齿列矫正器 (齒列矯正器)
chǐ liè jiǎo zhèng qì
Pinyin
Definition
齿列矫正器 (齒列矯正器)
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- see 牙齒矯正器|牙齿矫正器[yá chǐ jiǎo zhèng qì]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
上梁不正下梁歪
- 1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
不打不成器
- 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
偏邪不正
- 1 biased
- 2 prejudiced (idiom)
周游列国
- 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
- 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
大器晚成
- 1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
- 2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
- 3 Rome wasn't built in a day