扒屋牵牛 (扒屋牽牛)
bā wū qiān niú
Pinyin

Definition

扒屋牵牛 (扒屋牽牛)
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bā wū qiān niú
  1. to sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb)
  2. to strip of everything

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 house
  2. 2 room
  3. 3 classifier: 间 jiān
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
Niú
  1. 1 surname Niu
niú nǎi
  1. 1 cow's milk
  2. 2 classifier: 瓶 píng
  3. 3 classifier: 杯 bēi
Jīn niú
  1. 1 Taurus (star sign)
  2. 2 Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan
Jīn niú zuò
  1. 1 Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

Idioms (20)

九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]