婆娑
pó suō
Pinyin

Definition

婆娑
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pó suō
  1. to swirl about
  2. (of leaves and branches) to sway

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

外婆
wài pó
  1. 1 (coll.) mother's mother
  2. 2 maternal grandmother
老婆
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
公婆
gōng pó
  1. 1 husband's parents
  2. 2 parents-in-law
婆婆
pó po
  1. 1 husband's mother
  2. 2 mother-in-law
  3. 3 grandma
婆家
pó jia
  1. 1 husband's family
阿婆
ā pó
  1. 1 granny
  2. 2 mother-in-law
三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
八婆
bā pó
  1. 1 meddling woman
  2. 2 nosy parker (Cantonese)
叔婆
shū pó
  1. 1 aunt by marriage
  2. 2 husband's aunt
  3. 3 husband's father's younger brother's wife
大老婆
dà lǎo pó
  1. 1 primary wife
太婆
tài pó
  1. 1 great-grandmother
姑婆
gū pó
  1. 1 grandfather's sister
  2. 2 sister of a woman's father-in-law
婆
pó
  1. 1 grandmother
  2. 2 matron
  3. 3 mother-in-law
  4. 4 (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
婆姨
pó yí
  1. 1 (dialect) wife
  2. 2 married woman
婆娑
pó suō
  1. 1 to swirl about
  2. 2 (of leaves and branches) to sway
婆娘
pó niáng
  1. 1 woman (derog.)
婆婆妈妈
pó po mā mā
  1. 1 effeminate
  2. 2 old-womanish
  3. 3 garrulous
  4. 4 fainthearted
  5. 5 overly careful
  6. 6 overly sensitive
  7. 7 maudlin
婆媳
pó xí
  1. 1 mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
婆子
pó zi
  1. 1 old woman
婆罗洲
Pó luó zhōu
  1. 1 Borneo island (of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei)

Idioms (8)

三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
公说公有理，婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
媳妇熬成婆
xí fù áo chéng pó
  1. 1 lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor
  3. 3 what goes around comes around
泪眼婆娑
lèi yǎn pó suō
  1. 1 tearful (idiom)
王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
  1. 1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
  2. 2 all one's geese are swans
老婆孩子热炕头
lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou
  1. 1 wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)
  2. 2 the simple and good life
苦口婆心
kǔ kǒu pó xīn
  1. 1 earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom); to persuade patiently
丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆
chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó
  1. 1 lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. it's not something you can avoid forever

Sample Sentences