莲 (蓮)
lián
Pinyin

Definition

莲 (蓮)
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lián
  1. lotus

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

liú lián
  1. 1 durian fruit
  2. 2 Durio zibethinus
lián
  1. 1 lotus
lián zǐ
  1. 1 lotus seed
lián huā
  1. 1 lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, among others)
  2. 2 water-lily
lián ǒu
  1. 1 lotus root

Idioms (1)

哑巴吃黄莲
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
  1. 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
  3. 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])

Sample Sentences

今年就买传统的,豆沙啊,蛋黄啊,莲蓉啊,这些。
jīnnián jiù mǎi chuántǒng de ,dòushā a ,dànhuáng a ,liánróng a ,zhèxiē 。
This year let's just buy the traditional ones like bean paste, egg yolk, lotus seed paste, that kind of thing.
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哟,你学得真快啊。不过要先搞清火的类型,然后才可以有针对性地去火。比如我刚刚说的心火。如果心火太旺,就会心烦、失眠、口舌生疮什么的。这个时候,用莲子清火,效果特别好。
yō ,nǐ xué de zhēn kuài a 。bùguò yào xiān gǎoqīng huǒ de lèixíng ,ránhòu cái kěyǐ yǒu zhēnduìxìng de qùhuǒ 。bǐrú wǒ gānggāng shuō de xīnhuǒ 。rúguǒ xīnhuǒ tài wàng ,jiù huì xīnfán 、shīmián 、kǒushé shēngchuāng shénme de 。zhègeshíhòu ,yòng liánzǐ qīnghuǒ ,xiàoguǒ tèbié hǎo 。
Whoa, you learn fast. But first you have to figure out the type of internal heat before you can use the appropriate medicine. For example, think of the heart fire I just mentioned. If you have too much fire in your heart, you will feel annoyed, you'll be insomniac, and you'll get sores on your tongue. At times like this, you get really good results from using lotus seeds to get rid of internal heat.
啊?怎么可能?那些毛病可难缠了,吃几颗小小的莲子就能好?
ǎ ?zěnme kěnéng ?nàxiē máobìng kě nánchán le ,chī jǐ kē xiǎoxiǎo de liánzǐ jiù néng hǎo ?
Huh? How can that be? Those problems are really tough to solve. Can you really get better just by eating a few small seeds?
关注吸气时腹部向外的涨起推出,呼气尽量将肚脐贴向脊柱的方向,使我们肺内沉积而污浊的气体向外地呼出。此时我们像是一朵晨间悄悄开放的莲花,没有尘世的污染,只有自身的洁白。
guānzhù xīqì shí fùbù xiàngwài de zhǎngqǐ tuīchū ,hūqì jǐnliàng jiāng dùqí tiē xiàng jǐzhù de fāngxiàng ,shǐ wǒmen fèi nèi chénjī ér wūzhuó de qìtǐ xiàngwài de hū chū 。cǐshí wǒmen xiàng shì yī duǒ chén jiān qiāoqiāo kāifàng de liánhuā ,méiyǒu chénshì de wūrǎn ,zhǐyǒu zìshēn de jiébái 。
Notice that when you are inhaling, your abdomen rises and pushes outwards. Try your best to press your belly button to your spine when you are exhaling. This allows the impure air that has built up to exit our lungs. Right now, we are like a lotus flowers gently blossoming in at dawn. We are untouched by the pollution of this world. All we have is our own purity.
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大自然里的生物体都要遵循这个规律。另外,补什么是因人而异的。比如,肠胃不好的人,就不要大鱼大肉了,可以喝些莲子粥、山药粥,鱼片粥等容易消化的食物。肺不好的人呢,可以用百合、枸杞泡茶喝。
dàzìrán lǐ de shēngwùtǐ dōu yào zūnxún zhè ge guīlǜ 。lìngwài ,bǔ shénme shì yīnrénéryì de 。bǐrú ,chángwèi bù hǎo de rén ,jiù bù yào dàyúdàròu le ,kěyǐ hē xiē liánzǐ zhōu 、shānyào zhōu ,yúpiàn zhōu děng róngyì xiāohuà de shíwù 。fèi bù hǎo de rén ne ,kěyǐ yòng bǎihé 、gǒuqǐ pào chá hē 。
All organisms in nature have to abide by this rule. Also, what to supplement differs from person to person. For example, people with stomach problems shouldn't eat a lot of solid foods like meat. They should eat things like lotus porridge, yam porridge, porridge with slices of fish meat; things that are easy to digest. People with lung problems? They should use lily buds and wolfberries when they make tea.
You know what? There's a deep connection between Chaplin and China. Chaplin and his then-wife Bao Lian always dreamed of exploring the Orient. Once he flew to Honolulu, and he and Bao Lian were married in Guangzhou, China.