纸鹤
zhǐ hè
Pinyin

Definition

纸鹤
 - 
zhǐ hè
  1. paper crane

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

报纸
bào zhǐ
  1. 1 newspaper
  2. 2 newsprint
  3. 3 CL:份[fèn],期[qī],張|张[zhāng]
壁纸
bì zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
妹纸
mèi zhǐ
  1. 1 (Internet slang) (pun on 妹子[mèi zi])
纸
zhǐ
  1. 1 paper
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng],沓[dá]
  3. 3 classifier for documents, letter etc
鹤
hè
  1. 1 crane
信纸
xìn zhǐ
  1. 1 letter paper
  2. 2 writing paper
剪纸
jiǎn zhǐ
  1. 1 papercutting (Chinese folk art)
  2. 2 to make paper cutouts
图纸
tú zhǐ
  1. 1 blueprint
  2. 2 drawing
  3. 3 design plans
  4. 4 graph paper
宣纸
xuān zhǐ
  1. 1 fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
厕纸
cè zhǐ
  1. 1 toilet paper
废纸
fèi zhǐ
  1. 1 waste paper
手纸
shǒu zhǐ
  1. 1 toilet paper
折纸
zhé zhǐ
  1. 1 paper folding
  2. 2 origami
烧纸
shāo zhǐ
  1. 1 to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
墙纸
qiáng zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
纸婚
zhǐ hūn
  1. 1 paper wedding (first year wedding anniversary)
纸尿裤
zhǐ niào kù
  1. 1 disposable diaper
纸巾
zhǐ jīn
  1. 1 paper towel
  2. 2 napkin
  3. 3 facial tissue
  4. 4 CL:張|张[zhāng],包[bāo]
纸币
zhǐ bì
  1. 1 bank notes
  2. 2 paper currency
  3. 3 CL:張|张[zhāng]
纸张
zhǐ zhāng
  1. 1 paper

Idioms (14)

一琴一鹤
yī qín yī hè
  1. 1 carrying very little luggage (idiom)
  2. 2 honest and incorruptible (government officials)
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
杳如黄鹤
yǎo rú huáng hè
  1. 1 to be gone forever (idiom)
  2. 2 to disappear without a trace
槛花笼鹤
jiàn huā lóng hè
  1. 1 a flower in a cage, a crane in a basket (idiom); prisoner
洛阳纸贵
Luò yáng zhǐ guì
  1. 1 lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
纸上谈兵
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
  1. 1 lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
  3. 3 armchair strategist
  4. 4 idle theorizing
  5. 5 cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
纸醉金迷
zhǐ zuì jīn mí
  1. 1 lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
跃然纸上
yuè rán zhǐ shàng
  1. 1 to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc)
  2. 2 to stand out markedly
金迷纸醉
jīn mí zhǐ zuì
  1. 1 lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
钻故纸堆
zuān gù zhǐ duī
  1. 1 to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers
风声鹤唳
fēng shēng hè lì
  1. 1 lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to panic at the slightest move
  3. 3 to be jittery
驾鹤西去
jià hè xī qù
  1. 1 lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise
  2. 2 fig. to pass away (idiom)
骑鹤上扬州
qí hè shàng Yáng zhōu
  1. 1 lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position
鹤立鸡群
hè lì jī qún
  1. 1 a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common
  2. 2 manifestly superior

Sample Sentences

不会是教你老公折千纸鹤吧？
bùhuì shì jiāo nǐ lǎogōng zhé qiānzhǐhè ba ？
They didn't teach your husband how to make origami cranes, did they?
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