ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.stick; insert
农民在田里插秧。
Farmers transplant rice seedlings in the in the fields.
把花插在花瓶里。
Put the flowers in the vase.
把木牌插在地上。
Stick the board in the ground.
synonym
- 2
v.interpose
等等,我插句话。
Wait a second, I want to put in a word.
表演中间插一段独白。
Put a monologue in the middle of the show.
给办公室多安插点人手。
Place more staff in this office.
Words and phrases with 插
- 插口[word]interrupt; socket
- 插脚[word]step inside; take part in
- 插不上嘴[word]can’t put a word in conversation
- 插座[word]outlet
- 插补[word]interpolation
- 插值[word]interpolation
- 插瓶[word]vase
- 插板[word]connecting block
- 插队落户[word]go and settle down in rural areas
- 插科打诨[idiom]make impromptu comic gestures and remarks; make jokes
- 插翅难飞[idiom]impossible to escape
- 插翅难逃[idiom]cannot escape even with wings