九层塔 (九層塔)
jiǔ céng tǎ
Pinyin

Definition

九层塔 (九層塔)
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jiǔ céng tǎ
  1. basil

Related Words (20)

jiǔ
  1. 1 nine
  2. 2 9
jīn zì tǎ
  1. 1 pyramid (building or structure)
Mǎ Yīng jiǔ
  1. 1 Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
jiǔ jiǔ guī yī
  1. 1 nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule)
  2. 2 when all is said and done

Idioms (10)

一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3 in dire straits
九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean

Sample Sentences

九层塔一把
jiǔcéngtǎ yī bǎ
A handful of basil
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最后加入辣椒片、九层塔,轻轻拌一下就可以起锅了
zuìhòu jiārù làjiāo piàn 、jiǔcéngtǎ ,qīngqīng bàn yīxià jiù kěyǐ qǐguō le
Finally add slices of the chili pepper, the sliced basil then after lightly stirring it you can remove it from the heat
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