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土著
tǔ zhù
Pinyin
Definition
土著
-
tǔ zhù
aboriginal
Character Decomposition
土
土
着
羊
目
Related Words
(20)
土
Tǔ
1
Tu (ethnic group)
2
surname Tu
土地
tǔ dì
1
land
2
soil
3
territory
4
CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
土豆
tǔ dòu
1
potato
2
CL:個|个[gè]
3
(Tw) peanut
4
CL:顆|颗[kē]
著
zhù
1
to make known
2
to show
3
to prove
4
to write
5
book
6
outstanding
著名
zhù míng
1
famous
2
noted
3
well-known
4
celebrated
入土
rù tǔ
1
to bury
2
buried
3
interred
出土
chū tǔ
1
to dig up
2
to appear in an excavation
3
unearthed
4
to come up out of the ground
动土
dòng tǔ
1
to break ground (prior to building sth)
2
to start building
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
1
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
2
fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
3
to make a comeback
原著
yuán zhù
1
original work (not translation or abridged)
名著
míng zhù
1
masterpiece
国土
guó tǔ
1
country's territory
2
national land
土包子
tǔ bāo zi
1
country bumpkin
2
boor
3
unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself)
4
burial mound
土匪
tǔ fěi
1
bandit
土司
tǔ sī
1
sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
2
government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
土壤
tǔ rǎng
1
soil
土方
tǔ fāng
1
cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement)
2
excavated soil
3
earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tǔ fāng gōng chéng])
4
(TCM) folk remedy
土星
Tǔ xīng
1
Saturn (planet)
土木
tǔ mù
1
building
2
construction
3
civil engineering
土楼
tǔ lóu
1
traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multi-story circular structure built around a central shrine
Idioms
(20)
仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
1
lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
1
buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡,水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
1
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
2
to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌,水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
1
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
2
to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
1
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
2
fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
3
to make a comeback
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
1
earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
1
combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
1
clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
2
worthless object
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
1
local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
1
lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
2
frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
1
lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
2
frugal living conditions (idiom)
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
1
duty to defend the country (idiom)
察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù
1
to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)
2
to deduce the whole story from small traces
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
1
land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
恶名昭著
è míng zhāo zhù
1
notorious (idiom)
2
infamous
挥金如土
huī jīn rú tǔ
1
lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)
2
fig. to spend money like water
3
extravagant
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
1
head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
2
covered in dirt
3
dejected and depressed
皇天后土
huáng tiān hòu tǔ
1
heaven and earth (idiom)
积土成山
jī tǔ chéng shān
1
lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom)
2
fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
著书立说
zhù shū lì shuō
1
to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
Sample Sentences