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卡文迪什
Kǎ wén dí shí
Pinyin
Definition
卡文迪什
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Kǎ wén dí shí
Cavendish (name)
Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), English nobleman and pioneer experimental scientist
Character Decomposition
卡
⺊
一
卜
文
文
迪
辶
二
丨
凵
什
亻
十
Related Words
(20)
什么
shén me
1
what?
2
something
3
anything
博文
bó wén
1
blog article
2
to write a blog article (netspeak)
原文
yuán wén
1
original text
文化
wén huà
1
culture
2
civilization
3
cultural
4
CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
为什么
wèi shén me
1
why?
2
for what reason?
一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
1
worthless (idiom)
2
no use whatsoever
三文鱼
sān wén yú
1
salmon (loanword)
中文
Zhōng wén
1
Chinese language
人文
rén wén
1
humanities
2
human affairs
3
culture
什么样
shén me yàng
1
what kind?
2
what sort?
3
what appearance?
作文
zuò wén
1
to write an essay
2
composition (student essay)
3
CL:篇[piān]
信用卡
xìn yòng kǎ
1
credit card
充值卡
chōng zhí kǎ
1
rechargeable card
2
to recharge a card
刷卡
shuā kǎ
1
to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)
卡
kǎ
1
to stop
2
to block
3
(computing) (coll.) slow
4
(loanword) card
5
CL:張|张[zhāng],片[piàn]
6
truck (from "car")
7
calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[kǎ lù lǐ])
8
cassette
卡住
kǎ zhù
1
to jam
2
to choke
3
to clutch
4
also pr. [qiǎ zhù]
卡哇伊
kǎ wā yī
1
cute
2
adorable
3
charming (loanword from Japanese)
卡布奇诺
kǎ bù qí nuò
1
cappuccino (loanword)
卡扎菲
Kǎ zhā fēi
1
(Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011
卡拉
Kǎ lā
1
Kara, city in northern Togo 多哥[Duō gē]
2
Cara, Karla etc (name)
Idioms
(20)
一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
1
worthless (idiom)
2
no use whatsoever
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
1
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
不值一文
bù zhí yī wén
1
worthless (idiom)
2
no use whatsoever
什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
1
What brings you here? (idiom)
博文约礼
bó wén yuē lǐ
1
vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
1
to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng
1
lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
2
incomprehensible nonsense
3
preposterous bullshit
才兼文武
cái jiān wén wǔ
1
talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
文不加点
wén bù jiā diǎn
1
to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)
2
to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions
文人相轻
wén rén xiāng qīng
1
scholars tend to disparage one another (idiom)
文如其人
wén rú qí rén
1
the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom)
文山会海
wén shān huì hǎi
1
a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)
文房四宝
wén fáng sì bǎo
1
Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bǐ], 墨[mò], 紙|纸[zhǐ] and 硯|砚[yàn]
2
the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
文武合一
wén wǔ hé yī
1
civilians and the military (working) hand in hand (idiom)
文武双全
wén wǔ shuāng quán
1
well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier
2
master of pen and sword
文江学海
wén jiāng xué hǎi
1
river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis
文治武功
wén zhì wǔ gōng
1
political and military achievements (idiom)
文过饰非
wén guò shì fēi
1
to cover up one's faults (idiom)
2
to whitewash
望文生义
wàng wén shēng yì
1
lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning
2
a far-fetched interpretation
林子大了,什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
1
it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
Sample Sentences