表兄弟
biǎo xiōng dì
Pinyin
Definition
表兄弟
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- male cousins via female line
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 brothers
- 2 younger brother
- 3 classifier: 个 gè
- 4 I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
- 5 brotherly
- 6 fraternal
- 1 to issue
- 2 to publish
- 1 (facial) expression
- 2 to express one's feelings
- 3 expression
Idioms (11)
兄弟阋于墙,外御其侮
- 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
兄弟阋墙
- 1 internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
为人师表
- 1 to serve as a model for others (idiom)
- 2 to be a worthy teacher
万世师表
- 1 model teacher of every age (idiom)
- 2 eternal paragon
- 3 refers to Confucius (551-479 BC) 孔子[Kǒng zǐ]
虚有其表
- 1 looks impressive but is worthless (idiom)
- 2 not as good as it looks
- 3 a reputation with no substance