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Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.bold and vigorous; daring and resolute
活泼
vivacious
他做起事来真泼。
He does things really well.
- 2
v.splash; sprinkle; spill
他不小心把墨水泼到了书上。
He accidentally spilled some ink on her book.
我把肉汁泼到台布上了。
I have spilled gravy on the tablecloth.
别把脏水泼到院子里。
Don't throw the slops in the yard.
synonym
- 3
adj.dialrude and unreasonable
泼妇
shrew
撒泼
be unreasonable and make a scene
Words and phrases with 泼
- 泼天[word]extremely big
- 泼野[word]uncivilized in behaviour and fiery in temper
- 泼剌[word]sound made by fish jumping in the water
- 泼溅[word]bubbling
- 泼油[word]oil application
- 泼辣[word]shrewish; forceful
- 泼赖[word]unreasonable and quarrelsome
- 泼墨[word]splash-ink, , a technique of Chinese ink-painting; do paintings
- 泼悍[word]fierce and tough
- 泼油救火[idiom]extinguish a fire with oil
- 泼妇骂街[idiom]a woman hysterically shouting and cursing in public
- 泼水难收[idiom]It's no use crying over spilt milk.
- 泼天大祸[idiom]overwhelming disaster