"点灯" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 点灯 | diǎn dēng | to light a lamp |  | |
Approximate Results for 点灯 | ||||
| 茅坑里点灯 | máo kēng lǐ diǎn dēng | (slang) (fig.) to court death (derived from 找死[zhao3 si3] via its near homophone 照屎[zhao4 shi3]) | | |
| 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯 | zhǐ xǔ zhōu guān fàng huǒ , bù xǔ bǎi xìng diǎn dēng | only the official is allowed to light the fire / Gods may do what cattle may not / quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi | | |
