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盆
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Definitions
- 1. basin
- 2. flower pot
- 3. unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dǒu] and 8 升[shēng], approx 128 liters
Example Sentences
1 shown覆 盆 子很貴。
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Words Containing 盆
Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
appetizer
pelvic floor (anatomy)
Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)
Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey
bathtub
bonsai
see 盂蘭盆會|盂兰盆会[yú lán pén huì]
at childbirth
bed pan
to grow (a plant) in a pot
basin
Junggar Basin, northern Xinjiang
basin (water container)
birdbath
bathroom sink
basin
(geography) basin
treasure bowl (mythology)
Erlian Basin in Inner Mongolia
brazier
Sichuan basin
raspberry
kitchen utensils (literary)
paper cone used as hailer
(Internet slang) friend (pun on 朋友[péng yǒu])
pelvis
washbasin
four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地
a downpour; rain bucketing down
Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)
Yanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin
drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ] grieving for his lost wife)
generic term for pottery
washbowl
fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
a downpour
the pelvic cavity
the Ferghana Valley in modern Uzbekistan
flower pot
washbowl
the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang
the Yili basin around Urumqi in Xinjiang
pet food bowl
colander
chamber pot
lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head
bathtub
washbowl
to make a scapegoat of sb
lit. to drum on a bowl
potted flower
bath tub