独木桥
dú mù qiáo
Pinyin

Definition

独木桥
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dú mù qiáo
  1. single-log bridge
  2. (fig.) difficult path

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

木
Mù
  1. 1 surname Mu
有木有
yǒu mù yǒu
  1. 1 (slang) come on, you can't deny it!
  2. 2 don't you think so?!
  3. 3 (melodramatic form of 有沒有|有没有)
木偶
mù ǒu
  1. 1 puppet
木星
Mù xīng
  1. 1 Jupiter (planet)
木瓜
mù guā
  1. 1 papaya (Carica papaya)
  2. 2 genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae
  3. 3 Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
木耳
mù ěr
  1. 1 edible tree fungus
  2. 2 CL:朵[duǒ]
木质
mù zhì
  1. 1 wooden
木头
mù tou
  1. 1 slow-witted
  2. 2 blockhead
  3. 3 log (of wood, timber etc)
  4. 4 CL:塊|块[kuài],根[gēn]
木马
mù mǎ
  1. 1 wooden horse
  2. 2 rocking horse
  3. 3 vaulting horse (gymnastics)
  4. 4 trojan horse (computing)
树木
shù mù
  1. 1 tree
乌鲁木齐
Wū lǔ mù qí
  1. 1 Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区 in west China
积木
jī mù
  1. 1 toy building blocks
花木兰
Huā Mù lán
  1. 1 Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
麻木
má mù
  1. 1 numb
  2. 2 insensitive
  3. 3 apathetic
黑木耳
hēi mù ěr
  1. 1 Auricularia auricula-judae, an edible fungus
伐木
fá mù
  1. 1 to cut wood
  2. 2 tree-felling
  3. 3 lumbering
伐木场
fá mù chǎng
  1. 1 a logging area
佐佐木
Zuǒ zuǒ mù
  1. 1 Sasaki (Japanese surname)
佳木斯
Jiā mù sī
  1. 1 Kiamusze or Jiamusi prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēi lóng jiāng] in northeast China
佳木斯市
Jiā mù sī shì
  1. 1 Kiamusze or Jiamusi prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēi lóng jiāng] in northeast China

Idioms (20)

一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
人生一世，草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
刚毅木讷
gāng yì mù nè
  1. 1 resolute and taciturn (idiom)
十年树木，百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
  1. 1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
呆若木鸡
dāi ruò mù jī
  1. 1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
单丝不成线，独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
  1. 1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
守株待兔，缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
山颓木坏
shān tuí mù huài
  1. 1 lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined
  2. 2 a great sage has died (idiom)
木人石心
mù rén shí xīn
  1. 1 lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. heartless
木已成舟
mù yǐ chéng zhōu
  1. 1 lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. what is done cannot be undone
木讷寡言
mù nè guǎ yán
  1. 1 honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
枯木逢春
kū mù féng chūn
  1. 1 lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get a new lease on life
  3. 3 to be revived
  4. 4 (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
独木不成林
dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
  2. 2 one cannot accomplish much on one's own
移花接木
yí huā jiē mù
  1. 1 lit. to graft flowers onto a tree
  2. 2 to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another (idiom)
缘木求鱼
yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
草木皆兵
cǎo mù jiē bīng
  1. 1 lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy
  2. 2 to feel beleaguered
蠹众木折
dù zhòng mù zhé
  1. 1 Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你没听说啊，现在公务员考试是千军万马过独木桥，通过率很低的。如果没通过的话，时间和精力不都浪费了吗？
nǐ méi tīngshuō a ，xiànzài gōngwùyuán kǎoshì shì qiānjūnwànmǎ guò dúmùqiáo ，tōngguòlǜ hěn dī de 。rúguǒ méi tōngguò dehuà ，shíjiān hé jīnglì bù dōu làngfèi le ma ？
You haven't heard? Right now, tons of people are taking the government employment exam, and it's really competitive. The percentage of people who pass is very low. If you don't pass, you've wasted all your time and energy, have you not?
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