薄
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Definitions
- 1. thin
- 2. indifferent
- 3. weak
- 4. light
- 5. infertile
Words Containing 薄
weak
weak; frail
to lack the necessities of life
unkind
harsh and merciless (idiom)
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
to favour one and discriminate against the other
lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
thickness
feeler gauge
generous care but a thrifty funeral
to despise
to be unlucky
to gush
to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)
lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
to be unduly humble (idiom)
sharp and unkind (words)
scanty
little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[ōu yáng xiū])
thinning scissors
dilution
diluted earnings per share
lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom)
frivolous
thin
superficial
(of land) infertile
thin
lit. poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
my humble effort
supremely honorable and righteous
peppermint
thin-skinned
bashful
humble
Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, poet, and humanist, author of Decameron 十日談|十日谈[shí rì tán]
small profits
small profit but rapid turnover
meanness and generosity
to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women)
barren land
thin layer
fickle
weak link
mean treatment
inconstant in love
meager skill
dim light
at dusk
dusk
at dawn
thin plate
oil sheet
vast area
pancake
Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct
thin slice
Raymond Burghard (1945-), US diplomat and ambassador to Vietnam 2001-2004, chairman of American Institute in Taiwan from 2006
meager estate
barren field
my meager gift (humble)
gauze (cloth)
thin paper (tissue paper, onionskin etc)
light silk
eggshell china
crispy
membrane
peppermint
peppermint oil
mint (confectionery)
menthone (chemistry)
thin lens (optics)
dilute wine
small reward (for work)
mist
my meager sensibilities
thin flat cake
to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral
thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty
garrulous and sharp-tongued
(idiom) hasty and rude; caustic and sharp-tongued
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
(idiom) frivolous
light (weight)
to despise
foil
savory (herb)