周游列国
zhōu yóu liè guó
Pinyin

Definition

周游列国
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zhōu yóu liè guó
  1. to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
  2. refers to the travels of Confucius

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

列车
liè chē
  1. 1 (railway) train
周
Zhōu
  1. 1 surname Zhou
  2. 2 Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
周围
zhōu wéi
  1. 1 surroundings
  2. 2 environment
  3. 3 to encompass
周边
zhōu biān
  1. 1 periphery
  2. 2 rim
  3. 3 surroundings
  4. 4 all around
  5. 5 perimeter
  6. 6 peripheral (computing)
  7. 7 spin-offs
系列
xì liè
  1. 1 series
  2. 2 set
周末
zhōu mò
  1. 1 weekend
一系列
yī xì liè
  1. 1 a series of
  2. 2 a string of
下列
xià liè
  1. 1 following
以色列
Yǐ sè liè
  1. 1 Israel
列
liè
  1. 1 to arrange
  2. 2 to line up
  3. 3 file
  4. 4 series
  5. 5 (in data tables) column
  6. 6 (Tw) row
列入
liè rù
  1. 1 to include on a list
列宁
Liè níng
  1. 1 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader
列岛
liè dǎo
  1. 1 archipelago
  2. 2 chain of islands
列为
liè wéi
  1. 1 to be classified as
列表
liè biǎo
  1. 1 list
列车员
liè chē yuán
  1. 1 train attendant
前列
qián liè
  1. 1 the very front
周公
Zhōu gōng
  1. 1 Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhōu Wén wáng], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xī Zhōu], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"
周到
zhōu dào
  1. 1 thoughtful
  2. 2 considerate
  3. 3 attentive
  4. 4 thorough
  5. 5 also pr. [zhōu dao]
周恩来
Zhōu Ēn lái
  1. 1 Zhou Enlai (1898-1976), Chinese communist leader, prime minister 1949-1976

Idioms (3)

周游列国
zhōu yóu liè guó
  1. 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
  2. 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
众所周知
zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī
  1. 1 as everyone knows (idiom)
周而复始
zhōu ér fù shǐ
  1. 1 lit. the cycle comes back to the start (idiom); to move in circles
  2. 2 the wheel comes full circle

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