张王李赵 (張王李趙)
Zhāng Wáng Lǐ Zhào
Pinyin
Definition
张王李赵 (張王李趙)
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- anyone
- Mr Average
- any Tom, Dick or Harry
Character Decomposition
Idioms (16)
胜者王侯败者寇
- 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
- 2 history is written by the victors
大水冲了龙王庙
- 1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
- 2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
- 3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
张三李四
- 1 Zhang the Third and Li the Fourth (idiom)
- 2 Tom, Dick and Harry
张冠李戴
- 1 lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head
- 2 to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom)
- 3 to confuse one thing with another
张家长,李家短
- 1 lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors