米突
mǐ tū
Pinyin
Definition
米突
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- meter (unit of length) (loanword) (old)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (12)
不当家不知柴米贵
- 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
- 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
- 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
- 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
巧妇难为无米之炊
- 1 The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
曲突徙薪
- 1 lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)
- 2 fig. to take preventive measures
狼奔豕突
- 1 the wolf runs and the wild boar rushes (idiom); crowds of evil-doers mill around like wild beasts