暗沙
àn shā
Pinyin

Definition

暗沙
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àn shā
  1. submerged sandbank
  2. submerged coral islet

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

àn liàn
  1. 1 to be secretly in love with
shā tān
  1. 1 beach
  2. 2 sandy shore
  3. 3 classifier: 片 piàn
shā fā
  1. 1 sofa (loanword)
  2. 2 classifier: 条 tiáo
  3. 3 classifier: 张 zhāng
  4. 4 (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
Cháng shā
  1. 1 Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
hēi àn
  1. 1 dark
  2. 2 darkly
  3. 3 darkness

Idioms (20)

一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
  1. 1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
  2. 2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
名重识暗
míng zhòng shí àn
  1. 1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
  1. 1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
  1. 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)