电铃 (電鈴)
diàn líng
Pinyin
Definition
电铃 (電鈴)
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- electric bell
Character Decomposition
Idioms (4)
掩耳盗铃
- 1 lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell
- 2 to deceive oneself
- 3 to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
星流电击
- 1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
- 2 portentous signs
解铃还须系铃人
- 1 lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (idiom)
- 2 fig. whoever started the trouble should end it
电光朝露
- 1 flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral
- 2 impermanent