雄踞
xióng jù
Pinyin

Definition

雄踞
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xióng jù
  1. to be perched high
  2. to be located prominently
  3. to be preeminent

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

英雄
yīng xióng
  1. 1 hero
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
奸雄
jiān xióng
  1. 1 person who seeks advancement by any means
  2. 2 career climber
  3. 3 unscrupulous careerist
枭雄
xiāo xióng
  1. 1 ambitious and ruthless character
  2. 2 formidable person
群雄
qún xióng
  1. 1 outstanding heroes
  2. 2 warlords vying for supremacy (in former times)
  3. 3 stars (of sports or pop music)
雄
xióng
  1. 1 male
  2. 2 staminate
  3. 3 grand
  4. 4 imposing
  5. 5 powerful
  6. 6 mighty
  7. 7 person or state having great power and influence

Idioms (10)

事实胜于雄辩
shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn
  1. 1 Facts speak louder than words. (idiom)
时势造英雄
shí shì zào yīng xióng
  1. 1 Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.
独胆英雄
dú dǎn yīng xióng
  1. 1 bold and courageous hero (idiom)
群雄逐鹿
qún xióng zhú lù
  1. 1 great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom); fig. many vie for supremacy
英雄所见略同
yīng xióng suǒ jiàn lu:è tóng
  1. 1 lit. heroes usually agree (idiom); Great minds think alike.

Sample Sentences

假使他把原诗写成了“我心里有猛虎雄踞在花旁”，那就会显得呆笨，死板，徒然加强了人性的内在矛盾。
jiǎshǐ tā bǎ yuán shī xiěchéng le “wǒ xīnli yǒu měng hǔ xióngjù zài huā páng ”，nā jiù huì xiǎnde dāibèn ，sǐbǎn ，túrán jiāqiáng le rénxìng de nèizài máodùn 。
If he'd written the line in the original poem as "In me the tiger towers proudly beside the rose", it would seem clumsy and stiff, emphasizing the internal conflict in humanity a little excessively.
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