塔吊
tǎ diào
Pinyin

Definition

塔吊
 - 
tǎ diào
  1. tower crane

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

diào
  1. 1 to suspend
  2. 2 to hang up
  3. 3 to hang a person
diào dài
  1. 1 suspenders
  2. 2 garters
  3. 3 shoulder strap
  4. 4 brace
  5. 5 sling
  1. 1 pagoda
  2. 2 tower
  3. 3 minaret
  4. 4 stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo)
  5. 5 classifier: 座 zuò
jīn zì tǎ
  1. 1 pyramid (building or structure)
tiě tǎ
  1. 1 iron tower

Idioms (5)

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
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
吊民伐罪
diào mín fá zuì
  1. 1 to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
形影相吊
xíng yǐng xiāng diào
  1. 1 with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom)
  2. 2 extremely sad and lonely
聚沙成塔
jù shā chéng tǎ
  1. 1 sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity
  2. 2 many a mickle makes a muckle