涂尔干
Tú ěr gān
Pinyin

Definition

涂尔干
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Tú ěr gān
  1. Durkheim

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

干
gān
  1. 1 old variant of 乾|干[gān]
干净
gān jìng
  1. 1 clean
  2. 2 neat
干燥
gān zào
  1. 1 to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
  2. 2 desiccation
  3. 3 dull
  4. 4 uninteresting
  5. 5 arid
干脆
gān cuì
  1. 1 straightforward
  2. 2 clear-cut
  3. 3 blunt (e.g. statement)
  4. 4 you might as well
  5. 5 simply
涂
tú
  1. 1 to apply (paint etc)
  2. 2 to smear
  3. 3 to daub
  4. 4 to blot out
  5. 5 to scribble
  6. 6 to scrawl
  7. 7 (literary) mud
  8. 8 street
干什么
gàn shén me
  1. 1 what are you doing?
  2. 2 what's he up to?
干嘛
gàn má
  1. 1 what are you doing?
  2. 2 whatever for?
  3. 3 why on earth?
干活
gàn huó
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to be employed
糊涂
hú tu
  1. 1 muddled
  2. 2 silly
  3. 3 confused
饼干
bǐng gān
  1. 1 biscuit
  2. 2 cracker
  3. 3 cookie
  4. 4 CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
一塌糊涂
yī tā hú tu
  1. 1 muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
  2. 2 complete shambles
  3. 3 a total mess
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
干妈
gān mā
  1. 1 adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
干杯
gān bēi
  1. 1 to drink a toast
  2. 2 Cheers! (proposing a toast)
  3. 3 Here's to you!
  4. 4 Bottoms up!
  5. 5 lit. dry cup
干果
gān guǒ
  1. 1 dried fruit
  2. 2 dry fruits (nuts etc)
干枯
gān kū
  1. 1 withered
  2. 2 dried up
干洗
gān xǐ
  1. 1 to dry clean
  2. 2 dry cleaning
干涸
gān hé
  1. 1 to dry up
干涩
gān sè
  1. 1 dry and rough (skin)
  2. 2 hoarse (voice)
  3. 3 dry and heavy (style)
干煸
gān biān
  1. 1 to stir-fry with oil only (no addition of water)

Idioms (19)

一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一塌糊涂
yī tā hú tu
  1. 1 muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
  2. 2 complete shambles
  3. 3 a total mess
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
乳臭未干
rǔ xiù wèi gān
  1. 1 smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
干打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
化干戈为玉帛
huà gān gē wéi yù bó
  1. 1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
唾面自干
tuò miàn zì gān
  1. 1 to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
  2. 2 to drain the cup of humiliation
埋头苦干
mái tóu kǔ gàn
  1. 1 to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
  2. 2 to make an all-out effort
  3. 3 up to the neck in work
壹败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 failed and in a hopeless position
外强中干
wài qiáng zhōng gān
  1. 1 strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
大动干戈
dà dòng gān gē
  1. 1 to go to war (idiom)
  2. 2 to make a big fuss over sth
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
  1. 1 to pretend not to know (idiom)
烈火干柴
liè huǒ gān chái
  1. 1 lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
  2. 2 fig. consuming passion between lovers
生灵涂炭
shēng líng tú tàn
  1. 1 people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
精明强干
jīng míng qiáng gàn
  1. 1 intelligent and capable (idiom)
聪明一世，糊涂一时
cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí
  1. 1 even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment (idiom)
  2. 2 every man has a fool in his sleeve
豪气干云
háo qì gān yún
  1. 1 lit. heroism reaching to the clouds (idiom)
豺狼当涂
chái láng dāng tú
  1. 1 ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power
  2. 2 a vicious tyranny rules the land

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