水晶球
shuǐ jīng qiú
Pinyin
Definition
水晶球
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- crystal ball (in Western magic)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一清如水
- 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
- 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
- 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
- 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
- 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
- 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不显山不露水
- 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
Sample Sentences
你还真是中西结合,双管齐下呀。我看你披个头巾,捧个水晶球,就可以做个标准的巫师啦。
You combined the divinations from Western and Eastern. Just put a scarf on your head and hold a crystal ball. Then, you can be a real witch.