爬灰
pá huī
Pinyin

Definition

爬灰
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pá huī
  1. incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law
  2. also written 扒灰

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

灰
huī
  1. 1 ash
  2. 2 dust
  3. 3 lime
  4. 4 gray
  5. 5 discouraged
  6. 6 dejected
爬
pá
  1. 1 to crawl
  2. 2 to climb
  3. 3 to get up or sit up
爬上
pá shàng
  1. 1 to climb up
大灰狼
dà huī láng
  1. 1 big bad wolf
心灰意冷
xīn huī yì lěng
  1. 1 discouraged
  2. 2 downhearted
摸爬滚打
mō pá gǔn dǎ
  1. 1 to go through challenging experiences
  2. 2 to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)
攀爬
pān pá
  1. 1 to climb
灰尘
huī chén
  1. 1 dust
灰姑娘
Huī gū niang
  1. 1 Cinderella
  2. 2 a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
灰心
huī xīn
  1. 1 to lose heart
  2. 2 to be discouraged
灰暗
huī àn
  1. 1 dull gray
  2. 2 drab
  3. 3 murky
灰溜溜
huī liū liū
  1. 1 dull gray
  2. 2 gloomy
  3. 3 dejected
  4. 4 crestfallen
  5. 5 with one's tail between one's legs
灰烬
huī jìn
  1. 1 ashes
灰色
huī sè
  1. 1 gray
  2. 2 ash gray
  3. 3 grizzly
  4. 4 pessimistic
  5. 5 gloomy
  6. 6 dispirited
  7. 7 ambiguous
灰蒙蒙
huī mēng mēng
  1. 1 dusky
  2. 2 overcast (of weather)
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
炮灰
pào huī
  1. 1 cannon fodder
烟灰缸
yān huī gāng
  1. 1 ashtray
爬山
pá shān
  1. 1 to climb a mountain
  2. 2 to mountaineer
  3. 3 hiking
  4. 4 mountaineering
爬墙
pá qiáng
  1. 1 to climb a wall
  2. 2 (fig.) to be unfaithful

Idioms (8)

死灰复燃
sǐ huī fù rán
  1. 1 lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence
  2. 2 sth malevolent returns to haunt one
灰不溜丢
huī bu liū diū
  1. 1 gloomy and dull (idiom)
  2. 2 boring and gray
  3. 3 unpleasantly murky
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
  1. 1 head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
  2. 2 covered in dirt
  3. 3 dejected and depressed
灰飞烟灭
huī fēi yān miè
  1. 1 lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be annihilated
  3. 3 to vanish in a puff of smoke
爬山涉水
pá shān shè shuǐ
  1. 1 to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey
万念俱灰
wàn niàn jù huī
  1. 1 every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
连滚带爬
lián gǔn dài pá
  1. 1 rolling and crawling
  2. 2 trying frantically to escape (idiom)
面如灰土
miàn rú huī tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)

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