单薄
dān bó
Pinyin

Definition

单薄
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dān bó
  1. weak
  2. frail
  3. thin
  4. flimsy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

微薄
wēi bó
  1. 1 scanty
  2. 2 meager
薄
Bó
  1. 1 surname Bo
刻薄
kè bó
  1. 1 unkind
  2. 2 harsh
  3. 3 cutting
  4. 4 mean
  5. 5 acrimony
  6. 6 to embezzle by making illegal deductions
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
  1. 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
  2. 2 good preparation is the key to success
  3. 3 to be well prepared
单薄
dān bó
  1. 1 weak
  2. 2 frail
  3. 3 thin
  4. 4 flimsy
如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
  1. 1 lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be extremely cautious
  3. 3 to be skating on thin ice
淡薄
dàn bó
  1. 1 thin
  2. 2 light
  3. 3 flagging
  4. 4 faint
浅薄
qiǎn bó
  1. 1 superficial
薄弱
bó ruò
  1. 1 weak
  2. 2 frail
薄情
bó qíng
  1. 1 inconstant in love
  2. 2 fickle
薄熙来
Bó Xī lái
  1. 1 Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct
薄片
báo piàn
  1. 1 thin slice
  2. 2 thin section
  3. 3 flake
  4. 4 Taiwan pr. [bó piàn]
薄纱
báo shā
  1. 1 gauze (cloth)
薄荷
bò he
  1. 1 field mint
  2. 2 peppermint
薄饼
báo bǐng
  1. 1 thin flat cake
  2. 2 pancake
  3. 3 pizza
轻薄
qīng bó
  1. 1 light (weight)
  2. 2 frivolous
  3. 3 a philanderer
  4. 4 to scorn
  5. 5 disrespectful
厚此薄彼
hòu cǐ bó bǐ
  1. 1 to favour one and discriminate against the other
厚薄
hòu báo
  1. 1 thickness
  2. 2 also pr. [hòu bó]
命薄
mìng bó
  1. 1 to be unlucky
喷薄
pēn bó
  1. 1 to gush
  2. 2 to squirt
  3. 3 to surge
  4. 4 to well out
  5. 5 to overflow

Idioms (15)

刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
  1. 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
  1. 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
  2. 2 good preparation is the key to success
  3. 3 to be well prepared
喷薄欲出
pēn bó yù chū
  1. 1 to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)
  2. 2 (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
  1. 1 lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be extremely cautious
  3. 3 to be skating on thin ice
妄自菲薄
wàng zì fěi bó
  1. 1 to be unduly humble (idiom)
  2. 2 to undervalue oneself
德薄能鲜
dé bó néng xiǎn
  1. 1 little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)
日薄崦嵫
rì bó Yān zī
  1. 1 lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the day is drawing to an end
  3. 3 the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)
穷家薄业
qióng jiā bó yè
  1. 1 poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
  2. 2 destitute
红颜薄命
hóng yán bó mìng
  1. 1 beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
衣单食薄
yī dān shí bó
  1. 1 thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty
  2. 2 destitute
轻口薄舌
qīng kǒu bó shé
  1. 1 lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
  2. 2 caustic and sharp-tongued
轻嘴薄舌
qīng zuǐ bó shé
  1. 1 lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
  2. 2 caustic and sharp-tongued
轻浪浮薄
qīng làng fú bó
  1. 1 (idiom) frivolous

Sample Sentences

许仙看她们穿得很单薄，很想把伞借给她们，可他不敢跟女孩子说话。正在犹豫的时候，小青来借伞了。许仙赶快把伞借给了她们。白素贞问许仙住在哪里，改天好去还伞。
Xǔ Xiān kàn tāmen chuān de hěn dānbó ，hěn xiǎng bǎ sǎn jiègěi tāmen ，kě tā bùgǎn gēn nǚháizi shuōhuà 。zhèngzài yóuyù de shíhou ，Xiǎoqīng lái jiè sǎn le 。Xǔ Xiān gǎnkuài bǎ sǎn jiègěi le tāmen 。Bái Sùzhēn wèn Xǔ Xiān zhùzài nǎli ，gǎitiān hǎo qù huán sǎn 。
Xu Xian saw that they weren't dressed for the weather, and wanted to lend his umbrella to them, but he was too timid to speak to the young women. As he deliberated, Xiaoqing came over to borrow his umbrella, and Xu Xian quickly lent it to them. Bai Suzhen asked Xu Xian where he lived so that she could return his umbrella to him.
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就凭你，得了吧！看你这单薄的样子，再往前走，要是运气好点，还能看见麒麟人长什么样子。要是运气背，半路就渴死了。
jiù píng nǐ ，dé le ！kàn nǐ zhè dānbó de yàngzi ，zài wǎng qián zǒu ，yàoshì yùnqi hǎo diǎn ，hái néng kànjiàn qílínrén zhǎng shénme yàngzi 。yàoshì yùnqi bèi ，bànlù jiù kěsǐ le 。
Get real! Look how weak you are. Keep coming forward-- if your luck is any good, you'll be able to see what a Kirin-man looks like. If your luck isn't so great, you'll die of thirst half way here.
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