沙漏
shā lòu
Pinyin

Definition

沙漏
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shā lòu
  1. hourglass
  2. sand filter

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

沙
Shā
  1. 1 surname Sha
沙场
shā chǎng
  1. 1 sandpit
  2. 2 battleground
  3. 3 battlefield
沙子
shā zi
  1. 1 sand
  2. 2 grit
  3. 3 CL:粒[lì],把[bǎ]
沙拉
shā lā
  1. 1 salad (loanword)
沙漠
shā mò
  1. 1 desert
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
沙滩
shā tān
  1. 1 beach
  2. 2 sandy shore
  3. 3 CL:片[piàn]
沙发
shā fā
  1. 1 sofa (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo],張|张[zhāng]
  3. 3 (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
漏
lòu
  1. 1 to leak
  2. 2 to divulge
  3. 3 to leave out by mistake
  4. 4 waterclock or hourglass (old)
长沙
Cháng shā
  1. 1 Changsha prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
冰沙
bīng shā
  1. 1 slushie
  2. 2 smoothie
  3. 3 crushed ice drink
  4. 4 frappucino
南沙
Nán shā
  1. 1 Nansha Islands
  2. 2 Spratly Islands
  3. 3 Nansha district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
南沙区
Nán shā qū
  1. 1 Nansha district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
尖沙咀
Jiān shā zuǐ
  1. 1 Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
川沙
Chuān shā
  1. 1 Chuansha, name of street and park in Pudong New District 浦東新區|浦东新区[Pǔ dōng xīn qū], Shanghai
沙丁鱼
shā dīng yú
  1. 1 sardine (loanword)
沙丘
shā qiū
  1. 1 sand dune
  2. 2 sandy hill
沙僧
Shā Sēng
  1. 1 Sha Wujing
沙司
shā sī
  1. 1 sauce (loanword)
沙哑
shā yǎ
  1. 1 hoarse
  2. 2 rough
沙地
shā dì
  1. 1 sandy beach or river bank
  2. 2 sand dune
  3. 3 sandy land

Idioms (20)

一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
  1. 1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
  2. 2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate
天机不可泄漏
tiān jī bù kě xiè lòu
  1. 1 lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed
  2. 2 I am not at liberty to inform you.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu
  1. 1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
  2. 2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
  3. 3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
  1. 1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
  1. 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
  1. 1 to die in battle (idiom)
挂一漏万
guà yī lòu wàn
  1. 1 to mention some but omit many others (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave out much more than one includes
沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn
  1. 1 to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
  2. 2 to rehearse a planned action or activity
  3. 3 to conduct a dry run
泄漏天机
xiè lòu tiān jī
  1. 1 to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret
  2. 2 to let the cat out of the bag
泥沙俱下
ní shā jù xià
  1. 1 mud and sand flow together (idiom)
  2. 2 good and bad mingle
漏洞百出
lòu dòng bǎi chū
  1. 1 lit. one hundred loopholes (idiom); full of mistakes (of speech or article)
漏泄天机
lòu xiè tiān jī
  1. 1 to divulge the will of heaven (idiom); to leak a secret
  2. 2 to let the cat out of the bag
漏网之鱼
lòu wǎng zhī yú
  1. 1 a fish that escaped the net (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net
漏脯充饥
lòu fǔ chōng jī
  1. 1 to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
疏而不漏
shū ér bù lòu
  1. 1 loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lǎo zǐ]); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
眼里容不得沙子
yǎn lǐ róng bu dé shā zi
  1. 1 can't bear having grit in one's eye (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to put sth objectionable out of one's mind
  3. 3 not prepared to turn a blind eye
聚沙成塔
jù shā chéng tǎ
  1. 1 sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity
  2. 2 many a mickle makes a muckle

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