淮南子
Huái nán zi
Pinyin
Definition
淮南子
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- miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡
- 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
- 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
- 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不撞南墙不回头
- 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
不见兔子不撒鹰
- 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
- 2 one doesn't act without some incentive