泼辣
pō la
Pinyin

Definition

泼辣
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pō la
  1. shrewish
  2. pungent
  3. forceful
  4. bold and vigorous

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

辣
là
  1. 1 old variant of 辣[là]
辣椒
là jiāo
  1. 1 hot pepper
  2. 2 chili
麻辣
má là
  1. 1 hot and numbing
火辣
huǒ là
  1. 1 painful heat
  2. 2 scorching
  3. 3 rude and forthright
  4. 4 provocative
  5. 5 hot
  6. 6 sexy
辛辣
xīn là
  1. 1 spicy hot (taste)
  2. 2 fig. biting (criticism)
辣妹
Là mèi
  1. 1 Spice Girls (1990s UK pop group)
辣子
là zi
  1. 1 cayenne pepper
  2. 2 chili
辣椒酱
là jiāo jiàng
  1. 1 red pepper paste
  2. 2 chili sauce
酸甜苦辣
suān tián kǔ là
  1. 1 sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot
  2. 2 fig. the joys and sorrows of life
麻辣烫
má là tàng
  1. 1 hot spicy soup (often sold in street stalls)
俗辣
sú là
  1. 1 (slang) (Tw) coward
  2. 2 paper tiger
  3. 3 a nobody (from Taiwanese 卒仔, Tai-lo pr. [tsut-á])
吃香喝辣
chī xiāng hē là
  1. 1 lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to live well
微辣
wēi là
  1. 1 mildly spicy
心狠手辣
xīn hěn shǒu là
  1. 1 vicious and merciless (idiom)
毒辣
dú là
  1. 1 cruel
  2. 2 sinister
  3. 3 vicious
泼辣
pō la
  1. 1 shrewish
  2. 2 pungent
  3. 3 forceful
  4. 4 bold and vigorous
火辣辣
huǒ là là
  1. 1 painful heat
  2. 2 scorching
  3. 3 painful heat
  4. 4 rude and forthright
  5. 5 provocative
  6. 6 hot
  7. 7 sexy
红辣椒
hóng là jiāo
  1. 1 hot red pepper
  2. 2 chili
老辣
lǎo là
  1. 1 shrewd and ruthless
  2. 2 efficient and unscrupulous
辣妹子
là mèi zi
  1. 1 sassy young woman or pretty girl (esp. one from China's spice belt: Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan and Yunnan)

Idioms (3)

吃香喝辣
chī xiāng hē là
  1. 1 lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to live well
心狠手辣
xīn hěn shǒu là
  1. 1 vicious and merciless (idiom)
姜还是老的辣
jiāng hái shì lǎo de là
  1. 1 ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom)
  2. 2 the older, the wiser

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