章甫荐履 — Chinese idiom
章甫荐履
zhāng fǔ jiàn lǚ
Traditional: 章甫薦履
Meaning
- court crown beneath straw shoe ; everything turned upside down
Character by character
- 章zhāngchapter, section, writing; seal
- 甫fǔto begin; man, father; great; a distance of ten li
- 荐jiànto recommend; to recur, to repeat
- 履lǚshoes; to walk, to tread
Idioms sharing a character
- 出口成章 chū kǒu chéng zhāng
- 断章取义 duàn zhāng qǔ yì
- 率由旧章 shuài yóu jiù zhāng
- 约法三章 yuē fǎ sān zhāng
- 走马章台 zǒu mǎ zhāng tái
- 杂乱无章 zá luàn wú zhāng
- 毛遂自荐 Máo Suì zì jiàn
- 祁奚之荐 Qí Xī zhī jiàn
- 削足适履 xuē zú shì lǚ
- 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng
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