黑水城
Hēi shuǐ Chéng
Pinyin
Definition
黑水城
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- ruins of Heishui Town of Xixia 西夏[Xī Xià] people, in Ejin Banner 額濟納旗|额济纳旗[É jì nà Qí], Alxa League 阿拉善盟[Ā lā shàn Méng], Inner Mongolia
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一条路走到黑
- 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
- 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
- 3 to cling to one's course
一清如水
- 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
- 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
- 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
- 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
- 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
- 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)