知子莫若父
zhī zǐ mò ruò fù
Pinyin

Definition

知子莫若父
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zhī zǐ mò ruò fù
  1. nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
孩子
hái zi
  1. 1 child
房子
fáng zi
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 building (single- or two-story)
  3. 3 apartment
  4. 4 room
  5. 5 classifier: 栋 dòng
  6. 6 classifier: 幢 zhuàng
  7. 7 classifier: 座 zuò
  8. 8 classifier: 套 tào
  9. 9 classifier: 间 jiān
日子
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
样子
yàng zi
  1. 1 appearance
  2. 2 manner
  3. 3 pattern
  4. 4 model

Idioms (20)

一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一夫当关，万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
一望而知
yī wàng ér zhī
  1. 1 to be evident at a glance (idiom)
一无所知
yī wú suǒ zhī
  1. 1 not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant
  2. 2 without an inkling