锈 (銹) xiù
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xiù
verb
to corrode; to rust
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Also written 鏽 (CC-CEDICT '銹'; Guoyu '鏽' v 1) -
xiù
noun
corrosion; rust
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '銹'; Guoyu '鏽' n) -
xiù
proper noun
Xiu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names
Contained in
- 锈铁(鏽鐵) rusty iron
- 锈蚀(銹蝕) corrosion; rust
- 脑子生锈(腦子生銹) brains rusty; ossified thinking
- 茶锈(茶鏽) tea stain
- 锈额斑翅鹛(鏽額斑翅鶥) rusty-fronted barwing (Actinodura egertoni)
- 锈脸钩嘴鹛(鏽臉鉤嘴鶥) rusty-cheeked scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus erythrogenys)
- 永不生锈的螺丝钉(永不生銹的螺絲釘) a screw that never rusts — sb who selflessly and wholeheartedly serves the Communist Party, like Lei Feng 雷锋, to whom the metaphor is attributed
- 锈胸蓝姬鹟(鏽胸藍姬鶲) slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula hodgsonii)
- 锈红腹旋木雀(鏽紅腹旋木雀) rusty-flanked treecreeper (Certhia nipalensis)
- 防锈(防銹) rust prevention; anti-corrosion
- 铁锈(鐵鏽) rust
- 不锈铁(不鏽鐵) stainless iron
- 不锈钢(不銹鋼) stainless steel ; stainless steel
- 长锈(長銹) to develop rust
- 刀不磨要生锈,人不学要落后(刀不磨要生銹,人不學要落後) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study
- 锈斑(鏽斑) rust spot; blemish (on plants)
- 锈腹短翅鸫(鏽腹短翅鶇) rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra)
- 生锈(生銹) to rust; to grow rusty; to corrode; oxidization
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷八十二 列傳第七 十一宗諸子 Volume 82 Biographies 7: Sons of the Eleven Zongs New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 2
- 第二十五回 Chapter 25 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
- 卷一百〇六 列傳第五十六: 李林甫 楊國忠 張暐 王琚 王毛仲 陳玄禮 Volume 106 Biographies 56: Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, Zhang Wei, Wang Ju, Wang Maozhong, Chen Xuanli Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 98 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 卷八十三 列傳第八 諸帝公主 Volume 83 Biographies 8: The Princesses of all Emperors New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1
- 卷六十三 李杜列傳 Volume 63: Biographies of Li, Du Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 薛锈 (薛銹) 太子妃兄駙馬都尉薛銹長流瀼州 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百〇六 列傳第五十六: 李林甫 楊國忠 張暐 王琚 王毛仲 陳玄禮 Volume 106 Biographies 56: Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, Zhang Wei, Wang Ju, Wang Maozhong, Chen Xuanli — count: 3
- 锦锈 (錦銹) 錦銹文綺弗衣也 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十三 李杜列傳 Volume 63: Biographies of Li, Du — count: 2