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叮=口+丁
Etymology
mouth
Meanings
to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc)
to say repeatedly
to urge insistently
to ask repeatedly
to stick to a point
(onom.) tinkling or jingling sound
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Words with 叮 22 total
(onom.) ding dong · jingling of bells · clanking sound叮咚dīng dōngjingle叮铃dīng língto warn · to urge · to exhort · to give instructions carefully and insistently叮咛dīng níngto question closely · to make a detailed inquiry · to probe · to ask repeatedly叮问dīng wèn(of a mosquito etc) to bite叮咬dīng yǎoto warn repeatedly · to urge · to exhort again and again叮嘱dīng zhǔ(onom.) tinkling or jingling sound叮叮dīng dīng(onom.) ding dong · jingling of bells · clanking sound叮当dīng dāng(onom.) ding dong · jingling of bells · clanking sound叮当响dīng dāng xiǎng(dialect) dragonfly叮叮猫dīng dīng māotinkle叮当声dīng dāng shēngto tinkle · to jingle · to clank响叮当xiǎng dīng dāng(onom.) ding dong · jingling of bells · clanking sound叮叮当当dīng dīng dāng dāngrepeatedly urging · imploring over and over again千叮万嘱qiān dīng wàn zhǔlit. 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半瓶水响叮当bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dānglit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom) · fig. no smoke without a fire苍蝇不叮无缝蛋cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn
Idioms with 叮 1 total Chain
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