巨嘴短翅莺 (巨嘴短翅鶯)
jù zuǐ duǎn chì yīng
Pinyin
Definition
巨嘴短翅莺 (巨嘴短翅鶯)
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- (bird species of China) long-billed bush warbler (Locustella major)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
事无巨细
- 1 lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom)
- 2 fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance
刀子嘴,豆腐心
- 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
创巨痛深
- 1 untold pain and suffering (idiom); deeply scarred for life
取长补短
- 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
- 2 to use this in place of that
- 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短
- 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
- 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted