泼 - pō - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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15 strokes
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潑 (泼)

pō

Definition

to splash
to spill
rough and coarse
brutish

Character Decomposition

Related words (18)

shrew; vixen

spill

to sprinkle; to spill water

to spatter

evil creature (curse word)

base; worthless

shrewish; pungent; forceful; bold and vigorous

潑冷水

pō lěng shuǐ

(lit.) to pour cold water on; (fig.) to dampen one's enthusiasm

low-class prostitute

slut; tramp (old)

shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife

潑出去的水

pō chū qù de shuǐ

spilt water; (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved; spilt milk

撒潑

sā pō

to make an unreasonable scene

(of rain) pouring

(dialect) to make an unreasonable scene

crazy

broad, belt-shaped noodles, popular in Shaanxi, also known as biángbiáng miàn

瓢潑而下

piáo pō ér xià

(of rain) to fall heavily

Idioms (2)

潑水難收

pō shuǐ nán shōu

water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change

瓢潑大雨

piáo pō dà yǔ

downpour (idiom)

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