莱佛士 (萊佛士)
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Pinyin
Definition
莱佛士 (萊佛士)
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- Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore
- surname Raffles
Character Decomposition
Idioms (17)
不看僧面看佛面
- 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
- 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
仁人志士
- 1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
仁人义士
- 1 those with lofty ideals (idiom)
- 2 men of vision
佛口蛇心
- 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
- 2 malicious and duplicitous
借花献佛
- 1 lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
- 2 plagiarism