木乃伊
mù nǎi yī
Pinyin

Definition

木乃伊
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mù nǎi yī
  1. mummy (preserved corpse) (loanword)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

木
Mù
  1. 1 surname Mu
乃
nǎi
  1. 1 to be
  2. 2 thus
  3. 3 so
  4. 4 therefore
  5. 5 then
  6. 6 only
  7. 7 thereupon
乃至
nǎi zhì
  1. 1 and even
  2. 2 to go so far as to
伊
Yī
  1. 1 surname Yi
  2. 2 abbr. for 伊拉克[Yī lā kè], Iraq
  3. 3 abbr. for 伊朗[Yī lǎng], Iran
伊人
yī rén
  1. 1 (literary) that person (usually female)
  2. 2 she
  3. 3 one's intended
伊始
yī shǐ
  1. 1 outset
  2. 2 beginning
伊拉克
Yī lā kè
  1. 1 Iraq
伊朗
Yī lǎng
  1. 1 Iran
伊丽莎白
Yī lì shā bái
  1. 1 Elizabeth (person name)
卡哇伊
kǎ wā yī
  1. 1 cute
  2. 2 adorable
  3. 3 charming (loanword from Japanese)
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
木质
mù zhì
  1. 1 wooden
木头
mù tou
  1. 1 slow-witted
  2. 2 blockhead
  3. 3 log (of wood, timber etc)
  4. 4 CL:塊|块[kuài],根[gēn]

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
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.
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
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
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
山颓木坏
shān tuí mù huài
  1. 1 lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined
  2. 2 a great sage has died (idiom)
木人石心
mù rén shí xīn
  1. 1 lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. heartless
木已成舟
mù yǐ chéng zhōu
  1. 1 lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. what is done cannot be undone
木讷寡言
mù nè guǎ yán
  1. 1 honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
枯木逢春
kū mù féng chūn
  1. 1 lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get a new lease on life
  3. 3 to be revived
  4. 4 (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve
独木不成林
dú mù bù chéng lín
  1. 1 a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
  2. 2 one cannot accomplish much on one's own
移花接木
yí huā jiē mù
  1. 1 lit. to graft flowers onto a tree
  2. 2 to surreptitiously substitute one thing for another (idiom)
缘木求鱼
yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 lit. climb a tree to catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible
自贻伊戚
zì yí yī qī
  1. 1 to create trouble for oneself (idiom)
草木皆兵
cǎo mù jiē bīng
  1. 1 lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy
  2. 2 to feel beleaguered

Sample Sentences

当然是金字塔、木乃伊和狮身人面像了！你不会是想去埃及玩儿了吧？
dāngrán shì jīnzìtǎ 、mùnǎiyī hé shīshēnrénmiàn xiàngle ！nǐ bùhuì shì xiǎngqù āijí wánr5 le ba ？
Pyramids, mummies and and the Sphynx, of course！ Are you thinking of going on vacation in Egypt?
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还有木乃伊，四五千年前，古埃及人就会尸体防腐术了，他们的医学知识真是不可想象！
hái yǒu mùnǎiyī ，sìwǔqiānnián qián ，gǔ āijí rén jiù huì shītīfángfǔshù le ，tāmen de yīxuézhīshi zhēnshì bù kě xiǎngxiàng ！
And then there are the mummies. Four to five thousand years ago, ancient Egyptians had embalming techniques. Their medical knowledge was really beyond belief!
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很可惜这么伟大的文明有过中断，现在只留下些陵墓和木乃伊。我们华夏文明虽然开始得晚些，但是很完整。就说长城吧，是在宇宙中唯一可以看到的地球上的建筑。
hěn kěxī zhème wěidà de wénmíng yǒuguò zhōngduàn ，xiànzài zhǐ liúxià xiē língmù hé mùnǎiyī 。wǒmen huáxiàwénmíng suīrán kāishǐ de wǎn xiē ，dànshì hěn wánzhěng 。jiù shuō Chángchéng ba ，shì zài yǔzhòu zhōng wéiyī kěyǐ kàndào de dìqiúshàng de jiànzhù 。
What a shame that such a magnificent civilization broke off. The only things left now are tombs and mummies. Although Chinese civilization started a bit later, it was very complete. Let's just talk about the Great Wall. It's the only man-made structure on earth visible from outer space.
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木乃伊3》里也讲到过中国。
Mùnǎiyī sān 》li yě jiǎng dào guò Zhōngguó 。
“The Mummy III—Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” also talked about China.
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