百宝箱

百寶箱

bǎibǎoxiāng

noun #46,186

Measure Word

一个百宝箱 gè

Meanings

1 treasure chest
2 storage box of odds and ends
3 all-purpose box

Characters

Examples

奶奶的百宝箱里什么都有，连几十年前的扣子都留着。

Nǎinai de bǎibǎoxiāng lǐ shénme dōu yǒu, lián jǐshí nián qián de kòuzi dōu liúzhe.

Grandma's treasure box has everything in it — even buttons from decades ago.

这个工具箱简直是我的百宝箱。

Zhège gōngjùxiāng jiǎnzhí shì wǒ de bǎibǎoxiāng.

This toolbox is basically my treasure chest.

Tips

usage

Literally 'hundred-treasures box,' 百宝箱 is used both literally (a box of small valuables/keepsakes) and figuratively (a versatile resource — 'this app is a real 百宝箱'). 百 (hundred) is rhetorical here, meaning 'all kinds of.'

Stroke Order

百 bǎi

宝 bǎo

箱 xiāng