白旄黄钺 — Chinese idiom
白旄黄钺
bái máo huáng yuè
Traditional: 白旄黃鉞
Meaning
- white banner and yellow battle-ax ; refers to military expedition
Character by character
- 白báiwhite; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
- 旄máoold; an ancient pelt flag
- 黄huángyellow; surname
- 钺yuèbroad-axe; halberd, battle-axe
Idioms sharing a character
- 一清二白 yī qīng èr bái
- 不分皂白 bù fēn zào bái
- 不明不白 bù míng bù bái
- 两鬓斑白 liǎng bìn bān bái
- 平白无故 píng bái wú gù
- 恶叉白赖 è chā bái lài
- 数黑论白 shǔ hēi lùn bái
- 白手起家 bái shǒu qǐ jiā
- 白眉赤眼 bái méi chì yǎn
- 白苋紫茄 bái xiàn zǐ qié
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