"ox-horns" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
ox-horns / wing of an army
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
角力 jué lì to wrestle / (fig.) to lock horns / to tussle / to wrangle / Taiwan pr. [jiao3li4]
凤毛麟角 鳳毛麟角 fèng máo lín jiǎo lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom) / fig. few and far between syn
初露头角 初露頭角 chū lù tóu jiǎo lit. to first show one's horns (idiom) / fig. a first show of emerging talent / first sign of emerging talent / budding genius
cuō (old) to polish bones, horns, ivory, etc into tools / (bound form) to deliberate / to consult
qiú young dragon with horns syn
chī dragon with horns not yet grown (in myth or heraldry) / variant of 魑[chi1]
羊触藩篱 羊觸藩籬 yáng chù fān lí lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经) / impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
羝羊触藩 羝羊觸藩 dī yáng chù fān lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经) / impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
牛角挂书 牛角掛書 niú jiǎo guà shū lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom) / fig. to be diligent in one's studies
ox yoke placed on the horns
horns / antlers
一见高低 一見高低 yī jiàn gāo dī lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom) / fig. to cross swords with / to lock horns
介于两难 介於兩難 jiè yú liǎng nán to be on the horns of a dilemma (idiom)
见难而上 見難而上 jiàn nán ér shàng to take the bull by the horns (idiom)
角弓 jiǎo gōng bow decorated with animal horns
顶牛儿 頂牛兒 dǐng niú r to push with the forehead / to lock horns / to be at loggerheads syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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