竹篮
zhú lán
Pinyin

Definition

竹篮
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zhú lán
  1. wicker basket

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

炮竹
pào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
爆竹
bào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
富贵竹
fù guì zhú
  1. 1 lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
山竹
shān zhú
  1. 1 mangosteen
放爆竹
fàng bào zhú
  1. 1 to set off firecrackers
新竹
Xīn zhú
  1. 1 Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries
  2. 2 Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan
竹
zhú
  1. 1 bamboo
  2. 2 CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]
  3. 3 Kangxi radical 118
竹子
zhú zi
  1. 1 bamboo
  2. 2 CL:棵[kē],支[zhī],根[gēn]
竹林
zhú lín
  1. 1 bamboo forest
竹笋
zhú sǔn
  1. 1 bamboo shoot
竹筒
zhú tǒng
  1. 1 bamboo tube
  2. 2 bamboo pipe
竹马
zhú mǎ
  1. 1 bamboo stick used as a toy horse
丝竹
sī zhú
  1. 1 traditional Chinese musical instruments
  2. 2 music
胸有成竹
xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
  1. 1 to plan in advance (idiom)
  2. 2 a card up one's sleeve
  3. 3 forewarned is forearmed
腐竹
fǔ zhú
  1. 1 roll of dried tofu strips
南竹
nán zhú
  1. 1 see 毛竹[máo zhú]
大竹
Dà zhú
  1. 1 Dazhu county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Dá zhōu], Sichuan
大竹县
Dà zhú xiàn
  1. 1 Dazhu county in Dazhou 達州|达州[Dá zhōu], Sichuan
夹竹桃
jiā zhú táo
  1. 1 oleander (Nerium indicum)
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [jià zhú táo]

Idioms (9)

势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
  1. 1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
  2. 2 with irresistible force
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
  1. 1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
  1. 1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
竹篮打水
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹篮打水，一场空
zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng
  1. 1 using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort
竹马之交
zhú mǎ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 childhood friend (idiom)
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
  1. 1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
  2. 2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
  3. 3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
胸有成竹
xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
  1. 1 to plan in advance (idiom)
  2. 2 a card up one's sleeve
  3. 3 forewarned is forearmed
青梅竹马
qīng méi zhú mǎ
  1. 1 lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. innocent children's games
  3. 3 childhood sweethearts
  4. 4 a couple who grew up as childhood friends

Sample Sentences

是啊，他比姚明刚去NBA的表现好多了。姚明刚去火箭的时候，不是摔跤就是犯规，一场球忙了半天，最后还是竹篮打水一场空。
shì ā ，tā bǐ Yáo Míng gāng qù NBAde biǎoxiàn hǎo duō le 。Yáo Míng gāng qù Huǒjiàn de shíhou ，bù shì shuāijiāo jiùshì fànguī ，yī chǎng qiú máng le bàntiān ，zuìhòu háishì zhúlán dǎshuǐ yīchǎngkōng 。
Yeah. He's doing a lot better than Yao Ming did when he first went to the NBA. When he first went to play for the Rockets, Yao Ming was always either stumbling or making fouls. He was always running around, but it was like carrying water in a bamboo basket-- totally pointless.
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竹篮打水——一场空。
zhúlán dǎ shuǐ ——yī chǎng kōng 。
Using a bamboo basket to fetch water --- a bunch of nothing
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不一会儿，树丛后走出一妙龄村姑，手里提着一只竹篮，向唐僧他们缓缓走来。
bùyīhuǐr5 ，shùcóng hòu zǒuchū yī miàolíng cūngū ，shǒu lǐ tí zhe yī zhī zhúlán ，xiàng Táng Sēng tāmen huǎnhuǎn zǒulái 。
A moment later, a beautiful young village girl emerged from the thicket carrying a bamboo basket, and started slowly walking towards them.
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