淤泥
yū ní
Pinyin

Definition

淤泥
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yū ní
  1. silt
  2. sludge
  3. ooze

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tǔ dòu ní
  1. 1 mashed potato
shuǐ ní
  1. 1 cement
  2. 2 classifier: 袋 dài
ní tǔ
  1. 1 earth
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 mud
  4. 4 clay
ní nìng
  1. 1 muddy
  2. 2 mud
ní méi
  1. 1 peat

Idioms (8)

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