程门立雪 (程門立雪)
Chéng mén lì xuě
Pinyin

Definition

程门立雪 (程門立雪)
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Chéng mén lì xuě
  1. lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom)
  2. fig. deep reverence for one's master

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下雪
xià xuě
  1. 1 to snow
方程式
fāng chéng shì
  1. 1 equation
独立
dú lì
  1. 1 independent
  2. 2 independence
  3. 3 to stand alone
程度
chéng dù
  1. 1 degree (level or extent)
  2. 2 level
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
立刻
lì kè
  1. 1 forthwith
  2. 2 immediate
  3. 3 prompt
  4. 4 promptly
  5. 5 straightway
  6. 6 thereupon
  7. 7 at once

Idioms (20)

三十而立
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
  1. 1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
势不两立
shì bù liǎng lì
  1. 1 the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences
  2. 2 incompatible standpoints
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)