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海绵
hǎi mián



海绵
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
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)
     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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