生米
shēng mǐ
Pinyin

Definition

生米
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shēng mǐ
  1. coarse rice
  2. uncooked rice

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
女生
nu:3 shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
学生
xué sheng
  1. 1 student
  2. 2 schoolchild
生
shēng
  1. 1 to be born
  2. 2 to give birth
  3. 3 life
  4. 4 to grow
  5. 5 raw
  6. 6 uncooked
  7. 7 student
生命
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],條|条[tiáo]
生日
shēng rì
  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
生活
shēng huó
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 activity
  3. 3 to live
  4. 4 livelihood
发生
fā shēng
  1. 1 to happen
  2. 2 to occur
  3. 3 to take place
  4. 4 to break out
米
Mǐ
  1. 1 surname Mi
一生
yī shēng
  1. 1 all one's life
  2. 2 throughout one's life
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
今生
jīn shēng
  1. 1 this life
来生
lái shēng
  1. 1 next life
再生
zài shēng
  1. 1 to be reborn
  2. 2 to regenerate
  3. 3 to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person)
  4. 4 recycling
  5. 5 regeneration
出生
chū shēng
  1. 1 to be born
夜生活
yè shēng huó
  1. 1 night life
大学生
dà xué shēng
  1. 1 university student
  2. 2 college student
大米
dà mǐ
  1. 1 (husked) rice

Idioms (20)

一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
  1. 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
  1. 1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
  1. 1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
  2. 2 new lease of life
了无生趣
liǎo wú shēng qù
  1. 1 to lose all interest in life (idiom)
人生一世，草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
人生如梦
rén shēng rú mèng
  1. 1 life is but a dream (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生盛衰
rén shēng shèng shuāi
  1. 1 life has its ups and downs (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
  1. 1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
出生入死
chū shēng rù sǐ
  1. 1 from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water
  2. 2 brave
  3. 3 willing to risk life and limb
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
  1. 1 lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the fearlessness of youth
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground

Sample Sentences

干？条子一来就一大堆，你有几颗花生米跟他对着干？
gàn ？tiáozi yì lái jiù yídàduī ，nǐ yǒu jǐ kē huāshēngmǐ gēn tā duìzhegàn ？
You want to fight them? When one pig comes, a whole load more follow, have you got enough bullets to face off against them?
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我真正开始喝酒是上大学以后。有时候晚上我们几个哥们儿买几瓶啤酒，就着花生米在宿舍喝。那时候真开心，不像工作以后，经常要为了应酬而喝酒。
wǒ zhēnzhèng kāishǐ hējiǔ shì shàng dàxué yǐhòu 。yǒushíhou wǎnshang wǒmen jǐ ge gēmenr mǎi jǐ píng píjiǔ ，jiùzhe huāshēngmǐ zài sùshè hē 。nà shíhou zhēn kāixīn ，bù xiàng gōngzuò yǐhòu ，jīngcháng yào wèile yìngchou ér hējiǔ 。
I really started to drink alcohol after I started college. Sometimes in the evenings some of us buddies would buy a few bottles of beer along with some peanuts and drink in the dorm. Those times were really happy, not like after I started working, when I often have to drink for the sake of social occasions.
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我来拿我的啤酒和花生米。
wǒ lái ná wǒ de píjiǔ hé huāshēngmǐ 。
I came to get my beer and peanuts.
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白酒自己就是主角了，用不着什么下酒菜。弄点花生米，小口小口酌酒。啊，那个香味儿......。
báijiǔ zìjǐ jiùshì zhǔjué le ，yòngbuzháo shénme xiàjiǔ cài 。nòng diǎn huāshēngmǐ ，xiǎokǒu xiǎokǒu zhuójiǔ 。à ，nàge xiāngwèir5 ......。
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