表象
biǎo xiàng
Pinyin
Definition
表象
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- idea
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to issue
- 2 to publish
- 1 (facial) expression
- 2 to express one's feelings
- 3 expression
Idioms (14)
人心不足蛇吞象
- 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
合眼摸象
- 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
为人师表
- 1 to serve as a model for others (idiom)
- 2 to be a worthy teacher
狗嘴里吐不出象牙
- 1 no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
- 2 no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel
盲人摸象
- 1 blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture
- 2 to mistake the part for the whole
- 3 unable to see the wood for the trees