开瓶器 (開瓶器)
kāi píng qì
Pinyin

Definition

开瓶器 (開瓶器)
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kāi píng qì
  1. bottle opener

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

兵器
bīng qì
  1. 1 weaponry
  2. 2 weapons
  3. 3 arms
利器
lì qì
  1. 1 sharp weapon
  2. 2 effective implement
  3. 3 outstandingly able individual
器
qì
  1. 1 device
  2. 2 tool
  3. 3 utensil
  4. 4 classifier: 台 tái
机器
jī qì
  1. 1 machine
  2. 2 classifier: 台 tái
  3. 3 classifier: 部 bù
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

Idioms (13)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
  1. 1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
  3. 3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
大器晚成
dà qì wǎn chéng
  1. 1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
  2. 2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
  3. 3 Rome wasn't built in a day
守口如瓶
shǒu kǒu rú píng
  1. 1 lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
  2. 2 reticent
  3. 3 not breathing a word

Sample Sentences

宝塔是金茂大厦，旁边那个开瓶器才是环球金融中心。
bǎotǎ shì Jīnmàodàshà ，pángbiān nà ge kāipíngqì cái shì Huánqiú jīnróng zhōngxīn 。
The pagoda one is the Jinmao Tower. The bottle opener one next to that is the Shanghai World Financial Center.
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哇塞，太像开瓶器了！这个建筑师不会是个酒鬼吧？这么另类的创意也想得出来！
wāsāi ，tài xiàng kāipíngqì le ！zhè ge jiànzhùshī bùhuì shì ge jiǔguǐ ba ？zhème lìnglèi de chuàngyì yě xiǎng de chūlai ！
Holy cow! It looks so much like a bottle opener. Was the architect a drunk or something? What a different and creative approach!
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不管是开瓶器也好，军刀、牙膏也好，总之这些争议也大大地提升了这栋楼的人气。就像北京的央视大楼，奥运会的鸟巢和水立方，大家越争，它们越火。
bùguǎn shì kāipíngqì yěhǎo ，jūndāo 、yágāo yěhǎo ，zǒngzhī zhèxiē zhēngyì yě dàdà de tíshēng le zhè dòng lóu de rénqì 。jiù xiàng Běijīng de Yāngshìdàlóu ，Àoyùnhuì de Niǎocháo hé Shuǐlìfāng ，dàjiā yuè zhēng ，tāmen yuè huǒ 。
Regardless of whether or not it looks like a bottle opener, a saber, or toothpaste, these kinds of arguments actually help make people more aware of these buildings. Like Beijing's CCTV building, the Olympic Bird's Nest, and the Water Cube. The more people talk about them, the more popular they become.
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