补天浴日 — Chinese idiom
补天浴日
bǔ tiān yù rì
Traditional: 補天浴日
Meaning
- (lit.) Nüwa mends the Heavens and Xihe bathes the Sun
- (fig.) (of an achievement, deed, undertaking etc) grand; magnificent; unparalleled
Character by character
- 补bǔto fix, to mend, to patch, to restore
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 浴yùto bathe, to shower, to wash
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
Idioms sharing a character
- 亡羊补牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo
- 勤能补拙 qín néng bǔ zhuō
- 将功补过 jiāng gōng bǔ guò
- 将勤补拙 jiāng qín bǔ zhuō
- 截长补短 jié cháng bǔ duǎn
- 拆东补西 chāi dōng bǔ xī
- 拾遗补缺 shí yí bǔ quē
- 挖肉补疮 wā ròu bǔ chuāng
- 补偏救弊 bǔ piān jiù bì
- 一柱擎天 yī zhù qíng tiān
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