稀土
xī tǔ
Pinyin

Definition

稀土
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xī tǔ
  1. rare earth (chemistry)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 Tu (ethnic group)
  2. 2 surname Tu
tǔ dì
  1. 1 land
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 territory
  4. 4 CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
tǔ dòu
  1. 1 potato
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 (Tw) peanut
  4. 4 CL:顆|颗[kē]
xī han
  1. 1 rare
  2. 2 uncommon
  3. 3 rarity
  4. 4 to value as a rarity
  5. 5 to cherish
  6. 6 Taiwan pr. [xī hǎn]
xī fàn
  1. 1 porridge
  2. 2 gruel
yī xī
  1. 1 vaguely
  2. 2 dimly
  3. 3 probably
  4. 4 very likely
rù tǔ
  1. 1 to bury
  2. 2 buried
  3. 3 interred
chū tǔ
  1. 1 to dig up
  2. 2 to appear in an excavation
  3. 3 unearthed
  4. 4 to come up out of the ground
dòng tǔ
  1. 1 to break ground (prior to building sth)
  2. 2 to start building
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
guó tǔ
  1. 1 country's territory
  2. 2 national land
tǔ rén
  1. 1 native
  2. 2 aborigine
  3. 3 clay figure
tǔ bāo zi
  1. 1 country bumpkin
  2. 2 boor
  3. 3 unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself)
  4. 4 burial mound
tǔ fěi
  1. 1 bandit
tǔ sī
  1. 1 sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
  2. 2 government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
tǔ rǎng
  1. 1 soil
Tǔ jiā zú
  1. 1 Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
tǔ fāng
  1. 1 cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement)
  2. 2 excavated soil
  3. 3 earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tǔ fāng gōng chéng])
  4. 4 (TCM) folk remedy
Tǔ xīng
  1. 1 Saturn (planet)
tǔ mù
  1. 1 building
  2. 2 construction
  3. 3 civil engineering

Idioms (20)

人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
  1. 1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡,水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌,水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
  1. 1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
  1. 1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
  1. 1 duty to defend the country (idiom)
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
  1. 1 land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
挥金如土
huī jīn rú tǔ
  1. 1 lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend money like water
  3. 3 extravagant
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
  1. 1 head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
  2. 2 covered in dirt
  3. 3 dejected and depressed
物以稀为贵
wù yǐ xī wéi guì
  1. 1 the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
皇天后土
huáng tiān hòu tǔ
  1. 1 heaven and earth (idiom)
积土成山
jī tǔ chéng shān
  1. 1 lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
面如土色
miàn rú tǔ sè
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
面如灰土
miàn rú huī tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你想想啊,首先,煤电厂排放的不只是二氧化碳,还有其它有害气体,比如氧化氮和二氧化硫,这些有害气体的排放量比汽油汽车高很多。其次,在制造电动汽车时,它对环境的破坏更大。先要生产锂电池吧,这些锂电池体积很大,制造费用昂贵,尤其是特斯拉的电池更贵,它比对手的电池要更大更强大。许多电动汽车的电池要用到稀土,它本来就稀缺,而且提炼也耗钱。特斯拉的AC感应电动机没有使用稀土材料,但是公司的工程师也承认,S型汽车生产时消耗的能源比凯美瑞多。因此,在最初上路之前,S型汽车就已经远比其它汽车污染重了。你开得越久,它才越绿色。
nǐ xiǎngxiang ā ,shǒuxiān ,méidiànchǎng páifàng de bù zhǐshì èryǎnghuàtàn ,háiyǒu qítā yǒuhài qìtǐ ,bǐrú yǎnghuàdàn hé èryǎnghuàliú ,zhèxiē yǒuhài qìtǐ de páifàngliàng bǐ qìyóu qìchē gāo hěn duō 。qícì ,zài zhìzào diàndòng qìchē shí ,tā duì huánjìng de pòhuài gèngdà 。xiān yào shēngchǎn lǐdiànchí ba ,zhèxiē lǐdiànchí tǐjī hěndà ,zhìzào fèiyòng ángguì ,yóuqí shì tèsīlā de diànchí gèng guì ,tā bǐ duìshǒu de diànchí yào gèngdà gèng qiángdà 。xǔduō diàndòng qìchē de diànchí yào yòng dào xītǔ ,tā běnlái jiù xīquē ,érqiě tíliàn yě hào qián 。tèsīlā de AC gǎnyìng diàndòngjī méiyǒu shǐyòng xītǔ cáiliào ,dànshì gōngsī de gōngchéngshī yě chéngrèn ,S xíng qìchē shēngchǎn shí xiāohào de néngyuán bǐ kǎiměiruì duō 。yīncǐ ,zài zuìchū shànglù zhīqián ,S xíng qìchē jiù yǐjīng yuǎn bǐ qítā qìchē wūrǎn zhòng le 。nǐ kāide yuè jiǔ ,tā cái yuè lǜsè 。
Think about it. First, coal-fired power plants do not only emit carbon dioxide, but also other harmful gases; for example, nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide. The amount of emissions from these harmful gases is much higher than what comes from gasoline cars. Secondly, the damage to the environment is greater when manufacturing electric cars. First you need to produce a lithium battery. The volume of these lithium batteries is huge, so it is costly to manufacture them. Tesla's batteries are even more expensive as they are bigger and stronger than the competitor's. Many electric car batteries use rare earth elements, that are scarce, and which are costly to extract. Tesla's AC induction motor doesn't use rare earth materials, but the company's engineer also admits that when producing Model S cars, the consumption of energy is more than for a Camry. Therefore, in the beginning, before you get on the road, Model S cars have already caused much more severe pollution that other cars. The longer you drive it, the greener it will then become.