Character

灰 huī

ashes; dust; lime, mortar

HSK 5 #1311

灰尘 huī chén HSK 5	dust
灰心 huī xīn HSK 5	to lose heart; to be discouraged
灰色 huī sè	gray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited; ambiguous
骨灰 gǔ huī	bone ash; ashes of the dead
灰姑娘 huī gū niang	Cinderella; a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
灰烬 huī jìn	ashes
烟灰缸 yān huī gāng	ashtray
灰暗 huī àn	dull gray; drab; murky
灰飞烟灭 huī fēi yān miè	lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke
烟灰 yān huī	cigarette ash
骨灰盒 gǔ huī hé	box for bone ashes; funerary casket
大灰狼 dà huī láng	big bad wolf
石灰 shí huī	lime (calcium oxide)
灰心丧气 huī xīn sàng qì	downhearted; downcast; in despair
炮灰 pào huī	cannon fodder
心灰意冷 xīn huī yì lěng	discouraged; downhearted
石灰石 shí huī shí	limestone
灰溜溜 huī liū liū	dull gray; gloomy; dejected; crestfallen; with one's tail between one's legs
灰白 huī bái	colored; ash-colored
死灰复燃 sǐ huī fù rán	lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence; sth malevolent returns to haunt one
煤灰 méi huī	soot
火山灰 huǒ shān huī	volcanic ash
万念俱灰 wàn niàn jù huī	every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
灰土 huī tǔ	Spodosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy); dust
深灰色 shēn huī sè	dark gray

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