Word: 潑 (pō)

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

Simplified: 泼

潑 dictionary entry

pō: to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish

Full dictionary entry for 潑

Example sentences using 潑

7 sentences, showing page 1 of 1.

一瓢水潑到地上，想收也收不起來

yìpiáo shuǐ pō dào dìshang, xiǎng shōu yě shōu bù qǐlai

a ladle of water spilled on the ground: you can't gather it back
別把水潑到我身上！

Bié bǎ shuǐ pō dào wǒ shēnshang!

Don't splash water on me!
她不小心把湯潑了一桌子。

Tā bù xiǎoxīn bǎ tāng pōle yì zhuōzi.

She accidentally spilled soup all over the table.
開水潑老鼠，不死也要脫層皮

kāishuǐ pō lǎoshǔ, bù sǐ yě yào tuō céng pí

pouring boiling water on a rat: if it doesn't die it will still lose a layer of skin
打鐵的火爐潑上水,白搭一火

dǎtiě de huǒlú pō shàng shuǐ,báidā yì huǒ

water thrown on the blacksmith's furnace: a whole fire (partnership) wasted
潑出的水，說出的話

pō chū de shuǐ, shuōchū de huà

water thrown out, words spoken
說出的話，潑出的水

shuōchū de huà, pō chū de shuǐ

words spoken are like water spilled