苏必利尔湖 (蘇必利爾湖)
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Pinyin
Definition
苏必利尔湖 (蘇必利爾湖)
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- Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wǔ dà hú]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一本万利
- 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
二虎相斗,必有一伤
- 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
- 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
人在江湖,身不由己
- 1 you can't always do as you like
- 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
人无远虑,必有近忧
- 1 He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).
- 2 Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.