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Talking Chinese English Dictionary

Talking Chinese<->English dictionary with pinyin, English definition, pronunciation, variants, stroke animation, stroke order image, and sample sentences.
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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1荆棘载途 荊棘載途 jīng zài jing1 ji2 zai4 tu2lit. a path covered in brambles; a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom)
2铜驼荆棘 銅駝荊棘 tóng tuó jīng tong2 tuo2 jing1 ji2devastation of palaces as a result of war (idiom)
3桃弧棘矢 桃弧棘矢 táo shǐtao2 hu2 ji2 shi3to avert evil influences (idiom)
4食荼卧棘 食荼臥棘 shí shi2 tu2 wo4 ji2to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
5沙棘属 沙棘屬 shā shǔsha1 ji2 shu3genus Hippophae; sea-buckthorns
6沙棘 沙棘 shā sha1 ji2sea-buckthorn
7腔棘鱼 腔棘魚 qiāng qiang1 ji2 yu2coelacanth
8披荆斩棘 披荊斬棘 jīng zhǎn pi1 jing1 zhan3 ji2lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way; to break through hardships; to blaze a new trail
9兰形棘心 蘭形棘心 lán xíng xīnlan2 xing2 ji2 xin1appearances are deceptive (idiom)
10 ji2thorns
11荆棘载道 荊棘載道 jīng zài dàojing1 ji2 zai4 dao4path beset with difficulties (idiom)
12荆棘 荊棘 jīng jing1 ji2thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
13棘者欲肥 棘者欲肥 zhe féiji2 zhe5 yu4 fei2to apply manure to make barren land fertile (idiom)
14棘手 棘手 shǒuji2 shou3thorny (problem); intractable
15棘皮动物 棘皮動物 dòng ji2 pi2 dong4 wu4echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc
16棘轮 棘輪 lúnji2 lun2ratchet
17棘楚 棘楚 chǔji2 chu3thorny problem; troublesome affair
18棘鼻青岛龙 棘鼻青島龍 qīng dǎo lóngji2 bi2 Qing1 dao3 long2Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout

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