高良姜 (高良薑)
gāo liáng jiāng
Pinyin
Definition
高良姜 (高良薑)
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- Thai ginger
- lesser galangale (Kaempferia galanga)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一见高低
- 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
- 2 fig. to cross swords with
- 3 to lock horns
不识高低
- 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
久病成良医
- 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
事不关己,高高挂起
- 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人往高处走,水往低处流
- 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
- 2 one should constantly strive to make progress