白虎观 (白虎觀)
Bái hǔ guàn
Pinyin
Definition
白虎观 (白虎觀)
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- White Tiger Hall, a Han dynasty palace hall in which the famous Virtuous Discussions Held in White Tiger Hall 白虎通德論|白虎通德论 were held under the aegis of Han Emperor Zhang 漢章帝|汉章帝
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
一清二白
- 1 perfectly clean
- 2 blameless
- 3 unimpeachable (idiom)
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
- 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不分皂白
- 1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong