托勒玫
Tuō lè méi
Pinyin
Definition
托勒玫
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- Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成
- see also 托勒密[Tuō lè mì]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to entrust (to sb)
- 2 to place (one's hope, energy etc) in
- 3 a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc)
- 1 prop
- 2 support (for weight)
- 3 rest (e.g. arm rest)
- 4 thanks to
- 5 to hold in one's hand
- 6 to support in one's palm
- 7 to give
- 8 to base
- 9 to commit
- 10 to set
- 11 torr (unit of pressure)
- 1 to request sb to do sth
- 2 please!
- 1 motor (loanword)
- 2 motorbike
Idioms (4)
悬崖勒马
- 1 lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom)
- 2 fig. to act in the nick of time
托足无门
- 1 to be unable to find a place to stay (idiom)
敲诈勒索
- 1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)
烘云托月
- 1 lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil
- 2 a contrasting character to a main hero