泥坑
ní kēng
Pinyin
Definition
泥坑
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- mud pit
- mire
- morass
Character Decomposition
Idioms (13)
一个萝卜一个坑
- 1 lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
- 2 fig. each person has his own position
- 3 each to his own
- 4 horses for courses
- 5 every kettle has its lid
出淤泥而不染
- 1 lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be principled and incorruptible
判若云泥
- 1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
- 2 worlds apart
泥古不化
- 1 conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
泥沙俱下
- 1 mud and sand flow together (idiom)
- 2 good and bad mingle