黛
dài
Pinyin

Definition

黛
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dài
  1. umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow

Character Decomposition

Related Words (7)

林黛玉
Lín Dài yù
  1. 1 Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
奥黛丽
Ào dài lì
  1. 1 Audrey
奥黛莉
Ào dài lì
  1. 1 Audrey
眉黛
méi dài
  1. 1 eyebrows (with umber black make-up)
粉黛
fěn dài
  1. 1 face powder and eyebrow liner
  2. 2 cosmetics
  3. 3 (fig.) beautiful woman

Sample Sentences

哎，假如你是宝玉，会喜欢黛玉还是宝钗？
āi ，jiǎrú nǐ shì Bǎoyù ，huì xǐhuan Dàiyù háishi Bǎochāi ？
Hey, if you were Baoyu, would you prefer Daiyu or Baochai?
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嘿嘿，不过宝钗更好些，又温柔又善解人意。黛玉病恹恹的，红颜薄命不说，还是个大醋坛子！
hēihēi ，bùguò Bǎochāi gèng hǎo xiē ，yòu wēnróu yòu shànjiěrényì 。Dàiyù bìngyānyān de ，hóngyánbómìng bù shuō ，háishì ge dà cùtánzi ！
Ha-ha, but Baochai is a little better. She's soft and understanding. Daiyu is sickly-- we don't even have to talk about "beautiful women lead difficult lives”--- she's also extremely jealous!
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哎，黛玉真可怜。不过《红楼梦》里我最欣赏王熙凤，八面玲珑的，没有她摆不平的事。
āi ，Dàiyù zhēn kělián 。bùguò Hónglóumèng lǐ wǒ zuì xīnshǎng Wáng Xīfèng ，bāmiànlínglóng de ，méiyǒu tā bǎibupíng de matter 。
Agh, Daiyu is really pitiable. But my favorite in "The Dream of the Red Chambers" is Wang Kangfeng. She's very slick, and comfortable in all kinds of environments. There's nothing she can't take care of.
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好。前面就是林黛玉住的地方了！
hǎo 。qiánmian jiùshì Lín Dàiyù zhù de dìfang le ！
OK. Up ahead is the place where Lin Daiyu lives!
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这两件事又不冲突。”红楼梦“里林黛玉看这本书的时候，不是也得躲着看吗？
zhè liǎng jiàn shì yòu bù chōngtú 。”Hónglóumèng “lǐ Lín Dàiyù kàn zhè běn shū de shíhou ，búshì yě děi duǒ zhe kàn ma ？
They're not mutually exclusive. Didn't Lin Daiyu from Dream of the Red Chamber have to hide away to read it?
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