| 黄袍加身 |
huáng páo jiā shēn |
lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom) / fig. to be made emperor / to take the crown |
| 黄 |
Huáng |
surname Huang or Hwang |
| 黄 |
huáng |
yellow / pornographic / to fall through |
| 袍 |
páo |
gown (lined) |
| 加 |
Jiā |
Canada (abbr. for 加拿大) / surname Jia |
| 加 |
jiā |
to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不, 大, 稍 etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)") |
| 身 |
shēn |
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 |