塔拉瓦
Tǎ lā wǎ
Pinyin

Definition

塔拉瓦
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Tǎ lā wǎ
  1. Tarawa, capital of Kiribati

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

塔
tǎ
  1. 1 pagoda
  2. 2 tower
  3. 3 minaret
  4. 4 stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo)
  5. 5 CL:座[zuò]
拉
lā
  1. 1 to pull
  2. 2 to play (a bowed instrument)
  3. 3 to drag
  4. 4 to draw
  5. 5 to chat
拉手
lā shǒu
  1. 1 to hold hands
  2. 2 to shake hands
拉肚子
lā dù zi
  1. 1 (coll.) to have diarrhea
拉开
lā kāi
  1. 1 to pull open
  2. 2 to pull apart
  3. 3 to space out
  4. 4 to increase
拉风
lā fēng
  1. 1 trendy
  2. 2 eye-catching
  3. 3 flashy
拉面
lā miàn
  1. 1 pulled noodles
  2. 2 ramen
金字塔
jīn zì tǎ
  1. 1 pyramid (building or structure)
亚伯拉罕
Yà bó lā hǎn
  1. 1 Abraham (name)
  2. 2 Abraham, father of Judaism and Islam in the Bible and Quran
  3. 3 same as Ibrahim 易卜拉辛
伊拉克
Yī lā kè
  1. 1 Iraq
佛塔
fó tǎ
  1. 1 pagoda
杰拉德
Jié lā dé
  1. 1 Gerrard (name)
克拉
kè lā
  1. 1 carat (mass) (loanword)
克拉克
Kè lā kè
  1. 1 Clark or Clarke (name)
克拉玛依
Kè lā mǎ yī
  1. 1 Qaramay shehiri (Karamay city) or Kèlāmǎyī prefecture-level city in Xinjiang
凯迪拉克
Kǎi dí lā kè
  1. 1 Cadillac
千瓦
qiān wǎ
  1. 1 kilowatt (unit of electric power)
南斯拉夫
Nán sī lā fū
  1. 1 Yugoslavia, 1943-1992
卡塔尔
Kǎ tǎ ěr
  1. 1 Qatar
卡拉
Kǎ lā
  1. 1 Kara, city in northern Togo 多哥[Duō gē]
  2. 2 Cara, Karla etc (name)

Idioms (15)

三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全
nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán
  1. 1 Better broken jade than intact tile.
  2. 2 Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉家带口
lā jiā dài kǒu
  1. 1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
  2. 2 tied down by family obligations
东拉西扯
dōng lā xī chě
  1. 1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
添砖加瓦
tiān zhuān jiā wǎ
  1. 1 lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do one's bit to help
生拉活扯
shēng lā huó chě
  1. 1 to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
老鼠拉龟，无从下手
lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu
  1. 1 like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
  2. 2 no clue where to start
聚沙成塔
jù shā chéng tǎ
  1. 1 sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity
  2. 2 many a mickle makes a muckle
连拖带拉
lián tuō dài lā
  1. 1 pushing and pulling (idiom)
风中烛，瓦上霜
fēng zhōng zhú , wǎ shàng shuāng
  1. 1 lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of sb's life) feeble
  3. 3 hanging on a thread
鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋
niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn
  1. 1 lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. god-forsaken
  3. 3 remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎
niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ
  1. 1 lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. god-forsaken
  3. 3 remote and desolate
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng
  1. 1 lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
  2. 2 good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

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