瓢 piáo
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piáo
noun
a ladle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditionally made from dried gourd (CC-CEDICT '瓢'; Guoyu '瓢' n 1; Unihan '瓢') -
piáo
measure word
scoop
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '瓢' n 2)
Contained in
- 七星瓢虫(七星瓢蟲) seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
- 箪瓢屡空(簞瓢屢空) scoop was often empty
- 秃瓢(禿瓢) bald head
- 依葫芦画瓢(依葫蘆畫瓢) to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model; to follow the existing pattern without modification
- 瓢泼(瓢潑) (of rain) pouring
- 箪瓢(簞瓢) a bamboo scoop
- 瓢虫(瓢蟲) ladybug; ladybird
- 照葫芦画瓢(照葫蘆畫瓢) to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model; to copy slavishly
- 茄二十八星瓢虫(茄二十八星瓢蟲) 28-spotted ladybird; hadda beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
- 脑瓢儿(腦瓢兒) top of the head; crown
- 瓢泼大雨(瓢潑大雨) downpour
- 箪瓢屡罄(簞瓢屢罄) scoop was often empty
- 疏水箪瓢(疏水簞瓢) little water and few utensils; to live a frugal life
- 瓢泼而下(瓢潑而下) (of rain) to fall heavily
- 按下葫芦浮起瓢(按下葫蘆浮起瓢) solve one problem only to find another cropping up
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第十六回 Chapter 16 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 21
- 卷五 秦三 Chapter 5: Qin III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 6
- 第五十六回 Chapter 56 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
- 第二回 Chapter 91 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
- 卷中：四之器 Middle Scroll: 4. Utensils The Classic of Tea 茶經 — count: 3
- 第二十六回 Chapter 26 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 卷109 樂志五 Volume 109 Treatise 5: Music Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 3
- 第二十五回 Chapter 25 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
- 第二回 Chapter 104 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
- 第七十五回 Chapter 75 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
Collocations
- 一瓢 (一瓢) 一瓢飲 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 6. 《雍也》 Yong Ye — count: 21
- 瓢饮 (瓢飲) 一瓢飲 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 6. 《雍也》 Yong Ye — count: 20
- 食瓢 (食瓢) 其入腹者不過簞食瓢漿 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷七 精神訓 Chapter 7: Spirit — count: 10
- 玉瓢 (玉瓢) 須用玉瓢舀出 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第二十五回 Chapter 25 — count: 6
- 团瓢 (團瓢) 教他們在園中草團瓢內安歇 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第五十六回 Chapter 56 — count: 5
- 瓢来 (瓢來) 只見兩個客人去車子前取出兩個椰瓢來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十六回 Chapter 16 — count: 5
- 半瓢 (半瓢) 這客人手拿半瓢酒 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十六回 Chapter 16 — count: 4
- 椰瓢 (椰瓢) 土坑上卻有兩箇椰瓢 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十回 Chapter 10 — count: 4
- 瓢喫 (瓢喫) 只饒我們一瓢喫 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十六回 Chapter 16 — count: 4
- 一个瓢 (一個瓢) 手裏拿一個瓢 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十六回 Chapter 16 — count: 4