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"elephant trunk clam" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
大文蛤 dà wén gé giant clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta) / elephant trunk clam / same as 象拔蚌[xiang4 ba2 bang4]
象拔蚌 xiàng bá bàng elephant trunk clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native to the west coast of North America)
女神蛤 nǚ shén gé geoduck (Panopea abrupta) / elephant trunk clam / same as 象拔蚌[xiang4 ba2 bang4]
Chinese Pinyin Translation
象鼻山 xiàng bí shān Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin, Guangxi
蜃 shèn giant clam / (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of buildings syn
蚬 蜆 xiǎn basket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae) / (esp.) Corbicula leana 真蜆|真蚬[zhen1 xian3]
大象 dà xiàng elephant / CL:頭|头[tou2] syn
象牙 xiàng yá ivory / elephant tusk syn
象 xiàng elephant / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / shape / form / appearance / to imitate syn
盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn
合眼摸象 hé yǎn mō xiàng to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom) / to proceed blindly
众盲摸象 眾盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
人心不足蛇吞象 rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
多瓣蒜 duō bàn suàn Chinese elephant garlic
摸象 mō xiàng to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
格涅沙 gé niè shā Ganesha (the elephant-headed God in Hinduism, son of Shiva and Parvati)
瞎子摸象 xiā zi mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn
象海豹 xiàng hǎi bào elephant seal
大笨象 dà bèn xiàng (slang) elephant
蛤蜊 gé lí clam syn
文蛤 wén gé clam / bivalve mollusk, many spp. syn
蛤 gé (bound form) clam / used in 蛤蚧[ge2jie4] syn
蚌 bàng mussel / clam syn
蜊 lí clam syn
蛏 蟶 chēng mussel / razor clam / Solecurtus constricta
蚶 hān small clam (Arca inflata) syn
鹬蚌相争渔翁得利 鷸蚌相爭漁翁得利 yù bàng xiāng zhēng yú wēng dé lì lit. sandpiper and clam war together and the fisherman catches both (idiom) / fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
沙蚕 沙蠶 shā cán genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm
砗磲 硨磲 chē qú giant clam (subfamily Tridacninae)
花蛤 huā gé clam / bivalve mollusk, many spp.
魁蚶 kuí hān arc clam (Arca inflata)
蛤蚌 gé bàng clam
贝耙 貝耙 mussel rake / clam rake / rake
蛤蛎 蛤蠣 gé lì clam / same as 蛤蜊[ge2 li2]
蚶子 hān zi blood clam syn
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利 鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利 yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lì lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom) / fig. when two sides are locked in dispute, it's often a third party that benefits
海瓜子 hǎi guā zǐ Tellina iridescens (a bivalve mollusk) / any similar small clam
真蚬 真蜆 zhēn xiǎn Corbicula leana, a species of clam
箱子 xiāng zi suitcase / chest / box / case / trunk / CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4] syn
肢体 肢體 zhī tǐ limb / limbs and trunk / body syn
树干 樹幹 shù gàn tree trunk syn
干线 幹線 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line
主干 主幹 zhǔ gàn trunk / main / core syn
行李箱 xíng li xiāng suitcase / baggage compartment / overhead bin / (car) trunk / boot
乔木 喬木 qiáo mù tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guan4 mu4], bush or shrub)
躯干 軀幹 qū gàn trunk / torso syn
后备箱 後備箱 hòu bèi xiāng trunk / boot (of a car)
合抱 hé bào to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk) syn
主干线 主幹線 zhǔ gàn xiàn trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable)
生辰八字 shēng chén bā zì one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch
老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn
树身 樹身 shù shēn tree trunk syn
铁箱 鐵箱 tiě xiāng metal trunk / metal box / a safe
干渠 幹渠 gàn qú trunk canal
干 幹 gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed syn
箱 xiāng box / trunk / chest syn
株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn
箧 篋 qiè chest / box / trunk / suitcase / portfolio syn
榦 gàn tree trunk
车后箱 車後箱 chē hòu xiāng car boot, trunk
阿鲁巴 阿魯巴 ā lǔ bā (Tw) (slang) a prank, prevalent in Chinese schools and known as "happy corner" in Hong Kong, in which several people carry a victim with his legs spread open, bringing his groin up against a pole or tree trunk
中继线端口 中繼線端口 trunk port
前备箱 前備箱 qián bèi xiāng front trunk (of a car) / frunk
笼子 籠子 lǒng zi large box / trunk / chest syn
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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