庄周梦蝶 (莊周夢蝶)
zhuāng zhōu mèng dié
Pinyin

Definition

庄周梦蝶 (莊周夢蝶)
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zhuāng zhōu mèng dié
  1. Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

周
Zhōu
  1. 1 surname Zhou
  2. 2 Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
周围
zhōu wéi
  1. 1 surroundings
  2. 2 environment
  3. 3 to encompass
周边
zhōu biān
  1. 1 periphery
  2. 2 rim
  3. 3 surroundings
  4. 4 all around
  5. 5 perimeter
  6. 6 peripheral (computing)
  7. 7 spin-offs
蝴蝶
hú dié
  1. 1 butterfly
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
周末
zhōu mò
  1. 1 weekend

Idioms (4)

周游列国
zhōu yóu liè guó
  1. 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
  2. 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
众所周知
zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī
  1. 1 as everyone knows (idiom)
破茧成蝶
pò jiǎn chéng dié
  1. 1 lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle
  3. 3 to get to a better place after going through difficult period
周而复始
zhōu ér fù shǐ
  1. 1 lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles
  2. 2 the wheel comes full circle