掉书袋 (掉書袋)
diào shū dài
Pinyin
Definition
掉书袋 (掉書袋)
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- lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
- fig. to show off one's erudition
- a person who does so
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to fall
- 2 to drop
- 3 to lag behind
- 4 to lose
- 5 to go missing
- 6 to reduce
- 7 fall (in prices)
- 8 to lose (value, weight etc)
- 9 to wag
- 10 to swing
- 11 to turn
- 12 to change
- 13 to exchange
- 14 to swap
- 15 to show off
- 16 to shed (hair)
- 17 (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
- 1 to lose
- 2 to throw away
- 3 to discard
- 4 to cast away
- 1 to delete
- 1 to cut off
- 2 to cut away
- 3 to trim
Idioms (5)
天上不会掉馅饼
- 1 there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
天上掉馅饼
- 1 a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)
- 2 to have something fall into your lap
尾大不掉
- 1 large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy
- 2 fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
掉书袋
- 1 lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
- 2 fig. to show off one's erudition
- 3 a person who does so
酒囊饭袋
- 1 wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing