死海
Sǐ Hǎi
Pinyin

Definition

死海
 - 
Sǐ Hǎi
  1. the Dead Sea

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上海
Shàng hǎi
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality, central east China, abbr. to 滬|沪[Hù]
死
sǐ
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 impassable
  3. 3 uncrossable
  4. 4 inflexible
  5. 5 rigid
  6. 6 extremely
  7. 7 damned
海
Hǎi
  1. 1 surname Hai
上海市
Shàng hǎi shì
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪
上海话
Shàng hǎi huà
  1. 1 Shanghainese
  2. 2 Shanghai dialect

Idioms (20)

不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
  1. 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
  3. 3 it's either him or me
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
  1. 1 to act recklessly (idiom)
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life

Sample Sentences

死海
Sǐhǎi
Dead Sea.
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对，很好。物体受到的浮力跟液体的密度有关。世界上最咸的湖叫“死海”，不会游泳的人都能浮在海面上看书……
duì ，hěn hǎo 。wùtǐ shòudào de fúlì gēn yètǐ de mìdù yǒuguān 。shìjiè shàng zuì xián de hú jiào “Sǐhǎi ”，bùhuì yóuyǒng de rén dōu néng fú zài hǎimiàn shàng kànshū ……
That's right. Very good. The buoyancy of a substance has to do with the density of the liquid. The world's saltiest lake is called the “Dead Sea”. Even people who can't swim can float on the surface of the sea and read a book.
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哈哈，那我这只旱鸭子可以去死海上游泳啦！
hāhā ，nà wǒ zhè zhī hànyāzi kěyǐ qù sǐhǎi shàng yóuyǒng la ！
Haha, then even someone like me who can't swim can go the Dead Sea and go swimming!
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