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毒奶
dú nǎi
Pinyin
Definition
毒奶
-
dú nǎi
poisoned milk
contaminated milk
refers to 2008 PRC scandal involving milk products adulterated with melamine 三聚氰胺[sān jù qíng àn]
Character Decomposition
毒
龶
母
奶
女
㇎
丿
Related Words
(20)
奶奶
nǎi nai
1
(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)
2
(respectful) mistress of the house
3
CL:位[wèi]
4
(coll.) boobies
5
breasts
奶茶
nǎi chá
1
milk tea
毒
dú
1
poison
2
to poison
3
poisonous
4
malicious
5
cruel
6
fierce
7
narcotics
毒刺
dú cì
1
venomous sting
牛奶
niú nǎi
1
cow's milk
2
CL:瓶[píng],杯[bēi]
酸奶
suān nǎi
1
yogurt
中毒
zhòng dú
1
to be poisoned
2
poisoning
二奶
èr nǎi
1
mistress
2
second wife
3
lover
吃奶
chī nǎi
1
to suck the breast (for milk)
吸毒
xī dú
1
to take drugs
喂奶
wèi nǎi
1
to breast-feed
奶
nǎi
1
breast
2
milk
3
to breastfeed
奶嘴
nǎi zuǐ
1
nipple (on a baby's bottle)
2
pacifier
奶妈
nǎi mā
1
wet nurse
奶昔
nǎi xī
1
milkshake (Note: 昔[xī] is loaned from English "shake" via Cantonese 昔, pr. sik1)
奶油
nǎi yóu
1
cream
2
butter
奶爸
nǎi bà
1
stay-at-home dad
奶牛
nǎi niú
1
milk cow
2
dairy cow
奶瓶
nǎi píng
1
baby's feeding bottle
奶粉
nǎi fěn
1
powdered milk
Idioms
(6)
口吐毒焰
kǒu tǔ dú yàn
1
lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
2
to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
有奶便是娘
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
1
lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
2
fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
3
to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie
求爷爷告奶奶
qiú yé ye gào nǎi nai
1
lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom)
2
fig. to go about begging for help
无毒不丈夫
wú dú bù zhàng fu
1
no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
荼毒生灵
tú dú shēng líng
1
to torment the people (idiom)
虎毒不食子
hǔ dú bù shí zǐ
1
a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom)
2
even wild beasts look after their young
Sample Sentences