霓 (蜺)
ní
Pinyin
Definition
霓 (蜺)
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- Japanese cicada
- old variant of 霓[ní]
霓
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- secondary rainbow
Character Decomposition
Idioms (1)
大旱望云霓
- 1 lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
- 2 fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation
Sample Sentences
城市的夜晚，霓虹灯璀璨。
The neon lights are shining at night in the city.
就像霓虹灯到月亮的距离
Are like the distance from these neon lights to the moon
那是二十多年前，你还小，我可以理解。可是你现在都那么大了，看那些东西不觉得幼稚啊？你逼着我看那些《星际迷航》电视剧，塑料的太空船、霓虹灯一闪一闪的、太过时了。真搞不懂你迷它什么？
That was more than twenty years ago, and you were still young. I can understand that. But you're grown up now-- don't you think it's childish to read and watch that stuff? You make me watch those episodes of Star Trek, with their plastic space ships and neon lights flashing. They're too old-fashioned. I really don't know what about them fascinates you much!