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电纸书
diàn zhǐ shū
Pinyin
Definition
电纸书
-
diàn zhǐ shū
electronic book reader
Character Decomposition
电
日
丨
乚
纸
纟
氏
书
丨
丶
Related Words
(20)
壁纸
bì zhǐ
1
wallpaper
书
Shū
1
abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]
书写
shū xiě
1
to write
看书
kàn shū
1
to read
2
to study
纸
zhǐ
1
paper
2
CL:張|张[zhāng],沓[dá]
3
classifier for documents, letter etc
读书
dú shū
1
to read a book
2
to study
3
to attend school
电
diàn
1
electric
2
electricity
3
electrical
电信
diàn xìn
1
telecommunications
电子
diàn zǐ
1
electronic
2
electron (particle physics)
电影
diàn yǐng
1
movie
2
film
3
CL:部[bù],片[piàn],幕[mù],場|场[chǎng]
电脑
diàn nǎo
1
computer
2
CL:臺|台[tái]
电视
diàn shì
1
television
2
TV
3
CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè]
电视剧
diàn shì jù
1
TV play
2
soap opera
3
CL:部[bù]
电话
diàn huà
1
telephone
2
CL:部[bù]
3
phone call
4
CL:通[tōng]
5
phone number
上书
shàng shū
1
to write a letter (to the authorities)
2
to present a petition
来电
lái diàn
1
incoming telegram or telephone call
2
your telegram, telephone call, or message
3
to send a telegram or make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker)
4
to have instant attraction to sb
5
to have chemistry with sb
6
to come back (of electricity, after an outage)
供电
gōng diàn
1
to supply electricity
停电
tíng diàn
1
to have a power failure
2
power cut
充电
chōng diàn
1
to recharge batteries
2
fig. to rest and recuperate
充电器
chōng diàn qì
1
battery charger
Idioms
(20)
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
1
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
1
lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
1
to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
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
星流电击
xīng liú diàn jī
1
meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
2
portentous signs
书不尽言
shū bù jìn yán
1
I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
书香门第
shū xiāng mén dì
1
family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
洛阳纸贵
Luò yáng zhǐ guì
1
lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
2
fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
牛角挂书
niú jiǎo guà shū
1
lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
2
fig. to be diligent in one's studies
白面书生
bái miàn shū shēng
1
lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
2
still wet behind the ears
知书达理
zhī shū dá lǐ
1
educated and well-balanced (idiom)
纸上谈兵
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
1
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
2
fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
3
armchair strategist
4
idle theorizing
5
cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
纸醉金迷
zhǐ zuì jīn mí
1
lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
1
so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
2
innumerable crimes (idiom)
3
see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
罄笔难书
qìng bǐ nán shū
1
too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds) (idiom)
2
see also 罄竹難書|罄竹难书[qìng zhú nán shū]
著书立说
zhù shū lì shuō
1
to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
行万里路,读万卷书
xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū
1
Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom)
2
Learn as much as you can and do all you can.
跃然纸上
yuè rán zhǐ shàng
1
to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc)
2
to stand out markedly
金迷纸醉
jīn mí zhǐ zuì
1
lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
钻故纸堆
zuān gù zhǐ duī
1
to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers
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