English to Chinese Dictionary

Search:

Did you mean: teach thats twitch to hatch ?

三顾茅庐 sān máo lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb
撒切尔 qiē ěr Thatcher (name) / Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990
Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) / to thatch (a roof)
白茅 bái máo cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica), used as thatching material in China and Indonesia
máo variant of 茅[mao2] / thatch
茅屋 máo thatched cottage
茅房 máo fáng toilet (rural euphemism) / thatched hut or house
初出茅庐 chū chū máo venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) / young and inexperienced / novice / greenhorn
草屋 cǎo thatched hut
shān straw mat / thatch
茅庐 máo thatched cottage
蓬乱 péng luàn matted (of straw or hair) / unkempt / overgrown / scraggly / thatch
茅棚 máo péng thatched shed
蓬户瓮牖 péng wèng yǒu thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom); poor person's house / humble home
纪昀 Yún Ji Yun (1724-1805), Qing Dynasty writer, author of supernatural novel Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut 閱微草堂筆記|阅微草堂笔记
撒切尔夫人 qiē ěr ren Mrs Thatcher / Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990
包茅 bāo máo bundled thatch
土阶茅茨 jiē máo lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut / frugal living conditions (idiom)
杜甫草堂 Cǎo táng Du Fu's Thatched Cottage (park and museum in Chengdu)
东茅草盖 dōng máo cǎo gài thatched roof
茅屋顶 máo dǐng thatch roof
蓬居 péng pauper's thatched hut
蓬户 péng thatched house / poor person's house / humble home
阅微草堂笔记 Yuè wēi Cǎo táng Notes on a Minutely Observed Thatched Hut by Ji Yun 紀昀|纪昀[Ji4 Yun2], novel of the supernatural / The Thatched Study of Close Scrutiny


<< back to the home page