泥坑
ní kēng
Pinyin

Definition

泥坑
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ní kēng
  1. mud pit
  2. mire
  3. morass

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

坑
kēng
  1. 1 hole
  2. 2 pit
  3. 3 tunnel
  4. 4 to defraud
土豆泥
tǔ dòu ní
  1. 1 mashed potato
坑人
kēng rén
  1. 1 to cheat sb
大坑
dà kēng
  1. 1 Tai Hang District, Hong Kong
拖泥带水
tuō ní dài shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. wading in mud and water
  2. 2 a slovenly job
  3. 3 sloppy
水泥
shuǐ ní
  1. 1 cement
  2. 2 CL:袋[dài]
泥
ní
  1. 1 mud
  2. 2 clay
  3. 3 paste
  4. 4 pulp
泥人
ní rén
  1. 1 clay figurine
泥土
ní tǔ
  1. 1 earth
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 mud
  4. 4 clay
泥巴
ní bā
  1. 1 mud
泥水
ní shuǐ
  1. 1 muddy water
  2. 2 mud
  3. 3 masonry (craft)
泥潭
ní tán
  1. 1 quagmire
泥泞
ní nìng
  1. 1 muddy
  2. 2 mud
泥煤
ní méi
  1. 1 peat
泥石流
ní shí liú
  1. 1 landslide
  2. 2 torrent of mud and stones
  3. 3 mudslide
淤泥
yū ní
  1. 1 silt
  2. 2 sludge
  3. 3 ooze
烂泥
làn ní
  1. 1 mud
  2. 2 mire
草泥马
cǎo ní mǎ
  1. 1 grass mud horse
  2. 2 used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈[cào nǐ mā], to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet
凹坑
āo kēng
  1. 1 concave depression
  2. 2 crater
南泥湾
Nán ní wān
  1. 1 Nanniwan

Idioms (13)

一个萝卜一个坑
yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng
  1. 1 lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. each person has his own position
  3. 3 each to his own
  4. 4 horses for courses
  5. 5 every kettle has its lid
出淤泥而不染
chū yū ní ér bù rǎn
  1. 1 lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be principled and incorruptible
判若云泥
pàn ruò yún ní
  1. 1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 worlds apart
泥古不化
nì gǔ bù huà
  1. 1 conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
泥沙俱下
ní shā jù xià
  1. 1 mud and sand flow together (idiom)
  2. 2 good and bad mingle
泥牛入海
ní niú rù hǎi
  1. 1 lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
满坑满谷
mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ
  1. 1 (idiom) all over the place
  2. 2 in every nook and cranny
  3. 3 packed to the rafters
燕子衔泥垒大窝
yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō
  1. 1 the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom)
  2. 2 many a little makes a mickle
烂泥扶不上墙
làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng
  1. 1 useless (idiom)
  2. 2 worthless
  3. 3 inept
跳出火坑
tiào chū huǒ kēng
  1. 1 lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell
  2. 2 to free oneself from a life of torture
跳出釜底进火坑
tiào chū fǔ dǐ jìn huǒ kēng
  1. 1 out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
避坑落井
bì kēng luò jǐng
  1. 1 to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom)
  2. 2 out of the frying pan into the fire
雪泥鸿爪
xuě ní hóng zhǎo
  1. 1 a goose's footprint in the snow
  2. 2 vestiges of the past (idiom)
  3. 3 the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)

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