庄周梦蝶
zhuāng zhōu mèng dié
Pinyin

Definition

庄周梦蝶
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zhuāng zhōu mèng dié
  1. Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

周
Zhōu
  1. 1 surname Zhou
  2. 2 Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
周围
zhōu wéi
  1. 1 surroundings
  2. 2 environment
  3. 3 to encompass
周边
zhōu biān
  1. 1 periphery
  2. 2 rim
  3. 3 surroundings
  4. 4 all around
  5. 5 perimeter
  6. 6 peripheral (computing)
  7. 7 spin-offs
蝴蝶
hú dié
  1. 1 butterfly
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
周末
zhōu mò
  1. 1 weekend
周公
Zhōu gōng
  1. 1 Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhōu Wén wáng], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xī Zhōu], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
周到
zhōu dào
  1. 1 thoughtful
  2. 2 considerate
  3. 3 attentive
  4. 4 thorough
  5. 5 also pr. [zhōu dao]
周易
Zhōu yì
  1. 1 another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yì jīng]
周杰伦
Zhōu Jié lún
  1. 1 Jay Chou (1979-), Taiwanese pop star
周渝民
Zhōu Yú mín
  1. 1 Zhou Yumin or Vic Zhou (1981-), Taiwan singer and actor, member of pop group F4
周瑜
Zhōu Yú
  1. 1 Zhou Yu or Chou Yü (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff
  2. 2 in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang
周身
zhōu shēn
  1. 1 whole body
周遭
zhōu zāo
  1. 1 surrounding
  2. 2 nearby
四周
sì zhōu
  1. 1 all around
周一
Zhōu yī
  1. 1 Monday
周三
Zhōu sān
  1. 1 Wednesday
周二
Zhōu èr
  1. 1 Tuesday
周五
Zhōu wǔ
  1. 1 Friday
周六
Zhōu liù
  1. 1 Saturday
周刊
zhōu kān
  1. 1 weekly publication
  2. 2 weekly

Idioms (4)

周游列国
zhōu yóu liè guó
  1. 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
  2. 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
众所周知
zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī
  1. 1 as everyone knows (idiom)
破茧成蝶
pò jiǎn chéng dié
  1. 1 lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle
  3. 3 to get to a better place after going through difficult period
周而复始
zhōu ér fù shǐ
  1. 1 lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles
  2. 2 the wheel comes full circle

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