封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
Pinyin

Definition

封沙育林
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fēng shā yù lín
  1. to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

封
Fēng
  1. 1 surname Feng
封面
fēng miàn
  1. 1 cover (of a publication)
少林寺
Shào lín Sì
  1. 1 Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
教育
jiào yù
  1. 1 to educate
  2. 2 to teach
  3. 3 education
林
Lín
  1. 1 surname Lin
  2. 2 Japanese surname Hayashi
林黛玉
Lín Dài yù
  1. 1 Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
桂林
Guì lín
  1. 1 Guilin prefecture-level city in Guangxi
森林
sēn lín
  1. 1 forest
  2. 2 CL:片[piàn]
武林
wǔ lín
  1. 1 martial arts (social) circles
沙
Shā
  1. 1 surname Sha
沙滩
shā tān
  1. 1 beach
  2. 2 sandy shore
  3. 3 CL:片[piàn]
沙发
shā fā
  1. 1 sofa (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo],張|张[zhāng]
  3. 3 (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
长沙
Cháng shā
  1. 1 Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
体育
tǐ yù
  1. 1 sports
  2. 2 physical education
不育
bù yù
  1. 1 to be infertile
  2. 2 to have no offspring
信封
xìn fēng
  1. 1 envelope
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
冰封
bīng fēng
  1. 1 to freeze over
  2. 2 to ice over
  3. 3 icebound
  4. 4 to shelve (a proposal etc)
冰沙
bīng shā
  1. 1 slushie
  2. 2 smoothie
  3. 3 crushed ice drink
  4. 4 frappucino
凡士林
fán shì lín
  1. 1 vaseline (loanword)
南沙
Nán shā
  1. 1 Nansha Islands
  2. 2 Spratly Islands
  3. 3 Nansha district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong

Idioms (17)

一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
  1. 1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
  2. 2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
原封不动
yuán fēng bù dòng
  1. 1 sticking unmoving to the original (idiom); not an iota changed
  2. 2 untouched
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate
单丝不成线，独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
  1. 1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
  1. 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
  1. 1 to die in battle (idiom)
故步自封
gù bù zì fēng
  1. 1 stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
  2. 2 stagnating and conservative
杞梓之林
Qǐ zǐ zhī lín
  1. 1 forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent
林子大了，什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
  1. 1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn
  1. 1 to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
  2. 2 to rehearse a planned action or activity
  3. 3 to conduct a dry run
泥沙俱下
ní shā jù xià
  1. 1 mud and sand flow together (idiom)
  2. 2 good and bad mingle
独木不成林
dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
  2. 2 one cannot accomplish much on one's own
眼里容不得沙子
yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi
  1. 1 can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind
  3. 3 not prepared to turn a blind eye
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
言谈林薮
yán tán lín sǒu
  1. 1 articulate in speech (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
酒池肉林
jiǔ chí ròu lín
  1. 1 lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery
  2. 2 sumptuous entertainment

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