Pinyin Dictionary results for "shi ba"

十八
eighteen; 18
士巴拿
(dialect) spanner (loanword)
三十八度线
38th parallel; dividing line agreed at Yalta between US and Soviet zones of influence in Korea, now the DMZ between North and South Korea
二十八宿
the twenty-eight constellations
偷鸡不成蚀把米
lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom); fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off; to go for wool and come back shorn
偷鸡不着蚀把米
see 偷雞不成蝕把米|偷鸡不成蚀把米[tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3]
女大十八变
lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom); fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
时间是把杀猪刀
lit. time is a butcher's knife; fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving; nothing gold can stay
老实巴交
(coll.) docile; well-behaved; biddable
茄二十八星瓢虫
28-spotted ladybird; hadda beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
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