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土皇帝
tǔ huáng dì
Pinyin
Definition
土皇帝
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tǔ huáng dì
local tyrant
Related Words
(20)
上帝
Shàng dì
1
God
土
Tǔ
1
Tu (ethnic group)
2
surname Tu
土地
tǔ dì
1
land
2
soil
3
territory
4
CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
土豆
tǔ dòu
1
potato
2
CL:個|个[gè]
3
(Tw) peanut
4
CL:顆|颗[kē]
女皇
nu:3 huáng
1
empress
帝
dì
1
emperor
帝国
dì guó
1
empire
2
imperial
帝王
dì wáng
1
regent
2
monarch
皇
Huáng
1
surname Huang
皇冠
huáng guān
1
crown (headgear)
皇后
huáng hòu
1
empress
2
imperial consort
皇帝
huáng dì
1
emperor
2
CL:個|个[gè]
皇马
Huáng Mǎ
1
Real Madrid soccer team
2
abbr. for 皇家馬德里|皇家马德里
仓皇
cāng huáng
1
in a panic
2
flurried
入土
rù tǔ
1
to bury
2
buried
3
interred
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
1
high-sounding
2
dignified
3
pompous (idiom)
出土
chū tǔ
1
to dig up
2
to appear in an excavation
3
unearthed
4
to come up out of the ground
动土
dòng tǔ
1
to break ground (prior to building sth)
2
to start building
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
1
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
2
fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
3
to make a comeback
国土
guó tǔ
1
country's territory
2
national land
Idioms
(20)
仓皇出逃
cāng huáng chū táo
1
to run off in a great panic (idiom)
入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
1
buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡,水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
1
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
2
to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌,水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
1
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
2
to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
1
high-sounding
2
dignified
3
pompous (idiom)
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
1
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
2
fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
3
to make a comeback
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
1
eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
1
earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
1
combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
1
clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
2
worthless object
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
1
local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
1
lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
2
frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
1
lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
2
frugal living conditions (idiom)
天高皇帝远
tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn
1
lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom)
2
fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
1
duty to defend the country (idiom)
富丽堂皇
fù lì táng huáng
1
(of houses etc) sumptuous (idiom)
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
1
land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
张皇失措
zhāng huáng shī cuò
1
panic-stricken (idiom)
2
to be in a flustered state
3
also written 張惶失措|张惶失措[zhāng huáng shī cuò]
挥金如土
huī jīn rú tǔ
1
lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)
2
fig. to spend money like water
3
extravagant
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
1
head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
2
covered in dirt
3
dejected and depressed
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