国学
guó xué
Pinyin

Definition

国学
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guó xué
  1. Chinese national culture
  2. studies of ancient Chinese civilization
  3. the Imperial College (history)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上学
shàng xué
  1. 1 to go to school
  2. 2 to attend school
中国
Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
同学
tóng xué
  1. 1 to study at the same school
  2. 2 fellow student
  3. 3 classmate
  4. 4 CL:位[wèi],個|个[gè]
国
Guó
  1. 1 surname Guo
国内
guó nèi
  1. 1 domestic
  2. 2 internal (to a country)
  3. 3 civil
国家
guó jiā
  1. 1 country
  2. 2 nation
  3. 3 state
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
国际
guó jì
  1. 1 international
大学
Dà xué
  1. 1 the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū] in Confucianism
学
xué
  1. 1 to learn
  2. 2 to study
  3. 3 to imitate
  4. 4 science
  5. 5 -ology
学妹
xué mèi
  1. 1 junior or younger female schoolmate
学会
xué huì
  1. 1 to learn
  2. 2 to master
  3. 3 institute
  4. 4 learned society
  5. 5 (scholarly) association
学期
xué qī
  1. 1 term
  2. 2 semester
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
学校
xué xiào
  1. 1 school
  2. 2 CL:所[suǒ]
学生
xué sheng
  1. 1 student
  2. 2 schoolchild
学习
xué xí
  1. 1 to learn
  2. 2 to study
小学
xiǎo xué
  1. 1 elementary school
  2. 2 primary school
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
数学
shù xué
  1. 1 mathematics
  2. 2 mathematical
法国
Fǎ guó
  1. 1 France
  2. 2 French
美国
Měi guó
  1. 1 United States
  2. 2 USA
  3. 3 US

Idioms (20)

上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
不学无术
bù xué wú shù
  1. 1 without learning or skills (idiom); ignorant and incompetent
不愧下学
bù kuì xià xué
  1. 1 not ashamed to learn from subordinates (idiom)
亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng
  1. 1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
以身报国
yǐ shēn bào guó
  1. 1 to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
以身许国
yǐ shēn xǔ guó
  1. 1 to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country (idiom)
保家卫国
bǎo jiā wèi guó
  1. 1 guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
倾国倾城
qīng guó qīng chéng
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
  3. 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
qīng chéng qīng guó
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
两国相争，不斩来使
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
  1. 1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
  1. 1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
勤俭建国
qín jiǎn jiàn guó
  1. 1 to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom)
博学多才
bó xué duō cái
  1. 1 erudite and multi-talented (idiom); versatile and able
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
品学兼优
pǐn xué jiān yōu
  1. 1 excelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior (at school)
  2. 2 a paragon of virtue and learning
丧权辱国
sàng quán rǔ guó
  1. 1 to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)
  2. 2 to surrender territory under humiliating terms
国家兴亡，匹夫有责
guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
  1. 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
国弱民穷
guó ruò mín qióng
  1. 1 the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
国泰民安
guó tài mín ān
  1. 1 the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
国破家亡
guó pò jiā wáng
  1. 1 the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)

Sample Sentences

是学校开的选修课，我主讲。 《易经》是国学中的精华，讲讲还是蛮有意思的。
shì xuéxiào kāi de xuǎnxiūkè ，wǒ zhǔjiǎng 。 《Yìjīng 》shì guóxué zhōng de jīnghuá ，jiǎngjiang háishì mán yǒu yìsi de 。
The school started it as an elective course. I'm the lecturer. The I Ching is quintessential to Chinese studies. Speaking on it is quite interesting.
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