竹板
zhú bǎn
Pinyin

Definition

竹板
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zhú bǎn
  1. bamboo clapper boards used in folk theater

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

mú bǎn
  1. 1 template
  2. 2 (architecture) formwork
bào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
lǎo bǎn
  1. 1 variant of 老闆|老板[lǎo bǎn]
zhǔ bǎn
  1. 1 motherboard (computing)
kè bǎn
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 inflexible
  3. 3 mechanical
  4. 4 stubborn
  5. 5 to cut blocks for printing
jiào bǎn
  1. 1 to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
  2. 2 (coll.) to challenge
dāi bǎn
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 inflexible
  3. 3 also pr. [ái bǎn]
dì bǎn
  1. 1 floor
tiān huā bǎn
  1. 1 ceiling
shān zhú
  1. 1 mangosteen
píng bǎn
  1. 1 slab
  2. 2 plate
  3. 3 dull
  4. 4 monotonous
  5. 5 tablet (computer)
fàng bào zhú
  1. 1 to set off firecrackers
mù bǎn
  1. 1 slab
  2. 2 board
  3. 3 plank
  4. 4 CL:張|张[zhāng],塊|块[kuài]
bǎn
  1. 1 board
  2. 2 plank
  3. 3 plate
  4. 4 shutter
  5. 5 table tennis bat
  6. 6 clappers (music)
  7. 7 CL:塊|块[kuài]
  8. 8 accented beat in Chinese music
  9. 9 hard
  10. 10 stiff
  11. 11 to stop smiling or look serious
bǎn dèng
  1. 1 wooden bench or stool
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng],條|条[tiáo]
bǎn kuài
  1. 1 slab
  2. 2 (geology) tectonic plate
  3. 3 (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry)
  4. 4 (economic) bloc
bǎn zi
  1. 1 board
  2. 2 plank
  3. 3 bamboo or birch for corporal punishment
bǎn lì
  1. 1 Chinese chestnut
bǎn yā
  1. 1 pressed (dried) salted duck
sǐ bǎn
  1. 1 rigid
  2. 2 inflexible

Idioms (11)

一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
  2. 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
  1. 1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
竹篮打水
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹篮打水,一场空
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹马之交
zhú mǎ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 childhood friend (idiom)
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
  1. 1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
  2. 2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
  3. 3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
胸有成竹
xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
  1. 1 to plan in advance (idiom)
  2. 2 a card up one's sleeve
  3. 3 forewarned is forearmed
青梅竹马
qīng méi zhú mǎ
  1. 1 lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. innocent children's games
  3. 3 childhood sweethearts
  4. 4 a couple who grew up as childhood friends

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