含苞 - (of a plant) to be in bud - hán bāo | Definition | ChinesePod.com

含苞

hán bāo

Pinyin

Definition

含苞

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hán bāo

(of a plant) to be in bud

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

hán

1 to keep
2 to contain
3 to suck (keep in your mouth without chewing)

hán yǒu

1 to contain
2 including

bāo hán

1 to contain
2 to embody
3 to include

hán lèi

1 tearful
2 tearfully

hán xiào

1 to have a smile on one's face

Idioms (12)

含商咀徵

hán shāng jǔ zhǐ

1 permeated with beautiful music (idiom)

含垢忍辱

hán gòu rěn rǔ

1 to bear shame and humiliation (idiom)

含宫咀徵

hán gōng jǔ zhǐ

1 permeated with beautiful music (idiom)

含情脉脉

hán qíng mò mò

1 full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted

含沙射影

hán shā shè yǐng

1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
2 to make oblique charges
3 to make insinuations
4 to insinuate

Sample Sentences

假使卢梭当日所画的不是雄狮逼视着梦中的浪子，而是猛虎在细嗅含苞的蔷薇，我相信，这幅画同样会成为杰作。惜乎卢梭逝世，而萨松尚未成名。

jiǎshǐ Lú Suō dāngrì suǒ huà de bùshì xióngshī bīshì zhe mèng zhōng de làngzǐ ，érshì měng hǔ zài xì xiù hánbāo de qiángwēi ，wǒ xiāngxìn ，zhè fú huà tóngyàng huì chéngwéi jiézuò 。xíhū Lú Suō shìshì ，ér Sà Sōng shàngwèi chéngmíng 。

If Rousseau had depicted a tiger carefully smelling a budding rose instead of a lion staring intently at a sleeping vagrant, I believe this piece would still have been seen as a masterpiece. Unfortunately Rousseau has passed away, and Sassoon never really became famous.