百岁老人 (百歲老人)
bǎi suì lǎo rén
Pinyin
Definition
百岁老人 (百歲老人)
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- centenarian
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
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
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
- 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
- 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch