冰河期
bīng hé qī
Pinyin

Definition

冰河期
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bīng hé qī
  1. ice age

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

假期
jià qī
  1. 1 vacation
冰
bīng
  1. 1 ice
  2. 2 CL:塊|块[kuài]
  3. 3 to chill sth
  4. 4 (of an object or substance) to feel cold
  5. 5 (of a person) cold
  6. 6 unfriendly
  7. 7 (slang) methamphetamine
学期
xué qī
  1. 1 term
  2. 2 semester
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
星期
xīng qī
  1. 1 week
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 day of the week
  4. 4 Sunday
时期
shí qī
  1. 1 period
  2. 2 phase
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
期
qī
  1. 1 variant of 期[qī]
  2. 2 period
  3. 3 cycle
期待
qī dài
  1. 1 to look forward to
  2. 2 to await
  3. 3 expectation
期望
qī wàng
  1. 1 to have expectations
  2. 2 to earnestly hope
  3. 3 expectation
  4. 4 hope
期间
qī jiān
  1. 1 period of time
  2. 2 time
  3. 3 time period
  4. 4 period
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
河
hé
  1. 1 river
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo],道[dào]
青春期
qīng chūn qī
  1. 1 puberty
  2. 2 adolescence
不期而遇
bù qī ér yù
  1. 1 meet by chance
  2. 2 have a chance encounter
中期
zhōng qī
  1. 1 middle (of a period of time)
  2. 2 medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
佳期
jiā qī
  1. 1 wedding day
  2. 2 day of tryst
保质期
bǎo zhì qī
  1. 1 date of use (on foodstuffs)
  2. 2 best before date
冰冷
bīng lěng
  1. 1 ice-cold
冰冻
bīng dòng
  1. 1 to freeze
冰块
bīng kuài
  1. 1 ice cube
  2. 2 ice chunk
冰天雪地
bīng tiān xuě dì
  1. 1 a world of ice and snow
冰封
bīng fēng
  1. 1 to freeze over
  2. 2 to ice over
  3. 3 icebound
  4. 4 to shelve (a proposal etc)

Idioms (20)

不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
冰清玉洁
bīng qīng yù jié
  1. 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
  2. 2 irreproachable
  3. 3 incorruptible
冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
  1. 1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
冷若冰霜
lěng ruò bīng shuāng
  1. 1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
  2. 2 frigid
冷语冰人
lěng yǔ bīng rén
  1. 1 to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
  1. 1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
  3. 3 glib
  4. 4 voluble
  5. 5 have the gift of the gab
夏虫不可以语冰
xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng
  1. 1 a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
  1. 1 lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be extremely cautious
  3. 3 to be skating on thin ice
后会有期
hòu huì yǒu qī
  1. 1 I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom)
  2. 2 Hope to see you again.
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
  1. 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
摸着石头过河
mō zhe shí tou guò hé
  1. 1 to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom)
  2. 2 to advance cautiously, step by step
  3. 3 to feel one's way forward
暴虎冯河
bào hǔ píng hé
  1. 1 lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display foolhardy courage
期期艾艾
qī qī ài ài
  1. 1 stammering (idiom)
江河日下
jiāng hé rì xià
  1. 1 rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse
  2. 2 deteriorating day by day
河东狮吼
Hé dōng shī hǒu
  1. 1 lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband
河水不犯井水
hé shuǐ bù fàn jǐng shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom); Do not interfere with one another.
  2. 2 Mind your own business.

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