泥盆纪
Ní pén jì
Pinyin

Definition

泥盆纪
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Ní pén jì
  1. Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

水泥
shuǐ ní
  1. 1 cement
  2. 2 CL:袋[dài]
盆
pén
  1. 1 basin
  2. 2 flower pot
  3. 3 unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dǒu] and 8 升[shēng], approx 128 liters
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
盆友
pén yǒu
  1. 1 (Internet slang) friend (pun on 朋友[péng yǒu])
盆栽
pén zāi
  1. 1 growing plants in pots
  2. 2 Japanese: bonsai
聚宝盆
jù bǎo pén
  1. 1 treasure bowl (mythology)
  2. 2 fig. source of wealth
  3. 3 cornucopia
  4. 4 gold mine
倾盆
qīng pén
  1. 1 a downpour
  2. 2 rain bucketing down
土豆泥
tǔ dòu ní
  1. 1 mashed potato
拖泥带水
tuō ní dài shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. wading in mud and water
  2. 2 a slovenly job
  3. 3 sloppy
拘泥
jū nì
  1. 1 to be a stickler for formalities
  2. 2 to rigidly adhere to
  3. 3 to cling to
  4. 4 constrained
  5. 5 ill at ease
枣泥
zǎo ní
  1. 1 jujube paste
水盆
shuǐ pén
  1. 1 basin
污泥
wū ní
  1. 1 mud
  2. 2 sludge
泥
ní
  1. 1 mud
  2. 2 clay
  3. 3 paste
  4. 4 pulp
泥人
ní rén
  1. 1 clay figurine
泥土
ní tǔ
  1. 1 earth
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 mud
  4. 4 clay
泥垢
ní gòu
  1. 1 dirt
  2. 2 grime
泥巴
ní bā
  1. 1 mud
泥水
ní shuǐ
  1. 1 muddy water
  2. 2 mud
  3. 3 masonry (craft)
泥沙
ní shā
  1. 1 silt
泥沼
ní zhǎo
  1. 1 swamp

Idioms (11)

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
燕子衔泥垒大窝
yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō
  1. 1 the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom)
  2. 2 many a little makes a mickle
烂泥扶不上墙
làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng
  1. 1 useless (idiom)
  2. 2 worthless
  3. 3 inept
血盆大口
xuè pén dà kǒu
  1. 1 bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey
  2. 2 fig. greedy exploiter
  3. 3 rapacious aggressor
金盆洗手
jīn pén xǐ shǒu
  1. 1 lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
雪泥鸿爪
xuě ní hóng zhǎo
  1. 1 a goose's footprint in the snow
  2. 2 vestiges of the past (idiom)
  3. 3 the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
鼓盆之戚
gǔ pén zhī qī
  1. 1 drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife)
  2. 2 fig. grief for a lost wife

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