牛
niú
Pinyin
Definition
牛
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- ox
- cow
- bull
- CL:條|条[tiáo],頭|头[tóu]
- newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niú dùn])
- (slang) awesome
牛
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- surname Niu
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 surname Niu
- 1 Taurus (star sign)
- 2 Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan
- 1 Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- 1 Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qín lǐng shān mài], Shaanxi
Idioms (20)
九牛一毛
- 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
- 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
- 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
初生牛犊不怕虎
- 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. the young are fearless
割鸡焉用牛刀
- 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
- 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
- 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
呼牛作马
- 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
- 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
Sample Sentences
老板,我要加点。加点一碗牛肉面。
Boss, I would like to order something in addition. An additional bowl of beef noodles.
老板,牛肉面可以加大吗?
Boss, can I have a larger portion of the beef noodles?
牛牵到北京还是牛。
A leopard cannot change its spots.
所以我们可以形容这个女孩儿牛牵到北京还是牛
So we can describe this girl as, " A leopard cannot change its spots."
我有一个朋友,他结婚前有很多女朋友,结婚后还是一样真是牛牵到北京还是牛。
I have a friend, he had lots of girlfriends before he was married and he still has lots of girlfriends after he got married. Old habits die hard.
牛头不对马嘴。
To not be on the same page.
牛头和马嘴它们不合,合不起来。
Bull head and horse mouth, they don't fit together.
牛不喝水强按头
To force one to do something against his will.
真是牛头不对马嘴呀!
We are not on the same page at all!
我以前很想读音乐,但是我父母不让我读音乐,让我去读医科呢!这就是牛不喝水强按头
I used to want to study music so much, but my parents didn't let me to. They wanted me to study medicine. This is just like forcing a bull to drink water.