抽纸 (抽紙)
chōu zhǐ
Pinyin
Definition
抽纸 (抽紙)
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- paper tissue (in a box)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to draw out
- 2 to pull out from in between
- 3 to remove part of the whole
- 4 (of certain plants) to sprout or bud
- 5 to whip or thrash
- 1 to extract
- 2 to remove
- 3 to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
- 1 drawer
- 1 to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
- 1 to draw a prize
- 2 a lottery
- 3 a raffle
Idioms (3)
抽丝剥茧
- 1 lit. to spin silk from cocoons
- 2 fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
病来如山倒,病去如抽丝
- 1 sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
短中抽长
- 1 to make the best of a bad job
- 2 to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)
Sample Sentences
抽纸给你擤鼻涕。卷筒纸放在厕所。手帕纸可以随身带。
The boxes of tissues are for blowing your nose. The rolls are for bathroom use. You can carry the handkerchiefs around with you.
我看看,这条一小包一小包的是手帕纸,还有抽纸,卷筒纸,厨房用纸,这么多啊?
Let me see. These are individually packaged handkerchiefs. There's also boxes of tissues, rolls of paper and paper towels. So much?