竹
zhú
Pinyin
Definition
竹
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- bamboo
- CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]
- Kangxi radical 118
Character Decomposition
Compounds (35)
- 1 (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
- 2 order
- 3 (old) rank in the imperial examinations
- 4 mansion
- 5 (literary) but
- 6 just
- 1 class
- 2 rank
- 3 grade
- 4 equal to
- 5 same as
- 6 to wait for
- 7 to await
- 8 et cetera
- 9 and so on
- 10 et al. (and other authors)
- 11 after
- 12 as soon as
- 13 once
- 1 surname Guan
Idioms (9)
势如破竹
- 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
- 2 with irresistible force
破竹之势
- 1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹建瓴
- 1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
竹篮打水
- 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹篮打水,一场空
- 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
Sample Sentences
忆童年时竹马青梅
Remember how we were childhood playmates,
有了稳定的电力供应后,叶金荣安装了污水处理系统,将猪粪制成有机肥施用到园区内农作物上;将猪尿经沼气处理后喷施到周边农作物上;生态循环让周边的千亩竹林、茶叶水果、毛竹、珍稀菌木等欣欣向荣。
After having a stable power supply, Ye Jinrong installed a sewage treatment system to apply pig manure as organic fertilizer to the crops in the farm; pig urine was treated with biogas and sprayed onto the surrounding crops. This ecological cycle allowed the surrounding acres of bamboo forest, tea fruits, rare wood and others to flourish.
魏晋南北朝时期,以竹林七贤为代表的文人便常聚于绍兴兰亭,曲水流觞,行酒赋诗。永和九年,王羲之乘着酒兴写就《兰亭集序》成为中国书法史上的绝响之作。明清时期,绍兴更是文脉昌盛,前后百十年间,先后出现了以王阳明、王畿、季本、徐渭等为代表的大儒巨哲。
During the Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties era, the seven sages of the bamboo grove, who were representative literary figures of that time, often congregated at Lanting, or Orchid Pavilion, in Shaoxing. They would set their cups of wine in the upper reaches of a channel of water as a game, and whoever it floated down beside would have to drink the wine or compose a poem. In the year 353, the ninth year of Emperor Mu of Jin's Yonghe era, Wang Xizhi wrote the 'Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion' while in the throes of drunkenness, creating an unparalleled piece of Chinese calligraphy. During the Ming and Qing dynasties Shaoxing became even richer in culture. In around one hundred years, renowned scholars and philosophers such as Wang Yangming, Wang Ji, Ji Ben, and Xu Wei came on to the scene one after another.
这么说吧,考完语文、数学、英语三门基础课后,我是胸有成竹,觉得自己就是上清华北大的料,但考完综合之后我就觉得自己只有留在老家的命了。
Let's put it this way, after taking the basic tests in Chinese language, mathematics and English, I'd already got to grips with things, so I felt I'd be able to get into Tsing Hua University or Peking University, but after my general exam I thought I'd just have to remain in my hometown for life.
这个我知道,当年屈原投汨罗江自尽,百姓为了不让江中鱼虾把屈原吃掉,就将食物用竹叶包裹投入江中,后来就演变成今天我们吃的粽子了。
This I do know. At the time Qu Yuan committed suicide by throwing himself in the Miluo river. The local people wrapped food in bamboo leaves and threw it in the river to prevent the fish and shrimps from eating his body, and these evolved into the zongzi we eat today.
你说的这是老西湖十景,现在还有新西湖十景,你听着啊,分别是:云栖竹径、满陇桂雨、虎跑梦泉、龙井问茶、九溪烟树、吴山天风、阮墩环碧、黄龙吐翠、玉皇飞云、宝石流霞。
You're talking about the old ten scenes from the West Lake, now there are the new ten scenes from the West Lake, I'll tell you them, they are: 'The Bamboo-lined Path through the Nest of Clouds', 'Rain of Osmanthus petals in Manjuelong Village', 'Dreaming of the Tiger Spring', 'Dragon Well Tea Plantation', 'Nine Creeks among the Misty Trees', 'The Heavenly Breeze over Wu Mountain', 'Duke Ruan's Pier Encircled by Greenery', 'Yellow Dragon Cave Spewing Jade Green', 'Clouds Flying over Jade Emperor Hill' and 'Red Skies over Precious Stone Mountain'.
日本奥林匹克委员会主席竹田恒和19日说,他今年6月任期结束时会卸任,不寻求连任,同时辞去国际奥委会委员职务。竹田涉嫌行贿、换取东京奥运会承办权,遭法国检察机关调查。
Japanese Olympic Committee Chairman Tsunekazu Takeda said on the 19th that he will step down at the end of his term of office in June this year and will not seek re-election. He will also resign as a member of the International Olympic Committee. Tsunekazu Takeda was suspected of bribery in exchange for the right to host the Tokyo Olympics and was investigated by the French prosecutors.
除了以旧布料、木、三文鱼皮及竹等日常废料开发的环保材质及产品,还有一系列以咖啡渣为原料研发的新材料,
In addition to environmentally friendly materials and products developed from daily waste such as old cloth, wood, salmon skin, and bamboo, there are also a series of new materials developed from coffee grounds.
明明,你怎么又偷懒!跟老师好好练!三年不给我考出个十级来,我请你吃“竹笋烤肉”!
Mingming, you are goofing off again! Practice well with the teacher! If you don't pass level 10 in three years, I will give you a good beating!
竹篮打水——一场空。
Using a bamboo basket to fetch water --- a bunch of nothing