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泥ní

mud / clay / paste / pulp

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泥nì

restrained

泥土ní tǔ

earth / soil / mud / clay

水泥shuǐ ní

cement / CL:袋[dài]

泥巴ní ba

(coll.) mud

泥浆ní jiāng

slurry / mud

泥潭ní tán

quagmire

泥沼ní zhǎo

swamp

泥泞ní nìng

muddy / mud

泥炭ní tàn

peat

泥石流ní shí liú

landslide / torrent of mud and stones / mudslide

土豆泥tǔ dòu ní

mashed potato

烂泥làn ní

mud / mire

淤泥yū ní

silt / sludge / ooze

拘泥jū nì

to be a stickler for formalities / to rigidly adhere to / to cling to / constrained / ill at ease

挡泥板dǎng ní bǎn

(car, bicycle etc) fender / mudguard / (UK) wing

拖泥带水tuō ní dài shuǐ

(idiom) muddy and wet / (idiom) (of speech, writing etc) slovenly / sloppy / (of actions) indecisive

泥人ní rén

clay figurine

泥刀ní dāo

trowel

泥古nì gǔ

stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative

泥古不化nì gǔ bù huà

conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)

泥坑ní kēng

mud pit / mire / morass

泥垢ní gòu

dirt / grime

泥塑ní sù

clay modeling / clay figurine or statue

泥子nì zi

putty (used by plumbers and glaziers)

泥孩ní hái

clay doll

泥守nì shǒu

stubborn and conservative

泥封ní fēng

to seal jars etc with mud, clay or lute / lute / luting

泥岩ní yán

mudstone / shale

泥工ní gōng

mason / masonry work

泥敷剂ní fū jì

poultice

泥水ní shuǐ

muddy water / mud / masonry (craft)

泥水匠ní shuǐ jiàng

mason

泥沙ní shā

silt

泥沙俱下ní shā jù xià

mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle

泥淖ní nào

mud / muddy swamp / sump / fig. a sticky predicament

泥灰ní huī

lime plaster (construction)

泥炭藓ní tàn xiǎn

matted sphagnum moss (Sphagnum palustre)

泥煤ní méi

peat

泥牛入海ní niú rù hǎi

lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom) / fig. to disappear with no hope of returning

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