热胀冷缩
rè​zhàng​lěng​suō

expand when hot and contract when cold

  • created reference approved 热胀冷缩/熱脹冷縮 → 冷缩热胀/冷縮熱脹 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    热胀冷缩 / 熱脹冷縮 rè​zhàng​lěng​suō

    冷缩热胀 / 冷縮熱脹 lěng​suō​rè​zhàng

    variant

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  • created sense approved 热胀冷缩/熱脹冷縮 · rè​zhàng​lěng​suō · expand when hot and contract when cold — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    热胀冷缩 / 熱脹冷縮

    rè​zhàng​lěng​suō

    expand when hot and contract when cold

    The physical principle that objects expand in volume when heated and shrink when cooled; thermal expansion and contraction.

    热 (literal) → 热/熱 · rè · heat 胀 (literal) → 胀/脹 · zhàng · to swell 冷 (literal) → 冷 · lěng · cold 缩 (literal) → 缩/縮 · suō · to shrink

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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