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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liáng qín zé mù
  1. a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb)
  2. fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 surname Mu
bù liáng
  1. 1 bad
  2. 2 harmful
  3. 3 unhealthy
yōu liáng
  1. 1 fine
  2. 2 good
  3. 3 first-rate
shàn liáng
  1. 1 good and honest
  2. 2 kindhearted
gǎi liáng
  1. 1 to improve (sth)
  2. 2 to reform (a system)

Idioms (20)

一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
人生一世,草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 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
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
刚毅木讷
gāng yì mù nè
  1. 1 resolute and taciturn (idiom)