大水沖了龍王廟 dà shuǐ chōng le lóng wáng miào

fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
  2. 2. a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
  3. 3. lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great
水 shuǐ HSK 1
water; liquid; beverage
沖 chōng
to rush; to go straight ahead; to clash
了 le HSK 1
(completed action marker)
龍 lóng
dragon; imperial; surname Long
王 wáng HSK 5
surname Wang; king or monarch
廟 miào
temple; temple fair; ancestral shrine