高岸深谷
gāo àn shēn gǔ
Pinyin

Definition

高岸深谷
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gāo àn shēn gǔ
  1. high bank, deep valley (idiom); secluded location

Related Words (20)

shēn
  1. 1 old variant of 深[shēn]
tí gāo
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to increase
  3. 3 to improve
zuì gāo
  1. 1 tallest
  2. 2 highest
  3. 3 supreme (court etc)
Shēn zhèn
  1. 1 Shenzhen subprovincial city in Guangdong, special economic zone close to Hong Kong
shēn yè
  1. 1 very late at night
shēn shēn
  1. 1 deep
  2. 2 profound
Gāo
  1. 1 surname Gao
gāo zhōng
  1. 1 senior high school
  2. 2 abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gāo jí zhōng xué]
gāo shǒu
  1. 1 expert
  2. 2 past master
  3. 3 dab hand
gāo qīng
  1. 1 high definition (television etc)
  2. 2 high fidelity (audio)
gāo xìng
  1. 1 happy
  2. 2 glad
  3. 3 willing (to do sth)
  4. 4 in a cheerful mood
gāo sù
  1. 1 high speed
àn
  1. 1 variant of 岸[àn]
shàng àn
  1. 1 to go ashore
  2. 2 to climb ashore
dī gǔ
  1. 1 valley
  2. 2 trough (as opposed to peaks)
  3. 3 fig. low point
  4. 4 lowest ebb
  5. 5 nadir of one's fortunes
jiā shēn
  1. 1 to deepen
kǒu àn
  1. 1 a port for external trade
  2. 2 a trading or transit post on border between countries
zēng gāo
  1. 1 to heighten
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to increase
  4. 4 to rise
duì àn
  1. 1 opposite bank (of a body of water)
shān gǔ
  1. 1 valley
  2. 2 ravine

Idioms (20)

一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
  1. 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cross swords with
  3. 3 to lock horns
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
  1. 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
事不关己,高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
  1. 1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)
人往高处走,水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
债台高筑
zhài tái gāo zhù
  1. 1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
创巨痛深
chuāng jù tòng shēn
  1. 1 untold pain and suffering (idiom); deeply scarred for life
功高不赏
gōng gāo bù shǎng
  1. 1 high merit that one can never repay (idiom); invaluable achievements
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
  1. 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
卑之,毋甚高论
bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn
  1. 1 my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
  2. 2 what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
卑之,无甚高论
bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn
  1. 1 my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
  2. 2 what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
另请高明
lìng qǐng gāo míng
  1. 1 please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
另谋高就
lìng móu gāo jiù
  1. 1 to get a better job somewhere else (idiom)
  2. 2 to seek alternative employment
只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
  1. 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
  3. 3 to study diligently
名师出高徒
míng shī chū gāo tú
  1. 1 A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
唱高调
chàng gāo diào
  1. 1 to sing the high part
  2. 2 to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom)
四体不勤,五谷不分
sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn
  1. 1 never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
夜深人静
yè shēn rén jìng
  1. 1 in the dead of night (idiom)
天高皇帝远
tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn
  1. 1 lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government
好高骛远
hào gāo wù yuǎn
  1. 1 to bite off more than one can chew (idiom)
  2. 2 to aim too high

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