Word: 扁擔 (biǎndan)

扁擔 is how 扁担 is written in traditional characters. These are the example sentences on the site that use it, written the same way.

Simplified: 扁担

扁擔 dictionary entry

biǎndan: carrying pole; shoulder pole

Full dictionary entry for 扁擔

Example sentences using 扁擔

14 sentences, showing page 1 of 1.

一條扁擔挑兩桶水，哪頭也不落空

yìtiáo biǎndan tiāo liǎng tǒng shuǐ, nǎ tóu yě bú luòkōng

a carrying pole with two buckets of water: neither end is empty
吃了扁擔，橫了腸子

chīle biǎndan, héngle chángzi

Swallowed a carrying pole: the gut has gone crosswise
嫩竹子做扁擔，挑不了重擔

nèn zhúzi zuò biǎndan, tiāo bù liǎo zhòngdàn

a young bamboo made into a carrying pole: can't carry a heavy load
尖扁擔擔柴，兩頭脫

jiān biǎndan dān chái, liǎngtóu tuō

carrying firewood on a pointed-ended pole: both ends come off
彎彎扁擔壓不斷

wānwān biǎndan yā búduàn

a curved carrying pole can't be pressed to breaking
扁擔插進橋洞里，擔不起

biǎndan chājìn qiáodòng li, dānbùqǐ

a carrying pole stuck into a bridge arch: can't be lifted
扁擔是條龍，一生吃不窮

biǎndan shì tiáo lóng, yìshēng chī bù qióng

the carrying pole is a dragon: you'll never go hungry
桑木扁擔,寧折不彎

Sāng mù biǎndan,nìngshébùwān

a mulberry-wood carrying pole: would rather snap than bend
狗熊耍扁擔，就那麼兩下子

gǒuxióng shuǎ biǎndan, jiù nàme liǎngxiàzi

a performing bear juggling a carrying pole: only those couple of tricks
狗熊耍扁擔，混碗飯吃

gǒuxióng shuǎ biǎndan, hùn wǎn fàn chī

a performing bear juggling a carrying pole: just getting a bowl of rice to eat
蟲蛀了的扁擔,受不了兩頭壓

chóngzhù le de biǎndan,shòubùliǎo liǎngtóu yā

a worm-eaten carrying pole: can't take pressure at both ends
褲襠里插扁擔,自擔自

kùdāng li chā biǎndan,zì dān zì

sticking a carrying pole in your crotch: carrying yourself
長蟲吃扁擔，直槓子一條

chángchong chī biǎndan, zhí gàngzi yìtiáo

a snake swallows a carrying pole: one straight rod
雕花的扁擔，中看不中用

diāohuā de biǎndan, zhōngkànbùzhōngyòng

a carved carrying pole: nice to look at, no use