曲池穴
qū chí xué
Pinyin
Definition
曲池穴
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- Quchi acupoint LĪ1, at the lateral end of the elbow crease
Character Decomposition
Idioms (16)
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
- 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
千里之堤,溃于蚁穴
- 1 an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
- 2 huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
城门失火,殃及池鱼
- 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
- 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
- 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
是非曲直
- 1 lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits
- 2 pros and cons
曲突徙薪
- 1 lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)
- 2 fig. to take preventive measures