1. a cornered beast will still fight (idiom)2. to fight like an animal at bay
1. a small-minded person2. a bean-counter
person narrow-minded and shortsighted
person of limited capacity
1. lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[běi dǒu xīng] has turned and the stars have moved2. time flies3. also written 星移斗转[xīng yí dǒu zhuǎn]
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
1. lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[běi dǒu xīng] has turned and the stars have moved2. time flies3. also written 斗转星移[dǒu zhuǎn xīng yí]
to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)
(idiom) extremely angry; infuriated
1. (lit.) Mount Tai and the Big Dipper (idiom)2. (fig.) an outstanding figure in one's field
1. contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc)2. vying in beauty and glamor
Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling
lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling
1. constant bickering and fighting (idiom); constantly at each other's throats2. struggle for personal gain
(idiom) to use literary phrases in one's writing to show off one's erudition
1. lit. measured in cartloads and gallons2. fig. by the barrowload (i.e. lots and lots)3. innumerable
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests
fight self-interest and repudiate revisionism (Cultural Revolution slogan)
cock-fighting and horse-racing (idiom); to gamble
坐山观虎斗 坐山觀虎鬥 zuò shān guān hǔ dòu 1. lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom)2. fig. watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted
为五斗米折腰 為五斗米折腰 wèi wǔ dǒu mǐ zhé yāo 1. (allusion to Tao Qian 陶潜[táo qián], who used this phrase when he resigned from government service rather than show subservience to a visiting inspector) to bow and scrape for five pecks of rice (that being a part of his salary as a local magistrate)2. (fig.) to compromise one's principles for the sake of a salary
see 欺霜傲雪[qī shuāng ào xuě]
see 两虎相争[liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng]
variant of 勾心斗角[gōu xīn dòu jiǎo]
see 欺霜傲雪[qī shuāng ào xuě]
abbr. for 泰山北斗[tài shān běi dǒu]
1. bailing bucket (tool for irrigating fields)2. protruding lower jaw
1. an ancient bamboo container2. narrow-mindedness
Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化县[zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
Dounan or Tounan town in Yunlin county 云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
1. to tumble2. to fall head over heels3. (fig.) to take a tumble
1. to quarrel2. to bicker3. glib repartee