燕子衔泥垒大窝
yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō
Pinyin

Definition

燕子衔泥垒大窝
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yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō
  1. the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom)
  2. many a little makes a mickle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
大
dà
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
大学
Dà xué
  1. 1 the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū] in Confucianism
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
大奖
dà jiǎng
  1. 1 prize
  2. 2 award
大话骰
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)
大运
Dà yùn
  1. 1 Mandate of Heaven
  2. 2 the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
  3. 3 usually written 大運河|大运河[Dà Yùn hé]
孩子
hái zi
  1. 1 child
房子
fáng zi
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 building (single- or two-story)
  3. 3 apartment
  4. 4 room
  5. 5 CL:棟|栋[dòng],幢[zhuàng],座[zuò],套[tào],間|间[jiān]
日子
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
样子
yàng zi
  1. 1 appearance
  2. 2 manner
  3. 3 pattern
  4. 4 model
肚子
dù zi
  1. 1 belly
  2. 2 abdomen
  3. 3 stomach
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
辈子
bèi zi
  1. 1 all one's life
  2. 2 lifetime
长大
zhǎng dà
  1. 1 to grow up
一下子
yī xià zi
  1. 1 in a short while
  2. 2 all at once
  3. 3 all of a sudden
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
一辈子
yī bèi zi
  1. 1 (for) a lifetime
一阵子
yī zhèn zi
  1. 1 a while
  2. 2 a spell
  3. 3 a short time
  4. 4 a burst
上辈子
shàng bèi zi
  1. 1 one's ancestors
  2. 2 past generations
  3. 3 a former incarnation

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
  1. 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel
仁人君子
rén rén jūn zǐ
  1. 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person
以子之矛，攻子之盾
yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn
  1. 1 lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner
  2. 2 fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
  3. 3 hoist with his own petard
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
佳人才子
jiā rén cái zǐ
  1. 1 beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom)
  2. 2 pair of ideal lovers
来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn
  1. 1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
兔子不吃窝边草
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo
  1. 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
  1. 1 to face opprobrium (idiom)
出淤泥而不染
chū yū ní ér bù rǎn
  1. 1 lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be principled and incorruptible
刀子嘴，豆腐心
dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn
  1. 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
判若云泥
pàn ruò yún ní
  1. 1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 worlds apart
劳燕分飞
láo yàn fēn fēi
  1. 1 the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)
  2. 2 (usually of a couple) to part from each other
包子有肉不在褶上
bāo zi yǒu ròu bù zài zhě shàng
  1. 1 a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)

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