胡瓜
hú guā
Pinyin

Definition

胡瓜
 - 
hú guā
  1. cucumber

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

傻瓜
shǎ guā
  1. 1 idiot
  2. 2 fool
南瓜
nán guā
  1. 1 pumpkin
木瓜
mù guā
  1. 1 papaya (Carica papaya)
  2. 2 genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae
  3. 3 Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
瓜子
guā zǐ
  1. 1 melon seed
  2. 2 seeds of pumpkin, watermelon or sunflower etc, roasted and flavored, consumed as a snack
胡
Hú
  1. 1 surname Hu
胡萝卜
hú luó bo
  1. 1 carrot
西瓜
xī guā
  1. 1 watermelon
  2. 2 CL:顆|颗[kē],粒[lì],個|个[ge]
胡子
hú zi
  1. 1 beard
  2. 2 mustache or whiskers
  3. 3 facial hair
  4. 4 CL:撮[zuǒ],根[gēn]
  5. 5 (coll.) bandit
黄瓜
huáng guā
  1. 1 cucumber
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
二胡
èr hú
  1. 1 erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle)
  2. 2 alto fiddle
  3. 3 CL:把[bǎ]
冬瓜
dōng guā
  1. 1 wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida)
  2. 2 white gourd
  3. 3 white hairy melon
  4. 4 Chinese squash
哈密瓜
hā mì guā
  1. 1 Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon)
  2. 2 honeydew melon
  3. 3 cantaloupe
地瓜
dì guā
  1. 1 sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
  2. 2 yam (family Dioscoreaceae)
死胡同
sǐ hú tòng
  1. 1 dead end
  2. 2 blind alley
瓜
guā
  1. 1 melon
  2. 2 gourd
  3. 3 squash
瓜分
guā fēn
  1. 1 to partition
  2. 2 to divide up
瓜子脸
guā zǐ liǎn
  1. 1 oval face
瓜果
guā guǒ
  1. 1 fruit (plural sense)
  2. 2 melons and fruit
瓜葛
guā gé
  1. 1 connection
  2. 2 association
  3. 3 involvement
甜瓜
tián guā
  1. 1 muskmelon

Idioms (20)

强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
  1. 1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā
  1. 1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
滚瓜烂熟
gǔn guā làn shú
  1. 1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
  2. 2 to know sth inside out
  3. 3 to know sth by heart
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
  1. 1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
  2. 2 all one's geese are swans
瓜熟蒂落
guā shú dì luò
  1. 1 when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
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
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
zhòng guā dé guā , zhòng dòu dé dòu
  1. 1 lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.
  2. 2 One must live with the consequences of one's actions.
  3. 3 You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
老王卖瓜，自卖自夸
Lǎo Wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
  1. 1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
  2. 2 all one's geese are swans
胡作非为
hú zuò fēi wéi
  1. 1 to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
胡吹乱捧
hú chuī luàn pěng
  1. 1 indiscriminate admiration (idiom)
胡天胡帝
hú tiān hú dì
  1. 1 with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom)
  2. 2 reckless
  3. 3 intemperate
胡思乱想
hú sī luàn xiǎng
  1. 1 to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
  2. 2 to let one's imagination run wild
胡搅蛮缠
hú jiǎo mán chán
  1. 1 to pester endlessly (idiom)
  2. 2 an annoying troublemaker
胡编乱造
hú biān luàn zào
  1. 1 to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom)
  2. 2 to make things up
胡言乱语
hú yán luàn yǔ
  1. 1 babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings
  2. 2 double Dutch
胡诌乱傍
hú zhōu luàn bàng
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
胡诌乱扯
hú zhōu luàn chě
  1. 1 to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
胡诌乱说
hú zhōu luàn shuō
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
胡诌乱道
hú zhōu luàn dào
  1. 1 to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
胡诌八扯
hú zhōu bā chě
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head

Sample Sentences