象拔蚌
xiàng bá bàng
Pinyin
Definition
象拔蚌
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- elephant trunk clam
- geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native to the west coast of North America)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (20)
一毛不拔
- 1 stingy (idiom)
人心不足蛇吞象
- 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
出类拔萃
- 1 to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
- 2 preeminent
- 3 outstanding
剑拔弩张
- 1 lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom); fig. a state of mutual hostility
- 2 at daggers drawn
合眼摸象
- 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly