普拉亚 (普拉亞)
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Pinyin
Definition
普拉亚 (普拉亞)
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- Praia, capital of Cape Verde
Character Decomposition
Idioms (11)
拉大旗作虎皮
- 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
- 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
- 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉家带口
- 1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
- 2 tied down by family obligations
普度众生
- 1 (Buddhism) to deliver all living creatures from suffering (idiom)
普济众生
- 1 universal mercy and succor (idiom); the Buddha's infinite power and mercy
东拉西扯
- 1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently