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wēng

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Definitions

  1. 1. elderly man
  2. 2. father
  3. 3. father-in-law

Words Containing 翁

主人翁
zhǔ rén wēng

master (of the house)

翁源
wēng yuán

Wengyuan County in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong

信天翁
xìn tiān wēng

albatross (family Diomedeidae)

醉翁之意不在酒
zuì wēng zhī yì bù zài jiǔ

wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol

翁牛特
wēng niú tè

Ongniud banner or Ongnuud khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia

翁源县
wēng yuán xiàn

Wengyuan County in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[sháo guān], Guangdong

翁婿
wēng xù

father-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law

扎欧扎翁
zā ōu zā wēng

name of village in Nyima county, Nagchu prefecture, Tibet

翁山苏姬
wēng shān sū jī

see 昂山素季[áng shān sù jì]

白头翁
bái tóu wēng

root of Chinese pulsatilla

亿万富翁
yì wàn fù wēng

billionaire

凫翁
fú wēng

watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)

塞翁失马
sài wēng shī mǎ

fig. a blessing in disguise

大富翁
dà fù wēng

Monopoly (game)

葛法翁
gě fǎ wēng

Capernaum (biblical town on the Sea of Galilee)

莎翁
shā wēng

Shakespeare

卡斯特利翁
kǎ sī tè lì wēng

Castellón

翁安县
wēng ān xiàn

Weng'an County in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[qián nán bù yī zú miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Guizhou

翁山
wēng shān

see 昂山[áng shān]

黑脚信天翁
hēi jiǎo xìn tiān wēng

(bird species of China) black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)

尊翁
zūn wēng

(honorific) your father

百万富翁
bǎi wàn fù wēng

millionaire

不倒翁
bù dǎo wēng

roly-poly toy

负翁
fù wēng

debtor (jocular term, homonymous with 富翁[fù wēng])

富翁
fù wēng

rich person

塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú

it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

短尾信天翁
duǎn wěi xìn tiān wēng

(bird species of China) short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)

醉翁
zuì wēng

wine-lover

塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú

it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

翁牛特旗
wēng niú tè qí

Ongniud banner or Ongnuud khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia

鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利
yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lì

lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom)

翁姑
wēng gū

husband's father and mother

伊瑞克提翁庙
yī ruì kè tí wēng miào

the Erechteum, Athens

黑背信天翁
hēi bèi xìn tiān wēng

(bird species of China) Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)