弹冠相庆 — Chinese idiom
弹冠相庆
tán guān xiāng qìng
Traditional: 彈冠相慶
Meaning
- lit. to flick dust off sb's cap ; to celebrate an official appointment
- to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc)
Character by character
- 弹tánbullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
- 冠guāncap, crown, headgear
- 相xiāngmutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
- 庆qìngto congratulate, to celebrate
Idioms sharing a character
- 一弹指顷 yī tán zhǐ qǐng
- 对牛弹琴 duì niú tán qín
- 弹丸之地 dàn wán zhī dì
- 弹指之间 tán zhǐ zhī jiān
- 弹尽援绝 dàn jìn yuán jué
- 弹尽粮绝 dàn jìn liáng jué
- 真枪实弹 zhēn qiāng shí dàn
- 老调重弹 lǎo diào chóng tán
- 旧调重弹 jiù diào chóng tán
- 荷枪实弹 hè qiāng shí dàn
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