秋荼密网 — Chinese idiom
秋荼密网
qiū tú mì wǎng
Traditional: 秋荼密網
Meaning
- flowering autumn grass, fine net ; fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law
Character by character
- 秋qiūautumn, fall; year
- 荼túa bitter vegetable
- 密mìsecret, confidential; intimate, close; dense, thic
- 网wǎngnet; network
Idioms sharing a character
- 一日三秋 yī rì sān qiū
- 一叶知秋 yī yè zhī qiū
- 一雨成秋 yī yǔ chéng qiū
- 各有千秋 gè yǒu qiān qiū
- 多事之秋 duō shì zhī qiū
- 春秋大梦 chūn qiū dà mèng
- 暗送秋波 àn sòng qiū bō
- 秋后算帐 qiū hòu suàn zhàng
- 秋后算账 qiū hòu suàn zhàng
- 秋毫无犯 qiū háo wú fàn
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