河蟹
hé xiè
Pinyin

Definition

河蟹
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hé xiè
  1. river crab
  2. Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐[hé xié], which is blocked by the great firewall of China)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Jù xiè
  1. 1 Cancer (star sign)
Jù xiè zuò
  1. 1 Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
  1. 1 river
  2. 2 classifier: 条 tiáo
  3. 3 classifier: 道 dào
Hé nán
  1. 1 Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèng zhōu]
páng xiè
  1. 1 crab
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī

Idioms (14)

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
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
  1. 1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
  3. 3 glib
  4. 4 voluble
  5. 5 have the gift of the gab
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
  1. 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
摸着石头过河
mō zhe shí tou guò hé
  1. 1 to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom)
  2. 2 to advance cautiously, step by step
  3. 3 to feel one's way forward