沙子
shā zi
Pinyin

Definition

沙子
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shā zi
  1. sand
  2. grit
  3. CL:粒[lì],把[bǎ]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
兔子
tù zi
  1. 1 hare
  2. 2 rabbit
  3. 3 classifier: 只 zhī
女子
nǚ zǐ
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 female
妹子
mèi zi
  1. 1 (dialect) younger sister
  2. 2 girl
妻子
qī zǐ
  1. 1 wife and children

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
  1. 1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
  2. 2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel

Sample Sentences

我不去，我要玩沙子。
wǒ bù qù ，wǒ yào wán shāzi 。
I won't go. I want to play in the sand.
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晓婷是那种眼里容不得沙子的女人，你就是有个蛛丝马迹都会大大伤害她的。
Xiǎotíng shì nà zhǒng yǎn lǐ róngbùdé shāzi de nǚrén ，nǐ jiùshì yǒu ge zhūsīmǎjì dōu huì dàdà shānghài tā de 。
Xiao Ting's the kind of woman who misses nothing. Just leaving some small clues around could seriously hurt her.
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这里的海滩真不错，沙子又软又细。
zhèlǐ de hǎitān zhēn bùcuò ，shāzi yòu ruǎn yòu xì 。
The beach here is really quite nice. The sand is both soft and fine.
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我以前碰上过几次，大风卷着沙子和灰尘直往你的耳朵和鼻孔里钻，眼睛都睁不开。
wǒ yǐqián pèngshàng guo jǐ cì ，dàfēng juǎn zhe shāzi hé huīchén zhí wǎng nǐ de ěrduo hé bíkǒng lǐ zuān ，yǎnjing dōu zhēngbukāi 。
I've been in a few before. The wind mixes the sand and dust together and they get stuck directly in your ears and nostrils. You can't even open your eyes.
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我在很远的地方，只有沙子，什么也没有，我好渴，好渴......
wǒ zài hěn yuǎn de dìfang ，zhǐ yǒu shāzi ，shénme yě méiyǒu ，wǒ hǎo kě ，hǎo kě ......
I'm very far away. There's only sand here, nothing else. I'm really thirsty...so thirsty...
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