沙石
shā shí
Pinyin
Definition
沙石
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- sand and stones
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一盘散沙
- 1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
- 2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
一石二鸟
- 1 to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
他山之石可以攻玉
- 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
- 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
以卵击石
- 1 lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible
- 2 to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
含沙射影
- 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
- 2 to make oblique charges
- 3 to make insinuations
- 4 to insinuate