价值连城
jià zhí lián chéng
Pinyin

Definition

价值连城
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jià zhí lián chéng
  1. invaluable
  2. priceless

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhí de
  1. 1 to be worth
  2. 2 to deserve
jià zhí
  1. 1 value
  2. 2 worth
  3. 3 fig. values (ethical, cultural etc)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
chéng
  1. 1 city walls
  2. 2 city
  3. 3 town
  4. 4 CL:座[zuò],道[dào],個|个[gè]
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 CL:座[zuò]
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
jīng chéng
  1. 1 capital of a country
gū zhí
  1. 1 valuation
  2. 2 estimation
zhí
  1. 1 value
  2. 2 (to be) worth
  3. 3 to happen to
  4. 4 to be on duty
zhí bān
  1. 1 to work a shift
  2. 2 on duty
zhí qián
  1. 1 valuable
  2. 2 costly
  3. 3 expensive
qīng chéng
  1. 1 coming from everywhere
  2. 2 from all over the place
  3. 3 gorgeous (of woman)
  4. 4 to ruin and overturn the state
jià zhí guān
  1. 1 system of values
chōng zhí
  1. 1 to recharge (money onto a card)
chōng zhí kǎ
  1. 1 rechargeable card
  2. 2 to recharge a card
quán chéng
  1. 1 whole city
gǔ chéng
  1. 1 ancient city
Shāng chéng
  1. 1 see 商城縣|商城县[Shāng chéng xiàn]
Wéi chéng
  1. 1 Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鐘書|钱钟书, filmed as a TV serial
chéng qū
  1. 1 city district
  2. 2 urban area
chéng bǎo
  1. 1 castle
  2. 2 rook (chess piece)

Idioms (15)

一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
不值一文
bù zhí yī wén
  1. 1 worthless (idiom)
  2. 2 no use whatsoever
倾国倾城
qīng guó qīng chéng
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
  3. 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
qīng chéng qīng guó
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
  1. 1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
  3. 3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
  4. 4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
围城打援
wéi chéng dǎ yuán
  1. 1 to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
城门失火,殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
攻城略地
gōng chéng lu:è dì
  1. 1 to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
满城风雨
mǎn chéng fēng yǔ
  1. 1 lit. wind and rain through the town (idiom); fig. a big scandal
  2. 2 an uproar
  3. 3 the talk of the town
众志成城
zhòng zhì chéng chéng
  1. 1 unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
背城借一
bèi chéng jiè yī
  1. 1 to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
  2. 2 to put up a desperate struggle
胸有城府
xiōng yǒu chéng fǔ
  1. 1 subtle way of thinking (idiom); hard to fathom
  2. 2 deep and shrewd
胸无城府
xiōng wú chéng fǔ
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
  2. 2 ingenuous
高城深池
gāo chéng shēn chí
  1. 1 high walls and deep moat (idiom); impenetrable defense

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