ChinesePod

1 Chaoyang district in east and northeast Beijing, a county level district of Beijing municipality
2 Chaoyang prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
3 Chaoyang district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
4 Chaoyang county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[Cháo yáng], Liaoning

朝鲜

Cháo xiǎn

1 North Korea
2 Korea as geographic term
3 Taiwan pr. [Cháo xiān]

Idioms (20)

一朝一夕

yī zhāo yī xī

1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
2 fig. in a short period of time
3 overnight

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳

yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng

1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)

人生如朝露

rén shēng rú zhāo lù

1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

人生朝露

rén shēng zhāo lù

1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence

今朝有酒今朝醉

jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì

1 to live in the moment (idiom)
2 to live every day as if it were one's last
3 to enjoy while one can

Sample Sentences

诗经》与《左传》中都有冬月藏冰的记载，朝廷中有专门的官吏负责每年寒冬时凿取冰块存放在“冰室”或“冰井”里，等到盛夏时节再取出。

Shījīng 》yǔ 《ZuǒZhuàn 》zhōng dōu yǒu Dōngyuè cáng bīng de jìzǎi ，cháotíng zhōng yǒu zhuānmén de guānlì fùzé měinián hándōng shí záoqǔ bīngkuài cúnfàng zài “bīngshì ”huò “bīngjǐng ”lǐ ，děngdào shèngxià shíjié zài qǔchū 。

There are records of winter ice in the Book of Songs and Zuo Zhuan. A special official in the court is responsible for picking up ice cubes during the winter and storing them in the "ice room" or "ice well” for use in the summer.

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人人都来巴结我和我的家人，朝我点头哈腰。我说一，没人敢说二。但没过多久就开始打仗了。朝廷没了，皇上也没了，一夜之间我就变得一无所有了。

rénrén dōu lái bājie wǒ hé wǒ de jiārén ，cháo wǒ diǎntóu hāyāo 。wǒ shuō yī ，méi rén gǎn shuō èr 。dàn méi guò duō jiǔ jiù kāishǐ dǎzhàng le 。cháotíng méi le ，huángshàng yě méi le ，yīyèzhījiān wǒ jiù biàn de yīwúsuǒyǒu le 。

Everybody came and fawned on my family and I, bowing and scraping. I would say 'one' and no one dared say 'two'. However, not long after, the war began. The imperial court was no more, the emperor was gone and in one night's time I didn't have a thing in the world.

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