拍岸
pāi àn
Pinyin

Definition

拍岸
 - 
pāi àn
  1. to beat against the shore (of waves)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

拍
pāi
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to clap
  3. 3 to slap
  4. 4 to swat
  5. 5 to take (a photo)
  6. 6 to shoot (a film)
  7. 7 racket (sports)
  8. 8 beat (music)
岸
àn
  1. 1 variant of 岸[àn]
偷拍
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
实拍
shí pāi
  1. 1 candid photograph
  2. 2 genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
对岸
duì àn
  1. 1 opposite bank (of a body of water)
彼岸
bǐ àn
  1. 1 the other shore
  2. 2 (Buddhism) paramita
抓拍
zhuā pāi
  1. 1 to capture (an image)
  2. 2 to snap (a photo)
拍出
pāi chū
  1. 1 to sell at auction
  2. 2 to reach a given price at auction
拍戏
pāi xì
  1. 1 to shoot a movie
拍手
pāi shǒu
  1. 1 to clap one's hands
拍打
pāi da
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to slap
  3. 3 (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
拍拖
pāi tuō
  1. 1 (dialect) to date sb
拍摄
pāi shè
  1. 1 to film
  2. 2 to shoot (a picture)
拍案
pāi àn
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
  2. 2 fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
拍照
pāi zhào
  1. 1 to take a picture
拍卖
pāi mài
  1. 1 to auction
  2. 2 auction sale
  3. 3 to sell at a reduced price
海岸
hǎi àn
  1. 1 coastal
  2. 2 seacoast
翻拍
fān pāi
  1. 1 to reproduce photographically
  2. 2 to duplicate
  3. 3 to adapt (as a movie)
  4. 4 to remake (a movie)
  5. 5 adaptation
  6. 6 reproduction
  7. 7 remake
上岸
shàng àn
  1. 1 to go ashore
  2. 2 to climb ashore
乒乓球拍
pīng pāng qiú pāi
  1. 1 ping-pong paddle

Idioms (9)

一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn
  1. 1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
  2. 2 to separate
一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
  1. 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit it off
  3. 3 to click together
  4. 4 to chime in easily
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
溜须拍马
liū xū pāi mǎ
  1. 1 to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
  2. 2 to toady
  3. 3 boot-licking
苦海无边，回头是岸
kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn
  1. 1 The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.
  2. 2 Repent and ye shall be saved!
隔岸观火
gé àn guān huǒ
  1. 1 to watch the fires burning across the river
  2. 2 to delay entering the fray until all others have been exhausted by fighting amongst themselves (idiom)
高岸深谷
gāo àn shēn gǔ
  1. 1 high bank, deep valley (idiom); secluded location

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