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"an alms bowl" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
釪 yú an alms bowl / a small bell
Chinese Pinyin Translation
马桶 馬桶 mǎ tǒng chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
饭碗 飯碗 fàn wǎn rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living syn
施舍 施捨 shī shě to give in charity / to give alms (to the poor) syn
衣钵 衣缽 yī bō the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle
行乞 xíng qǐ to beg / to ask for alms syn
聚宝盆 聚寶盆 jù bǎo pén treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine syn
一碗 yī wǎn bowl
铁饭碗 鐵飯碗 tiě fàn wǎn secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)
锅盖头 鍋蓋頭 guō gài tóu bowl cut (hairstyle)
碗 wǎn bowl / cup / CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
施 shī (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc) / to distribute (alms etc) / to apply (fertilizer etc) syn
豆 dòu legume / pulse / bean / pea (CL:顆|颗[ke1],粒[li4]) / (old) stemmed cup or bowl syn
斋 齋 zhāi to fast or abstain from meat, wine etc / vegetarian diet / study room / building / to give alms (to a monk) syn
瓯 甌 ōu (pottery) bowl or drinking vessel
钵盂 缽盂 bō yú alms bowl syn
斋饭 齋飯 zhāi fàn food given to Buddhist monks as alms
募化 mù huà (of a Buddhist monk or Taoist priest) to collect alms syn
赒 賙 zhōu to give to the needy / to bestow alms / charity
汤碗 湯碗 tāng wǎn soup bowl
研钵 研缽 yán bō mortar (bowl for grinding with pestle)
釭 gāng hanging bowl for lamp or fish
鼓盆之戚 gǔ pén zhī qī drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife
砵 bō alms bowl
金钵 金缽 jīn bō (gold) alms bowl (of a Buddhist monk)
饭盆 飯盆 fàn pén pet food bowl / dog bowl
儭 chèn to assist / to give alms
劝化 勸化 quàn huà to exhort (sb) to live a virtuous life (Buddhism) / to beg for alms
施粥舍饭 施粥捨飯 shī zhōu shě fàn to provide alms and rice (idiom)
讨乞 討乞 tǎo qǐ to go begging / to ask for alms syn
赒人 賙人 zhōu rén to help the needy / to bestow alms / charity
杅 yú bowl / tub
棬 quān bowl
沱茶 tuó chá a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2], compacted into a bowl or nest shape / dome shaped tea-brick / caked tea
钵头 缽頭 bō tóu earthen bowl (Shanghainese) syn
血盆大口 xuè pén dà kǒu bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom) / ferocious mouth of beast of prey / fig. greedy exploiter / rapacious aggressor
超级杯 超級盃 chāo jí bēi Super Cup (various sports) / Super Bowl (American football championship game)
陶盅 táo zhōng pottery bowl
鼓盆 gǔ pén lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife
超级碗 超級碗 chāo jí wǎn Super Bowl (American football championship game)
吃着碗里，看着锅里 吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡 chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
投杀 投殺 tóu shā (sports) (cricket) to bowl a batsman out
丼 dòng (Tw) bowl of steamed rice with other food on top (loanword from Japanese "donburi")
题诗 題詩 tí shī to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy / an inscribed poem syn
一碗水端平 yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom) / fig. to be impartial
扒饭 扒飯 pá fàn to push food into one's mouth using chopsticks while holding one's bowl up to one's mouth
海碗 hǎi wǎn very large bowl
碗公 wǎn gōng (Tw) very large bowl
碗筷 wǎn kuài bowl and chopsticks / tableware
端起碗吃肉，放下筷子骂娘 端起碗吃肉，放下筷子罵娘 duān qǐ wǎn chī ròu , fàng xià kuài zi mà niáng lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom) / fig. to complain despite being privileged / to be ungrateful for what one has been given
扒拉 pá la (coll.) to push food from one's bowl into one's mouth with chopsticks (usu. hurriedly) syn
盛饭 盛飯 chéng fàn to fill a bowl with rice
就口 jiù kǒu (of a bowl, a cup etc) to be brought up to one's mouth
打入 dǎ rù to penetrate / to break into (a market, social group etc) / to infiltrate (enemy ranks etc) / to banish to / to relegate to / to insert / to inject / to crack (an egg) into (a bowl etc)
瓷碗 cí wǎn porcelain bowl
茶碗蒸 chá wǎn zhēng chawanmushi, Japanese savory egg custard dish that is steamed and served in a small bowl
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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