泥塑
ní sù
Pinyin

Definition

泥塑
 - 
ní sù
  1. clay modeling
  2. clay figurine or statue

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

塑料
sù liào
  1. 1 plastics
  2. 2 classifier: 种 zhǒng
塑造
sù zào
  1. 1 to model
  2. 2 to mold
  3. 3 (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc)
  4. 4 (literature) to portray (in words)
水泥
shuǐ ní
  1. 1 cement
  2. 2 classifier: 袋 dài
雕塑
diāo sù
  1. 1 a statue
  2. 2 a Buddhist image
  3. 3 sculpture
  4. 4 to carve
土豆泥
tǔ dòu ní
  1. 1 mashed potato

Idioms (8)

出淤泥而不染
chū yū ní ér bù rǎn
  1. 1 lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be principled and incorruptible
判若云泥
pàn ruò yún ní
  1. 1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 worlds apart
泥古不化
nì gǔ bù huà
  1. 1 conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
泥沙俱下
ní shā jù xià
  1. 1 mud and sand flow together (idiom)
  2. 2 good and bad mingle
泥牛入海
ní niú rù hǎi
  1. 1 lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning

Sample Sentences

这个展厅展示的都是原始社会的文物，有好多跟性有关的泥塑。
zhè ge zhǎntīng zhǎnshì de dōu shì yuánshǐshèhuì de wénwù ，yǒu hǎo duō gēn xìng yǒuguān de nísù 。
In this hall are displayed artifacts from primitive societies, and lots of them are sex-related clay items.
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