泥浆 (泥漿)
ní jiāng
Pinyin
Definition
泥浆 (泥漿)
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- slurry
- mud
Character Decomposition
Idioms (8)
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
泥牛入海
- 1 lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
Sample Sentences
她性子太急了,浮浮躁躁的找不到平衡力道的方法,陶坯全都让她整成泥浆了。
She’s got a bit of an anxious temperament, she was impatient and couldn’t find a balance of pressure in her method, so all the clay turned to mud in her hands.
于是她想出一条捷径。她把一根绳子放进泥浆里转动,接着,她举起绳子向地面上一甩,泥浆洒落在地上,居然变成了一个个的人。
So she thought of a shortcut. She took a string, dipped it in the mud and swirled it around. Next, she pulled it out and swung it towards the ground, sprinkling mud upon the ground. These flecks of mud unexpectedly turned into individual people.