English-Danish translations for china

• Kina
  Europa behøver Kina, og Kina behøver Europa. Europe needs China, and China needs Europe.
  Jeg var i Kina for et par dage siden. I was in China a few days ago.
  Vi respekterer "ét-Kina"politikken. We respect the 'one China' policy.
• porcelæn
  Jeg tror ikke, at de europæiske institutioner vil kaste sig ind i denne sag som en elefant i en porcelænsbutik. I believe that the European institutions will not charge into this affair like a bull in a china shop.
  EU skal ikke være en elefant i diplomatiets porcelænsbutik, men heller ikke en loppe, der bare hopper irriterende rundt. The EU should not be the bull in diplomacy's china shop, but nor should it merely be an irritating fly buzzing around.
  Vi europæere overlader endda initiativet til amerikanerne om at sende Jesse Jackson, som så kan opføre sig som en elefant i Freetowns porcelænsskab. We Europeans even leave the initiative to the Americans who send Jesse Jackson and let him loose in Freetown like a bull in a china shop.

Definition of china

• , a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as or ''china''
• Chinaware: porcelain tableware
• Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain
• , the root of as a medicine
• : worsted or woolen stuff
• , in its various senses
• Tea from China, varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars
• A glazed china marble
• A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences

Examples

• Its a [[china doll
• china doll]]
• He set the table with china, cloth napkins, and crystal stemware
• The traditional 20th anniversary gift is china
• All right, me old china?

Related words

• Chinaman
• Indochina
• machination
• Chinatown
• trichina
• machinate
• machinations
• echinacea