王母
wáng mǔ
Pinyin
Definition
王母
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- (literary) paternal grandmother
王母
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- another name for 西王母[Xī wáng mǔ], Queen Mother of the West
Character Decomposition
Idioms (14)
再生父母
- 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
胜者王侯败者寇
- 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
- 2 history is written by the victors
在家靠父母,出外靠朋友
- 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母,出门靠朋友
- 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
大水冲了龙王庙
- 1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
- 2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
- 3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
Sample Sentences
宿舍门口那一对对就这样硬生生地被拆散了。我们宿管阿姨比王母娘娘还狠。
All the couples at the entrance of the dormitory are being forcibly separated. Our dormitory management is more fierce than the Lady Queen Mother.
许仙看到那条巨大的白蛇,立刻就被吓死了。白素贞醒来,发现丈夫死了。她擦干眼泪,飞到天上去采灵芝。人家不让她采,她就偷了一颗。王母娘娘非常生气,要处死白素贞,观音娘娘为她求情,白素贞才拿到灵芝,回家救活了丈夫。
As soon as Xu Xian saw the giant white snake, he was immediately scared to death. When Bai Suzhen awoke, she discovered that her husband was dead. Wiping away her tears, she flew up to heaven to pick a medicinal fungus. No one gave her permission to take one; she just stole it. The Queen Mother of the West was extremely angry and wanted to kill Bai Suzhen. Guanyin, Goddess of Mercy, asked for leniency so that Bai Suzhen could take the medicinal fungus and return home and save her husband.