洗碗
xǐ wǎn
Pinyin
Definition
洗碗
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- to wash the dishes
Character Decomposition
Idioms (8)
一碗水端平
- 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be impartial
以泪洗面
- 1 to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
吃着碗里,看着锅里
- 1 lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)
- 2 not content with what one already has
- 3 (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
家贫如洗
- 1 extreme poverty (idiom); destitute
- 2 penniless
- 3 poor as church mice
洗心革面
- 1 lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
- 2 to turn over a new leaf
Sample Sentences
你在干嘛呢?一个人对着镜子说话,还不快去洗碗!
What are you doing? Talking to yourself in the mirror. You still haven't washed the dishes yet!