向隅
xiàng yú
Pinyin

Definition

向隅
 - 
xiàng yú
  1. lit. to face the corner (idiom)
  2. fig. to miss out on sth

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

向
Xiàng
  1. 1 surname Xiang
方向
fāng xiàng
  1. 1 direction
  2. 2 orientation
  3. 3 path to follow
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
一向
yī xiàng
  1. 1 always (previously)
  2. 2 a period of time in the recent past
倾向
qīng xiàng
  1. 1 trend
  2. 2 tendency
  3. 3 orientation
内向
nèi xiàng
  1. 1 reserved (personality)
  2. 2 introverted
  3. 3 (economics etc) domestic-oriented
向上
xiàng shàng
  1. 1 upward
  2. 2 up
  3. 3 to advance
  4. 4 to try to improve oneself
  5. 5 to make progress
向下
xiàng xià
  1. 1 down
  2. 2 downward
向来
xiàng lái
  1. 1 always (previously)
向前
xiàng qián
  1. 1 forward
  2. 2 onward
向日葵
xiàng rì kuí
  1. 1 sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
向往
xiàng wǎng
  1. 1 to yearn for
  2. 2 to look forward to
方向盘
fāng xiàng pán
  1. 1 steering wheel
走向
zǒu xiàng
  1. 1 direction
  2. 2 strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology)
  3. 3 inclination
  4. 4 trend
  5. 5 to move towards
  6. 6 to head for
转向
zhuǎn xiàng
  1. 1 to change direction
  2. 2 fig. to change one's stance
迈向
mài xiàng
  1. 1 to stride toward (success)
  2. 2 to march toward
  3. 3 to take a step toward
面向
miàn xiàng
  1. 1 to face
  2. 2 to turn towards
  3. 3 to incline to
  4. 4 geared towards
  5. 5 catering for
  6. 6 -oriented
  7. 7 facial feature
  8. 8 appearance
  9. 9 aspect
  10. 10 facet
风向
fēng xiàng
  1. 1 wind direction
  2. 2 the way the wind is blowing
  3. 3 fig. trends (esp. unpredictable ones)
  4. 4 how things are developing
  5. 5 course of events
不知去向
bù zhī qù xiàng
  1. 1 whereabouts unknown
  2. 2 gone missing
偏向
piān xiàng
  1. 1 partial towards sth
  2. 2 to prefer
  3. 3 to incline
  4. 4 erroneous tendencies (Leftist or Revisionist deviation)
倾向性
qīng xiàng xìng
  1. 1 tendency
  2. 2 inclination
  3. 3 orientation

Idioms (12)

向壁虚构
xiàng bì xū gòu
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向隅
xiàng yú
  1. 1 lit. to face the corner (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to miss out on sth
失之东隅，收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
  1. 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
  2. 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
女生外向
nu:3 shēng wài xiàng
  1. 1 a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
  2. 2 a woman's heart is with her husband
好好学习，天天向上
hǎo hǎo xué xí , tiān tiān xiàng shàng
  1. 1 study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
局促一隅
jú cù yī yú
  1. 1 to be cramped in a corner (idiom)
怒目相向
nù mù xiāng xiàng
  1. 1 to glower at each other (idiom)
所向披靡
suǒ xiàng pī mǐ
  1. 1 to sweep everything before one
  2. 2 to be invincible (idiom)
明知山有虎，偏向虎山行
míng zhī shān yǒu hǔ , piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng
  1. 1 lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers
欣欣向荣
xīn xīn xiàng róng
  1. 1 (idiom) flourishing
  2. 2 thriving
相向突击
xiāng xiàng tū jī
  1. 1 sudden attack from the opposite direction (idiom)

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