蟹爪兰 (蟹爪蘭)
xiè zhuǎ lán
Pinyin

Definition

蟹爪兰 (蟹爪蘭)
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xiè zhuǎ lán
  1. holiday cactus

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Jù xiè
  1. 1 Cancer (star sign)
Jù xiè zuò
  1. 1 Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
hé xiè
  1. 1 river crab
  2. 2 Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐[hé xié], which is blocked by the great firewall of China)
zhǎo
  1. 1 foot of a bird or animal
  2. 2 paw
  3. 3 claws
  4. 4 talons
zhuǎ zi
  1. 1 (animal's) claw

Idioms (5)

一鳞半爪
yī lín bàn zhuǎ
  1. 1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces
张牙舞爪
zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo
  1. 1 to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom); to make threatening gestures
东鳞西爪
dōng lín xī zhǎo
  1. 1 lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west
  2. 2 odds and ends (idiom)
虾兵蟹将
xiā bīng xiè jiàng
  1. 1 shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea)
  2. 2 useless troops (idiom)
雪泥鸿爪
xuě ní hóng zhǎo
  1. 1 a goose's footprint in the snow
  2. 2 vestiges of the past (idiom)
  3. 3 the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)