泰山北斗

Tài shān Běi dǒu

Dictionary entry

(lit.) Mount Tai and the Big Dipper (idiom)

What does 泰山北斗 mean?

泰山北斗 (Tài shān Běi dǒu) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) Mount Tai and the Big Dipper (idiom)

2(fig.) an outstanding figure in one's field

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泰TàiMt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong · abbr. for Thailand 山Shānsurname Shan 北běinorth · (classical) to be defeated 斗Dǒuabbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]

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泰山北斗

Tài shān Běi dǒu

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