南沙群岛
Nán shā Qún dǎo
Pinyin

Definition

南沙群岛
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Nán shā Qún dǎo
  1. Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人群
rén qún
  1. 1 crowd
南
Nán
  1. 1 surname Nan
南京
Nán jīng
  1. 1 Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏
  2. 2 capital of China at different historical periods
南宁
Nán níng
  1. 1 Nanning prefecture level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
南方
nán fāng
  1. 1 south
  2. 2 the southern part of the country
  3. 3 the South
南昌
Nán chāng
  1. 1 Nanchang prefecture level city and capital of Jiangxi province 江西省 in southeast China
  2. 2 also Nanchang county
南瓜
nán guā
  1. 1 pumpkin
江南
Jiāng nán
  1. 1 south of Changjiang or Yangtze river
  2. 2 south of the lower reaches of Changjiang
  3. 3 often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces
  4. 4 a province during Qing times
  5. 5 in literature, refers to the sunny south
  6. 6 Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
沙
Shā
  1. 1 surname Sha
沙滩
shā tān
  1. 1 beach
  2. 2 sandy shore
  3. 3 CL:片[piàn]
沙发
shā fā
  1. 1 sofa (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo],張|张[zhāng]
  3. 3 (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
河南
Hé nán
  1. 1 Henan province (Honan) in central China, abbr. 豫, capital Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèng zhōu]
海南
Hǎi nán
  1. 1 Hainan Province, in the South China Sea, short name 瓊|琼[Qióng], capital Haikou 海口
  2. 2 Hainan Island
  3. 3 Hainan District of Wuhai City 烏海市|乌海市[Wū hǎi Shì], Inner Mongolia
  4. 4 Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hǎi nán Zàng zú Zì zhì zhōu], Qinghai
湖南
Hú nán
  1. 1 Hunan province in south central China, abbr. 湘, capital Changsha 長沙|长沙[Cháng shā]
济南
Jǐ nán
  1. 1 Jinan, subprovincial city and capital of Shandong province in northeast China
群
qún
  1. 1 variant of 群[qún]
群众
qún zhòng
  1. 1 mass
  2. 2 multitude
  3. 3 the masses
西南
xī nán
  1. 1 southwest
越南
Yuè nán
  1. 1 Vietnam
  2. 2 Vietnamese
长沙
Cháng shā
  1. 1 Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China

Idioms (20)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
  1. 1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
  2. 2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
  1. 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
傲视群伦
ào shì qún lún
  1. 1 outstanding talent (idiom)
  2. 2 incomparable artistic merit
  3. 3 accomplishment out of the ordinary
卓乎不群
zhuó hū bù qún
  1. 1 standing out from the common crowd (idiom); outstanding
  2. 2 preeminent
卓尔不群
zhuó ěr bù qún
  1. 1 standing above the common crowd (idiom); outstanding
  2. 2 excellent and unrivaled
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
  1. 1 the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
南辕北辙
nán yuán běi zhé
  1. 1 to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate
寿比南山
shòu bǐ Nán Shān
  1. 1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
  2. 2 Long may you live!
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
  1. 1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) all over China
害群之马
hài qún zhī mǎ
  1. 1 lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. troublemaker
  3. 3 black sheep
  4. 4 rotten apple
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
  1. 1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
  1. 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
成群结队
chéng qún jié duì
  1. 1 making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom); in large numbers
  2. 2 as a large crowd
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
  1. 1 to die in battle (idiom)

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