女修道院
nǚ xiū dào yuàn
Pinyin

Definition

女修道院
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nu:3 xiū dào yuàn
  1. convent

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

修复
xiū fù
  1. 1 to restore
  2. 2 to renovate
  3. 3 restoration
  4. 4 (computing) to fix (a bug)
味道
wèi dao
  1. 1 flavor
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 hint of
女
nu:3
  1. 1 female
  2. 2 woman
  3. 3 daughter
女人
nu:3 rén
  1. 1 woman
女孩
nu:3 hái
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 lass
女生
nu:3 shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
美女
měi nu:3
  1. 1 beautiful woman
难道
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
世道
shì dào
  1. 1 the ways of the world
  2. 2 the morals of the time
仙女
xiān nu:3
  1. 1 fairy
住院
zhù yuàn
  1. 1 to be in hospital
  2. 2 to be hospitalized
修
Xiū
  1. 1 surname Xiu
修好
xiū hǎo
  1. 1 to repair (sth broken)
  2. 2 to restore (sth damaged)
  3. 3 to establish friendly relations with
  4. 4 (literary) to do meritorious deeds
修改
xiū gǎi
  1. 1 to amend
  2. 2 to alter
  3. 3 to modify
修正
xiū zhèng
  1. 1 to revise
  2. 2 to amend
修炼
xiū liàn
  1. 1 (of Taoists) to practice austerities
  2. 2 to practice asceticism
修理
xiū lǐ
  1. 1 to repair
  2. 2 to fix
  3. 3 to prune
  4. 4 to trim
  5. 5 (coll.) to sort sb out
  6. 6 to fix sb
修行
xiū xíng
  1. 1 to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism)
  2. 2 to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
修身
xiū shēn
  1. 1 to cultivate one's moral character
  2. 2 (fashion) slim-fit
  3. 3 body-hugging

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
不修边幅
bù xiū biān fú
  1. 1 not care about one's appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 slovenly in dress and manner
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
仁义道德
rén yì dào dé
  1. 1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
  2. 2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
  1. 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
  3. 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
修心养性
xiū xīn yǎng xìng
  1. 1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
  1. 1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
  2. 2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
传道受业
chuán dào shòu yè
  1. 1 to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction
净心修身
jìng xīn xiū shēn
  1. 1 to have an untroubled heart and behave morally (idiom)
分道扬镳
fēn dào yáng biāo
  1. 1 lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to part ways
卑卑不足道
bēi bēi bù zú dào
  1. 1 to be too petty or insignificant to mention
  2. 2 to not be worth mentioning (idiom)
口碑载道
kǒu bēi zài dào
  1. 1 lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere
  2. 2 universal approbation
问道于盲
wèn dào yú máng
  1. 1 lit. to ask a blind man the way (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seek advice from an incompetent
坐而论道
zuò ér lùn dào
  1. 1 to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)
天公地道
tiān gōng dì dào
  1. 1 absolutely fair and reasonable (idiom); equitable
天道酬勤
tiān dào chóu qín
  1. 1 Heaven rewards the diligent. (idiom)
失道寡助
shī dào guǎ zhù
  1. 1 an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 cf 得道多助[dé dào duō zhù] a just cause attracts much support

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