楼兰
Lóu lán
Pinyin

Definition

楼兰
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Lóu lán
  1. ancient oasis town of Kroraina or Loulan on the Silk road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊, modern Xinjiang

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大楼
dà lóu
  1. 1 building (a relatively large, multi-storey one)
  2. 2 CL:幢[zhuàng],座[zuò]
楼
Lóu
  1. 1 surname Lou
楼上
lóu shàng
  1. 1 upstairs
楼下
lóu xià
  1. 1 downstairs
楼梯
lóu tī
  1. 1 stair
  2. 2 staircase
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
米兰
Mǐ lán
  1. 1 Milano
  2. 2 Milan (Italy)
红楼梦
Hóng lóu Mèng
  1. 1 A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cáo Xuě qín], one of the four great novels
航站楼
háng zhàn lóu
  1. 1 airport terminal
花木兰
Huā Mù lán
  1. 1 Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
荷兰
Hé lán
  1. 1 Holland
  2. 2 the Netherlands
兰州
Lán zhōu
  1. 1 Lanzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu province 甘肅|甘肃[Gān sù]
钟楼
Zhōng lóu
  1. 1 Zhonglou district of Changzhou city 常州市[Cháng zhōu shì], Jiangsu
上楼
shàng lóu
  1. 1 to go upstairs
主楼
zhǔ lóu
  1. 1 main building
五角大楼
Wǔ jiǎo Dà lóu
  1. 1 the Pentagon
亚特兰大
Yà tè lán dà
  1. 1 Atlanta
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
伊斯兰
Yī sī lán
  1. 1 Islam
伊斯兰教
Yī sī lán jiào
  1. 1 Islam
候机楼
hòu jī lóu
  1. 1 airport terminal

Idioms (11)

人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
  1. 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
  2. 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
  3. 3 the place is deserted
  4. 4 the birds have flown
采兰赠芍
cǎi lán zèng sháo
  1. 1 lit. pick orchids and present peonies (idiom); fig. presents between lovers
琼楼玉宇
qióng lóu yù yǔ
  1. 1 bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
空中楼阁
kōng zhōng lóu gé
  1. 1 pavilion in the air (idiom); unrealistic Utopian construction
  2. 2 castles in Spain
  3. 3 imaginary future plans
芝兰之室
zhī lán zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a room with irises and orchids (idiom); fig. in wealthy and pleasant company
芝兰玉树
zhī lán yù shù
  1. 1 lit. orchids and jade trees (idiom); fig. a child with splendid future prospects
万丈高楼平地起
wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ
  1. 1 towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
  2. 2 great oaks from little acorns grow
兰艾同焚
lán ài tóng fén
  1. 1 lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common
  2. 2 the rain falls on the just and unjust alike
近水楼台
jìn shuǐ lóu tái
  1. 1 lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
近水楼台先得月
jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè
  1. 1 the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)
  2. 2 to benefit from intimacy with an influential person
金兰之交
jīn lán zhī jiāo
  1. 1 intimate friendship (idiom)

Sample Sentences

说实话有点儿失望。就几座荒废的城楼和寺庙。不过里面有一些出土文物，还有楼兰女尸。
shuō shíhuà yǒudiǎnr shīwàng 。jiù jǐ zuò huāngfèi de chénglóu hé sìmiào 。bùguò lǐmiàn yǒu yīxiē chūtǔ wénwù ，hái yǒu Lóulán nǚshī 。
Frankly, it was a little disappointing. There were just a few neglected buildings and temples. But there were a few excavated artifacts there, as well as the ``Loulan Beauty."
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楼兰在维语里就是“进去了就出不来的地方”。你想想，有多可怕！而且那儿有一段路，汽车开不进去，必须骑骆驼。当时我真怕就那样死在沙漠里了！
Lóulán zài Wéiyǔ li jiùshì “jìnqù le jiù chū bù lái de dìfang ”。nǐ xiǎngxiang ，yǒu duō kěpà ！érqiě nàr yǒu yī duàn lù ，qìchē kāibùjìnqù ，bìxū qí luòtuo 。dāngshí wǒ zhēn pà jiù nàyàng sǐ zài shāmò li le ！
In the Uighur language, Loulan means ``The place that you can enter but never leave." Think about it-- how terrifying is that! And there's a place there that cars can't enter. You have to ride camels! At the time I was really afraid of dying that way in the desert!
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哇，楼兰古国，特神秘吧？
wa ，Lóulángǔguó ，tè shénmì ba ？
Oh, Ancient Loulan. It must be really mysterious, huh?
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是呀！这次还去了塔克拉玛干沙漠，是丝绸之路上非常重要的中继站，还是楼兰古国所在地。
shì ya ！zhècì hái qù le Tǎkèlāmǎgàn shāmò ，shì Sīchóu zhīlù shang fēicháng zhòngyào de zhōngjìzhàn ，hái shi Lóulán gǔguó suǒzàidì 。
Yes. I went to the Taklimakan Desert on this trip. It's an extremely important junction on the Silk Road. It's where the ancient country of Loulan was located.
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