龙生九子 (龍生九子)
lóng shēng jiǔ zǐ
Pinyin
Definition
龙生九子 (龍生九子)
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- lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters
- good and bad intermingled
- It takes all sorts to make a world.
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一回生二回熟
- 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
- 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
- 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一生一世
- 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
一言九鼎
- 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
七窍生烟
- 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
- 2 fig. to seethe with anger