莱佛士 (萊佛士)
Lái fó shì
Pinyin

Definition

莱佛士 (萊佛士)
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Lái fó shì
  1. Stamford Raffles (1781-1826), British statesman and founder of the city of Singapore
  2. surname Raffles

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

rén shì
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 figure
  3. 3 public figure
fǎng fú
  1. 1 variant: 仿佛 fǎng fú
  1. 1 Buddha
  2. 2 Buddhism
Fó shān
  1. 1 Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong
bó shì
  1. 1 doctor
  2. 2 court academician (in feudal China)
  3. 3 Ph.D.

Idioms (17)

不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
仁人志士
rén rén zhì shì
  1. 1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
仁人义士
rén rén yì shì
  1. 1 those with lofty ideals (idiom)
  2. 2 men of vision
佛口蛇心
fó kǒu shé xīn
  1. 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
  2. 2 malicious and duplicitous
借花献佛
jiè huā xiàn Fó
  1. 1 lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property
  2. 2 plagiarism