葫芦巴 (葫蘆巴)
hú lú bā
Pinyin
Definition
葫芦巴 (葫蘆巴)
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- fenugreek leaves
- methi leaves
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (coll.) large bus
- 2 coach
- 3 (abbr. for 大型巴士)
- 1 tail
- 2 colloquial pr. [yǐ ba]
- 1 Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)
- 2 abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing
- 3 surname Ba
- 4 abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian
- 5 abbr. for Pakistan
Idioms (15)
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
哑巴吃黄莲
- 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
- 2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
- 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连
- 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
- 2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
- 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连,有苦说不出
- 1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
- 2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
- 3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出