Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
戴盆望天戴盆望天dai4 pen2 wang4 tian1
lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head; fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations; one can't perform a major task while bothe
二连盆地二連盆地er4 lian2 pen2 di4
Erlian basin in Inner Mongolia
饭盆飯盆fan4 pen2
tuck box; dog dish
费尔干纳盆地費爾幹納盆地fei4 er3 gan4 na4 pen2 di4
the Ferghana Valley in modern Uzbekistan
覆盆子覆盆子fu4 pen2 zi3
raspberry
骨盆骨盆gu3 pen2
pelvis
鼓盆鼓盆gu3 pen2
lit. to drum on a bowl; refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife; fig. grief for a lost wife
鼓盆之戚鼓盆之戚gu3 pen2 zhi1 qi1
drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife); fig. grief for a lost wife
花盆花盆hua1 pen2
flower pot
火盆火盆huo3 pen2
brazier; fire pan; hibachi
金盆洗手金盆洗手jin1 pen2 xi3 shou3
lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom); fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
聚宝盆聚寶盆ju4 bao3 pen2
treasure bowl (mythology); fig. source of wealth; cornucopia; gold mine
a downpour; rain bucketing down; fig. to be overwhelmed (with work or things to study)
水盆水盆shui3 pen2
basin
四川盆地四川盆地si4 chuan1 pen2 di4
Sichuan basin
四大盆地四大盆地si4 da4 pen2 di4
four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地
塔里木盆地塔里木盆地ta3 li3 mu4 pen2 di4
Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
台盆臺盆tai2 pen2
washbasin
吐鲁番盆地吐魯番盆地tu3 lu3 fan1 pen2 di4
the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang
洗脸盆洗臉盆xi3 lian3 pen2
washbowl; basin for washing hands and face
洗盆洗盆xi3 pen2
basin (water container)
洗手盆洗手盆xi3 shou3 pen2
bathroom sink; wash basin
血盆大口血盆大口xue4 pen2 da4 kou3
bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey; fig. greedy exploiter; rapacious aggressor
焉耆盆地焉耆盆地yan1 qi2 pen2 di4
Yanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin
夜盆儿夜盆兒ye4 pen2 er5
chamber pot
伊犁盆地伊犁盆地yi1 li2 pen2 di4
the Yili basin around Urumqi in Xinjiang
盂兰盆会盂蘭盆會yu2 lan2 pen2 hui4
Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)
浴盆浴盆yu4 pen2
bathtub
澡盆澡盆zao3 pen2
bath tub
纸盆紙盆zhi3 pen2
paper cone used as hailer
准格尔盆地準格爾盆地zhun3 ge2 er3 pen2 di4
Junggar or Dsungharian basin in Xinjiang between the Altai and TianShan ranges
准葛尔盆地準葛爾盆地zhun3 ge3 er3 pen2 di4
Dzungaria or Jungarian depression in north Xinjiang between Altai and Tianshan