黄袍加身 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to take the yellow gown
• fig. to be made emperor
• to take the crown

Character by character

• 黄huángyellow; surname
• 袍páorobe, gown, cloak
• 加jiāto add to, to increase, to augment
• 身shēnbody, torso; person; pregnancy

Idioms sharing a character

• 命归黄泉 mìng guī Huáng quán
• 妄下雌黄 wàng xià cí huáng
• 抱恨黄泉 bào hèn huáng quán
• 数黄道黑 shǔ huáng dào hēi
• 数黑论黄 shǔ hēi lùn huáng
• 明日黄花 míng rì huáng huā
• 杳如黄鹤 yǎo rú huáng hè
• 牝牡骊黄 pìn mǔ lí huáng
• 白旄黄钺 bái máo huáng yuè
• 青黄不接 qīng huáng bù jiē

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