泥塑
ní sù
Pinyin

Definition

泥塑
 - 
ní sù
  1. clay modeling
  2. clay figurine or statue

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

塑料
sù liào
  1. 1 plastics
  2. 2 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
塑造
sù zào
  1. 1 to model
  2. 2 to mold
  3. 3 (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc)
  4. 4 (literature) to portray (in words)
水泥
shuǐ ní
  1. 1 cement
  2. 2 CL:袋[dài]
雕塑
diāo sù
  1. 1 a statue
  2. 2 a Buddhist image
  3. 3 sculpture
  4. 4 to carve
土豆泥
tǔ dòu ní
  1. 1 mashed potato
塑
sù
  1. 1 to model (a figure) in clay
塑像
sù xiàng
  1. 1 (molded or modeled) statue
塑化剂
sù huà jì
  1. 1 plasticizer
塑料袋
sù liào dài
  1. 1 plastic bag
塑胶
sù jiāo
  1. 1 plastic
  2. 2 synthetic resin
  3. 3 plastic cement
塑身
sù shēn
  1. 1 body sculpting (weight loss and exercise)
拖泥带水
tuō ní dài shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. wading in mud and water
  2. 2 a slovenly job
  3. 3 sloppy
拘泥
jū nì
  1. 1 to be a stickler for formalities
  2. 2 to rigidly adhere to
  3. 3 to cling to
  4. 4 constrained
  5. 5 ill at ease
枣泥
zǎo ní
  1. 1 jujube paste
污泥
wū ní
  1. 1 mud
  2. 2 sludge
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
泥垢
ní gòu
  1. 1 dirt
  2. 2 grime
泥巴
ní bā
  1. 1 mud

Idioms (8)

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
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
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)

Sample Sentences

这个展厅展示的都是原始社会的文物，有好多跟性有关的泥塑。
zhè ge zhǎntīng zhǎnshì de dōu shì yuánshǐshèhuì de wénwù ，yǒu hǎo duō gēn xìng yǒuguān de nísù 。
In this hall are displayed artifacts from primitive societies, and lots of them are sex-related clay items.
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