葫
hú
Pinyin
Definition
葫
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- Allium scorodoprasum
- bottle gourd
Character Decomposition
Related Words (8)
- 1 sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a stick
- 2 tanghulu
- 1 calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
- 2 hoist
- 3 generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof)
- 4 muddled
- 5 (poker) full house
- 1 tanghulu
- 2 candied fruits on bamboo skewers dipped in sugar syrup, a common Chinese snack
- 1 Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
- 1 hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
Idioms (3)
依样画葫芦
- 1 lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)
- 2 fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
依葫芦画瓢
- 1 lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)
- 2 fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
照葫芦画瓢
- 1 lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)
- 2 fig. to copy slavishly
Sample Sentences
葫芦
bottle gourd
冰糖葫芦！冰糖葫芦！您来一串儿？
Candied fruit ! Candied fruit! Would you like a stick?
我在北京出差时，看到路边有许多卖冰糖葫芦和肉夹馍的摊子。
When I was in Beijing on business, I saw a lot of stalls selling caramelized hawthorn sticks and meat-stuffed pita sandwiches.
这位团友说的是，看到一串球的就是东方明珠了，俗称“糖葫芦”。过去它是上海的第一高楼，现在已经排到第三了。
What our friend here said is right. That row of balls over there, the Oriental Pearl Tower, also known as the 'Candied Hawthorn.' In the past, it was Shanghai's tallest building, but now it's already been pushed back to number three.
国产动画片中最经典的当然要数《黑猫警长》和《葫芦娃》了。我还记得黑猫警长每一集结束的时候，他都会掏出手枪砰砰砰砰打出四个字“请看下集”，真是帅呆了。