油膏
yóu gāo
Pinyin

Definition

油膏
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yóu gāo
  1. balm

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
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
加油站
jiā yóu zhàn
  1. 1 gas station
原油
yuán yóu
  1. 1 crude oil
唇膏
chún gāo
  1. 1 lip balm
  2. 2 lipstick
奶油
nǎi yóu
  1. 1 cream
  2. 2 butter
指甲油
zhǐ jia yóu
  1. 1 nail polish
柴米油盐
chái mǐ yóu yán
  1. 1 lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt
  2. 2 fig. life's daily necessities
植物油
zhí wù yóu
  1. 1 vegetable oil
橄榄油
gǎn lǎn yóu
  1. 1 olive oil
机油
jī yóu
  1. 1 engine oil
汽油
qì yóu
  1. 1 gasoline
油价
yóu jià
  1. 1 oil (petroleum) price
油光
yóu guāng
  1. 1 glossy
  2. 2 gleaming
  3. 3 shiny (due to greasiness)
  4. 4 slick
  5. 5 greasy
  6. 6 oily
油条
yóu tiáo
  1. 1 youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn]
  3. 3 slick and sly person
油水
yóu shuǐ
  1. 1 grease
  2. 2 profit
  3. 3 ill-gotten gains
油漆
yóu qī
  1. 1 oil paints
  2. 2 lacquer
  3. 3 to paint
  4. 4 CL:層|层[céng]
油炸
yóu zhá
  1. 1 to deep fry
油田
yóu tián
  1. 1 oil field
油画
yóu huà
  1. 1 oil painting

Idioms (9)

民脂民膏
mín zhī mín gāo
  1. 1 lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation)
  2. 2 the people's blood, sweat and tears
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)
泉石膏肓
quán shí gāo huāng
  1. 1 lit. mountain springs and rocks in one's heart (idiom); a deep love of mountain scenery
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
焚膏继晷
fén gāo jì guǐ
  1. 1 to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day
病入膏肓
bìng rù gāo huāng
  1. 1 lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure
  2. 2 the situation is hopeless

Sample Sentences

那里有。像冬天长冻疮，用蛇油膏一擦，就好了。比什么化妆品的效果都好。
nàlǐ yǒu 。xiàng dōngtiān zhǎng dòngchuāng ，yòng shéyóugāo yī cā ，jiù hǎole 。bǐ shénme huàzhuāngpǐn de xiàoguǒ dōu hǎo 。
They have it over there. For instance, if you get some frostbite during wintertime, using snake oil cream will clear it up. It's more effective than all kinds of cosmetic products.
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有没有蛇油膏啊？听说哪里烫伤了，一擦就好了。
yǒumeiyǒu shéyóugāo a ？tīngshuō nǎli tàng shāng le ，yī cā jiù hǎole 。
Do you have snake oil cream? I've heard that if you burn yourself some place, as soon as you wipe it on it's better.
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