城府
城府 chéng fǔ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄨˇ sing4 fu2
- subtle
- shrewd
- sophisticated
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More words with these characters
城
府
- 政府 zhèng fǔ ㄓㄥˋ ㄈㄨˇ zing3 fu2 government
- 首府 shǒu fǔ ㄕㄡˇ ㄈㄨˇ sau2 fu2 capital city of an autonomous region
- 公府 gōng fǔ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄈㄨˇ gung1 fu2 government post in Han dynasty
- 冥府 míng fǔ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄈㄨˇ ming5 fu2 underworld
- 地府 dì fǔ ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄨˇ dei6 fu2 hell
- 天府 Tiān fǔ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˇ tin1 fu2 Heavenly province (epithet of Sichuan, esp. area around Chengdu)
Idioms with these characters
- 背城借一 bèi chéng jiè yī ㄅㄟˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄧ bui3 sing4 ze3 jat1 to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
- 兵临城下兵臨城下 bīng lín chéng xià ㄅㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ bing1 lam4 sing4 haa6 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
- 唱空城计唱空城計 chàng kōng chéng jì ㄔㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ coeng3 hung1 sing4 gai3 lit. to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom)
- 高城深池 gāo chéng shēn chí ㄍㄠ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄣ ㄔˊ gou1 sing4 sam1 ci4 high walls and deep moat (idiom); impenetrable defense
- 攻城略地 gōng chéng lüè dì ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄌㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄧˋ gung1 sing4 loek6 dei6 to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
- 天府之国天府之國 tiān fǔ zhī guó ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˇ ㄓ ㄍㄨㄛˊ tin1 fu2 zi1 gwok3 (idiom) land of plenty (usu. used in reference to Sichuan)
- 胸无城府胸無城府 xiōng wú chéng fǔ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄨˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄨˇ hung1 mou4 sing4 fu2 open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
- 胸有城府 xiōng yǒu chéng fǔ ㄒㄩㄥ ㄧㄡˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄨˇ hung1 jau5 sing4 fu2 subtle way of thinking (idiom); hard to fathom