米粒
mǐ lì
Pinyin

Definition

米粒
 - 
mǐ lì
  1. grain of rice
  2. granule

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

米
Mǐ
  1. 1 surname Mi
粒
lì
  1. 1 grain
  2. 2 granule
  3. 3 classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
虾米
xiā mǐ
  1. 1 small shrimp
  2. 2 dried, shelled shrimps
大米
dà mǐ
  1. 1 (husked) rice
小米
Xiǎo mǐ
  1. 1 Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010

Idioms (8)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
巧妇难为无米之炊
qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī
  1. 1 The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
生米做成熟饭
shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
  2. 2 It's too late to change anything now.
  3. 3 also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭

Sample Sentences

还是高科技的。三维立体加热，保证每颗米粒都均匀受热。
háishì gāokējì de 。sānwéi lìtǐ jiārè ，bǎozhèng měi kē mǐlì dōu jūnyún shòu rè 。
That's high-tech for you. Three dimensional heating guarantees that every grain of rice receives an equal amount of heat.
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