正旦
zhèng dàn
Pinyin
Definition
正旦
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- starring female role in a Chinese opera
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
上梁不正下梁歪
- 1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
偏邪不正
- 1 biased
- 2 prejudiced (idiom)
危在旦夕
- 1 in imminent peril (idiom)
- 2 on the brink of crisis
命在旦夕
- 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福
- 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment