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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

泥犁ní lí

(Buddhism) Naraka

泥瓦匠ní wǎ jiàng

bricklayer / tiler / mason

泥胎ní tāi

clay idol

泥腿ní tuǐ

peasant / yokel

泥腿子ní tuǐ zi

peasant / yokel

泥菩萨ní pú sà

clay Bodhisattva

泥菩萨过江,自身难保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

泥质ní zhì

muddy

泥质岩ní zhì yán

mudstone (geology)

泥质页岩ní zhì yè yán

mudstone

泥醉ní zuì

blind drunk / drunk as drunk can be

泥金ní jīn

to gild / gilt

泥铲ní chǎn

trowel

泥鳅ní qiu

loach / mud fish / CL:條|条[tiáo]

出淤泥而不染chū yū ní ér bù rǎn

lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom) / fig. to be principled and incorruptible

判若云泥pàn ruò yún ní

as different as heaven and earth (idiom) / worlds apart

印泥yìn ní

red ink paste used for seal

和稀泥huò xī ní

to try to smooth things over / to paper over the issues / to gloss things over

嘴啃泥zuǐ kěn ní

to fall flat on one's face

封泥fēng ní

sealing clay / lute

山泥倾泻shān ní qīng xiè

a landslide

彩泥cǎi ní

playdough

往泥里踩wǎng nì lǐ cǎi

to belittle / to attack sb

抹稀泥mǒ xī ní

see 和稀泥[huò xī ní]

拔出萝卜带出泥bá chū luó bo dài chū ní

lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom) / fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes / to cause further problems while working on a problem

挖泥船wā ní chuán

dredger

果泥guǒ ní

fruit puree / fruit pulp

枣泥zǎo ní

jujube paste

橡皮泥xiàng pí ní

plasticine / modeling clay

水泥地shuǐ ní dì

concrete-paved surface / concrete floor

污泥wū ní

mud / sludge

浚泥船jùn ní chuán

dredger

灰泥huī ní

plaster / mortar

燕子衔泥垒大窝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

烂泥扶不上墙làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng

useless (idiom) / worthless / inept

烂泥糊不上墙làn ní hú bù shàng qiáng

see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng]

烂醉如泥làn zuì rú ní

(idiom) to be dead drunk / to be plastered

白水泥bái shuǐ ní

white cement

硅酸盐水泥guī suān yán shuǐ ní

Portland cement

绿泥石lǜ ní shí

chlorite (geology)

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