摇篮 (搖籃)
yáo lán
Pinyin

Definition

摇篮 (搖籃)
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yáo lán
  1. cradle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

摇
Yáo
  1. 1 surname Yao
摇摆
yáo bǎi
  1. 1 to sway
  2. 2 to wobble
  3. 3 to waver
摇曳
yáo yè
  1. 1 to sway gently (as in the wind)
  2. 2 (of a flame) to flicker
摇滚
yáo gǔn
  1. 1 rock 'n' roll (music)
  2. 2 to rock
  3. 3 to fall off
篮球
lán qiú
  1. 1 basketball
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 只 zhī

Idioms (11)

地动山摇
dì dòng shān yáo
  1. 1 the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle
天摇地转
tiān yáo dì zhuǎn
  1. 1 lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves
  2. 2 momentous changes are underway (idiom)
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
  1. 1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
摇旗呐喊
yáo qí nà hǎn
  1. 1 to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom); to egg sb on
  2. 2 to give support to
摇钱树
yáo qián shù
  1. 1 a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken
  2. 2 a source of easy money (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哦。对了，对了，有没有那种里面带有一张小床的婴儿床啊？听说可以当摇篮用，哄孩子睡觉比较方便。
ò 。duìle ，duìle ，yǒu méiyǒu nà zhǒng lǐmiàn dàiyǒu yī zhāng xiǎo chuáng de yīngérchuáng a ？tīngshuō kěyǐ dāng yáolán yòng ，hǒng háizi shuìjiào bǐjiào fāngbiàn 。
Hmm. Oh, right-- do you have the kind of crib that has a little bed inside it? I hear you can use that as a cradle, and it's good for rocking a baby to sleep.
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