屋檐 (屋簷)
wū yán
Pinyin

Definition

屋檐 (屋簷)
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wū yán
  1. eaves
  2. roof (i.e. home)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

屋
wū
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 room
  3. 3 classifier: 间 jiān
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
同屋
tóng wū
  1. 1 roommate
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
小屋
xiǎo wū
  1. 1 cabin
  2. 2 lodge
  3. 3 cottage
  4. 4 chalet
  5. 5 hut
  6. 6 shed
屋外
wū wài
  1. 1 outside the room
屋子
wū zi
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 room
  3. 3 classifier: 间 jiān

Idioms (7)

仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
爱屋及乌
ài wū jí wū
  1. 1 lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected
  2. 2 Love me, love my dog.

Sample Sentences

凉屋通常傍水而建，利用机械原理将水送至屋顶，然后水流沿着屋檐往下淌，大有人工“水帘洞”的味道。
liángwū tōngcháng bàngshuǐérjiàn ，lìyòng jīxiè yuánlǐ jiāng shuǐ sòng zhì wūdǐng ，ránhòu shuǐliú yánzhe wūyán wǎng xià tǎng ，dàyǒu réngōng “shuǐliándòng ”de wèidao 。
Summer houses were built near water, and used mechanical principle to deliver water to the roof top and down the eaves creating a man made water curtain
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