"Mud" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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泥土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay
泥巴 ní bā mud
泥泞 ní nìng muddy / mud
污泥 wū ní mud / sludge
烂泥 làn ní mud / mire
泥浆 ní jiāng slurry / mud
泥水 ní shuǐ muddy water / mud / masonry (craft)
泥淖 ní nào mud / muddy swamp / sump / fig. a sticky predicament
泥 ní mud / clay / paste / pulp
淖 nào slush / mud
壒 ài dust / mud
漜 yě mud
湴 bàn mud / slush / ooze
泥鳅 ní qiu loach / mud fish / CL:條|条[tiao2]
泥石流 ní shí liú landslide / torrent of mud and stones / mudslide
拖泥带水 tuō ní dài shuǐ lit. wading in mud and water / a slovenly job / sloppy
泥坑 ní kēng mud pit / mire / morass
土坯 tǔ pī mud brick / adobe / unfired earthenware
出淤泥而不染 chū yū ní ér bù rǎn lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom) / fig. to be principled and incorruptible
软泥 ruǎn ní soft mud / silt / sludge / ooze (geology)
泥沙俱下 ní shā jù xià mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle
鲮 líng mud carp (Cirrhina molitorella)
罱 lǎn a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net / to dredge with such a tool
墐 jǐn bury / plaster with mud
塱 lǎng raised bank / mud wall
泥封 ní fēng to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute / lute / luting
滤饼 lu:4 bǐng filtrate / solid residue produced by a filter / mud from filtering can sugar
脱泥 tuō ní to remove mud / desliming (in coal production)
草尼马 cǎo ní mǎ grass mud horse / used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1], to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet
草泥马 cǎo ní mǎ grass mud horse / used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1], to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet
泥灶  mud stove
二氧化钛废物  titanium dioxide wastes / red mud
红泥  titanium dioxide wastes / red mud
古柯煳  cocaïne mud
有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴 yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
无心插柳柳成阴 wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫
湴 pán to wade through water or mud
燕子衔泥垒大窝 yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom) / many a little makes a mickle
泼脏水 pō zāng shuǐ (fig.) to sling mud at / to smear / to slander
蹅 chǎ (coll.) to trudge (in mud, snow etc)
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