泥沙
ní shā
Pinyin

Definition

泥沙
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ní shā
  1. silt

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shuǐ ní
  1. 1 cement
  2. 2 classifier: 袋 dài
Shā
  1. 1 surname Sha
shā chǎng
  1. 1 sandpit
  2. 2 battleground
  3. 3 battlefield
shā zi
  1. 1 sand
  2. 2 grit
  3. 3 classifier: 粒 lì
  4. 4 classifier: 把 bǎ
shā lā
  1. 1 salad (loanword)

Idioms (16)

一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
  1. 1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
  2. 2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
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
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
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
  1. 1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)