稀粥
xī zhōu
Pinyin

Definition

稀粥
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xī zhōu
  1. water gruel
  2. thin porridge

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

稀有
xī yǒu
  1. 1 uncommon
稀罕
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]
稀饭
xī fàn
  1. 1 porridge
  2. 2 gruel
依稀
yī xī
  1. 1 vaguely
  2. 2 dimly
  3. 3 probably
  4. 4 very likely
八宝粥
bā bǎo zhōu
  1. 1 rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
拉稀
lā xī
  1. 1 (coll.) to have diarrhea
  2. 2 to shrink back
  3. 3 to cower
煲电话粥
bāo diàn huà zhōu
  1. 1 to talk endlessly on the phone
白粥
bái zhōu
  1. 1 plain rice congee
稀
xī
  1. 1 rare
  2. 2 uncommon
  3. 3 watery
  4. 4 sparse
稀土
xī tǔ
  1. 1 rare earth (chemistry)
稀奇
xī qí
  1. 1 rare
  2. 2 strange
稀少
xī shǎo
  1. 1 sparse
  2. 2 rare
稀烂
xī làn
  1. 1 smashed up
  2. 2 broken into pieces
  3. 3 thoroughly mashed
  4. 4 pulpy
稀疏
xī shū
  1. 1 sparse
  2. 2 infrequent
  3. 3 thinly spread
稀缺
xī quē
  1. 1 scarce
  2. 2 scarcity
稀里糊涂
xī li hú tu
  1. 1 muddleheaded
  2. 2 careless
稀里哗啦
xī li huā lā
  1. 1 (onom.) rustling sound
  2. 2 sound of rain or of sth falling down
  3. 3 in disorder
  4. 4 completely smashed
  5. 5 badly battered
  6. 6 broken to pieces
稀释
xī shì
  1. 1 to dilute
米粥
mǐ zhōu
  1. 1 congee
粥
yù
  1. 1 see 葷粥|荤粥[Xūn yù]

Idioms (5)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
  1. 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not enough to go around
  3. 3 demand exceeds supply
施粥舍饭
shī zhōu shě fàn
  1. 1 to provide alms and rice (idiom)
物以稀为贵
wù yǐ xī wéi guì
  1. 1 the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)

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