逼良为娼
bī liáng wéi chāng
Pinyin

Definition

逼良为娼
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bī liáng wéi chāng
  1. to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom)
  2. to debauch

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bù liáng
  1. 1 bad
  2. 2 harmful
  3. 3 unhealthy
  1. 1 variant of 逼[bī]
  2. 2 to compel
  3. 3 to pressure
shǎ bī
  1. 1 variant of 傻屄[shǎ bī]
shàn liáng
  1. 1 good and honest
  2. 2 kindhearted
liáng hǎo
  1. 1 good
  2. 2 favorable
  3. 3 well
  4. 4 fine
yōu liáng
  1. 1 fine
  2. 2 good
  3. 3 first-rate
duō duō bī rén
  1. 1 overbearing
  2. 2 forceful
  3. 3 aggressive
  4. 4 menacing
  5. 5 imperious
Ào ěr liáng
  1. 1 Orléans
gǎi liáng
  1. 1 to improve (sth)
  2. 2 to reform (a system)
xiāo huà bù liáng
  1. 1 indigestion
niú bī
  1. 1 variant of 牛屄[niú bī]
jīng liáng
  1. 1 excellent
  2. 2 of superior quality
liáng
  1. 1 good
  2. 2 very
  3. 3 very much
liáng jiǔ
  1. 1 a good while
  2. 2 a long time
liáng xīn
  1. 1 conscience
liáng xìng
  1. 1 positive (in its effect)
  2. 2 leading to good consequences
  3. 3 virtuous
  4. 4 (medicine) benign (tumor etc)
liáng fāng
  1. 1 good medicine
  2. 2 effective prescription
  3. 3 fig. good plan
  4. 4 effective strategy
liáng jī
  1. 1 a good chance
  2. 2 a golden opportunity
liáng zhī
  1. 1 innate sense of right and wrong
  2. 2 conscience
  3. 3 bosom friend
liáng yào
  1. 1 good medicine
  2. 2 panacea
  3. 3 fig. a good solution
  4. 4 a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)

Idioms (20)

久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
丧尽天良
sàng jìn tiān liáng
  1. 1 devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless
坐失良机
zuò shī liáng jī
  1. 1 to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
官逼民反
guān bī mín fǎn
  1. 1 a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
居心不良
jū xīn bù liáng
  1. 1 to harbor evil intentions (idiom)
广结良缘
guǎng jié liáng yuán
  1. 1 to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom)
挚友良朋
zhì yǒu liáng péng
  1. 1 intimate friend and companion (idiom)
温良恭俭让
wēn liáng gōng jiǎn ràng
  1. 1 kindhearted and moderate (idiom); temperate and gentle
笑贫不笑娼
xiào pín bù xiào chāng
  1. 1 the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty
  2. 2 lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
良宵美景
liáng xiāo měi jǐng
  1. 1 fine evening, beautiful scenery (idiom)
良工心苦
liáng gōng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 expert craft from hard practice (idiom); hard-won skill
  2. 2 A masterpiece demands suffering.
良师益友
liáng shī yì yǒu
  1. 1 good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
良心喂狗
liáng xīn wèi gǒu
  1. 1 to have fed one's conscience to the dogs (idiom)
  2. 2 devoid of conscience
良知良能
liáng zhī liáng néng
  1. 1 instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong
  2. 2 innate moral sense
良药苦口
liáng yào kǔ kǒu
  1. 1 good medicine tastes bitter (idiom); fig. frank criticism is hard to swallow
良辰吉日
liáng chén jí rì
  1. 1 fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity
良辰美景
liáng chén měi jǐng
  1. 1 fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely
逼良为娼
bī liáng wéi chāng
  1. 1 to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom)
  2. 2 to debauch
金玉良言
jīn yù liáng yán
  1. 1 gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice
金石良言
jīn shí liáng yán
  1. 1 gems of wisdom (idiom); priceless advice

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