牛骥同皂
niú jì tóng zào · cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 牛骥同皂
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
cow's milk; CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
同学tóngxuéto study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4]
不同bùtóngdifferent; distinct; not the same; not alike
牛niúox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome; surname Niu
同事tóngshìcolleague; co-worker
同意tóngyìto agree; to consent; to approve