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沙士
shā shì
Pinyin
Definition
沙士
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shā shì
sarsaparilla
root beer
SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) (loanword)
Character Decomposition
沙
氵
小
丿
士
士
Related Words
(20)
人士
rén shì
1
person
2
figure
3
public figure
勇士
yǒng shì
1
a warrior
2
a brave person
博士
bó shì
1
doctor
2
court academician (in feudal China)
3
Ph.D.
士兵
shì bīng
1
soldier
2
CL:個|个[gè]
女士
nu:3 shì
1
lady
2
madam
3
CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
4
Miss
5
Ms
战士
zhàn shì
1
fighter
2
soldier
3
warrior
4
CL:個|个[gè]
沙
Shā
1
surname Sha
沙场
shā chǎng
1
sandpit
2
battleground
3
battlefield
沙滩
shā tān
1
beach
2
sandy shore
3
CL:片[piàn]
沙发
shā fā
1
sofa (loanword)
2
CL:條|条[tiáo],張|张[zhāng]
3
(Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
瑞士
Ruì shì
1
Switzerland
男士
nán shì
1
man
2
gentleman
的士
dī shì
1
taxi (loanword)
绅士
shēn shì
1
gentleman
芝士
zhī shì
1
cheese (loanword)
卫士
wèi shì
1
guardian
2
defender
护士
hù shi
1
nurse
2
CL:個|个[gè]
长沙
Cháng shā
1
Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
骑士
qí shì
1
horseman
2
cavalryman
3
knight (i.e. European nobility)
4
(Tw) bike rider (scooter, bicycle etc)
亚里士多德
Yà lǐ shì duō dé
1
Aristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher
Idioms
(16)
一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
1
lit. like a sheet of loose sand
2
fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
仁人志士
rén rén zhì shì
1
gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
仁人义士
rén rén yì shì
1
those with lofty ideals (idiom)
2
men of vision
博士买驴
bó shì mǎi lu:2
1
lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
2
idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
1
to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
2
to make oblique charges
3
to make insinuations
4
to insinuate
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
1
to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
志士仁人
zhì shì rén rén
1
gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
1
countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
1
to die in battle (idiom)
招贤纳士
zhāo xián nà shì
1
invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
敬贤礼士
jìng xián lǐ shì
1
to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship (idiom)
有识之士
yǒu shí zhī shì
1
a person with knowledge and experience (idiom)
沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn
1
to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
2
to rehearse a planned action or activity
3
to conduct a dry run
泥沙俱下
ní shā jù xià
1
mud and sand flow together (idiom)
2
good and bad mingle
眼里容不得沙子
yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi
1
can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom)
2
unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind
3
not prepared to turn a blind eye
聚沙成塔
jù shā chéng tǎ
1
sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity
2
many a mickle makes a muckle
Sample Sentences