月亏
月亏月虧 yuè kuī ㄩㄝˋ ㄎㄨㄟ jyut6 kwai1
- waning moon
- to wane
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月
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- 冰壶秋月冰壺秋月 bīng hú qiū yuè ㄅㄧㄥ ㄏㄨˊ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄩㄝˋ bing1 wu2 cau1 jyut6 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
- 闭月羞花閉月羞花 bì yuè xiū huā ㄅㄧˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄚ bai3 jyut6 sau1 faa1 lit. hiding the moon, shaming the flowers (idiom)
- 长年累月長年累月 cháng nián lěi yuè ㄔㄤˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄟˇ ㄩㄝˋ coeng4 nin4 leoi5 jyut6 year in, year out (idiom)
- 成年累月 chéng nián lěi yuè ㄔㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄟˇ ㄩㄝˋ sing4 nin4 leoi6 jyut6 year in, year out (idiom)
- 风花雪月風花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè ㄈㄥ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄩㄝˋ fung1 faa1 syut3 jyut6 wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance
- 功亏一篑功虧一簣 gōng kuī yī kuì ㄍㄨㄥ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄧ ㄎㄨㄟˋ gung1 kwai1 jat1 gwai6 lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful
- 扭亏为盈扭虧為盈 niǔ kuī wéi yíng ㄋㄧㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄟ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄥˊ nau2 kwai1 wai6 jing4 (idiom) to get into the black; to become profitable
- 自知理亏自知理虧 zì zhī lǐ kuī ㄗˋ ㄓ ㄌㄧˇ ㄎㄨㄟ zi6 zi1 lei5 kwai1 to know that one is in the wrong (idiom)