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北寒带
běi hán dài
Pinyin
Definition
北寒带
-
běi hán dài
the north frigid zone
Character Decomposition
北
北
寒
宀
二
一
八
⺀
带
川
一
冖
巾
Related Words
(20)
北
běi
1
north
2
(classical) to be defeated
北京
Běi jīng
1
Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
2
Peking
3
PRC government
寒假
hán jià
1
winter vacation
寒冷
hán lěng
1
cold (climate)
2
frigid
3
very cold
韩寒
Hán Hán
1
Han Han (1982-), PRC blogger, singer and professional rally driver
北上
běi shàng
1
to go up north
北京人
Běi jīng rén
1
Beijing resident
2
Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhōu kǒu diàn], Beijing
北京市
Běi jīng Shì
1
Beijing
2
capital of People's Republic of China
3
one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhí xiá shì]
北国
běi guó
1
the northern part of the country
2
the North
北大
Běi Dà
1
Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
北平
Běi píng
1
Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
北爱
Běi Ài
1
abbr. for 北愛爾蘭|北爱尔兰[Běi Ài ěr lán], Northern Ireland
北斗
Běi dǒu
1
Great Bear
2
Big Dipper
3
Peitou town in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
北方
běi fāng
1
north
2
the northern part a country
3
China north of the Yellow River
北极
běi jí
1
the North Pole
2
the Arctic Pole
3
the north magnetic pole
北极熊
běi jí xióng
1
polar bear
北欧
Běi Ōu
1
north Europe
2
Scandinavia
北海
Běi hǎi
1
Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City
2
the North Sea (Europe)
3
Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi
4
Bohai Sea
5
Lake Baikal
北海道
Běi hǎi dào
1
Hokkaidō, Japan
北美
Běi měi
1
North America
Idioms
(20)
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
1
to live miles apart (idiom)
一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
1
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
2
sporadic effort
3
short attention span
一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán
1
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
2
sporadic effort
3
lack of sticking power
4
short attention span
冰冻三尺,非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
1
three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
1
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
2
fig. a blessing in disguise
3
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
1
the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
南辕北辙
nán yuán běi zhé
1
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
唇亡齿寒
chún wáng chǐ hán
1
lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent
啼饥号寒
tí jī háo hán
1
hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
1
lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
嘘寒问暖
xū hán wèn nuǎn
1
to enquire solicitously about sb's well-being (idiom)
2
to pamper
噤若寒蝉
jìn ruò hán chán
1
to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
1
north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
2
(fig.) all over China
天寒地冻
tiān hán dì dòng
1
cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold
家世寒微
jiā shì hán wēi
1
to be of humble origin (idiom)
寒光闪闪
hán guāng shǎn shǎn
1
to glitter like frost and snow (idiom)
寒窗
hán chuāng
1
a life of strenuous studies (idiom)
Sample Sentences