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泥
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Definitions
- 1. mud
- 2. clay
- 3. paste
- 4. pulp
Example Sentences
1 shown鷹嘴豆 泥
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 泥
useless (idiom)
clay
muddy
jujube paste
mud and sand flow together (idiom)
boat used for collecting river sludge (to use as a fertilizer)
mud
swamp
mudguard
stubborn and conservative
sealing clay
landslide
dirt
trowel
to be a stickler for formalities
putty (used by plumbers and glaziers)
to remove mud
lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
mud
clay figurine
peat
white cement
cement
matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)
mudstone (geology)
clay Bodhisattva
mashed potato
lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom)
to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute
(Buddhism) Naraka
chlorite (geology)
mashed potato
muddy
Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)
hummus
plasticine
dirty snow
to fall flat on one's face
clay idol
peasant
dredger
mud
lit. wading in mud and water
mason
lime plaster (construction)
see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng]
bricklayer
mudstone
reinforced concrete
muddy water
grass mud horse
to gild
conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
stick-in-the-mud
soft mud
mason
peasant
peat
(idiom) to be dead drunk; to be plastered
the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom)
mud
silt
to try to smooth things over
quagmire
Portland cement
as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
to belittle
earth; soil; mud; clay
silt
loach
playdough
trowel
clay doll
clay modeling
red ink paste used for seal
like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety
slurry; mud
a landslide
when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom)
blind drunk
mud pit
a goose's footprint in the snow
yam paste (a snack in Chaozhou cuisine)
plaster
mudstone
to despise titles and high offices
poultice
see 和稀泥[huò xī ní]
lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
reinforced concrete
Nanniwan, township 45 km south of Yan'an 延安[yán ān], Shaanxi