初等教育
chū děng jiào yù
Pinyin

Definition

初等教育
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chū děng jiào yù
  1. primary education
  2. junior school education

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

初
chū
  1. 1 at first
  2. 2 (at the) beginning
  3. 3 first
  4. 4 junior
  5. 5 basic
初一
chū yī
  1. 1 first day of lunar month
  2. 2 New Year's Day
  3. 3 first year in junior middle school
等
děng
  1. 1 class
  2. 2 rank
  3. 3 grade
  4. 4 equal to
  5. 5 same as
  6. 6 to wait for
  7. 7 to await
  8. 8 et cetera
  9. 9 and so on
  10. 10 et al. (and other authors)
  11. 11 after
  12. 12 as soon as
  13. 13 once
等待
děng dài
  1. 1 to wait
  2. 2 to wait for
等级
děng jí
  1. 1 grade
  2. 2 rank
  3. 3 status
中等
zhōng děng
  1. 1 medium
何等
hé děng
  1. 1 what kind?
  2. 2 how, what
  3. 3 somewhat
佛教
Fó jiào
  1. 1 Buddhism
初三
chū sān
  1. 1 third year in junior middle school
初中
chū zhōng
  1. 1 junior high school
  2. 2 abbr. for 初級中學|初级中学[chū jí zhōng xué]
初二
chū èr
  1. 1 2nd year in junior middle school
  2. 2 2nd day of a lunar month
  3. 3 2nd day of lunar New Year
初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
初恋
chū liàn
  1. 1 first love
初步
chū bù
  1. 1 initial
  2. 2 preliminary
  3. 3 tentative
初级
chū jí
  1. 1 junior
  2. 2 primary
初衷
chū zhōng
  1. 1 original intention
孕育
yùn yù
  1. 1 to be pregnant
  2. 2 to produce offspring
  3. 3 to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc)
  4. 4 fig. replete with (culture etc)
宗教
zōng jiào
  1. 1 religion
家教
jiā jiào
  1. 1 family education
  2. 2 upbringing
  3. 3 to bring sb up
  4. 4 private tutor
平等
píng děng
  1. 1 equal
  2. 2 equality

Idioms (18)

初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
  1. 1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
  2. 2 young and inexperienced
  3. 3 novice
  4. 4 greenhorn
初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
  1. 1 lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the fearlessness of youth
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
初露头角
chū lù tóu jiǎo
  1. 1 lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
  2. 2 first sign of emerging talent
  3. 3 budding genius
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
  1. 1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
  1. 1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
悔不当初
huǐ bù dāng chū
  1. 1 to regret one's past deeds (idiom)
情窦初开
qíng dòu chū kāi
  1. 1 first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
  1. 1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
  2. 2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
杀彘教子
shā zhì jiào zǐ
  1. 1 to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example
画荻教子
huà dí jiào zǐ
  1. 1 to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom)
  2. 2 mother's admirable dedication to her children's education
相夫教子
xiàng fū jiào zǐ
  1. 1 to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom)
  2. 2 the traditional roles of a good wife
等而下之
děng ér xià zhī
  1. 1 going from there to lower grades (idiom)
言传身教
yán chuán shēn jiào
  1. 1 to teach by words and example (idiom)
言教不如身教
yán jiào bù rú shēn jiào
  1. 1 Explaining in words is not as good as teaching by example (idiom). Action speaks louder than words.
身教胜于言教
shēn jiào shèng yú yán jiào
  1. 1 teaching by example beats explaining in words (idiom)
  2. 2 action speaks louder than words
躲得过初一，躲不过十五
duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ
  1. 1 lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't put it off forever
  3. 3 sooner or later you'll have to deal with it
靡不有初，鲜克有终
mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng
  1. 1 almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle

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