洋娃娃
yáng wá wa
Pinyin

Definition

洋娃娃
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yáng wá wa
  1. doll (of Western appearance)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dà yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 (old) silver dollar
Tài píng Yáng
  1. 1 Pacific Ocean
wá wa
  1. 1 baby
  2. 2 small child
  3. 3 doll
yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 vast
  3. 3 foreign
  4. 4 silver dollar or coin
yáng qì
  1. 1 Western style
  2. 2 foreign flavor
  3. 3 trendy
  4. 4 fashionable
yáng yì
  1. 1 brimming with
  2. 2 steeped in
yáng cōng
  1. 1 onion (Allium cepa)
  2. 2 bulb onion
hǎi yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
Běi bīng yáng
  1. 1 Arctic ocean
Nán yáng
  1. 1 Southeast Asia
  2. 2 South seas
Yìn dù yáng
  1. 1 Indian Ocean
Jí wá wa
  1. 1 Chihuahua (dog)
xǐ qì yáng yáng
  1. 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
xǐ yáng yáng
  1. 1 radiant with joy
Xià wá
  1. 1 Eve (in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waā})
Dà xī yáng
  1. 1 Atlantic Ocean
Nu:3 wá
  1. 1 mythological daughter of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yán dì] who turned into bird Jingwei 精衛|精卫[Jīng wèi] after drowning
  1. 1 baby
  2. 2 doll
wá ér
  1. 1 children (colloquial)
wá wa liǎn
  1. 1 baby face
  2. 2 doll face

Idioms (11)

喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
  1. 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
  1. 1 to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
望洋兴叹
wàng yáng xīng tàn
  1. 1 lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
  1. 1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
洋洋大篇
yáng yáng dà piān
  1. 1 lit. an ocean of writing
  2. 2 an impressive literary work (idiom)
洋洋得意
yáng yáng dé yì
  1. 1 immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 proud
  3. 3 complacent
洋洋洒洒
yáng yáng sǎ sǎ
  1. 1 voluminous
  2. 2 flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
洋洋自得
yáng yáng zì dé
  1. 1 immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 proud
  3. 3 complacent
洋腔洋调
yáng qiāng yáng diào
  1. 1 to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
热情洋溢
rè qíng yáng yì
  1. 1 brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth

Sample Sentences

洋娃娃
yángwáwa
foreign doll, barbie
Go to Lesson 
我小时候就好多了。男孩子有玩具枪、小汽车,我们女孩子有很多洋娃娃。整天都玩过家家的游戏,假装自己是娃娃的妈妈。
wǒ xiǎoshíhou jiù hǎo duō le 。nánháizi yǒu wánjùqiāng 、xiǎoqìchē ,wǒmen nǚháizi yǒu hěn duō yángwáwa 。zhěngtiān dōu wán guòjiājiā de yóuxì ,jiǎzhuāng zìjǐ shì wáwa de māma 。
When I was little it was a lot better. Boys had toy guns and toy cars, and we girls had lots of dolls. We'd play house all day, pretending we were the dolls' mothers.
Go to Lesson 
那当然,跟洋娃娃一样,见过的人都说可爱。
nà dāngrán ,gēn yángwáwá yíyàng ,jiàn guo de rén dōu shuō kěài 。