撒哈拉
Sā hā lā
Pinyin
Definition
撒哈拉
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- Sahara
Character Decomposition
Idioms (14)
不见兔子不撒鹰
- 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
- 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
拉大旗作虎皮
- 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
- 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
- 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉家带口
- 1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
- 2 tied down by family obligations
撒手不管
- 1 to stand aside and do nothing (idiom)
- 2 to take no part in
撒手人寰
- 1 to leave one's mortal frame (idiom)
- 2 to die
Sample Sentences
尼罗河也被称为世界第一长河。全长6670公里。流经坦桑尼亚、卢旺达、乌干达、埃塞俄比亚、苏丹和埃及等国，穿过世界上面积最大的撒哈拉沙漠，最后流入地中海。流域面积为335万平方公里，相当于非洲大陆面积的九分之一。
The Nile has also been called the world's longest river, at some 6670 kilometers in length. It flows through the countries of Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, passing through the Sahara Desert - the largest by area in the world, and finally flowing into the Mediterranean Sea. Its watershed covers 3,350,000 square kilometers, equal to 1/9th of the surface of the African Continent.