铜铃

銅鈴

tónglíng

noun

Measure Word

一只铜铃 zhī

Meanings

1 copper / bronze bell

Characters

Examples

牛脖子上挂着一只铜铃。

Niú bózi shàng guàzhe yì zhī tónglíng.

A copper bell hung from the cow's neck.

他的眼睛瞪得像铜铃一样大。

Tā de yǎnjing dèng de xiàng tónglíng yíyàng dà.

His eyes were wide open, big as bronze bells.

Tips

usage

The phrase 眼睛瞪得像铜铃 ('eyes glaring like bronze bells') is a stock simile in fiction for shocked or furious wide-eyed stares — Lu Zhishen and Zhang Fei from classical novels famously have 铜铃 eyes. Useful descriptive cliché.

Stroke Order

铜 tóng

铃 líng