瓜葛
guā gé
Pinyin

Definition

瓜葛
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guā gé
  1. connection
  2. association
  3. involvement

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

傻瓜
shǎ guā
  1. 1 idiot
  2. 2 fool
木瓜
mù guā
  1. 1 papaya (Carica papaya)
  2. 2 genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae
  3. 3 Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
西瓜
xī guā
  1. 1 watermelon
  2. 2 CL:顆|颗[kē],粒[lì],個|个[ge]
诸葛亮
Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period
  2. 2 the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius
  3. 3 mastermind
黄瓜
huáng guā
  1. 1 cucumber
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
冬瓜
dōng guā
  1. 1 wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida)
  2. 2 white gourd
  3. 3 white hairy melon
  4. 4 Chinese squash
南瓜
nán guā
  1. 1 pumpkin
哈密瓜
hā mì guā
  1. 1 Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon)
  2. 2 honeydew melon
  3. 3 cantaloupe
地瓜
dì guā
  1. 1 sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
  2. 2 yam (family Dioscoreaceae)
瓜
guā
  1. 1 melon
  2. 2 gourd
  3. 3 squash
瓜子
guā zǐ
  1. 1 melon seed
  2. 2 seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack
番木瓜
fān mù guā
  1. 1 papaya
糖瓜
táng guā
  1. 1 malt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen god Zaoshen 灶神
纠葛
jiū gé
  1. 1 entanglement
  2. 2 dispute
丝瓜
sī guā
  1. 1 luffa (loofah)
苦瓜
kǔ guā
  1. 1 bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
葛优
Gě Yōu
  1. 1 Ge You (1957-), Chinese actor
诸葛
Zhū gě
  1. 1 two-character surname Zhuge
佛手瓜
fó shǒu guā
  1. 1 chayote or alligator pear (Sechium edule)
倭瓜
wō guā
  1. 1 (dialect) pumpkin

Idioms (13)

三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
事后诸葛亮
shì hòu Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 a genius in retrospect (idiom); hindsight is 20-20
强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
  1. 1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā
  1. 1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
滚瓜烂熟
gǔn guā làn shú
  1. 1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
  2. 2 to know sth inside out
  3. 3 to know sth by heart
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
  1. 1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
  2. 2 all one's geese are swans
瓜熟蒂落
guā shú dì luò
  1. 1 when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠
guā tián bù nà lu:3 , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān
  1. 1 lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
  3. 3 innocent acts may be misconstrued
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
zhòng guā dé guā , zhòng dòu dé dòu
  1. 1 lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.
  2. 2 One must live with the consequences of one's actions.
  3. 3 You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
老王卖瓜，自卖自夸
Lǎo Wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
  1. 1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
  2. 2 all one's geese are swans

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