沙土
shā tǔ
Pinyin

Definition

沙土
 - 
shā tǔ
  1. sandy soil

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

土
Tǔ
  1. 1 Tu (ethnic group)
  2. 2 surname Tu
土地
tǔ dì
  1. 1 land
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 territory
  4. 4 CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
土豆
tǔ dòu
  1. 1 potato
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 (Tw) peanut
  4. 4 CL:顆|颗[kē]
沙
Shā
  1. 1 surname Sha
沙场
shā chǎng
  1. 1 sandpit
  2. 2 battleground
  3. 3 battlefield
沙拉
shā lā
  1. 1 salad (loanword)
沙漠
shā mò
  1. 1 desert
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
沙滩
shā tān
  1. 1 beach
  2. 2 sandy shore
  3. 3 CL:片[piàn]
沙发
shā fā
  1. 1 sofa (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo],張|张[zhāng]
  3. 3 (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
长沙
Cháng shā
  1. 1 Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
入土
rù tǔ
  1. 1 to bury
  2. 2 buried
  3. 3 interred
冰沙
bīng shā
  1. 1 slushie
  2. 2 smoothie
  3. 3 crushed ice drink
  4. 4 frappucino
出土
chū tǔ
  1. 1 to dig up
  2. 2 to appear in an excavation
  3. 3 unearthed
  4. 4 to come up out of the ground
动土
dòng tǔ
  1. 1 to break ground (prior to building sth)
  2. 2 to start building
南沙
Nán shā
  1. 1 Nansha Islands
  2. 2 Spratly Islands
  3. 3 Nansha district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
南沙区
Nán shā qū
  1. 1 Nansha district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
国土
guó tǔ
  1. 1 country's territory
  2. 2 national land
土人
tǔ rén
  1. 1 native
  2. 2 aborigine
  3. 3 clay figure
土包子
tǔ bāo zi
  1. 1 country bumpkin
  2. 2 boor
  3. 3 unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself)
  4. 4 burial mound

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)
入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
  1. 1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
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
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
  1. 1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
  1. 1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
  1. 1 duty to defend the country (idiom)
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
  1. 1 land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
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)
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
  1. 1 to die in battle (idiom)
挥金如土
huī jīn rú tǔ
  1. 1 lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend money like water
  3. 3 extravagant
沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn
  1. 1 to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
  2. 2 to rehearse a planned action or activity
  3. 3 to conduct a dry run
泥沙俱下
ní shā jù xià
  1. 1 mud and sand flow together (idiom)
  2. 2 good and bad mingle

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