枝城
Zhī chéng
Pinyin
Definition
枝城
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- Zicheng town in Yidu county 宜都[Yí dū], Yichang 宜昌[Yí chāng], Hubei
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一枝独秀
- 1 lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be in a league of one's own
- 3 outstanding
倾国倾城
- 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
- 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
- 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
兵临城下
- 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
唱空城计
- 1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
- 2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
- 3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
- 4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling