芦苇
lú wěi
Pinyin

Definition

芦苇
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lú wěi
  1. reed

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

冰糖葫芦
bīng táng hú lu
  1. 1 tanghulu
  2. 2 candied fruits on bamboo skewers dipped in sugar syrup, a common Chinese snack
糖葫芦
táng hú lu
  1. 1 sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a stick
  2. 2 tanghulu
葫芦
hú lu
  1. 1 calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
  2. 2 hoist
  3. 3 generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof)
  4. 4 muddled
  5. 5 (poker) full house
芦笋
lú sǔn
  1. 1 asparagus
芦荟
lú huì
  1. 1 aloe vera
葫芦岛
Hú lú dǎo
  1. 1 Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
葫芦丝
hú lú sī
  1. 1 hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
芦苇
lú wěi
  1. 1 reed
西葫芦
xī hú lu
  1. 1 zucchini
闷葫芦
mèn hú lu
  1. 1 lit. closed gourd
  2. 2 fig. enigma
  3. 3 complete mystery
  4. 4 taciturn person
葫芦岛市
Hú lú dǎo shì
  1. 1 Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
芦
lú
  1. 1 rush
  2. 2 reed
  3. 3 Phragmites communis
芦山
Lú shān
  1. 1 Lushan county in Ya'an 雅安[Yǎ ān], Sichuan
芦根
lú gēn
  1. 1 reed rhizome (used in TCM)
芦溪
Lú xī
  1. 1 Luxi county in Pingxiang 萍鄉|萍乡, Jiangxi
芦笙
lú shēng
  1. 1 reed-pipe wind instrument

Idioms (3)

依样画葫芦
yī yàng huà hú lu
  1. 1 lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
依葫芦画瓢
yī hú lu huà piáo
  1. 1 lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
照葫芦画瓢
zhào hú lu huà piáo
  1. 1 lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to copy slavishly

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