中央直辖市
zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì
Pinyin

Definition

中央直辖市
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zhōng yāng zhí xiá shì
  1. municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision
  2. province level city
  3. also called directly governed city

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一直
yī zhí
  1. 1 straight (in a straight line)
  2. 2 continuously
  3. 3 always
  4. 4 from the beginning of ... up to ...
  5. 5 all along
中
Zhōng
  1. 1 China
  2. 2 Chinese
  3. 3 surname Zhong
中午
zhōng wǔ
  1. 1 noon
  2. 2 midday
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
中国
Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 CL:座[zuò]
央视
Yāng shì
  1. 1 China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台|中国中央电视台[Zhōng guó Zhōng yāng Diàn shì tái]
直
Zhí
  1. 1 surname Zhi
  2. 2 Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God
直接
zhí jiē
  1. 1 direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jiàn jiē])
  2. 2 immediate
  3. 3 straightforward
上市
shàng shì
  1. 1 to hit the market (of a new product)
  2. 2 to float (a company on the stock market)
上海市
Shàng hǎi shì
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪
中介
zhōng jiè
  1. 1 to act as intermediary
  2. 2 to link
  3. 3 intermediate
  4. 4 inter-
  5. 5 agency
  6. 6 agent
中共
Zhōng Gòng
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國共產黨|中国共产党[Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn dǎng], Chinese Communist Party
中分
zhōng fēn
  1. 1 to part one's hair in the middle
中原
Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
中国式
Zhōng guó shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
  2. 2 à la chinoise
中场
zhōng chǎng
  1. 1 middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)
  2. 2 midfield
  3. 3 mid-court (in sports)
  4. 4 half-time
  5. 5 intermission half-way through a performance
中外
zhōng wài
  1. 1 Sino-foreign
  2. 2 Chinese-foreign
  3. 3 home and abroad
中天
zhōng tiān
  1. 1 culmination (astronomy)
中央
zhōng yāng
  1. 1 central
  2. 2 middle
  3. 3 center
  4. 4 central authorities (of a state)

Idioms (20)

一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the target with a single shot
  2. 2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì
  1. 1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
  2. 2 to say sth spot on
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)
以直报怨，以德报德
yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé
  1. 1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
  1. 1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì
  1. 1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
  2. 2 to hit the nub of the matter
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài
  1. 1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to hit where it hurts
  3. 3 fig. to hit home
  4. 4 an argument that hits the nail on the head
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
问鼎中原
wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
单刀直入
dān dāo zhí rù
  1. 1 to get straight to the point (idiom)
嘴快心直
zuǐ kuài xīn zhí
  1. 1 outspoken and frank (idiom)
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
  1. 1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
  2. 2 in the bag
  3. 3 (as good as) in one's possession
冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
  1. 1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
堕云雾中
duò yún wù zhōng
  1. 1 lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom); fig. at a complete loss
外强中干
wài qiáng zhōng gān
  1. 1 strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)

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