茅盾
Máo Dùn
Pinyin

Definition

茅盾
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Máo Dùn
  1. Mao Dun (1896-1981), Chinese novelist

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

矛盾
máo dùn
  1. 1 contradiction
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 conflicting views
  4. 4 contradictory
茅台
Máo tái
  1. 1 Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
  2. 2 Maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
后盾
hòu dùn
  1. 1 support
  2. 2 backing
盾
dùn
  1. 1 shield
  2. 2 (currency) Vietnamese dong
  3. 3 currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
盾牌
dùn pái
  1. 1 shield
  2. 2 pretext
  3. 3 excuse
茅坑
máo kēng
  1. 1 latrine pit
  2. 2 latrine
茅台酒
máo tái jiǔ
  1. 1 maotai (a Chinese liquor)
  2. 2 CL:杯[bēi],瓶[píng]
三顾茅庐
sān gù máo lú
  1. 1 lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage
  2. 2 cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times
伯恩茅斯
Bó ēn máo sī
  1. 1 Bournemouth, UK
前茅
qián máo
  1. 1 forward patrol (military) (old)
  2. 2 (fig.) the top ranks
名列前茅
míng liè qián máo
  1. 1 to rank among the best
思茅
Sī máo
  1. 1 Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
普利茅斯
Pǔ lì máo sī
  1. 1 Plymouth
白茅
bái máo
  1. 1 cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
盾构机
dùn gòu jī
  1. 1 tunnel boring machine
茅
Máo
  1. 1 surname Mao
茅以升
Máo Yǐ shēng
  1. 1 Mao Yisheng (1896-1989), Chinese structural engineer and social activist
茅塞顿开
máo sè dùn kāi
  1. 1 murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
茅屋
máo wū
  1. 1 thatched cottage

Idioms (6)

以子之矛，攻子之盾
yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn
  1. 1 lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner
  2. 2 fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
  3. 3 hoist with his own petard
初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
拔茅连茹
bá máo lián rú
  1. 1 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
  2. 2 inextricably tangled together
  3. 3 Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
茅塞顿开
máo sè dùn kāi
  1. 1 murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear

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