巫婆
wū pó
Pinyin

Definition

巫婆
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wū pó
  1. witch
  2. sorceress
  3. female shaman

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wài pó
  1. 1 (coll.) mother's mother
  2. 2 maternal grandmother
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
gōng pó
  1. 1 husband's parents
  2. 2 parents-in-law
nǚ wū
  1. 1 witch
pó po
  1. 1 husband's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 grandma

Idioms (10)

三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
公说公有理,婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
媳妇熬成婆
xí fù áo chéng pó
  1. 1 lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
  3. 3 what goes around comes around
小巫见大巫
xiǎo wū jiàn dà wū
  1. 1 lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pale into insignificance by comparison
曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
  1. 1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
  2. 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。
wūpó bǎ wángzǐ biàn chéng le qīngwā 。
The witch turned the prince into a frog.
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