张家长,李家短 (張家長,李家短)
Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn
Pinyin

Definition

张家长,李家短 (張家長,李家短)
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Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn
  1. lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

rén jiā
  1. 1 household
  2. 2 dwelling
  3. 3 family
  4. 4 sb else's house
  5. 5 household business
  6. 6 house of woman's husband-to-be
  7. 7 classifier: 户 hù
  8. 8 classifier: 家 jiā
jiā
  1. 1 see also: 家伙 jiā huo
huí jiā
  1. 1 to return home
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
jiā rén
  1. 1 household
  2. 2 (one's) family

Idioms (20)

一不做,二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十,十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜,一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)