树碑立传 — Chinese idiom
树碑立传
shù bēi lì zhuàn
Traditional: 樹碑立傳
Meaning
- lit. to erect a stele and write a biography
- to monumentalize
- to glorify
- to sing the praises of
Character by character
- 树shùtree; to plant; to set up, to establish
- 碑bēistone tablet; gravestone
- 立lìto stand; to establish, to set up
- 传zhuànto pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
Idioms sharing a character
- 别树一帜 bié shù yī zhì
- 别树一旗 bié shù yī qí
- 树上开花 shù shàng kāi huā
- 树大招风 shù dà zhāo fēng
- 独树一帜 dú shù yī zhì
- 独树一格 dú shù yī gé
- 百年树人 bǎi nián shù rén
- 绿树成荫 lǜ shù chéng yīn
- 芝兰玉树 zhī lán yù shù
- 蚍蜉撼树 pí fú hàn shù
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