百儿八十 (百兒八十)
bǎi ér bā shí
Pinyin
Definition
百儿八十 (百兒八十)
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- about a hundred
- a hundred or so
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一五一十
- 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一传十,十传百
- 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一呼百应
- 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
- 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
- 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
- 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy