jū ní
a stickler for formalities
rigidly adhering to sth
constrained
ill at ease
ní shí liú
landslide
torrent of mud and stones
mudslide
ní qiu
loach
mud fish
CL:條|条[tiao2]
cǎo ní mǎ
grass mud horse
used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈[cao4 ni3 ma1], to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet
tuō ní dài shuǐ
lit. wading in mud and water
a slovenly job
sloppy
yìn ní
red ink paste used for seal
Yù ní
yam paste (a snack in Chaozhou cuisine)
xuě ní
dirty snow
slush
abbr. for 雪泥鴻爪|雪泥鸿爪[xue3 ni2 hong2 zhao3]
ní nào
mud
muddy swamp
sump
fig. a sticky predicament
huò xī ní
to try to smooth things over
to paper over the issues
to gloss things over
ní huī
lime plaster (construction)
ruǎn ní
soft mud
silt
sludge
ooze (geology)
làn zuì rú ní
lit. as drunk as mud
completely drunk
xuě ní hóng zhǎo
a goose's footprint in the snow
vestiges of the past (idiom)
the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
ní niú rù hǎi
lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
Ní pén jì
Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)
nì zi
putty (used by plumbers and glaziers)
nì gǔ
stick-in-the-mud
to stick to old ways
stubbornly conservative
ní fēng
to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute
lute
luting
tuō ní
to remove mud
desliming (in coal production)
ní zuì
blind drunk
drunk as drunk can be
ní tàn xiǎn
matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)
nì gǔ bù huà
conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
ní pú sà guò jiāng , zì shēn nán bǎo
like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety
unable to save oneself, let alone others
nì shǒu
stubborn and conservative
ruǎn ní r
erhua variant of 軟泥|软泥[ruan3 ni2]
ní shā jù xià
mud and sand flow together (idiom)
good and bad mingle
ní pú sà guò jiāng , zì shēn nán bǎo
like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety
unable to save oneself, let alone others
yàn zi xián ní lěi dà wō
the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time (idiom)
many a little makes a mickle
làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng
useless (idiom)
worthless
inept
làn ní hú bù shàng qiáng
see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2]
ní shuǐ
muddy water
mud
masonry (craft)
chū yū ní ér bù rǎn
lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
fig. to be principled and incorruptible
pàn ruò yún ní
as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
worlds apart
zuǐ kěn ní
to fall flat on one's face
jū nì
to be a stickler for formalities
to rigidly adhere to
to cling to
constrained
ill at ease
ní sù
clay modeling
clay figurine or statue
ní tú xuān miǎn
to despise titles and high offices