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柏拉图
Bó lā tú
Pinyin
Definition
柏拉图
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Bó lā tú
Plato (c. 427-c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher
Character Decomposition
柏
木
白
拉
扌
立
图
囗
夂
⺀
Related Words
(20)
拉
lā
1
to pull
2
to play (a bowed instrument)
3
to drag
4
to draw
5
to chat
拉手
lā shǒu
1
to hold hands
2
to shake hands
拉肚子
lā dù zi
1
(coll.) to have diarrhea
拉风
lā fēng
1
trendy
2
eye-catching
3
flashy
拉面
lā miàn
1
pulled noodles
2
ramen
伊拉克
Yī lā kè
1
Iraq
杰拉德
Jié lā dé
1
Gerrard (name)
克拉
kè lā
1
carat (mass) (loanword)
克拉克
Kè lā kè
1
Clark or Clarke (name)
克拉玛依
Kè lā mǎ yī
1
Qaramay shehiri (Karamay city) or Kèlāmǎyī prefecture-level city in Xinjiang
凯迪拉克
Kǎi dí lā kè
1
Cadillac
南斯拉夫
Nán sī lā fū
1
Yugoslavia, 1943-1992
卡拉
Kǎ lā
1
Kara, city in northern Togo 多哥[Duō gē]
2
Cara, Karla etc (name)
吃喝拉撒睡
chī hē lā sā shuì
1
to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep
2
(fig.) the ordinary daily routine
呼拉圈
hū lā quān
1
hula hoop (loanword)
哥斯拉
Gē sī lā
1
Godzilla
喜马拉雅
Xǐ mǎ lā yǎ
1
the Himalayas
堪培拉
Kān péi lā
1
Canberra, capital of Australia
委内瑞拉
Wěi nèi ruì lā
1
Venezuela
孟加拉
Mèng jiā lā
1
Bengal
2
Bangladesh
Idioms
(9)
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
1
lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
2
fig. to borrow sb's prestige
3
to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉家带口
lā jiā dài kǒu
1
to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
2
tied down by family obligations
东拉西扯
dōng lā xī chě
1
to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
生拉活扯
shēng lā huó chě
1
to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
老鼠拉龟,无从下手
lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu
1
like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
2
no clue where to start
苍松翠柏
cāng sōng cuì bǎi
1
evergreen pine and cypress (idiom); steadfast nobility
连拖带拉
lián tuō dài lā
1
pushing and pulling (idiom)
鸟不拉屎,鸡不生蛋
niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn
1
lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
2
fig. god-forsaken
3
remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋,狗不拉屎
niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ
1
lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)
2
fig. god-forsaken
3
remote and desolate
Sample Sentences
也不是没有道理,女生的理想型真的都很柏拉图啊。
yě bù shì méiyǒu dàolǐ ,nǚshēng de lǐxiǎng xíng zhēnde dōu hěn Bólātú ā 。
I guess that's makes some sense. Women's ideal type is really very Platonic.
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