歇后语 (歇後語) xiēhòuyǔ
xiēhòuyǔ
set phrase
a kind of saying leaving out the explicit meaning
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: A saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part (CC-CEDICT '歇後語'; Guoyu '歇後語')
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- 卷一百十九 周書10: 世宗本紀六 Volume 119 Book of Later Zhou 21: Shizong Annals 6 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 1