冰岛
Bīng dǎo
Pinyin

Definition

冰岛
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Bīng dǎo
  1. Iceland

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冰
bīng
  1. 1 ice
  2. 2 CL:塊|块[kuài]
  3. 3 to chill sth
  4. 4 (of an object or substance) to feel cold
  5. 5 (of a person) cold
  6. 6 unfriendly
  7. 7 (slang) methamphetamine
冰冷
bīng lěng
  1. 1 ice-cold
冰山
bīng shān
  1. 1 iceberg
  2. 2 CL:座[zuò]
冰箱
bīng xiāng
  1. 1 icebox
  2. 2 freezer cabinet
  3. 3 refrigerator
  4. 4 CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè]
冰冻
bīng dòng
  1. 1 to freeze
冰块
bīng kuài
  1. 1 ice cube
  2. 2 ice chunk
冰天雪地
bīng tiān xuě dì
  1. 1 a world of ice and snow
冰封
bīng fēng
  1. 1 to freeze over
  2. 2 to ice over
  3. 3 icebound
  4. 4 to shelve (a proposal etc)
冰岛
Bīng dǎo
  1. 1 Iceland
冰川
bīng chuān
  1. 1 glacier
冰心
Bīng Xīn
  1. 1 Bing Xin (1900-1999), female poet and children's writer
冰棍
bīng gùn
  1. 1 popsicle
  2. 2 ice lolly
  3. 3 CL:根[gēn]
冰水
bīng shuǐ
  1. 1 iced water
冰河
bīng hé
  1. 1 glacier
冰凉
bīng liáng
  1. 1 ice-cold
冰淇淋
bīng qí lín
  1. 1 ice cream
冰激凌
bīng jī líng
  1. 1 ice cream
冰灯
bīng dēng
  1. 1 ice lantern
冰糖
bīng táng
  1. 1 crystal sugar
  2. 2 rock candy
冰糖葫芦
bīng táng hú lu
  1. 1 tanghulu
  2. 2 candied fruits on bamboo skewers dipped in sugar syrup, a common Chinese snack

Idioms (12)

冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
冰清玉洁
bīng qīng yù jié
  1. 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
  2. 2 irreproachable
  3. 3 incorruptible
冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
  1. 1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
冷若冰霜
lěng ruò bīng shuāng
  1. 1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
  2. 2 frigid
冷语冰人
lěng yǔ bīng rén
  1. 1 to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)
夏虫不可以语冰
xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng
  1. 1 a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
  1. 1 lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be extremely cautious
  3. 3 to be skating on thin ice
涣然冰释
huàn rán bīng shì
  1. 1 to melt away (idiom)
  2. 2 to dissipate
  3. 3 to vanish
玉洁冰清
yù jié bīng qīng
  1. 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
  2. 2 irreproachable
  3. 3 incorruptible
虎尾春冰
hǔ wěi chūn bīng
  1. 1 lit. like stepping on a tiger's tail or spring ice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely dangerous situation

Sample Sentences

当地时间八月十八日，冰岛举行追悼会，纪念国内因气候变暖消失的第一座冰川。
dāngdì shíjiān bā yuè shíbā rì ，Bīngdǎo jǔxíng zhuīdàohuì ，jìniàn guónèi yīn qìhòu biànnuǎn xiāoshī de dì yī zuò bīngchuān 。
On August 18th, local time, Iceland held a memorial service to commemorate the first glacier melting in the country due to climate change.
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但是从另一方面想，要是没有信用评等单位，一下子把它的信用评等降那么多，要是它不在欧元区，可以自行调整币值，像冰岛那样，情况会有何不同呢？
dànshì cóng lìngyīfāngmiàn xiǎng ，yàoshì méiyǒu xìnyòng píng děng dānwèi ，yīxiàzi bǎ tā de xìnyòngpíngděng jiàng nàme duō ，yàoshì tā bù zài Ōuyuánqū ，kěyǐ zìxíng tiáozhěng bìzhí ，xiàng Bīngdǎo nàyàng ，qíngkuàng huì yǒu hé bùtóng ne ？
But from another point of view, if credit rating agencies hadn't lowered its credit rating by such a large measure all at once and if it wasn't in the Eurozone and could control the value of its own currency, just like Iceland, would the situation be different?
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冰岛是另外一回事，冰岛倒的是银行，希腊是国家欠了太多债。
Bīngdǎo shì lìngwài yī huí shì ，Bīngdǎo dào de shì yínháng ，xīlà shì guójiā qiàn le tài duō zhài 。
Iceland is a whole other kettle of fish. In Iceland it was the bank that failed, in Greece it was that the country was too deep in debt.
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你们都错了，最冷的是冰岛。
nǐmen dōu cuò le ，zuì lěng de shì Bīngdǎo 。
You are all wrong. The coldest country is Iceland.
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