Chinese Word of the Day

垃圾桶
lā jī tǒng

trash can

Definitions

Chinese > English
垃圾桶	垃圾tǒng
1. n. garbage can; rubbish bin (waste receptacle)
2. n. (figuratively) someone who people commonly go to to talk about their problems; agony aunt
情緒垃圾桶 - an object of emotional dumping
3. n. (rfv-sense) (internet slang) China Railway CR200J
Components
垃	lā
1. Variant of 辣
辣	là
1. spicy; hot; peppery; pungent; hot
無辣不歡 - I don't find food that isn't spicy tasty.
我不吃辣。 - I don't eat spicy food.
2. to be spicy; to be hot; to burn
3. cruel; vicious
毒辣 - sinister
La
4. to be at; to be located at
5. at; in
6. be ...-ing; in the middle of doing something (indicating an action in progress)
7. Variant of 焫
圾	圾
1. Only used in 垃圾 (garbage; rubbish)
2. clod
3. Variant of 岌
岌	jí
1. (literary) lofty; towering
2. (zh-used, 岌岌, perilous)
3. (zh-used, 岦岌)
4. Variant of 岃
桶	tǒng
1. pail; bucket; tub
2. cask; keg
3. barrel (unit)
4. (Philippines Hokkien) million
一桶 (chi̍t-tháng) - one million, MN-PH
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