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"kettle on legs" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
鬷 zōng kettle on legs
Chinese Pinyin Translation
双腿 雙腿 shuāng tuǐ legs / both legs / two legs
盉 hé vessel similar to a kettle, but with three or four legs, used in ancient times for warming wine
老虎凳 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
外八字腿 wài bā zì tuǐ bow legs / bandy legs
腿玩年 tuǐ wán nián (slang) stunning legs / sexy legs
水壶 水壺 shuǐ hú kettle / canteen / watering can
五十步笑百步 wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù lit. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom) / fig. the pot calls the kettle black syn
釜 fǔ kettle / cauldron syn
鼏 mì cover of tripod kettle
一个萝卜一个坑 一個蘿蔔一個坑 yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom) / fig. each person has his own position / each to his own / horses for courses / every kettle has its lid
烧水壶 燒水壺 shāo shuǐ hú kettle
龟笑鳖无尾 龜笑鱉無尾 guī xiào biē wú wěi lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom) / fig. the pot calling the kettle black
快煮壶 快煮壺 kuài zhǔ hú electric kettle (Tw)
开水壶 開水壺 kāi shuǐ hú kettle
电热壶 電熱壺 diàn rè hú electric kettle
鋬 pàn (dialect) handle of a cup, kettle or other vessel
站起 zhàn qǐ to get up on hind legs (esp. of horse) / to stand / to spring up syn
双脚 雙腳 shuāng jiǎo two legs / both feet
走动 走動 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to socialize / to pay a visit (go to the toilet) syn
劈开 劈開 pī kāi to cleave / to split open / to spread open (fingers, legs) syn
鼎立 dǐng lì lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces syn
腿脚 腿腳 tuǐ jiǎo legs and feet / ability to walk / strides syn
灰溜溜 huī liū liū dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs syn
马步 馬步 mǎ bù (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse)
二郎腿 èr láng tuǐ one leg over the other (legs crossed)
伸开 伸開 shēn kāi to stretch out (one's arms or legs etc)
画蛇添足 畫蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom) / fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it syn
后肢 後肢 hòu zhī hind legs syn
鼎足 dǐng zú lit. the three legs of a tripod / fig. three competing rivals
四体 四體 sì tǐ one's four limbs / two arms and two legs
五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
爵 jué ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle / nobility syn
叉 chǎ to diverge / to open (as legs) syn
棒 bàng stick / club / cudgel / smart / capable / strong / wonderful / classifier for legs of a relay race syn
鼎 dǐng ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes syn
鬲 lì ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs
胑 zhī wings of birds / legs of animals
驈 yù black horse with white legs
四脚朝天 四腳朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān four legs facing the sky (idiom) / flat on one's back
胯下之辱 kuà xià zhī rǔ lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom) / fig. (endure) utter humiliation
倍足类 倍足類 bèi zú lèi Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes and millipedes)
再衰三竭 zài shuāi sān jié weakening and close to exhaustion (idiom) / in terminal decline / on one's last legs syn
夹起尾巴 夾起尾巴 jiā qǐ wěi ba to tuck one's tail between one's legs / fig. to back down / in a humiliating situation
尥蹶子 liào juě zi (of mules, horses etc) to kick backward / to kick with the hind legs / fig. to flare up in anger / to display defiance syn
无功而返 無功而返 wú gōng ér fǎn to return without any achievement (idiom) / to go home with one's tail between one's legs
短打扮 duǎn dǎ ban clothing that exposes the arms and legs (e.g. shorts, sleeveless top) / to wear such clothing
蛇足 shé zú lit. legs on a snake / sth superfluous syn
走動 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to pay a visit (go to the toilet)
跂坐 qì zuò to sit with legs dangling
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
O型腿 O xíng tuǐ bow legs / bow-leggedness
夹尾巴 夾尾巴 jiā wěi ba to have one's tail between one's legs
柦 dàn a kind of wooden desk without legs
柴鸡 柴雞 chái jī a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs
丝足 絲足 sī zú feet and legs in silk stockings (especially in the massage context)
管住嘴迈开腿 管住嘴邁開腿 guǎn zhù zuǐ mài kāi tuǐ lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight)
筷子腿 kuài zi tuǐ (coll.) skinny legs
蹬腿 dēng tuǐ to kick one's legs / leg press (exercise) / (coll.) to kick the bucket syn
O型腿 O - xíng tuǐ bow legs / bow-leggedness
大长腿 大長腿 dà cháng tuǐ (coll.) (a person's) long legs
跪坐 guì zuò to sit kneeling with legs folded underneath the thighs and buttocks resting on the heels
去爪 qù zhuǎ to declaw (a cat etc) / (food preparation) to remove claws, pincer legs or similar hard tips
寒腿 hán tuǐ (coll.) arthritic condition affecting the legs, esp. one aggravated by cold or damp weather
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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