lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living; unaware of the disasters ahead; a fool's paradise
trad. 燕雀處堂
Also written 燕雀處堂【yàn què chù táng】
Characters in this word
4燕
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Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning, north Hebei, the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337–370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384–409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398–410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409–436), surname Yan
- Pinyin
- Yān
- Strokes
- 16
雀
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a freckle, lentigo
- Pinyin
- qiāo
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 36723 of 2500
处
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to reside, to live, to dwell, to be in, to be situated at, to stay, to get along with, to be in a position of, to deal with, to discipline, to punish
- Pinyin
- chǔ
- Traditional
- 處
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1757 of 2500
堂
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(main) hall, large room for a specific purpose, CL:間|间[jian1], relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family, of the same clan, classifier for classes, lectures etc, classifier for sets of furniture
- Pinyin
- táng
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 15913 of 2500