黄袍加身 (黃袍加身)
huáng páo jiā shēn
Pinyin
Definition
黄袍加身 (黃袍加身)
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- lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom)
- fig. to be made emperor
- to take the crown
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 abbr. for Canada 加拿大[Jiā ná dà]
- 2 surname Jia
- 1 to become a member
- 2 to join
- 3 to mix into
- 4 to participate in
- 5 to add in
- 1 to add oil
- 2 to top up with gas
- 3 to refuel
- 4 to accelerate
- 5 to step on the gas
- 6 (fig.) to make an extra effort
- 7 to cheer sb on
- 1 to work overtime
- 1 to speed up
- 2 to expedite
Idioms (20)
一日为师,终身为父
- 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
一身是胆
- 1 devoid of fear (idiom)
- 2 intrepid
人在江湖,身不由己
- 1 you can't always do as you like
- 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
以其人之道,还治其人之身
- 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
- 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以身作则
- 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model