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)

huī
  1. 1 ash
  2. 2 dust
  3. 3 lime
  4. 4 gray
  5. 5 discouraged
  6. 6 dejected
  1. 1 to crawl
  2. 2 to climb
  3. 3 to get up or sit up
pá shàng
  1. 1 to climb up
dà huī láng
  1. 1 big bad wolf
xīn huī yì lěng
  1. 1 discouraged
  2. 2 downhearted

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