良禽择木 (良禽擇木)
liáng qín zé mù
Pinyin
Definition
良禽择木 (良禽擇木)
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- a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb)
- fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一木难支
- 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
- 2 fig. one is helpless alone
久病成良医
- 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
人生一世,草木一春
- 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥
- 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
- 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
- 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
刚毅木讷
- 1 resolute and taciturn (idiom)