废铜烂铁
fèi tóng làn tiě
Pinyin

Definition

废铜烂铁
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fèi tóng làn tiě
  1. scrap metal
  2. a pile of junk

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dì tiě
  1. 1 subway
  2. 2 metro
dì tiě zhàn
  1. 1 subway station
fèi
  1. 1 to abolish
  2. 2 to abandon
  3. 3 to abrogate
  4. 4 to discard
  5. 5 to depose
  6. 6 to oust
  7. 7 crippled
  8. 8 abandoned
  9. 9 waste
fèi huà
  1. 1 nonsense
  2. 2 rubbish
  3. 3 superfluous words
  4. 4 You don't say!
  5. 5 No kidding! (gently sarcastic)
càn làn
  1. 1 to glitter
  2. 2 brilliant
  3. 3 splendid
làn
  1. 1 soft
  2. 2 mushy
  3. 3 well-cooked and soft
  4. 4 to rot
  5. 5 to decompose
  6. 6 rotten
  7. 7 worn out
  8. 8 chaotic
  9. 9 messy
  10. 10 utterly
  11. 11 thoroughly
  12. 12 crappy
  13. 13 bad
tóng
  1. 1 copper (chemistry)
  2. 2 see also 紅銅|红铜[hóng tóng]
  3. 3 CL:塊|块[kuài]
Tiě
  1. 1 surname Tie
tiě gān
  1. 1 iron (golf club)
tiě shí xīn cháng
  1. 1 to have a heart of stone
  2. 2 hard-hearted
  3. 3 unfeeling
tiě lù
  1. 1 railroad
  2. 2 railway
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
Tiě dào bù
  1. 1 Ministry of Railways (MOR), disbanded in 2013 with its regulatory functions taken over by the Ministry of Transport 交通運輸部|交通运输部[Jiāo tōng Yùn shū bù]
tiě miàn
  1. 1 iron mask (as defensive armor)
  2. 2 fig. upright and selfless person
tuí fèi
  1. 1 decadent
  2. 2 dispirited
  3. 3 depressed
  4. 4 dejected
gāo tiě
  1. 1 high speed rail
zuò fèi
  1. 1 to become invalid
  2. 2 to cancel
  3. 3 to delete
  4. 4 to nullify
bàn tú ér fèi
  1. 1 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
bào fèi
  1. 1 to scrap
  2. 2 to be written off
tiān zhēn làn màn
  1. 1 innocent and unaffected
fèi rén
  1. 1 handicapped person
  2. 2 useless person

Idioms (20)

不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
人是铁饭是钢
rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng
  1. 1 one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
  2. 2 an empty sack cannot stand upright
以人废言
yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
  1. 1 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
  1. 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
  3. 3 to study diligently
因噎废食
yīn yē fèi shí
  1. 1 lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
  2. 2 to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
好记性不如烂笔头
hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu
  1. 1 the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
废寝忘食
fèi qǐn wàng shí
  1. 1 to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)
  2. 2 to skip one's sleep and meals
  3. 3 to be completely wrapped up in one's work
恨铁不成钢
hèn tiě bù chéng gāng
  1. 1 lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel
  2. 2 to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)
手无寸铁
shǒu wú cùn tiě
  1. 1 lit. not an inch of steel (idiom); unarmed and defenseless
斩钉截铁
zhǎn dīng jié tiě
  1. 1 lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. resolute and decisive
  3. 3 unhesitating
  4. 4 categorical
海枯石烂
hǎi kū shí làn
  1. 1 lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. forever
  3. 3 until the end of time
滚瓜烂熟
gǔn guā làn shú
  1. 1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
  2. 2 to know sth inside out
  3. 3 to know sth by heart
焦头烂额
jiāo tóu làn é
  1. 1 lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hard-pressed
  3. 3 under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc)
烂泥扶不上墙
làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng
  1. 1 useless (idiom)
  2. 2 worthless
  3. 3 inept
百事俱废
bǎi shì jù fèi
  1. 1 to go to pot (idiom)
百废俱兴
bǎi fèi jù xīng
  1. 1 all neglected tasks are being undertaken (idiom)
  2. 2 work is now underway
百废待兴
bǎi fèi dài xīng
  1. 1 many things waiting to be done (idiom)
  2. 2 a thousand things to do
百废待举
bǎi fèi dài jǔ
  1. 1 many things waiting to be done (idiom)
  2. 2 a thousand things to do
砸锅卖铁
zá guō mài tiě
  1. 1 to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom)

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