降龙伏虎 (降龍伏虎)
xiáng lóng fú hǔ
Pinyin
Definition
降龙伏虎 (降龍伏虎)
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- to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to decline
- 2 to drop
- 3 to fall
- 4 to go down
- 5 to decrease
- 1 lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)
- 2 fig. to appear unexpectedly
- 3 to arise abruptly
- 4 out of the blue
- 5 to drop into one's lap
- 1 to hide
- 2 to cover up
- 3 to conceal
- 1 lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)
- 2 fig. vigorous and lively
Idioms (20)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
一物降一物
- 1 lit. one object bests another object
- 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
- 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
- 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
九牛二虎之力
- 1 tremendous strength (idiom)