点滴
diǎn dī
Pinyin

Definition

点滴
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diǎn dī
  1. a drip
  2. a little bit
  3. intravenous drip (used to administer drugs)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

滴
dī
  1. 1 a drop
  2. 2 to drip
点滴
diǎn dī
  1. 1 a drip
  2. 2 a little bit
  3. 3 intravenous drip (used to administer drugs)
滴滴
Dī dī
  1. 1 DiDi, app-based transportation company (abbr. for 滴滴出行[Dī dī Chū xíng])
滴答
dī dā
  1. 1 (onom.) pattering sound
  2. 2 drip drip (of water)
  3. 3 tick tock (of clock)
  4. 4 also pr. [dī da]
点点滴滴
diǎn diǎn dī dī
  1. 1 bit by bit
  2. 2 dribs and drabs
  3. 3 the little details
  4. 4 every aspect
垂涎欲滴
chuí xián yù dī
  1. 1 to drool with desire (idiom); to envy
  2. 2 to hunger for
娇滴滴
jiāo dī dī
  1. 1 sweet
  2. 2 cute
  3. 3 delicately pretty
小滴
xiǎo dī
  1. 1 a drop
打点滴
dǎ diǎn dī
  1. 1 to put sb on an intravenous drip
欲滴
yù dī
  1. 1 (suffix) replete (with moisture)
  2. 2 glistening
  3. 3 plump and tender
  4. 4 lovely
  5. 5 alluring
水滴
shuǐ dī
  1. 1 drop
水滴石穿
shuǐ dī shí chuān
  1. 1 dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
  2. 2 You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
  3. 3 Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
涓滴
juān dī
  1. 1 tiny stream
  2. 2 trickle
  3. 3 drops
  4. 4 tiny trickle of funds
滴下
dī xià
  1. 1 drip
滴剂
dī jì
  1. 1 to drip (e.g. medical drip feed)
滴定
dī dìng
  1. 1 titration
滴水
dī shuǐ
  1. 1 water drop
  2. 2 dripping water
滴水不漏
dī shuǐ bù lòu
  1. 1 lit. not one drop of water can leak out
  2. 2 watertight
  3. 3 rigorous (argument)
滴水穿石
dī shuǐ chuān shí
  1. 1 dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
  2. 2 You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
  3. 3 Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
滴注
dī zhù
  1. 1 to drip into
  2. 2 to transfuse
  3. 3 to percolate
  4. 4 to drip feed
  5. 5 fig. to instill

Idioms (6)

垂涎欲滴
chuí xián yù dī
  1. 1 to drool with desire (idiom); to envy
  2. 2 to hunger for
水滴石穿
shuǐ dī shí chuān
  1. 1 dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
  2. 2 You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
  3. 3 Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
涓滴归公
juān dī guī gōng
  1. 1 every drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused
滴水石穿
dī shuǐ shí chuān
  1. 1 dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
  2. 2 You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
  3. 3 Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
滴水穿石
dī shuǐ chuān shí
  1. 1 dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success
  2. 2 You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.
  3. 3 Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
馋涎欲滴
chán xián yù dī
  1. 1 lit. to drool with desire (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hunger for
  3. 3 greedy

Sample Sentences

梧桐更兼细雨，到黄昏点点滴滴。
wútóng gèng jiān xì yǔ ，dào huánghūn diǎndiǎndīdī 。
The wutong tree sheds its leaves while light rain falls, then at dusk the drip drop of rain can be heard.
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小尤的脑中快速地回忆着和李探长有关的点点滴滴。
Xiǎo Yóu de nǎozhōng kuàisù de huíyì zhe hé Lǐ tànzhǎng yǒuguān de diǎndiǎndīdī 。
Xiao You quickly went through every memory she had involving Detective Li one by one.
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以前一去医院看感冒就给你打点滴。现在国家管得紧了。不过这是好事情，滥用抗生素危害很严重，普通细菌耐药性不断增强会变异成超级细菌，就没有药可以治疗了。
yǐqián yī qù yīyuàn kàn gǎnmào jiù gěi nǐ dǎdiǎndī 。xiànzài guójiā guǎn de jǐn le 。bùguò zhè shì hǎo shìqing ，lànyòng kàngshēngsù wēihài hěn yánzhòng ，pǔtōng xìjūn nàiyàoxìng bùduàn zēngqiáng huì biànyì chéng chāojí xìjūn ，jiù méiyǒu yào kěyǐ zhìliáo le 。
Before, as soon as I went to the hospital with a cold they'd put me on an IV. Now the government regulates it very strictly. However, this is a good thing. The dangers of abusing antibiotics are very serious. Regular bacteria that continue to grow more resistant to drugs can become super bugs, and then no medicines can treat them.
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