曾孝谷
Zēng Xiào gǔ
Pinyin

Definition

曾孝谷
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Zēng Xiào gǔ
  1. Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

曾
Zēng
  1. 1 surname Zeng
曾经
céng jīng
  1. 1 once
  2. 2 already
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 ever
  6. 6 (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
不孝
bù xiào
  1. 1 unfilial
低谷
dī gǔ
  1. 1 valley
  2. 2 trough (as opposed to peaks)
  3. 3 fig. low point
  4. 4 lowest ebb
  5. 5 nadir of one's fortunes
孝
xiào
  1. 1 filial piety or obedience
  2. 2 mourning apparel
孝子
xiào zǐ
  1. 1 filial son
孝心
xiào xīn
  1. 1 filial piety (a Confucian obligation)
  2. 2 respect and obedience to one's parents
孝敬
xiào jìng
  1. 1 to show filial respect
  2. 2 to give presents (to one's elders or superiors)
  3. 3 to support one's aged parents
孝顺
xiào shùn
  1. 1 filial
  2. 2 dutiful
  3. 3 devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc)
  4. 4 to show filial piety towards (an older family member)
  5. 5 filial piety
山谷
shān gǔ
  1. 1 valley
  2. 2 ravine
峡谷
xiá gǔ
  1. 1 canyon
  2. 2 gill
  3. 3 ravine
布谷鸟
bù gǔ niǎo
  1. 1 cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)
  2. 2 same as 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟[dù juān niǎo]
曼谷
Màn gǔ
  1. 1 Bangkok, capital of Thailand
曾国藩
Zēng Guó fān
  1. 1 Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
曾几何时
céng jǐ hé shí
  1. 1 just a while before
  2. 2 not so long ago
  3. 3 everyone can remember when..
河谷
hé gǔ
  1. 1 river valley
谷
gǔ
  1. 1 grain
  2. 2 corn
谷歌
Gǔ gē
  1. 1 variant of 谷歌[Gǔ gē]
谷类
gǔ lèi
  1. 1 cereal
  2. 2 grain
谷底
gǔ dǐ
  1. 1 valley floor
  2. 2 (fig.) lowest ebb
  3. 3 all-time low

Idioms (13)

四体不勤，五谷不分
sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn
  1. 1 never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
孝思不匮
xiào sī bù kuì
  1. 1 to be forever filial (idiom)
曾经沧海
céng jīng cāng hǎi
  1. 1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
  1. 1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
  2. 2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
满坑满谷
mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ
  1. 1 (idiom) all over the place
  2. 2 in every nook and cranny
  3. 3 packed to the rafters
父慈子孝
fù cí zǐ xiào
  1. 1 benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
  2. 2 natural love between parents and children
百善孝为先
bǎi shàn xiào wéi xiān
  1. 1 of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)
空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn
  1. 1 the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom)
  2. 2 sth hard to come by
  3. 3 sth wonderful and rare
虚怀若谷
xū huái ruò gǔ
  1. 1 receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded
跌至谷底
diē zhì gǔ dǐ
  1. 1 to hit rock bottom (idiom)
进退维谷
jìn tuì wéi gǔ
  1. 1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
  2. 2 trapped
  3. 3 in an impossible situation
陈谷子烂芝麻
chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma
  1. 1 lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip
高岸深谷
gāo àn shēn gǔ
  1. 1 high bank, deep valley (idiom); secluded location

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