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掉书袋
diào shū dài
Pinyin
Definition
掉书袋
-
diào shū dài
lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
fig. to show off one's erudition
a person who does so
Character Decomposition
掉
扌
⺊
日
十
书
丨
丶
袋
亻
弋
衣
Related Words
(20)
掉
diào
1
to fall
2
to drop
3
to lag behind
4
to lose
5
to go missing
6
to reduce
7
fall (in prices)
8
to lose (value, weight etc)
9
to wag
10
to swing
11
to turn
12
to change
13
to exchange
14
to swap
15
to show off
16
to shed (hair)
17
(used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
脑袋
nǎo dài
1
head
2
skull
3
brains
4
mental capability
5
CL:顆|颗[kē],個|个[gè]
丢掉
diū diào
1
to lose
2
to throw away
3
to discard
4
to cast away
删掉
shān diào
1
to delete
剪掉
jiǎn diào
1
to cut off
2
to cut away
3
to trim
去掉
qù diào
1
to get rid of
2
to exclude
3
to eliminate
4
to remove
5
to delete
6
to strip out
7
to extract
口袋
kǒu dài
1
pocket
2
bag
3
sack
4
CL:個|个[gè]
吃掉
chī diào
1
to eat up
2
to consume
喝掉
hē diào
1
to drink up
2
to finish (a drink)
塑料袋
sù liào dài
1
plastic bag
坏掉
huài diào
1
spoilt
2
ruined
失掉
shī diào
1
to lose
2
to miss
干掉
gàn diào
1
to get rid of
忘掉
wàng diào
1
to forget
扔掉
rēng diào
1
to throw away
2
to throw out
拔掉
bá diào
1
to pluck
2
to pull off
3
to pull out
4
to unplug
掉下
diào xià
1
to drop down
2
to fall
掉泪
diào lèi
1
to shed tears
掉落
diào luò
1
to fall down
掉头
diào tóu
1
to turn one's head
2
to turn round
3
to turn about
Idioms
(5)
天上不会掉馅饼
tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng
1
there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
天上掉馅饼
tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng
1
a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)
2
to have something fall into your lap
尾大不掉
wěi dà bù diào
1
large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy
2
fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
掉书袋
diào shū dài
1
lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
2
fig. to show off one's erudition
3
a person who does so
酒囊饭袋
jiǔ náng fàn dài
1
wine sack, food bag (idiom); useless person, only fit for guzzling and boozing
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