黄袍加身 — Chinese idiom
黄袍加身
huáng páo jiā shēn
Traditional: 黃袍加身
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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