王八看綠豆
wáng​ba​kàn​lǜ​dou

to see eye to eye

  • created reference approved 王八看绿豆/王八看綠豆 → 对眼/對眼 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    王八看绿豆 / 王八看綠豆 wáng​ba​kàn​lǜ​dou

    对眼 / 對眼 duì​yǎn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 王八看绿豆/王八看綠豆 · wáng​ba​kàn​lǜ​dou · to see eye to eye — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    王八看绿豆 / 王八看綠豆

    wáng​ba​kàn​lǜ​dou

    to see eye to eye

    Literally "a turtle looking at a mung bean," this humorous expression describes two people of similar character or hobbies who hit it off immediately or see eye to eye; often used mockingly to describe a pair of odd or eccentric people who have found each other.

    王八 (literal) → 王八 · wáng​ba · turtle 看 (literal) → 看 · kàn · to see 绿豆 (literal) → 绿豆/綠豆 · lǜ​dòu · mung bean

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense