象牙
xiàng yá
Pinyin

Definition

象牙
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xiàng yá
  1. ivory
  2. elephant tusk

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刷牙
shuā yá
  1. 1 to brush one's teeth
印象
yìn xiàng
  1. 1 impression
对象
duì xiàng
  1. 1 target
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 partner
  4. 4 boyfriend
  5. 5 girlfriend
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
形象
xíng xiàng
  1. 1 image
  2. 2 form
  3. 3 figure
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 visualization
  6. 6 vivid
想象
xiǎng xiàng
  1. 1 to imagine
  2. 2 to fancy
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (16)

人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
以眼还眼，以牙还牙
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá
  1. 1 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  3. 3 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
伶牙俐齿
líng yá lì chǐ
  1. 1 clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent
  2. 2 having the gift of the gab
合眼摸象
hé yǎn mō xiàng
  1. 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
咬牙切齿
yǎo yá qiè chǐ
  1. 1 gnashing one's teeth (idiom); displaying extreme anger
  2. 2 fuming with rage between gritted teeth

Sample Sentences

真是狗嘴里吐不出象牙来啊，也难怪优雅的仙女儿成了前任，不过你说的美联航那事儿也确实让人大跌眼镜，空乘人员怎么能对乘客施行暴力呢？我宁可没桃花也不希望坐飞机遇到这种倒霉事儿。
zhēnshi gǒuzuǐ lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàngyá lái ā ，yě nánguài yōuyǎ de xiānnǚr chéng le qiánrèn ，bùguò nǐ shuō de Měiliánháng nà shìr yě quèshí ràng rén dà diēyǎnjìng ，kōngchéng rényuán zěnme néng duì chéngkè shīxíng bàolì ne ？wǒ nìngkě méi táohuā yě bù xīwàng zuò fēijī yùdào zhèzhǒng dǎoméi shìr 。
Tut tut, I suppose you can’t expect wise words from a scoundrel. No wonder the elegant goddess is now an ex, but the incident with United Airlines you brought up really was quite shocking. How can airline staff be violent with passengers? I’d rather have no one who likes me, than to come upon bad luck like that while flying.
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狗口里吐不出象牙！
gǒu kǒu lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàngyá ！
A filthy mouth cannot utter decent language.
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狗嘴吐不出象牙
gǒu zuǐ tǔ bù chū xiàngyá
A filthy mouth cannot utter decent language.
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狗嘴吐不出象牙，别相信他们。
gǒuzuǐtǔbùchūxiangyá ，bié xiāngxìn tāmen 。
A filthy mouth cannot utter decent language. Don’t trust them.
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讨厌，狗嘴里吐不出象牙。我都快胖死了，你还在那儿说风凉话。
tǎoyàn ，gǒuzuǐ li tǔbuchū xiàngyá 。wǒ dōu kuài pàng sǐ le ，nǐ háizài nàr shuō fēngliánghuà 。
You're so annoying. What can you expect from a hog but a grunt. I am really really fat and you're there making light of things.
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我们有象牙白和自然色的。帮你试试吧。
wǒmen yǒu xiàngyábái hé zìránsè de 。bāng nǐ shìshi ba 。
We have it in ivory and natural tone. Let me help you try some on.
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象牙色太白了吧。
xiàngyásè tài bái le ba 。
The ivory is too white.
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最近你看新闻了吗？1月6日，国家林业局和海关总局查没销毁了6.1吨象牙及象牙制品。
zuìjìn nǐ kàn xīnwén le ma ？yīyuè liùrì ，guójiā Línyèjú hé hǎiguān zǒngjú chámò xiāohuǐ le liùdiǎnyī dūn xiàngyá jí xiàngyá zhìpǐn 。
Did you see the news lately? On January 6th, the State Forestry Administration and the Customs Bureau searched out, confiscated and destroyed 6.1 tons of ivory and ivory products.
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啊？象牙买卖不是合法的吗？
ā ？xiàngyá mǎimài bùshì héfǎ de ma ？
What? Isn't buying and selling ivory legal?
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这是一个信号，表明政府不会再容忍象牙盗猎和走私。我们要表明自己的态度，清楚地告诉消费者购买象牙是不道德的，从消费心理这个根源上打击需求。
zhè shì yī gè xìnhào ，biǎomíng zhèngfǔ bùhuì zài róngrěn xiàngyá dàoliè hé zǒusī 。wǒmen yào biǎomíng zìjǐ de tàidu ，qīngchǔ de gàosu xiāofèizhě gòumǎi xiàngyá shì bù dàodé de ，cóng xiāofèi xīnlǐ zhè ge gēnyuán shàng dǎjī xūqiú 。
This is a signal to indicate that the government will not tolerate poachers and smugglers. We need to make our stance clear, and tell consumers that buying ivory is immoral, and strike the very root of the demand in consumers' hearts.
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