泥鳅 (泥鰍)
ní qiu
Pinyin
Definition
泥鳅 (泥鰍)
-
- loach
- mud fish
- CL:條|条[tiáo]
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