胳膊肘朝外拐
gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎi
Pinyin
Definition
胳膊肘朝外拐
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- the elbow turns the wrong way
- to favor an outsider instead of someone on one's own side (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一朝一夕
- 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
- 2 fig. in a short period of time
- 3 overnight
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
- 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
- 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
不足为外人道
- 1 no use to tell others
- 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
九霄云外
- 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
- 2 unimaginably far away
人外有人,天外有天
- 1 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)