拖油瓶
tuō yóu píng
Pinyin

Definition

拖油瓶
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tuō yóu píng
  1. (derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage
  2. children by a previous marriage

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

加油
jiā yóu
  1. 1 to add oil
  2. 2 to top up with gas
  3. 3 to refuel
  4. 4 to accelerate
  5. 5 to step on the gas
  6. 6 (fig.) to make an extra effort
  7. 7 to cheer sb on
水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
油
yóu
  1. 1 oil
  2. 2 fat
  3. 3 grease
  4. 4 petroleum
  5. 5 to apply tung oil, paint or varnish
  6. 6 oily
  7. 7 greasy
  8. 8 glib
  9. 9 cunning
瓶
píng
  1. 1 bottle
  2. 2 vase
  3. 3 pitcher
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 classifier for wine and liquids
加油站
jiā yóu zhàn
  1. 1 gas station
原油
yuán yóu
  1. 1 crude oil
吊瓶
diào píng
  1. 1 infusion bag or bottle (for an IV)
奶油
nǎi yóu
  1. 1 cream
  2. 2 butter
奶瓶
nǎi píng
  1. 1 baby's feeding bottle
拍拖
pāi tuō
  1. 1 (dialect) to date sb
拖
tuō
  1. 1 variant of 拖[tuō]
拖地
tuō dì
  1. 1 to mop the floor
  2. 2 (of a gown etc) to trail on the ground
  3. 3 full-length
拖延
tuō yán
  1. 1 to delay
  2. 2 to put off
  3. 3 to procrastinate
拖把
tuō bǎ
  1. 1 mop
拖拉
tuō lā
  1. 1 to drag along
  2. 2 to haul
  3. 3 (fig.) to procrastinate
  4. 4 shilly-shallying
  5. 5 sluggish
  6. 6 (computing) drag and drop
  7. 7 (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams
拖拉机
tuō lā jī
  1. 1 tractor
  2. 2 CL:臺|台[tái]
拖欠
tuō qiàn
  1. 1 in arrears
  2. 2 behind in payments
  3. 3 to default on one's debts
拖累
tuō lěi
  1. 1 to encumber
  2. 2 to be a burden on
  3. 3 to implicate
拖走
tuō zǒu
  1. 1 to drag away
拖车
tuō chē
  1. 1 to tow
  2. 2 towed vehicle
  3. 3 towing vehicle

Idioms (12)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
  1. 1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
  3. 3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
守口如瓶
shǒu kǒu rú píng
  1. 1 lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
  2. 2 reticent
  3. 3 not breathing a word
新瓶旧酒
xīn píng jiù jiǔ
  1. 1 old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
新瓶装旧酒
xīn píng zhuāng jiù jiǔ
  1. 1 old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
油光可鉴
yóu guāng kě jiàn
  1. 1 lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom)
  2. 2 lustrous
油然而生
yóu rán ér shēng
  1. 1 arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous
  2. 2 to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
滚油煎心
gǔn yóu jiān xīn
  1. 1 to suffer mental anguish (idiom)
火上加油
huǒ shàng jiā yóu
  1. 1 to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
  2. 2 to enrage people and make matters worse
火上浇油
huǒ shàng jiāo yóu
  1. 1 to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
  2. 2 to enrage people and make matters worse
旧瓶装新酒
jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ
  1. 1 lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework
  2. 2 (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
连拖带拉
lián tuō dài lā
  1. 1 pushing and pulling (idiom)

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