羊拐
yáng guǎi
Pinyin
Definition
羊拐
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- children's game, similar to knucklebones
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (16)
亡羊补牢
- 1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
- 2 fig. to act belatedly
- 3 better late than never
- 4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
拐弯抹角
- 1 lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
- 2 fig. to speak in a roundabout way
- 3 to equivocate
- 4 to beat about the bush
挂羊头卖狗肉
- 1 lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom)
- 2 fig. to cheat
- 3 dishonest advertising
- 4 wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue
曲里拐弯
- 1 winding and turning (idiom)
杀牛宰羊
- 1 slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep
- 2 to prepare a big feast (idiom)