方块 (方塊)
fāng kuài
Pinyin

Definition

方块 (方塊)
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fāng kuài
  1. cube
  2. block
  3. square
  4. rectangle
  5. diamond ♦ (in card games)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

地方
dì fāng
  1. 1 region
  2. 2 regional (away from the central administration)
  3. 3 local
官方
guān fāng
  1. 1 government
  2. 2 official (approved or issued by an authority)
对方
duì fāng
  1. 1 counterpart
  2. 2 other person involved
  3. 3 opposite side
  4. 4 other side
  5. 5 receiving party
方
Fāng
  1. 1 surname Fang
方便
fāng biàn
  1. 1 convenient
  2. 2 suitable
  3. 3 to facilitate
  4. 4 to make things easy
  5. 5 having money to spare
  6. 6 (euphemism) to relieve oneself

Idioms (20)

一醉方休
yī zuì fāng xiū
  1. 1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
  2. 2 to get plastered
不以规矩，不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
来日方长
lái rì fāng cháng
  1. 1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
  2. 2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there
传播四方
chuán bō sì fāng
  1. 1 to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
千方百计
qiān fāng bǎi jì
  1. 1 lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means

Sample Sentences

呵，这电视真够气派的！咦，这个黑黑的小方块是什么呀？
hē ，zhè diànshì zhēn gòu qìpài de ！yí ，zhè gè hēihēi de xiǎo fāngkuài shì shénme ya ？
Heh, this TV is really impressive! Hey, what's this little black cube?
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第一步，把肉洗干净，切成小方块，跟麻将差不多。用料酒腌一下。腌十五分钟。
dì yī bù ，bǎ ròu xǐ gānjìng ，qiē chéng xiǎo fāngkuài ，gēn májiàng chàbuduō 。yòng liàojiǔ yān yīxià 。yān shí wǔ fēnzhōng 。
The first step is to wash the meat and cut it into small chunks. They should be about the size of mahjong tiles. Marinate them in cooking wine for 15 minutes.
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