苗条 (苗條)
miáo tiao
Pinyin

Definition

苗条 (苗條)
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miáo tiao
  1. (of a woman) slim
  2. slender
  3. graceful

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yì miáo
  1. 1 vaccine
Miáo
  1. 1 Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China
  2. 2 surname Miao
miáo tiao
  1. 1 (of a woman) slim
  2. 2 slender
  3. 3 graceful
yà miáo zhù zhǎng
shù miáo
  1. 1 sapling

Idioms (2)

互别苗头
hù bié miáo tou
  1. 1 to compete with (idiom) (Tw)
  2. 2 to pit oneself against
拔苗助长
bá miáo zhù zhǎng
  1. 1 to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我看不靠谱,你瞧那河马,整天在水里游啊游的,就没见它苗条过,我还是想想别的法子吧。
wǒ kàn bù kàopǔ ,nǐ qiáo nà hémǎ ,zhěngtiān zài shuǐ lǐ yóu ā yóu de ,jiù méi jiàn tā miáotiáo guò ,wǒ háishì xiǎngxiang biéde fǎzi ba 。
I don't think that's very reliable. Look at the hippo. It spends every day swimming about, and I've never seen it slender. I should really think of something else.
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