巫婆
wū pó
Pinyin
Definition
巫婆
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- witch
- sorceress
- female shaman
Character Decomposition
Idioms (10)
三姑六婆
- 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
公说公有理,婆说婆有理
- 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
媳妇熬成婆
- 1 lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
- 2 fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
- 3 what goes around comes around
小巫见大巫
- 1 lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom)
- 2 fig. to pale into insignificance by comparison
曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云
- 1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
- 2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
Sample Sentences
巫婆把王子变成了青蛙。
The witch turned the prince into a frog.