收之桑榆
shōu zhī sāng yú
Pinyin
Definition
收之桑榆
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- see 失之東隅,收之桑榆|失之东隅,收之桑榆[shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
- 2 him
- 3 her
- 4 it
- 1 before
- 2 prior to
- 3 ago
- 4 previously
- 5 beforehand
- 1 afterwards
- 2 following
- 3 later
- 4 after
- 1 between
- 2 among
- 3 inter-
- 1 to receive
- 2 to accept
- 3 to collect
- 4 to put away
- 5 to restrain
- 6 to stop
- 7 in care of (used on address line after name)
Idioms (20)
一丘之貉
- 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
- 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一年之计在于春
- 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
- 2 early planning is the key to success
一技之长
- 1 proficiency in a particular field (idiom)
- 2 skill in a specialized area (idiom)
一掬同情之泪
- 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)