木乃伊
mù nǎi yī
Pinyin

Definition

木乃伊
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mù nǎi yī
  1. mummy (preserved corpse) (loanword)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

木
Mù
  1. 1 surname Mu
乃
nǎi
  1. 1 to be
  2. 2 thus
  3. 3 so
  4. 4 therefore
  5. 5 then
  6. 6 only
  7. 7 thereupon
乃至
nǎi zhì
  1. 1 and even
  2. 2 to go so far as to
伊
Yī
  1. 1 surname Yi
  2. 2 abbr. for 伊拉克[Yī lā kè], Iraq
  3. 3 abbr. for 伊朗[Yī lǎng], Iran
伊人
yī rén
  1. 1 (literary) that person (usually female)
  2. 2 she
  3. 3 one's intended

Idioms (20)

一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
人生一世，草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
刚毅木讷
gāng yì mù nè
  1. 1 resolute and taciturn (idiom)
十年树木，百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
  1. 1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.

Sample Sentences

当然是金字塔、木乃伊和狮身人面像了！你不会是想去埃及玩儿了吧？
dāngrán shì jīnzìtǎ 、mùnǎiyī hé shīshēnrénmiàn xiàngle ！nǐ bùhuì shì xiǎngqù āijí wánr le ba ？
Pyramids, mummies and and the Sphynx, of course！ Are you thinking of going on vacation in Egypt?
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还有木乃伊，四五千年前，古埃及人就会尸体防腐术了，他们的医学知识真是不可想象！
hái yǒu mùnǎiyī ，sìwǔqiānnián qián ，gǔ āijí rén jiù huì shītīfángfǔshù le ，tāmen de yīxuézhīshi zhēnshì bù kě xiǎngxiàng ！
And then there are the mummies. Four to five thousand years ago, ancient Egyptians had embalming techniques. Their medical knowledge was really beyond belief!
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很可惜这么伟大的文明有过中断，现在只留下些陵墓和木乃伊。我们华夏文明虽然开始得晚些，但是很完整。就说长城吧，是在宇宙中唯一可以看到的地球上的建筑。
hěn kěxī zhème wěidà de wénmíng yǒuguò zhōngduàn ，xiànzài zhǐ liúxià xiē língmù hé mùnǎiyī 。wǒmen huáxiàwénmíng suīrán kāishǐ de wǎn xiē ，dànshì hěn wánzhěng 。jiù shuō Chángchéng ba ，shì zài yǔzhòu zhōng wéiyī kěyǐ kàndào de dìqiúshàng de jiànzhù 。
What a shame that such a magnificent civilization broke off. The only things left now are tombs and mummies. Although Chinese civilization started a bit later, it was very complete. Let's just talk about the Great Wall. It's the only man-made structure on earth visible from outer space.
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木乃伊3》里也讲到过中国。
Mùnǎiyī sān 》li yě jiǎng dào guò Zhōngguó 。
“The Mummy III—Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” also talked about China.
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