武侯祠
wǔ hóu cí
Pinyin
Definition
武侯祠
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- memorial hall to Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (many of them in different town)
- refers to tourist attraction in Chengdu 成都
Character Decomposition
Idioms (15)
侯门似海
- 1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
- 2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
胜者王侯败者寇
- 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
- 2 history is written by the victors
孔武有力
- 1 courageous and strong (idiom)
- 2 Herculean (physique etc)
才兼文武
- 1 talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
文武合一
- 1 civilians and the military (working) hand in hand (idiom)