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坦博拉
Tǎn bó lā
Pinyin
Definition
坦博拉
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Tǎn bó lā
Tambora, volcano on Indonesian island of Sumbawa 松巴哇, whose 1815 eruption is greatest in recorded history
Character Decomposition
坦
土
日
一
博
十
十
用
丶
寸
拉
扌
立
Related Words
(20)
博
bó
1
extensive
2
ample
3
rich
4
obtain
5
aim
6
to win
7
to get
8
plentiful
9
to gamble
博文
bó wén
1
blog article
2
to write a blog article (netspeak)
克拉
kè lā
1
carat (mass) (loanword)
博友
bó yǒu
1
lit. blog friend
博士
bó shì
1
doctor
2
court academician (in feudal China)
3
Ph.D.
博大
bó dà
1
enormous
2
broad
3
extensive
博客
bó kè
1
blog (loanword)
2
weblog
3
blogger
博物馆
bó wù guǎn
1
museum
卡拉
Kǎ lā
1
Kara, city in northern Togo 多哥[Duō gē]
2
Cara, Karla etc (name)
坦克
tǎn kè
1
tank (military vehicle) (loanword)
坦然
tǎn rán
1
calm
2
undisturbed
坦白
tǎn bái
1
honest
2
forthcoming
3
to confess
坦诚
tǎn chéng
1
candid
2
frank
3
plain dealing
平坦
píng tǎn
1
level
2
even
3
smooth
4
flat
微博
wēi bó
1
microblogging
2
microblog
微博客
wēi bó kè
1
microblogging
2
microblog
拉
lā
1
to pull
2
to play (a bowed instrument)
3
to drag
4
to draw
5
to chat
拉屎
lā shǐ
1
to defecate
2
to shit
3
to crap
拉手
lā shǒu
1
to hold hands
2
to shake hands
拉扯
lā che
1
to drag
2
to pull
3
to raise a child (through difficulties)
4
to help
5
to support
6
to drag in
7
to chat
Idioms
(20)
仁言利博
rén yán lì bó
1
Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all.
博士买驴
bó shì mǎi lu:2
1
lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
2
idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
博学多才
bó xué duō cái
1
erudite and multi-talented (idiom); versatile and able
博文约礼
bó wén yuē lǐ
1
vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
博物洽闻
bó wù qià wén
1
to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
博而不精
bó ér bù jīng
1
extensive but not refined (idiom); to know something about everything
2
jack-of-all-trades, master of none
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
1
knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
博识洽闻
bó shí qià wén
1
knowledgeable
2
erudite (idiom)
地大物博
dì dà wù bó
1
vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
峨冠博带
é guān bó dài
1
official class
2
intellectual class (idiom)
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
1
lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
2
fig. to borrow sb's prestige
3
to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉家带口
lā jiā dài kǒu
1
to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
2
tied down by family obligations
东拉西扯
dōng lā xī chě
1
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
求学无坦途
qiú xué wú tǎn tú
1
The path of learning can never be smooth.
2
There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)
生拉活扯
shēng lā huó chě
1
to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
老鼠拉龟,无从下手
lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu
1
like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
2
no clue where to start
胸怀坦荡
xiōng huái tǎn dàng
1
open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
2
ingenuous
3
openhearted
4
unselfish
5
magnanimous
6
broad-minded
襟怀坦白
jīn huái tǎn bái
1
open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
2
ingenuous
3
openhearted
4
unselfish
5
magnanimous
6
broad-minded
连拖带拉
lián tuō dài lā
1
pushing and pulling (idiom)
鸟不拉屎,鸡不生蛋
niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn
1
lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
2
fig. god-forsaken
3
remote and desolate
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