纳凉
nà liáng
Pinyin

Definition

纳凉
 - 
nà liáng
  1. to enjoy the cool air

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冰凉
bīng liáng
  1. 1 ice-cold
容纳
róng nà
  1. 1 to hold
  2. 2 to contain
  3. 3 to accommodate
  4. 4 to tolerate (different opinions)
凄凉
qī liáng
  1. 1 mournful
  2. 2 miserable
收纳
shōu nà
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to accept
  3. 3 to take in
  4. 4 to hold
冲凉
chōng liáng
  1. 1 (dialect) to take a shower
凉
Liáng
  1. 1 the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
凉拌
liáng bàn
  1. 1 salad with dressing
  2. 2 cold vegetables dressed with sauce (e.g. coleslaw)
凉水
liáng shuǐ
  1. 1 cool water
  2. 2 unboiled water
凄凉
qī liáng
  1. 1 desolate (place)
清凉
qīng liáng
  1. 1 cool
  2. 2 refreshing
  3. 3 (of clothing) skimpy
  4. 4 revealing
纳
Nà
  1. 1 surname Na
纳入
nà rù
  1. 1 to bring into
  2. 2 to channel into
  3. 3 to integrate into
  4. 4 to incorporate
纳闷
nà mèn
  1. 1 puzzled
  2. 2 bewildered
纳税人
nà shuì rén
  1. 1 taxpayer
纳豆
nà dòu
  1. 1 nattō, a type of fermented soybean, popular as a breakfast food in Japan
纳达尔
Nà dá ěr
  1. 1 Nadal (name)
  2. 2 Rafael Nadal (1986-), Spanish tennis player
阿森纳
Ā sēn nà
  1. 1 Arsenal Football Club
乘凉
chéng liáng
  1. 1 to cool off in the shade
出纳
chū nà
  1. 1 cashier
  2. 2 to receive and hand over payment
  3. 3 to lend and borrow books
加纳
Jiā nà
  1. 1 Ghana

Idioms (12)

世态炎凉
shì tài yán liáng
  1. 1 the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
前人栽树，后人乘凉
qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liáng
  1. 1 to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
  1. 1 lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
大树底下好乘凉
dà shù dǐ xià hǎo chéng liáng
  1. 1 lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
心静自然凉
xīn jìng zì rán liáng
  1. 1 a calm heart keeps you cool (idiom)
招贤纳士
zhāo xián nà shì
  1. 1 invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
招降纳叛
zhāo xiáng nà pàn
  1. 1 to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains
海纳百川
hǎi nà bǎi chuān
  1. 1 all rivers run into the sea
  2. 2 use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠
guā tián bù nà lu:3 , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān
  1. 1 lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
  3. 3 innocent acts may be misconstrued
藏垢纳污
cáng gòu nà wū
  1. 1 to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom); to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing
  2. 2 aiding and abetting wicked deeds
藏污纳垢
cáng wū nà gòu
  1. 1 to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom); to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing
  2. 2 aiding and abetting wicked deeds
黄花菜都凉了
huáng huā cài dōu liáng le
  1. 1 lit. the dishes are cold (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to arrive late
  3. 3 to take one's sweet time

Sample Sentences

古代没有空调、电风扇，只能靠扇子纳凉，古人称之为“摇风”“凉友”。
gǔdài méiyǒu kōngtiáo 、diànfēngshàn ，zhǐnéng kào shànzi nàliáng ，gǔrén chēngzhīwéi “yáofēng ”“liángyǒu ”。
In ancient times, there were no air conditioners and electric fans. People had only fans to keep cool. They gave these fans names such as "shaking the wind" and "cool companions”.
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