lit. to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan (idiom); fig. to make a fool of oneself by showing off in front of an expert
trad. 關公面前耍大刀
Also written 關公面前耍大刀【Guān gōng miàn qián shuǎ dà dāo】
Characters in this word
7关
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surname Guan
- Pinyin
- Guān
- Traditional
- 關
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1629 of 2500
公
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public, collectively owned, common, international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar), make public, fair, just, Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], honorable (gentlemen), father-in-law, male (animal)
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 10647 of 2500
面
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face, side, surface, aspect, top, classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
- Pinyin
- miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2052 of 2500
前
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front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly
- Pinyin
- qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 256 of 2500
耍
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surname Shua
- Pinyin
- Shuǎ
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2171 of 2500
大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
刀
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surname Dao
- Pinyin
- Dāo
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 1717 of 2500