淮南子
淮南子 Huái nán zi ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄋㄢˊ ˙ㄗ waai4 naam4 zi2
- miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han)
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淮
- 淮上 Huái shàng ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄕㄤˋ waai4 soeng6 see 淮上區|淮上区[Huai2 shang4 Qu1]
- 淮北 Huái běi ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇ waai4 bak1 see 淮北市[Huai2 bei3 Shi4]
- 淮南 Huái nán ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄋㄢˊ waai4 naam4 region south of the Huai River and north of the Yangtze River, esp. central Anhui Province
- 淮安 Huái ān ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄢ waai4 on1 see 淮安市[Huai2 an1 Shi4]
- 淮山 huái shān ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄕㄢ waai4 saan1 Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya), aka nagaimo
- 淮河 Huái Hé ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄏㄜˊ waai4 ho4 Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1]
南
Idioms with these characters
- 大江南北 Dà jiāng nán běi ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ daai6 gong1 naam4 bak1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
- 南箕北斗 Nán jī Běi dǒu ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄟˇ ㄉㄡˇ naam4 gei1 bak1 dau2 lit. the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom)
- 南辕北辙南轅北轍 nán yuán běi zhé ㄋㄢˊ ㄩㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄓㄜˊ naam4 jyun4 bak1 cit3 to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
- 南征北伐 nán zhēng běi fá ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄥ ㄅㄟˇ ㄈㄚˊ naam4 zing1 bak1 fat6 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
- 南征北讨南征北討 nán zhēng běi tǎo ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄥ ㄅㄟˇ ㄊㄠˇ naam4 zing1 bak1 tou2 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
- 爱民如子愛民如子 ài mín rú zǐ ㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄗˇ oi3 man4 jyu4 zi2 (idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)
- 摆花架子擺花架子 bǎi huā jià zi ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄚˋ ˙ㄗ baai2 faa1 gaa2 zi2 lit. to arrange a shelf of flowers
- 才子佳人 cái zǐ jiā rén ㄘㄞˊ ㄗˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄖㄣˊ coi4 zi2 gaai1 jan4 lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom)
- 多子多福 duō zǐ duō fú ㄉㄨㄛ ㄗˇ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄈㄨˊ do1 zi2 do1 fuk1 the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
- 父慈子孝 fù cí zǐ xiào ㄈㄨˋ ㄘˊ ㄗˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ fu6 ci4 zi2 haau3 benevolent father, filial son (idiom)