枯叶 (枯葉)
kū yè
Pinyin

Definition

枯叶 (枯葉)
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kū yè
  1. dead leaf
  2. withered leaf

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

枯燥
kū zào
  1. 1 dry and dull
  2. 2 uninteresting
  3. 3 dry-as-dust
干枯
gān kū
  1. 1 withered
  2. 2 dried up
枯竭
kū jié
  1. 1 used up
  2. 2 dried up
  3. 3 exhausted (of resources)
枯萎
kū wěi
  1. 1 to wilt
  2. 2 to wither
  3. 3 wilted
  4. 4 withered
  5. 5 drained
  6. 6 enervated
  7. 7 exhausted
枯叶
kū yè
  1. 1 dead leaf
  2. 2 withered leaf

Idioms (4)

冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
  1. 1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
搜索枯肠
sōu suǒ kū cháng
  1. 1 to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)
枯木逢春
kū mù féng chūn
  1. 1 lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get a new lease on life
  3. 3 to be revived
  4. 4 (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
海枯石烂
hǎi kū shí làn
  1. 1 lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. forever
  3. 3 until the end of time

Sample Sentences

枯叶蝶伪装成叶子、变色龙改变自己的颜色都是为了躲避天敌、保护自己。
kūyèdié wěizhuāng chéng yèzi 、biànsèlóng gǎibiàn zìjǐ de yánsè dōu shì wèile duǒbì tiāndí 、bǎohù zìjǐ 。
Orange Oakleaves mask as leaves and chameleons change their skin color in order to avoid predators and to protect themselves.
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比如枯叶蝶顾名思义，它的颜色和形状就像一片枯叶一样，所以当它停在树枝上时，乍看之下就跟普通的叶子一样。
bǐrú kūyèdié gùmíngsīyì ，tā de yánsè hé xíngzhuàng jiù xiàng yī piàn kūyè yīyàng ，suǒyǐ dāng tā tíng zài shùzhī shàng shí ，zhàkànzhīxià jiù gēn pǔtōng de yèzi yīyàng 。
For example, the Orange Oakleaf, as evident from its name, has wings that are of the colors of a dead leaf. So when it lands on a branch, it looks exactly like a normal leaf at a glance.
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