泥巴
ní bā
Pinyin

Definition

泥巴
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ní bā
  1. mud

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

下巴
xià ba
  1. 1 chin
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
嘴巴
zuǐ ba
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng]
  3. 3 slap in the face
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
大巴
dà bā
  1. 1 (coll.) large bus
  2. 2 coach
  3. 3 (abbr. for 大型巴士)
尾巴
wěi ba
  1. 1 tail
  2. 2 colloquial pr. [yǐ ba]
巴
Bā
  1. 1 Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)
  2. 2 abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing
  3. 3 surname Ba
  4. 4 abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian
  5. 5 abbr. for Pakistan
巴掌
bā zhǎng
  1. 1 palm of the hand
  2. 2 classifier: slap
巴萨
Bā sà
  1. 1 Barca (nickname for FC Barcelona)
  2. 2 Baza (town in Grenada, Spain)
巴西
Bā xī
  1. 1 Brazil
巴黎
Bā lí
  1. 1 Paris, capital of France
星巴克
Xīng bā kè
  1. 1 Starbucks, US coffee shop chain
中巴
Zhōng Bā
  1. 1 China-Pakistan (relations)
  2. 2 China-Bahamas
古巴
Gǔ bā
  1. 1 Cuba
哈巴狗
hǎ bā gǒu
  1. 1 pekingese (dog)
  2. 2 (fig.) sycophant
  3. 3 lackey
哑巴
yǎ ba
  1. 1 mute
  2. 2 muted
  3. 3 a dumb person
  4. 4 to be dumb
土豆泥
tǔ dòu ní
  1. 1 mashed potato
多巴胺
duō bā àn
  1. 1 dopamine
奥巴马
Ào bā mǎ
  1. 1 Barack Obama (1961-), US Democrat politician, president 2009-2017
奥林巴斯
Ào lín bā sī
  1. 1 Olympus, Japanese manufacturer of cameras and optical instruments
小巴
xiǎo bā
  1. 1 minibus
巴不得
bā bu de
  1. 1 (coll.) to be eager for
  2. 2 to long for
  3. 3 to look forward to

Idioms (20)

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
哑巴吃黄莲
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
  1. 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
  3. 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
  1. 1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
  3. 3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
  1. 1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
  3. 3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
巴三览四
bā sān lǎn sì
  1. 1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
巴前算后
bā qián suàn hòu
  1. 1 thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind
  2. 2 to consider repeatedly
巴山夜雨
Bā shān yè yǔ
  1. 1 rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
  2. 2 Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
巴山蜀水
Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ
  1. 1 mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)
巴山越岭
bā shān yuè lǐng
  1. 1 to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain
  2. 2 good at climbing mountains
巴头探脑
bā tóu tàn nǎo
  1. 1 to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy
  2. 2 nosy
巴高望上
bā gāo wàng shàng
  1. 1 to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
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
狐狸尾巴
hú li wěi ba
  1. 1 lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions
  2. 2 to reveal one's evil nature
  3. 3 evidence that reveals the villain
百般巴结
bǎi bān bā jié
  1. 1 to flatter someone in a hundred different ways
  2. 2 assiduous fawning (idiom)
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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