雪球

xuěqiú

noun #15,685

Meanings

1 snowball

Characters

Examples

孩子们在互相扔雪球。

Háizimen zài hùxiāng rēng xuěqiú.

The children are throwing snowballs at each other.

问题像雪球一样越滚越大。

Wèntí xiàng xuěqiú yīyàng yuè gǔn yuè dà.

The problem snowballed, getting bigger and bigger.

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usage

雪球效应 (xuěqiú xiàoyìng) means 'snowball effect.' The verb phrase 像雪球一样越滚越大 is a common metaphor for something growing out of control.

Stroke Order

雪 xuě

球 qiú