市立
shì lì
Pinyin
Definition
市立
-
- municipal
- city
- city-run
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
三十而立
- 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
偶语弃市
- 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
势不两立
- 1 the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences
- 2 incompatible standpoints
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
- 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
- 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
坐立不安
- 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
- 2 restless
- 3 fidgety