枕木
zhěn mù
Pinyin

Definition

枕木
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zhěn mù
  1. railroad tie
  2. sleeper

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

木
Mù
  1. 1 surname Mu
抱枕
bào zhěn
  1. 1 bolster
  2. 2 a long pillow or cushion
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]
木马
mù mǎ
  1. 1 wooden horse
  2. 2 rocking horse
  3. 3 vaulting horse (gymnastics)
  4. 4 trojan horse (computing)
枕
zhěn
  1. 1 pillow
  2. 2 to pillow
  3. 3 to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhèn] for this sense)
枕头
zhěn tou
  1. 1 pillow
树木
shù mù
  1. 1 tree
乌鲁木齐
Wū lǔ mù qí
  1. 1 Ürümqi or Urumqi prefecture level city and capital of Xinjiang Uighur autonomous region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区 in west China
积木
jī mù
  1. 1 toy building blocks
花木兰
Huā Mù lán
  1. 1 Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
落枕
lào zhěn
  1. 1 to have a stiff neck after sleeping
  2. 2 (of the head) to touch the pillow
霍尔木兹
Huò ěr mù zī
  1. 1 Hormuz, Iran, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf
麻木
má mù
  1. 1 numb
  2. 2 insensitive
  3. 3 apathetic
黑木耳
hēi mù ěr
  1. 1 Auricularia auricula-judae, an edible fungus

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
寝苫枕块
qǐn shān zhěn kuài
  1. 1 bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom)
  2. 2 the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period
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)
曲肱而枕
qū gōng ér zhěn
  1. 1 lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. content with simple things
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)
枕冷衾寒
zhěn lěng qīn hán
  1. 1 cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom); fig. cold and solitary existence
枕戈寝甲
zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ
  1. 1 to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep ready for battle at all times
枕戈待旦
zhěn gē dài dàn
  1. 1 to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)
  2. 2 fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
枕石漱流
zhěn shí shù liú
  1. 1 to live a hermit's life (in seclusion)
  2. 2 a frugal life (idiom)

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