吊瓶
diào píng
Pinyin

Definition

吊瓶
 - 
diào píng
  1. infusion bag or bottle (for an IV)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
瓶
píng
  1. 1 bottle
  2. 2 vase
  3. 3 pitcher
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier for wine and liquids
上吊
shàng diào
  1. 1 to hang oneself
吊
diào
  1. 1 to suspend
  2. 2 to hang up
  3. 3 to hang a person
吊带
diào dài
  1. 1 suspenders
  2. 2 garters
  3. 3 shoulder strap
  4. 4 brace
  5. 5 sling

Idioms (10)

一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
  1. 1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
  3. 3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
守口如瓶
shǒu kǒu rú píng
  1. 1 lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
  2. 2 reticent
  3. 3 not breathing a word

Sample Sentences

就知道忙忙忙！你看人家电影里男人是怎么照顾女人的？煮了粥要吹吹，打吊瓶怕药水凉下面要垫热水袋。实在不能退烧的话，自己躺到雪地里冻凉了再帮女主角降温。
jiù zhīdào máng máng máng ！nǐ kàn rénjiā diànyǐng lǐ nánrén shì zěnme zhàogu nǚrén de ？zhǔ le zhōu yào chuīchui ，dǎdiàopíng pà yàoshuǐ liáng xiàmian yào diàn rèshuǐdài 。shízài bùnéng tuìshāo dehuà ，zìjǐ tǎng dào xuědì lǐ dòng liáng le zài bāng nǚ zhǔjué jiàngwēn 。
All you know is work, work, work! Have you seen how men in the movies take care of women? They blow on the hot porridge to cool it. They use hot water bottles to warm up their girlfriend's IV drips. If the girl's fever really won't go down, they'll lie in the snow to chill themselves, then use their bodies to help lower the female lead's body temperature.
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