红高粱 (紅高粱)
hóng gāo liáng
Pinyin

Definition

红高粱 (紅高粱)
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hóng gāo liáng
  1. red sorghum

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

提高
tí gāo
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to increase
  3. 3 to improve
最高
zuì gāo
  1. 1 tallest
  2. 2 highest
  3. 3 supreme (court etc)
高
Gāo
  1. 1 surname Gao
高中
gāo zhōng
  1. 1 senior high school
  2. 2 abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gāo jí zhōng xué]
高手
gāo shǒu
  1. 1 expert
  2. 2 past master
  3. 3 dab hand

Idioms (20)

一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
  1. 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cross swords with
  3. 3 to lock horns
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
  1. 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
债台高筑
zhài tái gāo zhù
  1. 1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt

Sample Sentences

是啊，大陆导演张艺谋还将《红高粱》拍成了电影，在国际上获了不少奖呢，要说经典，这次获奖的《蛙》还真排不上号。
shì a ，dàlù dǎoyǎn Zhāng Yìmóu hái jiāng 《Hónggāoliáng 》pāi chéng le diànyǐng ，zài guójì shàng huò le bùshǎo jiǎng ne ，yào shuō jīngdiǎn ，zhècì huò jiǎng de 《Wā 》hái zhēn páibúshànghào 。
Yeah, mainland director Zhang Yimou even adapted Red Sorghum into a film, which won several international prizes. If you want to talk about classics, Frog really doesn't top the list.
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是啊，在我的印象中，莫言的成名作应该是《红高粱》、《丰乳肥臀》等作品。
shì a ，zài wǒ de yìnxiàng zhōng ，Mòyán de chéngmíngzuò yīnggāi shì 《Hónggāoliáng 》、《Fēngrǔféidún 》děng zuòpǐn 。
Yes, as I remember it, Mo Yan became famous for works like Red Sorghum and Big Breasts and Wide Hips.
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