沙子
shā zi
Pinyin

Definition

沙子
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shā zi
  1. sand
  2. grit
  3. CL:粒[lì],把[bǎ]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
兔子
tù zi
  1. 1 hare
  2. 2 rabbit
  3. 3 CL:隻|只[zhī]
女子
nu:3 zǐ
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 female
妹子
mèi zi
  1. 1 (dialect) younger sister
  2. 2 girl
妻子
qī zǐ
  1. 1 wife and children
子
zǐ
  1. 1 son
  2. 2 child
  3. 3 seed
  4. 4 egg
  5. 5 small thing
  6. 6 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
  7. 7 Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  8. 8 ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
孩子
hái zi
  1. 1 child
房子
fáng zi
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 building (single- or two-story)
  3. 3 apartment
  4. 4 room
  5. 5 CL:棟|栋[dòng],幢[zhuàng],座[zuò],套[tào],間|间[jiān]
日子
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
样子
yàng zi
  1. 1 appearance
  2. 2 manner
  3. 3 pattern
  4. 4 model
狮子
Shī zǐ
  1. 1 Leo (star sign)
  2. 2 Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Píng dōng Xiàn], Taiwan
狮子座
Shī zi zuò
  1. 1 Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
王子
wáng zǐ
  1. 1 prince
  2. 2 son of a king
男子
nán zǐ
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
老子
Lǎo zǐ
  1. 1 Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism
  2. 2 the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi
肚子
dù zi
  1. 1 belly
  2. 2 abdomen
  3. 3 stomach
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
脑子
nǎo zi
  1. 1 brains
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
被子
bèi zi
  1. 1 quilt
  2. 2 CL:床[chuáng]
辈子
bèi zi
  1. 1 all one's life
  2. 2 lifetime
双子
Shuāng zǐ
  1. 1 Gemini (star sign)

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
  1. 1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
  2. 2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel
仁人君子
rén rén jūn zǐ
  1. 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person
以子之矛，攻子之盾
yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn
  1. 1 lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner
  2. 2 fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
  3. 3 hoist with his own petard
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
佳人才子
jiā rén cái zǐ
  1. 1 beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom)
  2. 2 pair of ideal lovers
兔子不吃窝边草
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo
  1. 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
刀子嘴，豆腐心
dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn
  1. 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
包子有肉不在褶上
bāo zi yǒu ròu bù zài zhě shàng
  1. 1 a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
吃熊心豹子胆
chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn
  1. 1 to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom)
  2. 2 to pluck up some courage
君子之交
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
君子远庖厨
jūn zǐ yuàn páo chú
  1. 1 lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate
多子多福
duō zǐ duō fú
  1. 1 the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我不去，我要玩沙子。
wǒ bù qù ，wǒ yào wán shāzi 。
I won't go. I want to play in the sand.
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晓婷是那种眼里容不得沙子的女人，你就是有个蛛丝马迹都会大大伤害她的。
Xiǎotíng shì nà zhǒng yǎn lǐ róngbùdé shāzi de nǚrén ，nǐ jiùshì yǒu ge zhūsīmǎjì dōu huì dàdà shānghài tā de 。
Xiao Ting's the kind of woman who misses nothing. Just leaving some small clues around could seriously hurt her.
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这里的海滩真不错，沙子又软又细。
zhèlǐ de hǎitān zhēn bùcuò ，shāzi yòu ruǎn yòu xì 。
The beach here is really quite nice. The sand is both soft and fine.
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我以前碰上过几次，大风卷着沙子和灰尘直往你的耳朵和鼻孔里钻，眼睛都睁不开。
wǒ yǐqián pèngshàng guo jǐ cì ，dàfēng juǎn zhe shāzi hé huīchén zhí wǎng nǐ de ěrduo hé bíkǒng lǐ zuān ，yǎnjing dōu zhēngbukāi 。
I've been in a few before. The wind mixes the sand and dust together and they get stuck directly in your ears and nostrils. You can't even open your eyes.
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我在很远的地方，只有沙子，什么也没有，我好渴，好渴......
wǒ zài hěn yuǎn de dìfang ，zhǐ yǒu shāzi ，shénme yě méiyǒu ，wǒ hǎo kě ，hǎo kě ......
I'm very far away. There's only sand here, nothing else. I'm really thirsty...so thirsty...
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