象牙塔
xiàng yá tǎ
Pinyin

Definition

象牙塔
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xiàng yá tǎ
  1. ivory tower

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shuā yá
  1. 1 to brush one's teeth
yìn xiàng
  1. 1 impression
duì xiàng
  1. 1 target
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 partner
  4. 4 boyfriend
  5. 5 girlfriend
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
xíng xiàng
  1. 1 image
  2. 2 form
  3. 3 figure
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 visualization
  6. 6 vivid
xiǎng xiàng
  1. 1 to imagine
  2. 2 to fancy
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (17)

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)
以眼还眼,以牙还牙
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá
  1. 1 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  3. 3 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
伶牙俐齿
líng yá lì chǐ
  1. 1 clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent
  2. 2 having the gift of the gab
合眼摸象
hé yǎn mō xiàng
  1. 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
咬牙切齿
yǎo yá qiè chǐ
  1. 1 gnashing one's teeth (idiom); displaying extreme anger
  2. 2 fuming with rage between gritted teeth