短波
duǎn bō
Pinyin

Definition

短波
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duǎn bō
  1. shortwave (radio)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

奔波
bēn bō
  1. 1 to rush about
  2. 2 to be constantly on the move
波
Bō
  1. 1 Poland
  2. 2 Polish
  3. 3 abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bō lán]
短
duǎn
  1. 1 short
  2. 2 brief
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 weak point
  5. 5 fault
短信
duǎn xìn
  1. 1 text message
  2. 2 SMS
仁波切
Rén bō qiè
  1. 1 Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific)
光波
guāng bō
  1. 1 light wave
周立波
Zhōu Lì bō
  1. 1 Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist
  2. 2 Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian
宁波
Níng bō
  1. 1 Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
宁波市
Níng bō shì
  1. 1 Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
微波
wēi bō
  1. 1 ripple
  2. 2 microwave
微波炉
wēi bō lú
  1. 1 microwave oven
  2. 2 CL:臺|台[tái]
波动
bō dòng
  1. 1 to undulate
  2. 2 to fluctuate
  3. 3 wave motion
  4. 4 rise and fall
波士顿
Bō shì dùn
  1. 1 Boston, capital of Massachusetts
波折
bō zhé
  1. 1 twists and turns
波斯湾
Bō sī Wān
  1. 1 Persian Gulf
波浪
bō làng
  1. 1 wave
波涛
bō tāo
  1. 1 great waves
  2. 2 billows
波澜
bō lán
  1. 1 billows
  2. 2 great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)
波尔多
Bō ěr duō
  1. 1 Bordeaux
波特
Bō tè
  1. 1 Potter or Porter (surname)

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
张家长，李家短
Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors
截长补短
jié cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
  2. 2 to offset each other's deficiencies
  3. 3 to complement each other
推波助澜
tuī bō zhù lán
  1. 1 to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum
  2. 2 to encourage sth to get bigger
  3. 3 to add fuel to the fire
扬长避短
yáng cháng bì duǎn
  1. 1 to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)
  2. 2 to play to one's strengths
昼短夜长
zhòu duǎn yè cháng
  1. 1 the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
暗送秋波
àn sòng qiū bō
  1. 1 to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
东家长西家短
dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn
  1. 1 to gossip (idiom)
残年短景
cán nián duǎn jǐng
  1. 1 at the end of the year (idiom)
波涛粼粼
bō tāo lín lín
  1. 1 crystalline waves (idiom)
争长论短
zhēng cháng lùn duǎn
  1. 1 lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble
  2. 2 a storm in a teacup
短中抽长
duǎn zhōng chōu cháng
  1. 1 to make the best of a bad job
  2. 2 to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)
短兵相接
duǎn bīng xiāng jiē
  1. 1 lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat
  2. 2 to fight at close quarters
短小精悍
duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn
  1. 1 (of a person) short but plucky (idiom)
  2. 2 (of an article) concise and forceful
说长道短
shuō cháng dào duǎn
  1. 1 lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
论长道短
lùn cháng dào duǎn
  1. 1 lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
送秋波
sòng qiū bō
  1. 1 to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
醋海生波
cù hǎi shēng bō
  1. 1 lit. waves on a sea of vinegar
  2. 2 trouble caused by a jealous woman (idiom)

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