"Bowl" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wǎn bowl / cup / CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
 yī wǎn bowl
 àng abundant / bowl / dish / pot
 yú bowl / tub
 quān bowl
 mǎ tǒng chamber pot / wooden pan used as toilet / toilet bowl
 fàn wǎn rice bowl / fig. livelihood / job / way of making a living
 jù bǎo pén treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine
 yī bō the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism) / legacy / mantle
 guō gài tóu bowl cut (hairstyle)
 bō yú alms bowl
 ōu (pottery) bowl or drinking vessel
 gāng hanging bowl for lamp or fish
 yú an alms bowl / a small bell
 gǔ pén zhī qī drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife
 tāng wǎn soup bowl
 bō alms bowl
 jīn bō (gold) alms bowl (of a Buddhist monk)
 chéng fàn to fill a bowl with rice
 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
 hǎi wǎn very large bowl
 bō tóu earthen bowl (Shanghainese)
 xuè pén dà kǒu bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom) / ferocious mouth of beast of prey / fig. greedy exploiter / rapacious aggressor
 Chāo jí bēi Super Cup (various sports) / Super Bowl (American football championship game)
 táo zhōng pottery bowl
 gǔ pén lit. to drum on a bowl / refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife / fig. grief for a lost wife
 Chāo jí Wǎn Super Bowl (American football championship game)
 chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom) / not content with what one already has / (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
 fàn pén pet food bowl / dog bowl
 tóu shā (sports) (cricket) to bowl a batsman out
 dòng (Tw) bowl of steamed rice with other food on top (loanword from Japanese "donburi")
 tí shī to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy / an inscribed poem
 yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom) / fig. to be impartial
 pá fàn to push food into one's mouth using chopsticks while holding one's bowl up to one's mouth
 wǎn gōng very large bowl (Tw)
 wǎn kuài bowl and chopsticks / tableware
 duān qǐ wǎn chī ròu , fàng xià kuài zi mà niáng lit. to eat meat from one's bowl, then put down one's chopsticks and scold one's mother (idiom) / fig. to complain despite being privileged / to be ungrateful for what one has been given
 pá la (coll.) to push food from one's bowl into one's mouth with chopsticks (usu. hurriedly)
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