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"elephant tusk" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
象牙 xiàng yá ivory / elephant tusk syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
象 xiàng elephant / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / shape / form / appearance / to imitate syn
大象 dà xiàng elephant / CL:頭|头[tou2] syn
獠牙 liáo yá tusk / fang
长牙 長牙 cháng yá tusk
尖牙 jiān yá canine tooth / fang / tusk
象鼻山 xiàng bí shān Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin, Guangxi
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)
单鯺鳕 單鯺鱈 tusk / cusk / brosmius / torsk
多瓣蒜 duō bàn suàn Chinese elephant garlic
大文蛤 dà wén gé giant clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta) / elephant trunk clam / same as 象拔蚌[xiang4 ba2 bang4]
女神蛤 nǚ shén gé geoduck (Panopea abrupta) / elephant trunk clam / same as 象拔蚌[xiang4 ba2 bang4]
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)
象海豹 xiàng hǎi bào elephant seal
大笨象 dà bèn xiàng (slang) elephant
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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