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茅台
Máo tái
Pinyin
Definition
茅台
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Máo tái
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
Maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
Character Decomposition
茅
艹
矛
台
厶
口
Related Words
(20)
初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
1
venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
2
young and inexperienced
3
novice
4
greenhorn
茅台
Máo tái
1
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
2
Maotai liquor 茅臺酒|茅台酒
三顾茅庐
sān gù máo lú
1
lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage
2
cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times
名列前茅
míng liè qián máo
1
to rank among the best
思茅
Sī máo
1
Simao city in Yunnan, renamed Pu'er city 普洱市 in 2007
茅坑
máo kēng
1
latrine pit
2
latrine
茅塞顿开
máo sè dùn kāi
1
murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
茅屋
máo wū
1
thatched cottage
茅山
Máo Shān
1
Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[Jù róng], Jiangsu Province
茅厕
máo si
1
(dialect) latrine
茅庐
máo lú
1
thatched cottage
茅房
máo fáng
1
toilet (rural euphemism)
2
thatched hut or house
茅台酒
máo tái jiǔ
1
maotai (a Chinese liquor)
2
CL:杯[bēi],瓶[píng]
茅舍
máo shè
1
cottage
2
hut
香茅
xiāng máo
1
lemon grass (Cymbopogon flexuosus)
伯恩茅斯
Bó ēn máo sī
1
Bournemouth, UK
前茅
qián máo
1
forward patrol (military) (old)
2
(fig.) the top ranks
普利茅斯
Pǔ lì máo sī
1
Plymouth
白茅
bái máo
1
cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
茅
Máo
1
surname Mao
Idioms
(5)
初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
1
venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
2
young and inexperienced
3
novice
4
greenhorn
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)
拔茅连茹
bá máo lián rú
1
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
2
inextricably tangled together
3
Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
茅塞顿开
máo sè dùn kāi
1
murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
Sample Sentences