dabbler; dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert
半瓶水响叮当半瓶水響叮噹ban4 ping2 shui3 xiang3 ding1 dang1
lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom); fig. empty vessels make the most noise; one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
半瓶子醋半瓶子醋ban4 ping2 zi5 cu4
see 半瓶醋
宝瓶寶瓶bao3 ping2
Aquarius (star sign)
宝瓶座寶瓶座bao3 ping2 zuo4
Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac); also called 水瓶座
宝特瓶寶特瓶bao3 te4 ping2
plastic bottle
保特瓶保特瓶bao3 te4 ping2
variant of 寶特瓶|宝特瓶
长颈瓶長頸瓶chang2 jing3 ping2
flask
瓷瓶瓷瓶ci2 ping2
porcelain bottle
打吊瓶打吊瓶da3 diao4 ping2
to put sb on an intravenous drip
滴瓶滴瓶di1 ping2
dripper; pipette
电瓶電瓶dian4 ping2
accumulator; battery (for storing electricity)
电瓶车電瓶車dian4 ping2 che1
battery-powered vehicle
吊瓶吊瓶diao4 ping2
infusion bag or bottle (for an IV)
吊瓶族吊瓶族diao4 ping2 zu2
"infusion clan", patients who prefer medication by drip rather than orally or by injection etc
花瓶花瓶hua1 ping2
flower vase; fig. just a pretty face
金瓶梅金瓶梅jin1 ping2 mei2
Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content
金瓶梅词话金瓶梅詞話jin1 ping2 mei2 ci2 hua4
Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content
旧瓶装新酒舊瓶裝新酒jiu4 ping2 zhuang1 xin1 jiu3
lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework; (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
开瓶费開瓶費kai1 ping2 fei4
corkage fee
开瓶器開瓶器kai1 ping2 qi4
bottle opener
量瓶量瓶liang2 ping2
measuring flask; graduated measuring cylinder
墨水瓶架墨水瓶架mo4 shui3 ping2 jia4
inkstand
奶瓶奶瓶nai3 ping2
baby's feeding bottle
暖瓶暖瓶nuan3 ping2
thermos
暖水瓶暖水瓶nuan3 shui3 ping2
thermos flask or bottle
漂流瓶漂流瓶piao1 liu2 ping2
message in a bottle
瓶鼻海豚瓶鼻海豚ping2 bi2 hai3 tun2
bottle-nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
瓶颈瓶頸ping2 jing3
bottleneck
瓶领瓶領ping2 ling3
bottleneck
瓶胚瓶胚ping2 pei1
preform
瓶塞瓶塞ping2 sai1
bottle cork; bottle stopper
瓶塞钻瓶塞鑽ping2 sai1 zuan4
corkscrew
瓶盂瓶盂ping2 yu2
jar; flask; vase; bottle
瓶装瓶裝ping2 zhuang1
bottled
瓶子瓶子ping2 zi5
bottle
气瓶氣瓶qi4 ping2
gas cylinder; air bottle; air tank (diving)
球瓶球瓶qiu2 ping2
pin (ten-pin bowling)
曲颈瓶曲頸瓶qu1 jing3 ping2
retort; bottle with curved neck
燃烧瓶燃燒瓶ran2 shao1 ping2
Molotov cocktail
热水瓶熱水瓶re4 shui3 ping2
thermos bottle; vacuum bottle; hot water dispenser (appliance)
烧瓶燒瓶shao1 ping2
laboratory flask
守口如瓶守口如瓶shou3 kou3 ru2 ping2
lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped; reticent; not breathing a word
水瓶座水瓶座shui3 ping2 zuo4
Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
突破瓶颈突破瓶頸tu1 po4 ping2 jing3
to make a breakthrough
拖油瓶拖油瓶tuo1 you2 ping2
(derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage; children by a previous marriage