志留纪
Zhì liú jì
Pinyin

Definition

志留纪
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Zhì liú jì
  1. Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

留
liú
  1. 1 old variant of 留[liú]
停留
tíng liú
  1. 1 to stay somewhere temporarily
  2. 2 to stop over
同志
tóng zhì
  1. 1 comrade
  2. 2 (slang) homosexual
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
志同道合
zhì tóng dào hé
  1. 1 like-minded (idiom)
  2. 2 fellow enthusiast
  3. 3 kindred spirit
志趣
zhì qù
  1. 1 inclination
  2. 2 interest
日志
rì zhì
  1. 1 journal
  2. 2 log (computing)
留下
liú xià
  1. 1 to leave behind
  2. 2 to stay behind
  3. 3 to remain
  4. 4 to keep
  5. 5 not to let (sb) go
留给
liú gěi
  1. 1 to set aside for
留言
liú yán
  1. 1 to leave a message
  2. 2 to leave one's comments
  3. 3 message
杂志
zá zhì
  1. 1 magazine
  2. 2 CL:本[běn],份[fèn],期[qī]
保留
bǎo liú
  1. 1 to keep
  2. 2 to retain
  3. 3 to have reservations (about sth)
  4. 4 to hold back (from saying sth)
  5. 5 to put aside for later
励志
lì zhì
  1. 1 to encourage
  2. 2 encouragement
去留
qù liú
  1. 1 going or staying
丧志
sàng zhì
  1. 1 to become demoralized
  2. 2 to lose one's sense of purpose
墓志铭
mù zhì míng
  1. 1 epitaph
壮志
zhuàng zhì
  1. 1 great goal
  2. 2 magnificent aspiration
大志
dà zhì
  1. 1 high aims
徐志摩
Xú Zhì mó
  1. 1 Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet
得志
dé zhì
  1. 1 to accomplish one's ambition
  2. 2 a dream come true
  3. 3 to enjoy success
志
zhì
  1. 1 aspiration
  2. 2 ambition
  3. 3 the will

Idioms (20)

不以词害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
不以辞害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
  1. 1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
人穷志不穷
rén qióng zhì bù qióng
  1. 1 poor but with great ambitions (idiom)
  2. 2 poor but principled
仁人志士
rén rén zhì shì
  1. 1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
女大不中留
nu:3 dà bù zhōng liú
  1. 1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
专心致志
zhuān xīn zhì zhì
  1. 1 with single-hearted devotion (idiom)
小人得志
xiǎo rén dé zhì
  1. 1 lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant
志不在此
zhì bù zài cǐ
  1. 1 to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom)
志同道合
zhì tóng dào hé
  1. 1 like-minded (idiom)
  2. 2 fellow enthusiast
  3. 3 kindred spirit
志在四方
zhì zài sì fāng
  1. 1 to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
志士仁人
zhì shì rén rén
  1. 1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
志得意满
zhì dé yì mǎn
  1. 1 fully content with one's achievements (idiom)
  2. 2 complacent
手下留情
shǒu xià liú qíng
  1. 1 lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me
  2. 2 Do not judge me too harshly.
  3. 3 Look favorably on my humble efforts.
有志竟成
yǒu zhì jìng chéng
  1. 1 persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
有志者事竟成
yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng
  1. 1 a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
淡泊明志
dàn bó míng zhì
  1. 1 living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì
  1. 1 lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì
  1. 1 lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
玩物丧志
wán wù sàng zhì
  1. 1 lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress
  2. 2 excessive attention to trivia saps the will
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
  1. 1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.

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