1 Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia
Idioms (6)
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
2 in a nutshell
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
蒙在鼓里
méng zài gǔ lǐ
1 lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
2 fig. completely in the dark
蒙昧无知
méng mèi wú zhī
1 benighted (idiom)
2 ignorant
衣不蔽体
yī bù bì tǐ
1 lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom)
2 fig. poverty-stricken
遮天蔽日
zhē tiān bì rì
1 lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering