表象
biǎo xiàng
Pinyin

Definition

表象
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biǎo xiàng
  1. idea

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dài biǎo
  1. 1 representative
  2. 2 delegate
  3. 3 classifier: 位 wèi
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 名 míng
  6. 6 to represent
  7. 7 to stand for
  8. 8 on behalf of
  9. 9 in the name of
duì xiàng
  1. 1 target
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 partner
  4. 4 boyfriend
  5. 5 girlfriend
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
xiǎng xiàng
  1. 1 to imagine
  2. 2 to fancy
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
fā biǎo
  1. 1 to issue
  2. 2 to publish
biǎo qíng
  1. 1 (facial) expression
  2. 2 to express one's feelings
  3. 3 expression

Idioms (14)

人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
合眼摸象
hé yǎn mō xiàng
  1. 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
为人师表
wéi rén shī biǎo
  1. 1 to serve as a model for others (idiom)
  2. 2 to be a worthy teacher
狗嘴里吐不出象牙
gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
  1. 1 no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
  2. 2 no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel
盲人摸象
máng rén mō xiàng
  1. 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. 2 to mistake the part for the whole
  3. 3 unable to see the wood for the trees