蜗牛
wō niú
Pinyin

Definition

蜗牛
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wō niú
  1. snail
  2. Taiwan pr. [guā niú]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

牛
Niú
  1. 1 surname Niu
牛奶
niú nǎi
  1. 1 cow's milk
  2. 2 CL:瓶[píng],杯[bēi]
金牛
Jīn niú
  1. 1 Taurus (star sign)
  2. 2 Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan
金牛座
Jīn niú zuò
  1. 1 Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
伏牛山
Fú niú shān
  1. 1 Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qín lǐng shān mài], Shaanxi
公牛
gōng niú
  1. 1 bull
吹牛
chuī niú
  1. 1 to talk big
  2. 2 to shoot off one's mouth
  3. 3 to chat (dialect)
奶牛
nǎi niú
  1. 1 milk cow
  2. 2 dairy cow
斗牛
Dǒu Niú
  1. 1 Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy)
牛仔
niú zǎi
  1. 1 cowboy
牛仔裤
niú zǎi kù
  1. 1 jeans
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
牛刀小试
niú dāo xiǎo shì
  1. 1 see 小試牛刀|小试牛刀[xiǎo shì niú dāo]
牛排
niú pái
  1. 1 steak
牛气
niú qi
  1. 1 (coll.) haughty
  2. 2 overbearing
  3. 3 (economics) bullish
牛津
Niú jīn
  1. 1 Oxford (city in England)
牛犊
niú dú
  1. 1 calf
牛皮
niú pí
  1. 1 cowhide
  2. 2 leather
  3. 3 fig. flexible and tough
  4. 4 boasting
  5. 5 big talk
牛肉
niú ròu
  1. 1 beef
牛肉干
niú ròu gān
  1. 1 dried beef
  2. 2 jerky
  3. 3 charqui
牛肉面
niú ròu miàn
  1. 1 beef noodle soup

Idioms (20)

九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呼牛呼马
hū niú hū mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
多如牛毛
duō rú niú máo
  1. 1 as many as the hair of the ox (idiom)
  2. 2 great amount of
  3. 3 countless
对牛弹琴
duì niú tán qín
  1. 1 lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
  3. 3 to cast pearls before swine
  4. 4 caviar to the general
  5. 5 to preach to deaf ears
  6. 6 to talk over sb's head
小试牛刀
xiǎo shì niú dāo
  1. 1 to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
带牛佩犊
dài niú pèi dú
  1. 1 to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
杀牛宰羊
shā niú zǎi yáng
  1. 1 slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep
  2. 2 to prepare a big feast (idiom)
气喘如牛
qì chuǎn rú niú
  1. 1 to breathe heavily like an ox (idiom)
  2. 2 to huff and puff
汗牛充栋
hàn niú chōng dòng
  1. 1 lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
泥牛入海
ní niú rù hǎi
  1. 1 lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
牛山濯濯
niú shān zhuó zhuó
  1. 1 treeless hills (idiom)
牛溲马勃
niú sōu mǎ bó
  1. 1 cow's piss, horse's ulcer (idiom); worthless nonsense
  2. 2 insignificant
牛衣对泣
niú yī duì qì
  1. 1 couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
牛角挂书
niú jiǎo guà shū
  1. 1 lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be diligent in one's studies
牛骥同槽
niú jì tóng cáo
  1. 1 cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom); fig. the common and the great are treated alike
  2. 2 also written 牛驥同皂|牛骥同皂[niú jì tóng zào]

Sample Sentences

既然有这么多楼，就不该有那么多像我一样的无壳蜗牛吧？
jìrán yǒu zhème duō lóu ，jiù bù gāi yǒu nàme duō xiàng wǒ yīyàng de wú ké Wōniú ba ？
Given there are so many apartment blocks, there shouldn't be so many snails without shells like me, no?
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我看我们也只能继续当无壳蜗牛了。
wǒ kàn wǒmen yě zhǐnéng jìxù dāng wú ké Wōniú le 。
I guess our only option is to continue to be snails without shells.
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那我来简单介绍一下。西餐的第一道菜是头盘，就是开胃菜，常见的有沙拉，鱼子酱、鹅肝酱熏鲑鱼、焗蜗牛什么的。
nà wǒ lái jiǎndān jièshào yīxià 。xīcān de dì yī dào cài shì tóupán ，jiùshì kāiwèicài ，chángjiàn de yǒu shālā ，yúzǐjiàng 、égānjiàng xūnguīyú 、júwōniú shénmede 。
Then I will brief you on it. The first course is a starter, that is an appetizer. Common ones are salad, caviar, foie gras, smoked salmon, escargot, etc.
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最近在追一个美剧，正好趁午休的时候看一集。家里网速跟蜗牛一样慢。
zuìjìn zài zhuī yī gè měijù ，zhènghǎo chèn wǔxiū de shíhou kàn yī jí 。jiālǐ wǎngsù gēn wōniú yīyàng màn 。
I've been following an American show lately. I might as well take advantage of our lunchbreak and watch an episode. The internet at my house is as slow as a snail.
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唉！是周杰伦的 《 蜗牛 》！
ài ！shì Zhōu Jiélún de 《 Wōniú 》！
Oh! It's ''Snail," by Jay Chow!
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你瞎叫什么，看清楚，是 《 蜗牛与黄鹂鸟 》，是一首校园歌曲。
nǐ xiā jiào shénme ，kān qīngchu ，shì 《 Wōniú yǔ huánglíniǎo 》，shì yī shǒu xiàoyuán gēqǔ 。
What are you babbling about? Look closely-- it's ''The Snail and the Oriole," a classic schoolyard song.
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