Help
For Companies
For Schools
App
Android
iOS
Support
Login
Sign Up
Search
北冕座
Běi miǎn zuò
Pinyin
Definition
北冕座
-
Běi miǎn zuò
Corona Borealis (constellation)
Character Decomposition
北
北
冕
冂
二
⺈
口
丨
乚
座
广
土
从
Related Words
(20)
北
běi
1
north
2
(classical) to be defeated
北京
Běi jīng
1
Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
2
Peking
3
PRC government
天秤座
Tiān chèng zuò
1
Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
天蝎座
Tiān xiē zuò
1
Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
射手座
Shè shǒu zuò
1
Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
2
popular variant of 人馬座|人马座[Rén mǎ zuò]
巨蟹座
Jù xiè zuò
1
Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
座
zuò
1
seat
2
base
3
stand
4
CL:個|个[gè]
5
classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects
摩羯座
Mó jié zuò
1
Capricornus
星座
xīng zuò
1
constellation
2
astrological sign
3
CL:張|张[zhāng]
水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
1
Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
狮子座
Shī zi zuò
1
Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
白羊座
Bái yáng zuò
1
Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
金牛座
Jīn niú zuò
1
Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
入座
rù zuò
1
to seat (sb in a restaurant etc)
2
to take one's seat
北上
běi shàng
1
to go up north
北京人
Běi jīng rén
1
Beijing resident
2
Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhōu kǒu diàn], Beijing
北京市
Běi jīng Shì
1
Beijing
2
capital of People's Republic of China
3
one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhí xiá shì]
北国
běi guó
1
the northern part of the country
2
the North
北大
Běi Dà
1
Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
北平
Běi píng
1
Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
Idioms
(14)
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
1
to live miles apart (idiom)
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
1
high-sounding
2
dignified
3
pompous (idiom)
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
1
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
2
fig. a blessing in disguise
3
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
1
the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
南辕北辙
nán yuán běi zhé
1
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
1
lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
1
north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
2
(fig.) all over China
宁拆十座庙,不毁一桩婚
níng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huì yī zhuāng hūn
1
rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)
泰山北斗
Tài shān Běi dǒu
1
as weighty as Mt Tai, as brilliant as the Big Dipper (idiom); a giant among men
宾朋满座
bīn péng mǎn zuò
1
guests filled all the seats (idiom); a house full of distinguished visitors
高朋满座
gāo péng mǎn zuò
1
surrounded by distinguished friends (idiom); in company
Sample Sentences