溜溜球
liū liū qiú
Pinyin

Definition

溜溜球
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liū liū qiú
  1. yo-yo (loanword)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

quán qiú
  1. 1 entire
  2. 2 total
  3. 3 global
  4. 4 the (whole) world
  5. 5 worldwide
dì qiú
  1. 1 the earth
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
dǎ qiú
  1. 1 to play ball
  2. 2 to play with a ball
xīng qiú
  1. 1 celestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc)
  2. 2 heavenly body
liū
  1. 1 to slip away
  2. 2 to escape in stealth
  3. 3 to skate

Idioms (2)

溜须拍马
liū xū pāi mǎ
  1. 1 to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
  2. 2 to toady
  3. 3 boot-licking
灰不溜丢
huī bu liū diū
  1. 1 gloomy and dull (idiom)
  2. 2 boring and gray
  3. 3 unpleasantly murky

Sample Sentences

我也记得周末都被塞得满满的,周六上午参加书法班,下午舞蹈班,周日上午英语培训班,下午美术培训班,可是我还真没觉得累,下课以后就屁颠屁颠跑去买跳跳糖溜溜球。
wǒ yě jìde zhōumò dōu bèi sāi de mǎnmǎnde ,zhōuliù shàngwǔ cānjiā shūfǎ bān ,xiàwǔ wǔdǎo bān ,zhōurì shàngwǔ yīngyǔ péixùnbān ,xiàwǔ měishù péixùnbān ,kěshì wǒ hái zhēn méi juéde lèi ,xiàkè yǐhòu jiù pìdiānpìdiān pǎo qù mǎi tiàotiàotáng liūliūqiú 。
I also remember that my weekends were all really busy. On Saturday morning I went to calligraphy classes, then dance classes in the afternoon. On Sundays I had English classes, and then art classes in the afternoon. But I really didn't feel tired. When I got off class I would happily run off to buy pop rocks and play with my yo-yo.