冰川
bīng chuān
Pinyin

Definition

冰川
 - 
bīng chuān
  1. glacier

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冰
bīng
  1. 1 ice
  2. 2 classifier: 块 kuài
  3. 3 to chill sth
  4. 4 (of an object or substance) to feel cold
  5. 5 (of a person) cold
  6. 6 unfriendly
  7. 7 (slang) methamphetamine
冰冷
bīng lěng
  1. 1 ice-cold
冰山
bīng shān
  1. 1 iceberg
  2. 2 classifier: 座 zuò
冰淇淋
bīng qí lín
  1. 1 ice cream
冰箱
bīng xiāng
  1. 1 icebox
  2. 2 freezer cabinet
  3. 3 refrigerator
  4. 4 classifier: 台 tái
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (16)

一马平川
yī mǎ píng chuān
  1. 1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
冰清玉洁
bīng qīng yù jié
  1. 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
  2. 2 irreproachable
  3. 3 incorruptible
冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words

Sample Sentences

当地时间八月十八日，冰岛举行追悼会，纪念国内因气候变暖消失的第一座冰川。
dāngdì shíjiān bā yuè shíbā rì ，Bīngdǎo jǔxíng zhuīdàohuì ，jìniàn guónèi yīn qìhòu biànnuǎn xiāoshī de dì yī zuò bīngchuān 。
On August 18th, local time, Iceland held a memorial service to commemorate the first glacier melting in the country due to climate change.
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