蜗牛 (蝸牛)
wō niú
Pinyin

Definition

蜗牛 (蝸牛)
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wō niú
  1. snail
  2. Taiwan pr. [guā niú]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

牛
Niú
  1. 1 surname Niu
牛奶
niú nǎi
  1. 1 cow's milk
  2. 2 classifier: 瓶 píng
  3. 3 classifier: 杯 bēi
金牛
Jīn niú
  1. 1 Taurus (star sign)
  2. 2 Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan
金牛座
Jīn niú zuò
  1. 1 Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
伏牛山
Fú niú shān
  1. 1 Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qín lǐng shān mài], Shaanxi

Idioms (20)

九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.

Sample Sentences

既然有这么多楼，就不该有那么多像我一样的无壳蜗牛吧？
jìrán yǒu zhème duō lóu ，jiù bù gāi yǒu nàme duō xiàng wǒ yīyàng de wú ké Wōniú ba ？
Given there are so many apartment blocks, there shouldn't be so many snails without shells like me, no?
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我看我们也只能继续当无壳蜗牛了。
wǒ kàn wǒmen yě zhǐnéng jìxù dāng wú ké Wōniú le 。
I guess our only option is to continue to be snails without shells.
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那我来简单介绍一下。西餐的第一道菜是头盘，就是开胃菜，常见的有沙拉，鱼子酱、鹅肝酱熏鲑鱼、焗蜗牛什么的。
nà wǒ lái jiǎndān jièshào yīxià 。xīcān de dì yī dào cài shì tóupán ，jiùshì kāiwèicài ，chángjiàn de yǒu shālā ，yúzǐjiàng 、égānjiàng xūnguīyú 、júwōniú shénmede 。
Then I will brief you on it. The first course is a starter, that is an appetizer. Common ones are salad, caviar, foie gras, smoked salmon, escargot, etc.
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最近在追一个美剧，正好趁午休的时候看一集。家里网速跟蜗牛一样慢。
zuìjìn zài zhuī yī gè měijù ，zhènghǎo chèn wǔxiū de shíhou kàn yī jí 。jiālǐ wǎngsù gēn wōniú yīyàng màn 。
I've been following an American show lately. I might as well take advantage of our lunchbreak and watch an episode. The internet at my house is as slow as a snail.
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唉！是周杰伦的 《 蜗牛 》！
ài ！shì Zhōu Jiélún de 《 Wōniú 》！
Oh! It's ''Snail," by Jay Chow!
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你瞎叫什么，看清楚，是 《 蜗牛与黄鹂鸟 》，是一首校园歌曲。
nǐ xiā jiào shénme ，kān qīngchu ，shì 《 Wōniú yǔ huánglíniǎo 》，shì yī shǒu xiàoyuán gēqǔ 。
What are you babbling about? Look closely-- it's ''The Snail and the Oriole," a classic schoolyard song.
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