瑶池 (瑤池)
Yáo chí
Pinyin
Definition
瑶池 (瑤池)
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- the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母
Character Decomposition
Idioms (3)
城门失火,殃及池鱼
- 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
- 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
- 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
酒池肉林
- 1 lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery
- 2 sumptuous entertainment
高城深池
- 1 high walls and deep moat (idiom); impenetrable defense