插秧
chā yāng
Pinyin

Definition

插秧
 - 
chā yāng
  1. to transplant rice seedlings

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

插
chā
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 stick in
  3. 3 pierce
  4. 4 to take part in
  5. 5 to interfere
  6. 6 to interpose
两肋插刀
liǎng lèi chā dāo
  1. 1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
插上
chā shang
  1. 1 to plug into
  2. 2 to insert
  3. 3 to stick in
插件
chā jiàn
  1. 1 plug-in (software component)
插入
chā rù
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 to stick
  3. 3 to thrust
插图
chā tú
  1. 1 illustration
插孔
chā kǒng
  1. 1 jack
  2. 2 socket
插座
chā zuò
  1. 1 socket
  2. 2 outlet
插手
chā shǒu
  1. 1 to get involved in
  2. 2 to meddle
  3. 3 interference
插播
chā bō
  1. 1 to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc
  2. 2 to put a call on hold
插曲
chā qǔ
  1. 1 music played during a movie, play etc
  2. 2 incidental music
  3. 3 music played in a theatrical interlude
  4. 4 (fig.) incident
  5. 5 episode
插画
chā huà
  1. 1 illustration
插花
chā huā
  1. 1 flower arranging
  2. 2 ikebana
插足
chā zú
  1. 1 to squeeze in
  2. 2 to step in
  3. 3 to take part
  4. 4 to step between (two persons in a relationship)
插进
chā jìn
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 to stick in
  3. 3 to plug in (an electronic device)
插队
chā duì
  1. 1 to cut in line
  2. 2 to jump a queue
  3. 3 to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)
插头
chā tóu
  1. 1 plug
穿插
chuān chā
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 to take turns, alternate
  3. 3 to interweave
  4. 4 to interlace
  5. 5 subplot
  6. 6 interlude
  7. 7 episode
  8. 8 (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
倒插门
dào chā mén
  1. 1 to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
即插即用
jí chā jí yòng
  1. 1 plug-and-play

Idioms (5)

两肋插刀
liǎng lèi chā dāo
  1. 1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
插科打诨
chā kē dǎ hùn
  1. 1 to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest
  2. 2 buffoonery
插翅难飞
chā chì nán fēi
  1. 1 lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
无心插柳
wú xīn chā liǔ
  1. 1 (idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated
  2. 2 serendipitous
  3. 3 fortuitous
见缝插针
jiàn fèng chā zhēn
  1. 1 lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch

Sample Sentences

是啊！先犁地，再插秧。以后还要定期除草，除虫，施肥。这样才有粮食吃。
shì a ！xiān lídì ，zài chāyāng 。yǐhòu hái yào dìngqī chúcǎo ，chúchóng ，shīféi 。zhèyàng cái yǒu liángshi chī 。
That's right! First, we plow the field, and then transplant the rice seedlings. After that, we have to routinely weed, do extermination, and fertilize. Only if we do that can we have food to eat.
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