盆 - pén - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地

戴盆望天

dài pén wàng tiān

(lit.) viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head; (fig.) it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations; one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties

扣屎盆子

kòu shǐ pén zi

to make a scapegoat of sb; to defame; to slander

鼓盆之戚

gǔ pén zhī qī

drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife); (fig.) grief for a lost wife

Idioms (2)

血盆大口

xuè pén dà kǒu

bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey; (fig.) greedy exploiter; rapacious aggressor

金盆洗手

jīn pén xǐ shǒu

(lit.) to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom); (fig.) to abandon the life of an outlaw

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