Usage of the character 瓢
piáo
瓢
[瓢]
- dipper
- ladle
piáopō
瓢泼
[瓢潑]
- (of rain) pouring
piáochóng
瓢虫
[瓢蟲]
- ladybug
- ladybird
tūpiáo
秃瓢
[禿瓢]
- bald head (colloquial)
piáogēng
瓢羹
[瓢羹]
- (dialect) spoon
nǎopiáor
脑瓢儿
[腦瓢兒]
- top of the head
- crown
piáopō'érxià
瓢泼而下
[瓢潑而下]
- (of rain) to fall heavily
guōwǎnpiáopén
锅碗瓢盆
[鍋碗瓢盆]
- kitchen utensils (literary)
piáopōdàyǔ
瓢泼大雨
[瓢潑大雨]
- downpour (idiom)
qīxīngpiáochóng
七星瓢虫
[七星瓢蟲]
- seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
shūshuǐdānpiáo
疏水箪瓢
[疏水簞瓢]
- little water and few utensils
- to live a frugal life (idiom)
yīhúluhuàpiáo
依葫芦画瓢
[依葫蘆畫瓢]
- lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)
- fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
zhàohúluhuàpiáo
照葫芦画瓢
[照葫蘆畫瓢]
- lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)
- fig. to copy slavishly
qié'èrshíbāxīngpiáochóng
茄二十八星瓢虫
[茄二十八星瓢蟲]
- 28-spotted ladybird
- hadda beetle
- Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
ànxiàhúlúfúqǐpiáo
按下葫芦浮起瓢
[按下葫蘆浮起瓢]
- solve one problem only to find another cropping up