洪水猛兽 — Chinese idiom
洪水猛兽
hóng shuǐ měng shòu
Traditional: 洪水猛獸
Meaning
- lit. severe floods and fierce beasts
- fig. great scourges
- extremely dangerous or threatening things
Character by character
- 洪hóngdeluge, flood; immense, vast
- 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
- 猛měngviolent, savage, cruel, bold
- 兽shòubeast, animal; bestial
Idioms sharing a character
- 洪水滔滔 hóng shuǐ tāo tāo
- 洪福齐天 hóng fú qí tiān
- 一清如水 yī qīng rú shuǐ
- 似水年华 sì shuǐ nián huá
- 出水芙蓉 chū shuǐ fú róng
- 如鱼得水 rú yú dé shuǐ
- 山明水秀 shān míng shuǐ xiù
- 山清水秀 shān qīng shuǐ xiù
- 山穷水尽 shān qióng shuǐ jìn
- 山长水远 shān cháng shuǐ yuǎn
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