泥腿
ní tuǐ
Pinyin

Definition

泥腿
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ní tuǐ
  1. peasant
  2. yokel

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

狗腿
gǒu tuǐ
  1. 1 lackey
  2. 2 henchman
  3. 3 to kiss up to
腿
tuǐ
  1. 1 leg
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
二郎腿
èr láng tuǐ
  1. 1 one leg over the other (legs crossed)
劈腿
pǐ tuǐ
  1. 1 to do the splits (gymnastics)
  2. 2 (Tw) two-timing (in romantic relationships)
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [pī tuǐ]
土豆泥
tǔ dòu ní
  1. 1 mashed potato
大腿
dà tuǐ
  1. 1 thigh
小腿
xiǎo tuǐ
  1. 1 lower leg (from knee to ankle)
  2. 2 shank
拖后腿
tuō hòu tuǐ
  1. 1 to impede
  2. 2 to obstruct
  3. 3 to hold back
拖泥带水
tuō ní dài shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. wading in mud and water
  2. 2 a slovenly job
  3. 3 sloppy
水泥
shuǐ ní
  1. 1 cement
  2. 2 CL:袋[dài]
泥
ní
  1. 1 mud
  2. 2 clay
  3. 3 paste
  4. 4 pulp
泥人
ní rén
  1. 1 clay figurine
泥土
ní tǔ
  1. 1 earth
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 mud
  4. 4 clay
泥巴
ní bā
  1. 1 mud
泥水
ní shuǐ
  1. 1 muddy water
  2. 2 mud
  3. 3 masonry (craft)
泥潭
ní tán
  1. 1 quagmire
泥泞
ní nìng
  1. 1 muddy
  2. 2 mud
泥煤
ní méi
  1. 1 peat
泥石流
ní shí liú
  1. 1 landslide
  2. 2 torrent of mud and stones
  3. 3 mudslide
淤泥
yū ní
  1. 1 silt
  2. 2 sludge
  3. 3 ooze

Idioms (9)

出淤泥而不染
chū yū ní ér bù rǎn
  1. 1 lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be principled and incorruptible
判若云泥
pàn ruò yún ní
  1. 1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 worlds apart
泥古不化
nì gǔ bù huà
  1. 1 conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
泥沙俱下
ní shā jù xià
  1. 1 mud and sand flow together (idiom)
  2. 2 good and bad mingle
泥牛入海
ní niú rù hǎi
  1. 1 lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
燕子衔泥垒大窝
yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō
  1. 1 the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom)
  2. 2 many a little makes a mickle
烂泥扶不上墙
làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng
  1. 1 useless (idiom)
  2. 2 worthless
  3. 3 inept
花拳绣腿
huā quán xiù tuǐ
  1. 1 flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom)
  2. 2 highly embellished and ineffectual
  3. 3 fancy but impractical skills
  4. 4 all show and no go
  5. 5 pugilistic wankery
雪泥鸿爪
xuě ní hóng zhǎo
  1. 1 a goose's footprint in the snow
  2. 2 vestiges of the past (idiom)
  3. 3 the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)

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