驯化
xùn huà
Pinyin

Definition

驯化
 - 
xùn huà
  1. to tame
  2. to domesticate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

化妆
huà zhuāng
  1. 1 to put on makeup
化妆品
huà zhuāng pǐn
  1. 1 cosmetic
  2. 2 makeup product
化学
huà xué
  1. 1 chemistry
  2. 2 chemical
化解
huà jiě
  1. 1 to dissolve
  2. 2 to resolve (contradictions)
  3. 3 to dispel (doubts)
  4. 4 to iron out (difficulties)
  5. 5 to defuse (conflicts)
  6. 6 to neutralize (fears)
化身
huà shēn
  1. 1 incarnation
  2. 2 reincarnation
  3. 3 embodiment (of abstract idea)
  4. 4 personification
孵化
fū huà
  1. 1 breeding
  2. 2 to incubate
  3. 3 innovation (esp. in commerce and marketing)
强化
qiáng huà
  1. 1 to strengthen
  2. 2 to intensify
文化
wén huà
  1. 1 culture
  2. 2 civilization
  3. 3 cultural
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
消化
xiāo huà
  1. 1 to digest
  2. 2 digestion
  3. 3 digestive
美化
měi huà
  1. 1 to make more beautiful
  2. 2 to decorate
  3. 3 embellishment
变化
biàn huà
  1. 1 change
  2. 2 variation
  3. 3 to change
  4. 4 to vary
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
一体化
yī tǐ huà
  1. 1 integration
  2. 2 incorporation
  3. 3 unification
中石化
Zhōng shí huà
  1. 1 China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, Sinopec
  2. 2 abbr. for 中國石油化工股份有限公司|中国石油化工股份有限公司
二氧化硅
èr yǎng huà guī
  1. 1 silicon dioxide (SiÓ)
二氧化碳
èr yǎng huà tàn
  1. 1 carbon dioxide CÓ
信息化
xìn xī huà
  1. 1 informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization)
个性化
gè xìng huà
  1. 1 to personalize
  2. 2 to customize
  3. 3 customization
催化剂
cuī huà jì
  1. 1 catalyst
僵化
jiāng huà
  1. 1 to become rigid
优化
yōu huà
  1. 1 optimization
  2. 2 to optimize
  3. 3 to make superior

Idioms (14)

光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì
  1. 1 the full light of day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. peace and prosperity
  3. 3 in broad daylight
出神入化
chū shén rù huà
  1. 1 to reach perfection (idiom); a superb artistic achievement
化干戈为玉帛
huà gān gē wéi yù bó
  1. 1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship
化整为零
huà zhěng wéi líng
  1. 1 to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one
  2. 2 divide and conquer
化敌为友
huà dí wéi yǒu
  1. 1 to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
  1. 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
  1. 1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
大事化小，小事化了
dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo
  1. 1 to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
春风化雨
chūn fēng huà yǔ
  1. 1 lit. spring wind and rain (idiom); fig. the long-term influence of a solid education
泥古不化
nì gǔ bù huà
  1. 1 conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
蜕化变质
tuì huà biàn zhì
  1. 1 to degenerate (morally) (idiom)
  2. 2 to become depraved
逢凶化吉
féng xiōng huà jí
  1. 1 misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account
食古不化
shí gǔ bù huà
  1. 1 to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom)
  2. 2 to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject

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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