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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.cream; lotion; ointment; paste
药膏
ointment
雪花膏
vanishing cream
牙膏
tooth paste
- 2
n.fat; oil
春雨如膏
Spring rain is as precious as oil.
膏火
oil-burning lamp
民脂民膏
flesh and blood of the people
- 3
n.fmlfertile; rich
膏壤
fertile soil
膏腴
fertile
Words and phrases with 膏
- 膏腴[word]fertile
- 膏泽[word]timely rainfall; bestow/grant favours
- 膏血[word]fruits of one's labour
- 膏粱[word]fat meat and fine grain; rich family
- 膏沃[word]fertile
- 膏子[word]ointment-like medicine for oral or external use
- 膏肓[word]vital organs
- 膏火[word]lights; tuition fee in private school
- 膏药[word]plaster
- 膏粱子弟[idiom]children from wealthy families
- 膏火之费[idiom]fee for lighting an oil lamp
- 膏腴之地[idiom]productive land
- 膏肓之疾[idiom]illness that is beyond cure
- 膏火自煎[idiom]Fat burns and fries itself.
- 膏粱锦绣[idiom]extravagant life lived by a wealthy family
- 膏唇拭舌[idiom]apply ointment to one's lips and wipe one's tongue with a towel
- 膏粱纨绔[idiom]scions of wealthy families accustomed to life of luxury and ease
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "gāo", "膏" means things; when pronounced as "gào", it means actions, which refers to putting oil on the parts of the machine to reduce friction.