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北洋系
Běi yáng xì
Pinyin
Definition
北洋系
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Běi yáng xì
Beiyang faction of Northern Warlords
Character Decomposition
北
北
洋
氵
羊
系
㇒
糸
Related Words
(20)
系
xì
1
to connect
2
to relate to
3
to tie up
4
to bind
5
to be (literary)
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
系列
xì liè
1
series
2
set
系统
xì tǒng
1
system
2
CL:個|个[gè]
联系
lián xì
1
variant of 聯繫|联系[lián xì]
关系
guān xi
1
relation
2
relationship
3
to concern
4
to affect
5
to have to do with
6
guanxi
7
CL:個|个[gè]
一系列
yī xì liè
1
a series of
2
a string of
系数
xì shù
1
coefficient
2
factor
3
modulus
4
ratio
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)
北爱
Běi Ài
1
abbr. for 北愛爾蘭|北爱尔兰[Běi Ài ěr lán], Northern Ireland
北斗
Běi dǒu
1
Great Bear
2
Big Dipper
3
Peitou town in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
北方
běi fāng
1
north
2
the northern part a country
3
China north of the Yellow River
北极
běi jí
1
the North Pole
2
the Arctic Pole
3
the north magnetic pole
北极熊
běi jí xióng
1
polar bear
Idioms
(20)
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
1
to live miles apart (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)
喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
1
full of joy (idiom); jubilation
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
1
lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
1
combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
1
north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
2
(fig.) all over China
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
1
to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
望洋兴叹
wàng yáng xīng tàn
1
lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
2
fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
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
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
1
city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
洋洋大篇
yáng yáng dà piān
1
lit. an ocean of writing
2
an impressive literary work (idiom)
洋洋得意
yáng yáng dé yì
1
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
2
proud
3
complacent
洋洋洒洒
yáng yáng sǎ sǎ
1
voluminous
2
flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
洋洋自得
yáng yáng zì dé
1
immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
2
proud
3
complacent
洋腔洋调
yáng qiāng yáng diào
1
to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
Sample Sentences