china
/ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/
noun15
forms
Chinas · chinas
Phrases with china
- all the tea in ChinaSomething very valuable or priceless.
- bull-in-a-china-shopClumsy, aggressive, without care, concern or self-control.
- China syndromeA hypothetical kind of catastrophic failure in which a nuclear reactor melts through the floor of its containment system and (if on land) penetrates the Earth's surface, continuing downward as if (from a Western Hemispheric point of view) traveling through the planet toward China.
- made in ChinaCheaply manufactured; of poor or low quality, (especially) if made in East Asia.
- Nixon in ChinaSuggesting the ability of a politician with an unassailable reputation among his or her supporters for representing and defending their values to take actions that would draw their criticism and even opposition if taken by someone without those credentials.
- price of tea in ChinaSomething that is relevant or important, usually used to emphasize that another, compared thing is irrelevant, unimportant, or non sequitur, or that someone unaware of it is ignorant, etc.