流星赶月
liú xīng gǎn yuè
Pinyin

Definition

流星赶月
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liú xīng gǎn yuè
  1. lit. a meteor catching up with the moon
  2. swift action (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 heavenly body
  3. 3 satellite
  4. 4 small amount
xīng zuò
  1. 1 constellation
  2. 2 astrological sign
  3. 3 CL:張|张[zhāng]
yuè
  1. 1 moon
  2. 2 month
  3. 3 monthly
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],輪|轮[lún]
suì yuè
  1. 1 years
  2. 2 time
liú xíng
  1. 1 (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
  2. 2 to propagate
  3. 3 (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
  4. 4 fashionable
Yī yuè
  1. 1 January
  2. 2 first month (of the lunar year)
yī liú
  1. 1 top quality
  2. 2 front ranking
Qī yuè
  1. 1 July
  2. 2 seventh month (of the lunar year)
Sān xīng
  1. 1 Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
  2. 2 Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
Sān yuè
  1. 1 March
  2. 2 third month (of the lunar year)
xià liú
  1. 1 lower course of a river
  2. 2 low-class
  3. 3 mean and lowly
  4. 4 vulgar
  5. 5 obscene
zhǔ liú
  1. 1 main stream (of a river)
  2. 2 fig. the essential point
  3. 3 main viewpoint of a matter
  4. 4 mainstream (culture etc)
Jiǔ yuè
  1. 1 September
  2. 2 ninth month (of the lunar year)
Èr yuè
  1. 1 February
  2. 2 second month (of the lunar year)
wǔ xīng
  1. 1 the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
wǔ xīng jí
  1. 1 five-star (hotel)
Wǔ yuè
  1. 1 May
  2. 2 fifth month (of the lunar year)
jiāo liú
  1. 1 to exchange
  2. 2 exchange
  3. 3 communication
  4. 4 interaction
  5. 5 to have social contact (with sb)
rén liú
  1. 1 stream of people
  2. 2 abortion
  3. 3 abbr. for 人工流產|人工流产[rén gōng liú chǎn]

Idioms (20)

九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
人往高处走,水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú
  1. 1 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
倚栏望月
yǐ lán wàng yuè
  1. 1 to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
光风霁月
guāng fēng jì yuè
  1. 1 lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom)
  2. 2 period of peace and prosperity
  3. 3 noble and benevolent character
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
口碑流传
kǒu bēi liú chuán
  1. 1 widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
同流合污
tóng liú hé wū
  1. 1 to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others
家丑不可外传,流言切莫轻信
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn
  1. 1 Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
  2. 2 Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
寥若晨星
liáo ruò chén xīng
  1. 1 rare as morning stars (idiom)
  2. 2 few and far between
  3. 3 sparse
对答如流
duì dá rú liú
  1. 1 able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer
屁滚尿流
pì gǔn niào liú
  1. 1 to piss in one's pants in terror (idiom); scared witless
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
从善如流
cóng shàn rú liú
  1. 1 readily following good advice (idiom); willing to accept other people's views
从谏如流
cóng jiàn rú liú
  1. 1 to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)
急如星火
jí rú xīng huǒ
  1. 1 lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action
  2. 2 extremely urgent
成年累月
chéng nián lěi yuè
  1. 1 year in, year out (idiom)
投鞭断流
tóu biān duàn liú
  1. 1 arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
日新月异
rì xīn yuè yì
  1. 1 daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)
  2. 2 every day sees new developments
  3. 3 rapid progress
日月如梭
rì yuè rú suō
  1. 1 the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!

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