霸王鞭
bà wáng biān
Pinyin
Definition
霸王鞭
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- a rattle stick used in folk dancing
- rattle stick dance
Character Decomposition
Idioms (16)
胜者王侯败者寇
- 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
- 2 history is written by the victors
大水冲了龙王庙
- 1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
- 2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
- 3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
快马加鞭
- 1 to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
- 2 to go as fast as possible
成则为王,败则为寇
- 1 lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
- 2 fig. losers are always in the wrong
投鞭断流
- 1 arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army