盆栽
pén zāi
Pinyin

Definition

盆栽
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pén zāi
  1. growing plants in pots
  2. Japanese: bonsai

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

盆
pén
  1. 1 basin
  2. 2 flower pot
  3. 3 unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dǒu] and 8 升[shēng], approx 128 liters
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
盆友
pén yǒu
  1. 1 (Internet slang) friend (pun on 朋友[péng yǒu])
聚宝盆
jù bǎo pén
  1. 1 treasure bowl (mythology)
  2. 2 fig. source of wealth
  3. 3 cornucopia
  4. 4 gold mine
倾盆
qīng pén
  1. 1 a downpour
  2. 2 rain bucketing down
栽
zāi
  1. 1 to grow
  2. 2 to plant
  3. 3 to insert
  4. 4 to force on sb
  5. 5 to fall head first

Idioms (4)

前人栽树，后人乘凉
qián rén zāi shù , hòu rén chéng liáng
  1. 1 to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
血盆大口
xuè pén dà kǒu
  1. 1 bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey
  2. 2 fig. greedy exploiter
  3. 3 rapacious aggressor
金盆洗手
jīn pén xǐ shǒu
  1. 1 lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
鼓盆之戚
gǔ pén zhī qī
  1. 1 drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife)
  2. 2 fig. grief for a lost wife

Sample Sentences

哇！你买了这么大的愚公节盆栽，搬的时候小心闪到腰。
wā ！nǐ mǎi le zhème dà de Yú GōngJié pénzāi ，bān de shíhou xiǎoxīn shǎndàoyāo 。
Wow. You bought such a large Yu Gong Festival plant pot. Be careful not to strain your back when you are moving it.
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是啊，我去年看到老林他们全家一起搬那个大盆栽，很有干劲呢。
shì a ，wǒ qùnián kàndào lǎo Lín tāmen quánjiā yīqǐ bān nàge dà pénzāi ，hěnyǒu gànjìn ne 。
Yeah. Last year I saw the whole Lin family move that huge plant pot together. They really put their all into it.
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