田螺
tián luó
Pinyin

Definition

田螺
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tián luó
  1. river snail

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Tián
  1. 1 surname Tian
Tián Liàng
  1. 1 Tian Liang (1979-), former male Chinese diver, Olympic medalist
tián yuán
  1. 1 fields
  2. 2 countryside
  3. 3 rural
  4. 4 bucolic
dān tián
  1. 1 pubic region
  2. 2 point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
Gǔ tián
  1. 1 Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Níng dé], Fujian

Idioms (7)

求田问舍
qiú tián wèn shè
  1. 1 lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
渤澥桑田
bó xiè sāng tián
  1. 1 lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shǐ jì], Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes
  2. 2 life's vicissitudes
沧海桑田
cāng hǎi sāng tián
  1. 1 lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the transformations of the world
瓜田不纳履,李下不整冠
guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān
  1. 1 lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
  3. 3 innocent acts may be misconstrued
田忌赛马
Tián Jì sài mǎ
  1. 1 Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

有一次,他看到一只大田螺,就带回家,养在水缸里。
yǒuyīcì ,tā kàndào yī zhī dà tiánluó ,jiù dài huí jiā ,yǎng zài shuǐgāng lǐ 。
Once he found a large snail. He took it home and raised it in a jar of water.
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原来姑娘就是田螺变的,为了报答他。
yuánlái gūniang jiùshì tiánluó biàn de ,wèile bàodá tā 。
The woman had been the snail all along. She was making the food to repay him.
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