渔人 (漁人)
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Pinyin
Definition
渔人 (漁人)
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- fisherman
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道，鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
- 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
Sample Sentences
是啊，一旦开战，中美两国将蒙受重大损失，经济倒退几十年，会让别的国家坐享渔人之利，这么简单的道理谁都会明白的。
Yeah, as soon as any war were to break out, China and the US would both sustain heavy losses. Their economies would lose several years' progress, and other countries would step in to take advantage of the conflict. That is pretty clear to everyone, no?
复古？电车？听起来很诗意。对了，我同事来的时候，到渔人码头去吃大螃蟹了。还跟我说一定要去尝尝。
Old-style? Trolleys? Sounds really romantic. Oh right, when my colleague came he went to Fisherman's Wharf and ate big crabs. He told me I should definitely go check it out.