伏尔泰
Fú ěr tài
Pinyin

Definition

伏尔泰
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Fú ěr tài
  1. Voltaire (1694-1778), Enlightenment philosopher

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

mái fú
  1. 1 to ambush
  2. 2 to lie in wait for
  3. 3 to lie low
  4. 4 ambush
Tài
  1. 1 Mt Tai 泰山[Tài Shān] in Shandong
  2. 2 abbr. for Thailand
Tài guó
  1. 1 Thailand
  2. 2 Thai
qián fú
  1. 1 to hide
  2. 2 to cover up
  3. 3 to conceal
qǐ fú
  1. 1 to move up and down
  2. 2 to undulate
  3. 3 ups and downs
  1. 1 surname Fu
fú jī
  1. 1 ambush
  2. 2 to ambush
fú àn
  1. 1 to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc)
Fú niú shān
  1. 1 Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qín lǐng shān mài], Shaanxi
fú tè jiā
  1. 1 vodka (loanword)
fú bǐ
  1. 1 foreshadowing (literary device)
  2. 2 foretaste of material to come (in essay or story)
guāng fú
  1. 1 photovoltaic (e.g. cell)
pǐ jí tài lái
  1. 1 extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
Guó tài
  1. 1 Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong airline)
guó tài mín ān
  1. 1 the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
ān tài
  1. 1 at peace
  2. 2 healthy and secure
kāng tài
  1. 1 safe and healthy
Tuō ěr sī tài
  1. 1 Tolstoy (name)
  2. 2 Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
  1. 1 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
  2. 2 no sooner one subsides, the next arises
  3. 3 repeating continuously
  4. 4 occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
Tài lái
  1. 1 Tailai county in Qiqihar 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qí qí hā ěr], Heilongjiang

Idioms (18)

不识泰山
bù shí Tài Shān
  1. 1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
伏龙凤雏
fú lóng fèng chú
  1. 1 hidden genius (idiom)
危机四伏
wēi jī sì fú
  1. 1 danger lurks on every side (idiom)
否极泰来
pǐ jí tài lái
  1. 1 extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
国泰民安
guó tài mín ān
  1. 1 the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
夜行昼伏
yè xíng zhòu fú
  1. 1 to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
思潮起伏
sī cháo qǐ fú
  1. 1 thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom)
  2. 2 different thoughts coming to mind
有眼不识泰山
yǒu yǎn bù shí Tài Shān
  1. 1 lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent
  3. 3 to be blind to the fact
此起彼伏
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
  1. 1 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
  2. 2 no sooner one subsides, the next arises
  3. 3 repeating continuously
  4. 4 occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
泰山北斗
Tài shān Běi dǒu
  1. 1 as weighty as Mt Tai, as brilliant as the Big Dipper (idiom); a giant among men
泰然自若
tài rán zì ruò
  1. 1 cool and collected (idiom); showing no sign of nerves
  2. 2 perfectly composed
泰然处之
tài rán chǔ zhī
  1. 1 to handle the situation calmly (idiom)
  2. 2 unruffled
  3. 3 to treat the situation lightly
老骥伏枥
lǎo jì fú lì
  1. 1 lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
老骥伏枥,志在千里
lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
重于泰山
zhòng yú Tài Shān
  1. 1 heavier than Mt Tai (idiom); fig. extremely serious matter
降龙伏虎
xiáng lóng fú hǔ
  1. 1 to vanquish dragons and tigers (idiom)
鸿毛泰山
hóng máo Tài Shān
  1. 1 lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
鸿毛泰岱
hóng máo tài dài
  1. 1 light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another

Sample Sentences

比如,佛教源自印度,在中国发扬光大,在东南亚得到传承。儒家文化起源中国,受到欧洲莱布尼茨、伏尔泰等思想家的推崇。这是交流的魅力、互鉴的成果。
bǐrú ,Fójiào yuánzì Yìndù ,zài Zhōngguó fāyángguāngdà ,zài Dōngnányà dédào chuánchéng 。Rújiā wénhuà qǐyuán Zhōngguó ,shòudào Ōuzhōu Láibùnící 、Fúěrtài děng sīxiǎngjiā de tuīchóng 。zhè shì jiāoliú de mèilì 、hù jiàn de chéngguǒ 。
For example, Buddhism, which originated in India was developed further in China and passed on through Southeast Asia. Confucianism has its roots in China, but was held in high esteem by European thinkers such as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Francois-Marie Arouet. This is the charm of exchange, the fruit of learning from one another.