瓜达拉马 (瓜達拉馬)
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Pinyin
Definition
瓜达拉马 (瓜達拉馬)
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- Sierra de Guadarrama (mountain range across Iberia, passing north of Madrid)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (16)
强扭的瓜不甜
- 1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
- 2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
拉大旗作虎皮
- 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
- 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
- 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉家带口
- 1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
- 2 tied down by family obligations
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
- 1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
东拉西扯
- 1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently