锈蚀
xiù shí
Pinyin

Definition

锈蚀
 - 
xiù shí
  1. corrosion
  2. rust

Character Decomposition

Related Words (17)

侵蚀
qīn shí
  1. 1 to erode
  2. 2 to corrode
生锈
shēng xiù
  1. 1 to rust
  2. 2 to grow rusty
  3. 3 to corrode
  4. 4 oxidization
腐蚀
fǔ shí
  1. 1 corrosion
  2. 2 to corrode (degrade chemically)
  3. 3 to rot
  4. 4 corruption
全蚀
quán shí
  1. 1 total eclipse
海蚀
hǎi shí
  1. 1 coastal erosion
  2. 2 marine abrasion
磨蚀
mó shí
  1. 1 erosion
  2. 2 abrasion
锈蚀
xiù shí
  1. 1 corrosion
  2. 2 rust
防锈
fáng xiù
  1. 1 rust prevention
  2. 2 anti-corrosion
风蚀
fēng shí
  1. 1 wind erosion
剥蚀
bō shí
  1. 1 to corrode
  2. 2 to expose by corrosion (geology)
日蚀
rì shí
  1. 1 variant of 日食[rì shí]
月蚀
yuè shí
  1. 1 variant of 月食[yuè shí]
冲蚀
chōng shí
  1. 1 to erode
  2. 2 erosion
腐蚀剂
fǔ shí jì
  1. 1 a corrosive (chemical)
腐蚀性
fǔ shí xìng
  1. 1 (lit. and fig.) corrosive
  2. 2 corrosiveness
蚀刻
shí kè
  1. 1 to etch
  2. 2 engraving
锈
xiù
  1. 1 to corrode
  2. 2 to rust

Idioms (2)

偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)

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