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海绵hǎi mián
sponge
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
海绵 | ||
1. Simplified form of 海綿 | ||
海綿 | hǎimián | |
1. n. sponge | ||
English > Chinese | ||
sponge | ||
1. 名词. 海绵 | ||
2. 名词. 海绵动物 | ||
Components | ||
海 | hǎi | |
1. sea; ocean | ||
好 想 去 看 海。 - I really want to go and look at the sea. | ||
2. big lake | ||
洱海 - Erhai Lake | ||
3. (Cantonese) wide river | ||
4. (of containers, amount, etc.) big; large | ||
海碗 - extra large bowl | ||
海量 - huge amount | ||
海 投 - to send résumés to many companies; to use shotgun approach in job hunting | ||
海 扁 - to beat someone tremendously | ||
5. overseas; abroad | ||
海棗 - date palm | ||
6. (figurative) sea; abundance; infiniteness | ||
人海 - huge crowd | ||
火海 - sea of flames | ||
7. (dialectal, colloquial) profuse; numerous | ||
8. (dialectal, colloquial) unrestrainedly; randomly; casually | ||
9. . Hai (mainland China, Taiwan), Hoi (Hong Kong) | ||
海 瑞 - Hai Rui (Chinese scholar-official of the Ming dynasty) | ||
绵 | ||
1. Simplified form of 綿 | ||
綿 | mián | |
1. silk floss | ||
絲綿 - silk floss | ||
2. to continue; to be continuous | ||
連綿 - continuous | ||
綿亙 - to stretch in an unbroken chain | ||
3. soft; weak | ||
綿軟 - soft | ||
綿力 - (my) meagre effort | ||
4. (dialectal, obsolete) to apply; to cover | ||
5. (obsolete) Alternative form of 棉 (cotton) | ||
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hǎi mián
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