银汉
Yín hàn
Pinyin

Definition

银汉
 - 
Yín hàn
  1. Milky Way
  2. also called 銀河|银河[Yín hé]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

武汉
Wǔ hàn
  1. 1 Wuhan city on Changjiang, subprovincial city and capital of Hubei province
汉
Hàn
  1. 1 Han ethnic group
  2. 2 Chinese (language)
  3. 3 the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
汉堡
Hàn bǎo
  1. 1 Hamburg (German city)
汉语
Hàn yǔ
  1. 1 Chinese language
  2. 2 CL:門|门[mén]
银
yín
  1. 1 silver
  2. 2 silver-colored
  3. 3 relating to money or currency
银子
yín zi
  1. 1 money
  2. 2 silver
银牌
yín pái
  1. 1 silver medal
  2. 2 CL:枚[méi]
银行
yín háng
  1. 1 bank
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
单身汉
dān shēn hàn
  1. 1 bachelor
  2. 2 unmarried man
大汉
dà hàn
  1. 1 big person
  2. 2 the great Han dynasty
好汉
hǎo hàn
  1. 1 hero
  2. 2 strong and courageous person
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
懒汉
lǎn hàn
  1. 1 idle fellow
  2. 2 lazybones
收银
shōu yín
  1. 1 to receive payment
收银台
shōu yín tái
  1. 1 checkout counter
  2. 2 cashier's desk
东汉
Dōng hàn
  1. 1 Eastern or later Han dynasty, 25-220
楚河汉界
Chǔ hé Hàn jiè
  1. 1 lit. the river that divides Chu and Han
  2. 2 fig. a line that divides rival territories
  3. 3 the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard
武汉市
Wǔ hàn shì
  1. 1 Wuhan city on Changjiang, subprovincial city and capital of Hubei province
水银
shuǐ yín
  1. 1 mercury
  2. 2 quicksilver
江汉
Jiāng hàn
  1. 1 Jianghan district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wǔ hàn shì], Hubei
江汉区
Jiāng hàn qū
  1. 1 Jianghan district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wǔ hàn shì], Hubei

Idioms (12)

好汉不吃眼前亏
hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī
  1. 1 a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
好汉不提当年勇
hǎo hàn bù tí dāng nián yǒng
  1. 1 a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
好汉做事好汉当
hǎo hàn zuò shì hǎo hàn dāng
  1. 1 daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom)
  2. 2 a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions
  3. 3 the buck stops here
此地无银三百两
cǐ dì wú yín sān bǎi liǎng
  1. 1 lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom); fig. to reveal what one intends to hide
气冲霄汉
qì chōng xiāo hàn
  1. 1 (idiom) dauntless
  2. 2 courageous
  3. 3 spirited
汉贼不两立
Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì
  1. 1 lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shǔ Hàn] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cáo Wèi] cannot coexist (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky
  3. 3 (former KMT slogan against CPC) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
穿金戴银
chuān jīn dài yín
  1. 1 richly bedecked
  2. 2 dripping with gold and silver (idiom)
身在曹营心在汉
shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn
  1. 1 live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom)
  2. 2 to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
金窝银窝不如自己的狗窝
jīn wō yín wō bù rú zì jǐ de gǒu wō
  1. 1 there's no place like home (idiom)
银样镴枪头
yín yàng là qiāng tóu
  1. 1 silvery spear point actually made of pewter (idiom); fig. worthless despite an attractive exterior
铮铮铁汉
zhēng zhēng tiě hàn
  1. 1 a strong and determined man (idiom)
饱汉不知饿汉饥
bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī
  1. 1 The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

Sample Sentences

银汉无声转玉盘
Yínhàn wúshēng zhuàn yù pán
The Milky Way is quiet and the full moon is like a beautiful jade in the sky.
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