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