不过你们呢就是喜欢看外国人出洋相。他们出洋相了,你们就高兴了。你们高兴了,节目的收视率不就上去了?
Agh, think about it. If they really wanted to popularize the language, they chose the wrong audience. They ought to promote it to foreigners; why would they promote it to us instead? It'd be completely irrelevant! As for you, you just like to watch foreigners make a spectacle of themselves. If they make a spectacle of themselves, you're happy. If you're happy, the ratings go up.