蛤蚌
gé bàng
Pinyin
Definition
蛤蚌
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- clam
Character Decomposition
Idioms (4)
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉
- 1 lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
- 2 fig. to try to punch above one's weight
老蚌生珠
- 1 lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom)
- 2 fig. birthing a son at an advanced age
鹬蚌相争
- 1 lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both) (idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利
- 1 lit. sandpiper and clam war together and the fisherman catches both (idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party