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"mud brick" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
土坯 tǔ pī mud brick / adobe / unfired earthenware syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
泥土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay syn
沾满 沾滿 zhān mǎn muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in syn
泥巴 ní bā mud syn
砖头 磚頭 zhuān tou brick syn
泥浆 泥漿 ní jiāng slurry / mud
烂泥 爛泥 làn ní mud / mire syn
砖块 磚塊 zhuān kuài brick syn
泥泞 泥濘 ní nìng muddy / mud
钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs syn
泥石流 ní shí liú landslide / torrent of mud and stones / mudslide
大哥大 dà gē dà cell phone (bulky, early-model one) / brick phone / mob boss syn
碰壁 pèng bì to hit a wall / (fig.) to hit a brick wall / to hit a snag / to have the door slammed in one's face syn
拖泥带水 拖泥帶水 tuō ní dài shuǐ lit. wading in mud and water / a slovenly job / sloppy syn
泥鳅 泥鰍 ní qiu loach / mud fish / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn
泥坑 ní kēng mud pit / mire / morass syn
污泥 wū ní mud / sludge
软泥 軟泥 ruǎn ní soft mud / silt / sludge / ooze (geology)
板砖 板磚 bǎn zhuān (dialect) wall brick
实体店 實體店 shí tǐ diàn brick and mortar business / physical (rather than online) retail store
泥水 ní shuǐ muddy water / mud / masonry (craft)
砖石 磚石 zhuān shí brick syn
泥淖 ní nào mud / muddy swamp / sump / fig. a sticky predicament
出淤泥而不染 chū yū ní ér bù rǎn lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom) / fig. to be principled and incorruptible
泥沙俱下 ní shā jù xià mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle syn
泥 ní mud / clay / paste / pulp syn
磕 kē to tap / to knock (against sth hard) / to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc) syn
砖 磚 zhuān brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn
炕 kàng kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire syn
冰砖 冰磚 bīng zhuān ice-cream brick / brick of ice
淖 nào slush / mud
耐火砖 耐火磚 nài huǒ zhuān refractory brick / firebrick syn
砖窑 磚窯 zhuān yáo brick kiln
鲮 鯪 líng mud carp (Cirrhina molitorella)
罱 lǎn a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net / to dredge with such a tool syn
敲门砖 敲門磚 qiāo mén zhuān lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom) / fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune syn
抛砖引玉 拋磚引玉 pāo zhuān yǐn yù lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling syn
引玉之砖 引玉之磚 yǐn yù zhī zhuān lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom) / fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas
青堂瓦舍 qīng táng wǎ shè brick house with a tiled roof
塼 zhuān brick
土炕 tǔ kàng heated brick common bed
崖限 yá xiàn cliff barring the way / fig. brick wall
标砖 標磚 biāo zhuān marker brick (in building) / keystone
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
砖石塔 磚石塔 zhuān shí tǎ brick pagoda
砖窑场 磚窯場 zhuān yáo chǎng brick kiln
砖红土 磚紅土 zhuān hóng tǔ red brick clay
窑场 窯場 yáo chǎng brick kiln
镁砖 鎂磚 měi zhuān magnesium brick (refractory material)
钻牛角 鑽牛角 zuān niú jiǎo lit. honing a bull's horn / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖
黑砖窑 黑磚窯 hēi zhuān yáo lit. black brick kiln / factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor
茶砖 茶磚 chá zhuān tea brick syn
大麻砖 大麻磚 dài má zhuān brick
毒砖 毒磚 dú zhuān brick
勾缝 勾縫 gōu fèng to point a brick wall / to grout a tiled surface
炕床 kàng chuáng heatable brick bed
土墼 tǔ jī sun-dried mudbrick / adobe brick
墼 jī (bound form) unfired brick / (bound form) briquette (made of coal etc) / Taiwan pr. [ji2]
变砖 變磚 biàn zhuān (of an electronic device) to brick / to become inoperable
壒 ài dust / mud
墐 jǐn bury / plaster with mud
塱 lǎng raised bank / mud wall
泥封 ní fēng to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute / lute / luting
泥古 nì gǔ stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative
漜 yě mud
滤饼 濾餅 lǜ bǐng filtrate / solid residue produced by a filter / mud from filtering can sugar
脱泥 脫泥 tuō ní to remove mud / desliming (in coal production)
草尼马 草尼馬 cǎo ní mǎ grass mud horse / used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1], to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet
草泥马 草泥馬 cǎo ní mǎ grass mud horse / used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1], to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet
泥灶 泥竈 mud stove
二氧化钛废物 二氧化鈦廢物 titanium dioxide wastes / red mud
红泥 紅泥 titanium dioxide wastes / red mud
古柯煳 古柯糊 cocaïne mud
有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴 有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰 yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
无心插柳柳成阴 無心插柳柳成陰 wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫
湴 bàn mud / slush / ooze
湴 pán to wade through water or mud
燕子衔泥垒大窝 燕子銜泥壘大窩 yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom) / many a little makes a mickle
齐膝 齊膝 qí xī level with one's knees / knee-length (skirt etc) / knee-deep (mud etc)
泼脏水 潑髒水 pō zāng shuǐ (fig.) to sling mud at / to smear / to slander
蹅 chǎ (coll.) to trudge (in mud, snow etc)
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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