小桥 (小橋)
Xiǎo Qiáo
Pinyin
Definition
小桥 (小橋)
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- Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[Sān guó Yǎn yì], the two great beauties of ancient China
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
上有老下有小
- 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
- 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
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)
以小挤大
- 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
升斗小民
- 1 poor people (idiom)
- 2 those who live from hand to mouth
Sample Sentences
白素贞让小青施法术,雨越下越大了。救她的小牧童现在叫许仙,是一个医生。在一座小桥上,许仙刚拿出雨伞,就看到了两位姑娘。
Bai Suzhen had Xiaoqing use her powers, and the rain fell harder and harder. The little shepherd boy that once saved her was now called Xu Xian, and was a doctor. Standing on a bridge, he had just pulled out his umbrella when he saw the two maidens.