牛衣对泣 (牛衣對泣)
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Pinyin
Definition
牛衣对泣 (牛衣對泣)
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- couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
九牛一毛
- 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
- 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
- 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
初生牛犊不怕虎
- 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. the young are fearless
割鸡焉用牛刀
- 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
- 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
- 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
可歌可泣
- 1 lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving
- 2 happy and sad
- 3 inspiring and tragic