夷狄
yí dí
Pinyin

Definition

夷狄
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yí dí
  1. non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China
  2. barbarians

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
武夷山
Wǔ yí shān
  1. 1 Mt Wuyi in Fujian
  2. 2 Wuyishan nature reserve
  3. 3 Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平[Nán píng] Fujian
狄仁杰
Dí Rén jié
  1. 1 Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends
  2. 2 master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Dí gōng àn] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gāo Luó pèi]
匪夷所思
fěi yí suǒ sī
  1. 1 unimaginable
  2. 2 outrageous
  3. 3 freakish
夏威夷果
Xià wēi yí guǒ
  1. 1 macadamia nut
夷
yí
  1. 1 non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
  2. 2 barbarians
  3. 3 to wipe out
  4. 4 to exterminate
  5. 5 to tear down
  6. 6 to raze
鄙夷
bǐ yí
  1. 1 to despise
  2. 2 to look down upon
  3. 3 despicable
俄狄浦斯
É dí pǔ sī
  1. 1 Oedipus, hero of tragedy by Athenian dramatist Sophocles
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
夷平
yí píng
  1. 1 to level
  2. 2 to raze to the ground
夷陵
Yí líng
  1. 1 Yiling (barbarian mound), historical place name in Yichang county 宜昌縣|宜昌县 Hubei, first mentioned in history (after its destruction by Qin) as burial place of the former Chu kings
  2. 2 Yiling district of Yichang city 宜昌市[Yí chāng shì], Hubei
履险如夷
lu:3 xiǎn rú yí
  1. 1 lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
康涅狄格
Kāng niè dí gé
  1. 1 Connecticut, US state
康涅狄格州
Kāng niè dí gé zhōu
  1. 1 Connecticut, US state
攘夷
rǎng yí
  1. 1 to repel the barbarians
东夷
Dōng yí
  1. 1 Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
武夷山市
Wǔ yí shān shì
  1. 1 Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平[Nán píng] Fujian
狄
Dí
  1. 1 surname Di
  2. 2 generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
狄更斯
Dí gēng sī
  1. 1 Dickens (name)
  2. 2 Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
蛮夷
mán yí
  1. 1 common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory
  2. 2 barbarian

Idioms (3)

以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí
  1. 1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
  2. 2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
履险如夷
lu:3 xiǎn rú yí
  1. 1 lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly

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