牛鞅
牛鞅 niú yàng ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄧㄤˋ
- wooden yoke for a draft ox
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牛
鞅
- 商鞅 Shāng Yāng ㄕㄤ ㄧㄤ soeng1 joeng1 Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝|秦朝[Qin2 chao2]
- 鞅掌 yāng zhǎng ㄧㄤ ㄓㄤˇ joeng2 zoeng2 (literary) busy (with work etc)
- 鞅牛 yàng niú ㄧㄤˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ox harnessed for plowing
- 鞅鞅 yāng yāng ㄧㄤ ㄧㄤ dissatisfied; displeased; aggrieved
- 商鞅变法商鞅變法 Shāng Yāng biàn fǎ ㄕㄤ ㄧㄤ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ soeng1 joeng1 bin3 faat3 Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination
- 逸尘断鞅逸塵斷鞅 yì chén duàn yāng ㄧˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄧㄤ jat6 can4 dyun6 joeng2 lit. kicking up the dust and breaking the harness
Idioms with these characters
- 带牛佩犊帶牛佩犢 dài niú pèi dú ㄉㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄆㄟˋ ㄉㄨˊ daai3 ngau4 pui3 duk6 to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
- 对牛弹琴對牛彈琴 duì niú tán qín ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄊㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ deoi3 ngau4 taan4 kam4 lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
- 多如牛毛 duō rú niú máo ㄉㄨㄛ ㄖㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄇㄠˊ do1 jyu4 ngau4 mou4 lit. as numerous as the hairs of an ox (idiom)
- 汗牛充栋汗牛充棟 hàn niú chōng dòng ㄏㄢˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄨㄥ ㄉㄨㄥˋ hon6 ngau4 cung1 dung3 lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
- 呼牛呼马呼牛呼馬 hū niú hū mǎ ㄏㄨ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄨ ㄇㄚˇ fu1 ngau4 fu1 maa5 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it