息肩
xī jiān
Pinyin

Definition

息肩
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xī jiān
  1. (literary) to put down one's burden
  2. to rest
  3. to stay (at an inn etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

休息
xiū xi
  1. 1 rest
  2. 2 to rest
信息
xìn xī
  1. 1 information
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 message
消息
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
并肩
bìng jiān
  1. 1 alongside
  2. 2 shoulder to shoulder
  3. 3 side by side
  4. 4 abreast
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
出息
chū xī
  1. 1 to yield interest, profit etc
  2. 2 to exhale (Buddhism)
利息
lì xī
  1. 1 interest (on a loan)
  2. 2 CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
叹息
tàn xī
  1. 1 to sigh
  2. 2 to gasp (in admiration)
安息
ān xī
  1. 1 to rest
  2. 2 to go to sleep
  3. 3 to rest in peace
  4. 4 (history) Parthia
息
xī
  1. 1 breath
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 interest (on an investment or loan)
  4. 4 to cease
  5. 5 to stop
  6. 6 to rest
  7. 7 Taiwan pr. [xí]
披肩
pī jiān
  1. 1 cape
  2. 2 shawl
  3. 3 (of long hair) to trail over one's shoulders
气息
qì xī
  1. 1 breath
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 odor
  4. 4 flavor
无声无息
wú shēng wú xī
  1. 1 wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking
  2. 2 taciturn
  3. 3 not providing any news
窒息
zhì xī
  1. 1 to choke
  2. 2 to stifle
  3. 3 to suffocate
肩
jiān
  1. 1 shoulder
  2. 2 to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
肩膀
jiān bǎng
  1. 1 shoulder
不息
bù xī
  1. 1 continually
  2. 2 without a break
  3. 3 ceaselessly
休息室
xiū xī shì
  1. 1 lobby
  2. 2 lounge
休养生息
xiū yǎng shēng xī
  1. 1 to recover
  2. 2 to recuperate
低息
dī xī
  1. 1 low-interest

Idioms (13)

仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
勾肩搭背
gōu jiān dā bèi
  1. 1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. 1 to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
息事宁人
xī shì níng rén
  1. 1 to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
息息相关
xī xī xiāng guān
  1. 1 closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
气息奄奄
qì xī yǎn yǎn
  1. 1 to have only a breath of life (idiom)
无声无息
wú shēng wú xī
  1. 1 wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking
  2. 2 taciturn
  3. 3 not providing any news
生命不息，战斗不止
shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ
  1. 1 while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
瞬息万变
shùn xī wàn biàn
  1. 1 in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change
秀发垂肩
xiù fà chuí jiān
  1. 1 beautiful shoulder length hair (idiom)
起居作息
qǐ jū zuò xī
  1. 1 lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyday life
  3. 3 daily routine
  4. 4 to go about one's daily life

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