陶土
táo tǔ
Pinyin

Definition

陶土
 - 
táo tǔ
  1. potter's clay
  2. kaolin

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

土
Tǔ
  1. 1 Tu (ethnic group)
  2. 2 surname Tu
土地
tǔ dì
  1. 1 land
  2. 2 soil
  3. 3 territory
  4. 4 CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
土豆
tǔ dòu
  1. 1 potato
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 (Tw) peanut
  4. 4 CL:顆|颗[kē]
陶醉
táo zuì
  1. 1 to be infatuated with
  2. 2 to be drunk with
  3. 3 to be enchanted with
  4. 4 to revel in
入土
rù tǔ
  1. 1 to bury
  2. 2 buried
  3. 3 interred
出土
chū tǔ
  1. 1 to dig up
  2. 2 to appear in an excavation
  3. 3 unearthed
  4. 4 to come up out of the ground
动土
dòng tǔ
  1. 1 to break ground (prior to building sth)
  2. 2 to start building
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
国土
guó tǔ
  1. 1 country's territory
  2. 2 national land
土人
tǔ rén
  1. 1 native
  2. 2 aborigine
  3. 3 clay figure
土包子
tǔ bāo zi
  1. 1 country bumpkin
  2. 2 boor
  3. 3 unsophisticated country person (humble, applied to oneself)
  4. 4 burial mound
土匪
tǔ fěi
  1. 1 bandit
土司
tǔ sī
  1. 1 sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
  2. 2 government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
土壤
tǔ rǎng
  1. 1 soil
土家族
Tǔ jiā zú
  1. 1 Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
土方
tǔ fāng
  1. 1 cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement)
  2. 2 excavated soil
  3. 3 earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tǔ fāng gōng chéng])
  4. 4 (TCM) folk remedy
土星
Tǔ xīng
  1. 1 Saturn (planet)
土木
tǔ mù
  1. 1 building
  2. 2 construction
  3. 3 civil engineering
土楼
tǔ lóu
  1. 1 traditional Hakka communal residence in Fujian, typically a large multi-story circular structure built around a central shrine
土气
tǔ qì
  1. 1 rustic
  2. 2 uncouth
  3. 3 unsophisticated

Idioms (20)

入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
  1. 1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
  1. 1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
  1. 1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
土豪劣绅
tǔ háo liè shēn
  1. 1 local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
土阶茅屋
tǔ jiē máo wū
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
土阶茅茨
tǔ jiē máo cí
  1. 1 lit. earthen steps and a thatched hut
  2. 2 frugal living conditions (idiom)
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
  1. 1 duty to defend the country (idiom)
寸土寸金
cùn tǔ cùn jīn
  1. 1 land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)
挥金如土
huī jīn rú tǔ
  1. 1 lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend money like water
  3. 3 extravagant
灰头土脸
huī tóu tǔ liǎn
  1. 1 head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
  2. 2 covered in dirt
  3. 3 dejected and depressed
熏陶成性
xūn táo chéng xìng
  1. 1 (idiom) nurture makes second nature
  2. 2 good habits come by long assimilation
皇天后土
huáng tiān hòu tǔ
  1. 1 heaven and earth (idiom)
积土成山
jī tǔ chéng shān
  1. 1 lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
面如土色
miàn rú tǔ sè
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
面如灰土
miàn rú huī tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)
面色如土
miàn sè rú tǔ
  1. 1 ashen-faced (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哇！听听你这番话，看来陶土还真是能陶冶性情，能把你这头猛兽都驯化了。
wā ！tīng tīng nǐ zhè fān huà ，kànlai táotǔ hái zhēnshi néng táoyě xìngqíng ，néng bǎ nǐ zhè tóu měngshòu dōu xùnhuà le 。
Wow! Listening to you, it really seems like pottery really can fire one’s temperament, to tame this wild beast.
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费时是不长，但是拉胚的时候，坐姿得稳，手要稳定，手指间力度掌握需适中，温柔地对待陶土才能拉成这么一件作品。
fèishí shì bù cháng ，dànshì lā pēi de shíhou ，zuòzī děi wěn ，shǒu yào wěndìng ，shǒuzhǐ jiān lìdù zhǎngwò xū shìzhōng ，wēnróu de duìdài táotǔ cái néng lā chéng zhème yī jiàn zuòpǐn 。
It doesn't take a lot of time, but when you're moulding the clay, you have to sit with a very stable posture, your hands have to be very stable, and you have to maintain a moderate amount of pressure in the grip of your fingers, as only by treating the clay gently can you get a piece of work like this.
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对！接着，一只手放在三点钟、另一只手放在九点钟位置，利用拉胚机的离心力，这样就能把陶土往上拉高了，你们试一试。
duì ！jiēzhe ，yī zhī shǒu fàng zài sān diǎnzhōng 、lìng yī zhī shǒu fàng zài jiǔ diǎnzhōng wèizhi ，lìyòng lāpēijī de líxīnlì ，zhèyàng jiù néng bǎ táotǔ wǎng shàng lā gāo le ，nǐmen shìyīshì 。
Yes! Next, put one of your hands at a 3 o’clock position and the other at a nine o’clock position, and use the centrifugal force of the pottery wheel. That way you can pull the clay upwards. Try it for yourselves.
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