田螺
tián luó
Pinyin
Definition
田螺
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- river snail
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
求田问舍
- 1 lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
渤澥桑田
- 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 life's vicissitudes
沧海桑田
- 1 lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)
- 2 fig. the transformations of the world
瓜田不纳履,李下不整冠
- 1 lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
- 2 fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
- 3 innocent acts may be misconstrued
田忌赛马
- 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。
Once he found a large snail. He took it home and raised it in a jar of water.
原来姑娘就是田螺变的,为了报答他。
The woman had been the snail all along. She was making the food to repay him.