朝秦暮楚
zhāo Qín mù Chǔ
Pinyin

Definition

朝秦暮楚
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zhāo Qín mù Chǔ
  1. serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

朝
Cháo
  1. 1 abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Cháo xiǎn] Korea
清楚
qīng chu
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 to understand thoroughly
  4. 4 to be clear about
一清二楚
yī qīng èr chǔ
  1. 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
今朝
jīn zhāo
  1. 1 at the present
  2. 2 now
元朝
Yuán cháo
  1. 1 Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
南朝
Nán Cháo
  1. 1 Southern Dynasties (420-589)
唐朝
Táng cháo
  1. 1 Tang dynasty (618-907)
天朝
Tiān cháo
  1. 1 Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China
  2. 2 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
宋朝
Sòng cháo
  1. 1 Song Dynasty (960-1279)
  2. 2 also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)
宋楚瑜
Sòng Chǔ yú
  1. 1 James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党
明朝
Míng cháo
  1. 1 Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
暮年
mù nián
  1. 1 one's declining years
  2. 2 old age
暮色
mù sè
  1. 1 twilight
有朝一日
yǒu zhāo yī rì
  1. 1 one day
  2. 2 sometime in the future
朝代
cháo dài
  1. 1 dynasty
  2. 2 reign (of a king)
朝前
cháo qián
  1. 1 facing forwards
朝向
cháo xiàng
  1. 1 toward
  2. 2 to face
  3. 3 to open onto
  4. 4 to turn towards
  5. 5 orientation
  6. 6 exposure
  7. 7 Qibla (Islam)
朝夕
zhāo xī
  1. 1 morning and night
  2. 2 all the time
朝天
Cháo tiān
  1. 1 Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市[Guǎng yuán shì], Sichuan
朝廷
cháo tíng
  1. 1 court
  2. 2 imperial household
  3. 3 dynasty

Idioms (20)

一朝一夕
yī zhāo yī xī
  1. 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. in a short period of time
  3. 3 overnight
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一清二楚
yī qīng èr chǔ
  1. 1 to be very clear about sth (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì
  1. 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
  3. 3 to enjoy while one can
危如朝露
wēi rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 precarious as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
危若朝露
wēi ruò zhāo lù
  1. 1 precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day
只争朝夕
zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
  1. 1 to seize every minute (idiom)
  2. 2 to make the best use of one's time
吴头楚尾
Wú tóu Chǔ wěi
  1. 1 lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together
  2. 2 head-to-tail
  3. 3 one thing starts where the other leaves off
四脚朝天
sì jiǎo cháo tiān
  1. 1 four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
四面楚歌
sì miàn Chǔ gē
  1. 1 lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
天低吴楚，眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
  1. 1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
日暮途穷
rì mù tú qióng
  1. 1 sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
  2. 2 at a dead end
晨钟暮鼓
chén zhōng mù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
暮色苍茫
mù sè cāng máng
  1. 1 the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)
暮鼓晨钟
mù gǔ chén zhōng
  1. 1 lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
  2. 2 the passage of time in a disciplined existence
朝三暮四
zhāo sān mù sì
  1. 1 lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon
  2. 2 indecisive
  3. 3 to blow hot and cold
朝不保夕
zhāo bù bǎo xī
  1. 1 at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state
  2. 2 imminent crisis
  3. 3 living from hand to mouth
朝不虑夕
zhāo bù lu:4 xī
  1. 1 at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state
  2. 2 imminent crisis
  3. 3 living from hand to mouth

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