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伯叔
bó shū
Pinyin
Definition
伯叔
-
bó shū
father's brother (uncle)
husband's brother (brother-in-law)
Character Decomposition
伯
亻
白
叔
⺊
一
小
又
Related Words
(20)
叔叔
shū shu
1
father's younger brother
2
uncle
3
Taiwan pr. [shú shu]
4
CL:個|个[gè]
大叔
dà shū
1
eldest of father's younger brothers
2
uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father)
伯
bà
1
variant of 霸[bà]
伯伯
bó bo
1
father's elder brother
2
uncle
伯明翰
Bó míng hàn
1
Birmingham
伯乐
Bó Lè
1
Bo Le (horse connoisseur during Spring and Autumn Period)
2
a good judge of talent
3
talent scout
伯母
bó mǔ
1
wife of father's elder brother
2
aunt
3
(polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
4
CL:個|个[gè]
伯爵
bó jué
1
earl
2
count
3
earldom or countship (old)
伯父
bó fù
1
father's elder brother
2
term of respect for older man
3
CL:個|个[gè]
叔
shū
1
uncle
2
father's younger brother
3
husband's younger brother
4
Taiwan pr. [shú]
叔伯
shū bai
1
(of cousins) descending from the same grandfather or great-grandfather
叔公
shū gōng
1
great uncle
2
grandfather's younger brother
3
husband's father's younger brother
大伯
dà bó
1
husband's older brother
2
brother-in-law
小叔
xiǎo shū
1
husband's younger brother
2
brother-in-law
张伯伦
Zhāng bó lún
1
Chamberlain (name)
2
Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player
斯皮尔伯格
Sī pí ěr bó gé
1
Steven Spielberg (1946-), US film director
沙特阿拉伯
Shā tè Ā lā bó
1
Saudi Arabia
罗伯特
Luó bó tè
1
Robert (name)
老伯
lǎo bó
1
uncle (polite form of address for older male)
表叔
biǎo shū
1
son of grandfather's sister
2
son of grandmother's brother or sister
3
father's younger male cousin
4
(Hong Kong slang) mainlander
Idioms
(2)
不分伯仲
bù fēn bó zhòng
1
lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent
2
nothing to choose between them
千里马常有,而伯乐不常有
qiān lǐ mǎ cháng yǒu , ér Bó Lè bù cháng yǒu
1
lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom)
2
fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it
Sample Sentences