| 葫芦里卖的是什么药 |
hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào |
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on? |
| 葫 |
hú |
used in 葫芦 |
| 葫芦 |
hú lu |
calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house |
| 芦 |
lú |
rush / reed / Phragmites communis |
| 里 |
lǐ |
variant of 里 |
| 里 |
lǐ |
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 里 |
| 里 |
Lǐ |
Li (surname) |
| 里 |
lǐ |
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 and neighborhood 邻 levels |
| 卖 |
mài |
to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt |
| 的 |
de |
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs |
| 的 |
dī |
a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士) |
| 的 |
dí |
really and truly |
| 的 |
dì |
(bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 是 |
shì |
to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion) |
| 是 |
shì |
variant of 是 |
| 什 |
shén |
what |
| 什 |
shí |
ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc) / assorted / miscellaneous |
| 什么 |
shén me |
what? / something; anything |
| 么 |
má |
exclamatory final particle |
| 么 |
ma |
interrogative final particle |
| 么 |
me |
suffix, used to form interrogative 什么, what?, indefinite 这么 thus, etc |
| 么 |
me |
variant of 么 |
| 药 |
yào |
leaf of the iris / variant of 药 |
| 药 |
yào |
medicine / drug / substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) / CL:种,服,味 / to poison |