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- basin
- flower pot
- unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- to grow (a plant) in a pot
- potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant)
- lit. to drum on a bowl
- refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife
- fig. grief for a lost wife
Trad. 泥盆紀
- Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)
Trad. 聚寶盆
- treasure bowl (mythology)
- fig. source of wealth
- cornucopia
- gold mine
Trad. 盂蘭盆會
- Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)
- to make a scapegoat of sb
- to defame
- to slander
- drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] grieving for his lost wife)
- fig. grief for a lost wife
- lit. to wash one's hands in a gold basin (idiom)
- fig. to abandon the life of an outlaw
Trad. 傾盆大雨
- (idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down
- 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 bothered by other duties
- bloody mouth wide open like a sacrificial bowl (idiom); ferocious mouth of beast of prey
- fig. greedy exploiter
- rapacious aggressor
- 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
Trad. 柴達木盆地
- 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.
Trad. 準噶爾盆地
- Junggar Basin, northern Xinjiang
Trad. 吐魯番盆地
- the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang
- Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang
Trad. 費爾干納盆地
- the Ferghana Valley in modern Uzbekistan