土木
tǔ mù
Pinyin

Definition

土木
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tǔ mù
  1. building
  2. construction
  3. civil engineering

Related Words (20)

木
Mù
  1. 1 surname Mu
国土
guó tǔ
  1. 1 country's territory
  2. 2 national land
土
Tǔ
  1. 1 Tu (ethnic group)
  2. 2 surname Tu
土匪
tǔ fěi
  1. 1 bandit
土地
tǔ dì
  1. 1 land
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 territory
  4. 4 CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
土壤
tǔ rǎng
  1. 1 soil
土耳其
Tǔ ěr qí
  1. 1 Turkey
土豆
tǔ dòu
  1. 1 potato
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 (Tw) peanut
  4. 4 CL:顆|颗[kē]
土豆泥
tǔ dòu ní
  1. 1 mashed potato
土豆网
Tǔ dòu Wǎng
  1. 1 Tudou, a Chinese video-sharing website
土鳖
tǔ biē
  1. 1 ground beetle
  2. 2 (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海歸|海归[hǎi guī], has never studied overseas
  3. 3 (dialect) country bumpkin
尘土
chén tǔ
  1. 1 dust
有木有
yǒu mù yǒu
  1. 1 (slang) come on, you can't deny it!
  2. 2 don't you think so?!
  3. 3 (melodramatic form of 有沒有|有没有)
木偶
mù ǒu
  1. 1 puppet
木星
Mù xīng
  1. 1 Jupiter (planet)
木板
mù bǎn
  1. 1 slab
  2. 2 board
  3. 3 plank
  4. 4 CL:張|张[zhāng],塊|块[kuài]
木瓜
mù guā
  1. 1 papaya (Carica papaya)
  2. 2 genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae
  3. 3 Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
木耳
mù ěr
  1. 1 edible tree fungus
  2. 2 CL:朵[duǒ]
木兰
Mù lán
  1. 1 Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang
  2. 2 see 花木蘭|花木兰[Huā Mù lán]
木制
mù zhì
  1. 1 wooden

Idioms (20)

一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
人生一世，草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
  1. 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
  1. 1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
刚毅木讷
gāng yì mù nè
  1. 1 resolute and taciturn (idiom)
十年树木，百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
  1. 1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
呆若木鸡
dāi ruò mù jī
  1. 1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
单丝不成线，独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
  1. 1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
  1. 1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
  1. 1 duty to defend the country (idiom)
守株待兔，缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
  1. 1 land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我想那时候更疯狂。 各色人物都来上海滩谋生 。洋人在租界大兴土木，马路上黄包车、电车四处冲，黑帮流氓到处厮杀。 你想想那场面！
wǒ xiǎng nà shíhou gèng fēngkuáng 。 gèsè rénwù dōu lái Shànghǎi tān móushēng 。yángrén zài zūjiè dàxīngtǔmù ，mǎlù shàng huángbāochē 、diànchē sìchù chōng ，hēibāng liúmáng dàochù sīshā 。 nǐ xiǎng xiang nà chǎngmiàn ！
I think it was even crazier back then. All kinds of characters came to seek their fortune in Shanghai. Foreigners built all kinds of stuff in the Concessions, and there were rickshaws on the roads, and streetcars rushing all over the place. Underworld thugs were killing people right and left. Imagine that!
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