吞吐
tūn tǔ
Pinyin

Definition

吞吐
 - 
tūn tǔ
  1. to take in and send out (in large quantities)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吐
tǔ
  1. 1 to spit
  2. 2 to put
  3. 3 to say
吐槽
tù cáo
  1. 1 (slang) to roast
  2. 2 to ridicule
  3. 3 also pr. [tǔ cáo]
吐司
tǔ sī
  1. 1 sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
吐气
tǔ qì
  1. 1 to exhale
  2. 2 to blow off steam
  3. 3 (phonetics) aspirated
吐痰
tǔ tán
  1. 1 to spit
  2. 2 to expectorate

Idioms (14)

不吐不快
bù tǔ bù kuài
  1. 1 to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom)
人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
倾心吐胆
qīng xīn tǔ dǎn
  1. 1 to pour out one's heart (idiom)
口吐毒焰
kǒu tǔ dú yàn
  1. 1 lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
  2. 2 to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
  1. 1 lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new

Sample Sentences

没错。洋山深水港一期码头不过开港半年多，年吞吐量今年预计就将高达300万TEU，也将使得今年上海港的集装箱总吞吐量再创新高。可以说，上海港因为拥有了洋山，前进的步伐正迈得更快、更坚实有力。
méicuò 。Yángshān shēnshuǐgǎng yīqī mǎtóu bùguò kāigǎng bànnián duō ，nián tūntǔliàng jīnnián yùjì jiù jiāng gāodá sānbǎi wàn TEU ，yě jiāng shǐde jīnnián Shànghǎigǎng de jízhuāngxiāng zǒng tūntǔliàng zài chuàng xīngāo 。kěyǐ shuō ，Shànghǎigǎng yīnwèi yōngyǒu le Yángshān ，qiánjìn de bùfá zhèng mài de gèng kuài 、gèng jiānshí yǒulì 。
Right. The first phase of the Yangshan Deep-Water Harbor is only half a year old but this year's freight capacity is already projected to reach three million TEU. This will also set a record for Shanghai's shipping container volume this year. You could say that because of Yangshan, Shanghai's harbors will improve even faster, and even more powerfully.
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