投井下石
tóu jǐng xià shí
Pinyin
Definition
投井下石
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- to throw stones at sb who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
- 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
- 3 one time
- 4 once
- 5 in a while
- 6 all of a sudden
- 7 all at once
- 1 down
- 2 downwards
- 3 below
- 4 lower
- 5 later
- 6 next (week etc)
- 7 second (of two parts)
- 8 to decline
- 9 to go down
- 10 to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- 11 measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 1 to come down
- 2 (completed action marker)
- 3 (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)
- 4 (indicates continuation from the past towards us)
- 5 to be harvested (of crops)
- 6 to be over (of a period of time)
- 7 to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 1 to go down
- 2 to descend
- 3 to go on
- 4 to continue
- 5 (of a servant) to withdraw
Idioms (20)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
- 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
- 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
- 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一石二鸟
- 1 to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
三下两下
- 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
上下其手
- 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
- 2 fig. conspiring to defraud