蜗 (蝸)
wō
Pinyin

Definition

蜗 (蝸)
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wō
  1. snail
  2. Taiwan pr. [guā]
  3. see 蝸牛|蜗牛[wō niú]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (5)

蜗居
wō jū
  1. 1 humble abode
  2. 2 to live (in a tiny, cramped space)
蜗牛
wō niú
  1. 1 snail
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [guā niú]
耳蜗
ěr wō
  1. 1 cochlea
蜗
wō
  1. 1 snail
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [guā]
  3. 3 see also: 蜗牛 wō niú
蜗行
wō xíng
  1. 1 to advance at a snail's pace

Idioms (2)

蜗行牛步
wō xíng niú bù
  1. 1 lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to move at a snail's pace
  3. 3 to make slow progress
蚁斗蜗争
yǐ dòu wō zhēng
  1. 1 lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling

Sample Sentences

唉！想要个蜗居就这么难吗？
ài ！xiǎngyào gè wōjū jiù zhème nán ma ？
Ah! Is getting a modest home of my own really this difficult?
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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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