茅台 (茅臺)
Máo tái
Pinyin
Definition
茅台 (茅臺)
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- Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
- Maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
- 2 young and inexperienced
- 3 novice
- 4 greenhorn
- 1 Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
- 2 Maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
- 1 lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage
- 2 cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times
- 1 to rank among the best
- 1 Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
Idioms (5)
初出茅庐
- 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
- 2 young and inexperienced
- 3 novice
- 4 greenhorn
土阶茅屋
- 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
- 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
- 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
- 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
拔茅连茹
- 1 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
- 2 inextricably tangled together
- 3 Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
茅塞顿开
- 1 murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear