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泰山北斗
 
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tài shān běi dǒu
  • as weighty as Mt Tai, as brilliant as the Big Dipper (idiom)
  • a giant among men

泰山北斗 tài shān běi dǒu

泰山北斗
1 泰山为五岳之首,北斗星为众星中最明亮之星。泰山北斗比喻负有声望的人,为世人所景仰,或指学术高深卓绝,为人景仰。《新唐书.卷一七六.韩愈传.赞曰》:「自愈没,其言大行,学者仰之如泰山、北斗云。」也作「斗山」、「泰斗」、「山斗」。

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