枚乘
枚乘 Méi Chéng ㄇㄟˊ ㄔㄥˊ mui4 sing4
- Mei Cheng (-c. 140 BC), Han dynasty poet
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More words with these characters
枚
- 枚卜 méi bǔ ㄇㄟˊ ㄅㄨˇ mui4 buk1 to choose officials by divination (archaic)
- 枚举枚舉 méi jǔ ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄩˇ mui4 geoi2 to enumerate
- 猜枚 cāi méi ㄘㄞ ㄇㄟˊ caai1 mui2 drinking game where one has to guess the number of small objects in the other player's closed hand
- 袁枚 Yuán Méi ㄩㄢˊ ㄇㄟˊ jyun4 mui4 Yuan Mei (1716–1797), Qing poet, essayist and gastronome, one of the Three Great Masters of the Qianlong-Jiaqing period 乾嘉三大家[Qian2 Jia1 San1 Da4 jia1]
- 不胜枚举不勝枚舉 bù shèng méi jǔ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄩˇ bat1 sing1 mui4 geoi2 too numerous to mention individually or one by one
- 不可枚举不可枚舉 bù kě méi jǔ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄩˇ bat1 ho2 mui4 geoi2 innumerable (idiom)
乘
- 乘坐 chéng zuò ㄔㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ sing4 zo6 to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
- 乘客 chéng kè ㄔㄥˊ ㄎㄜˋ sing4 haak3 passenger
- 乘车乘車 chéng chē ㄔㄥˊ ㄔㄜ sing4 ce1 to ride (in a car or carriage)
- 搭乘 dā chéng ㄉㄚ ㄔㄥˊ daap3 sing4 to ride as a passenger
- 乘人之危 chéng rén zhī wēi ㄔㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄨㄟ sing4 jan4 zi1 ngai4 to take advantage of sb's precarious position
- 可乘之机可乘之機 kě chéng zhī jī ㄎㄜˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧ ho2 sing4 zi1 gei1 (idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit
Idioms with these characters
- 不可枚举不可枚舉 bù kě méi jǔ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄇㄟˊ ㄐㄩˇ bat1 ho2 mui4 geoi2 innumerable (idiom)
- 马工枚速馬工枚速 Mǎ gōng Méi sù ㄇㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄟˊ ㄙㄨˋ maa5 gung1 mui4 cuk1 Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom)
- 钳马衔枚鉗馬銜枚 qián mǎ xián méi ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄟˊ kim4 maa5 haam4 mui4 with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom)
- 乘风破浪乘風破浪 chéng fēng pò làng ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄥ ㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄤˋ sing4 fung1 po3 long6 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
- 乘人不备乘人不備 chéng rén bù bèi ㄔㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄟˋ sing4 jan4 bat1 bei6 to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom)
- 乘虚而入乘虛而入 chéng xū ér rù ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄩ ㄦˊ ㄖㄨˋ sing4 heoi1 ji4 jap6 to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
- 加减乘除加減乘除 jiā jiǎn chéng chú ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄔㄨˊ gaa1 gaam2 sing4 ceoi4 (idiom) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
- 可乘之机可乘之機 kě chéng zhī jī ㄎㄜˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄓ ㄐㄧ ho2 sing4 zi1 gei1 (idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit