收拾残局
shōu shi cán jú
Pinyin

Definition

收拾残局
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shōu shi cán jú
  1. to clear up the mess
  2. to pick up the pieces

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

收
shōu
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to accept
  3. 3 to collect
  4. 4 to put away
  5. 5 to restrain
  6. 6 to stop
  7. 7 in care of (used on address line after name)
收入
shōu rù
  1. 1 to take in
  2. 2 income
  3. 3 revenue
  4. 4 CL:筆|笔[bǐ],個|个[gè]
收到
shōu dào
  1. 1 to receive
收拾
shōu shi
  1. 1 to put in order
  2. 2 to tidy up
  3. 3 to pack
  4. 4 to repair
  5. 5 (coll.) to sort sb out
  6. 6 to fix sb
收获
shōu huò
  1. 1 variant of 收穫|收获[shōu huò]
收藏
shōu cáng
  1. 1 to hoard
  2. 2 to collect
  3. 3 collection
  4. 4 to bookmark (Internet)
结局
jié jú
  1. 1 conclusion
  2. 2 ending
一发不可收拾
yī fā bù kě shōu shi
  1. 1 once it gets started there's no stopping it
布局
bù jú
  1. 1 arrangement
  2. 2 composition
  3. 3 layout
  4. 4 opening (chess jargon)
局
jú
  1. 1 narrow
局限
jú xiàn
  1. 1 variant of 局限[jú xiàn]
公安局
gōng ān jú
  1. 1 public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)
出局
chū jú
  1. 1 to send off (player for a foul)
  2. 2 to knock out (i.e. to beat in a knock-out tournament)
  3. 3 to eliminate
  4. 4 to call out
  5. 5 to kill off
  6. 6 to pull out of (a competition)
  7. 7 to retire (a runner in baseball)
  8. 8 out (i.e. man out in baseball)
分局
fēn jú
  1. 1 sub-bureau
吸收
xī shōu
  1. 1 to absorb
  2. 2 to assimilate
  3. 3 to ingest
  4. 4 to recruit
回收
huí shōu
  1. 1 to recycle
  2. 2 to reclaim
  3. 3 to retrieve
  4. 4 to recover
  5. 5 to recall (a defective product)
大局
dà jú
  1. 1 general situation
  2. 2 present conditions
局势
jú shì
  1. 1 situation
  2. 2 state (of affairs)
局部
jú bù
  1. 1 part
  2. 2 local
局长
jú zhǎng
  1. 1 bureau chief
  2. 2 CL:位[wèi],個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

俯拾皆是
fǔ shí jiē shì
  1. 1 lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely common
  3. 3 easily available
兼收并蓄
jiān shōu bìng xù
  1. 1 incorporating diverse things (idiom)
  2. 2 eclectic
  3. 3 all-embracing
名利双收
míng lì shuāng shōu
  1. 1 both fame and fortune (idiom)
  2. 2 both virtue and reward
坐收渔利
zuò shōu yú lì
  1. 1 benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
失之东隅，收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
  1. 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
  2. 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
局促一隅
jú cù yī yú
  1. 1 to be cramped in a corner (idiom)
拾人涕唾
shí rén tì tuò
  1. 1 to plagiarize (idiom)
拾人牙慧
shí rén yá huì
  1. 1 to pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own
  2. 2 to parrot
拾级而上
shè jí ér shàng
  1. 1 to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom)
拾遗补缺
shí yí bǔ quē
  1. 1 to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
拾金不昧
shí jīn bù mèi
  1. 1 to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
  1. 1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stop what one is doing
收残缀轶
shōu cán zhuì yì
  1. 1 to gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged (idiom)
早动手，早收获
zǎo dòng shǒu , zǎo shōu huò
  1. 1 The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards. (idiom)
春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng
  1. 1 sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
泼水难收
pō shuǐ nán shōu
  1. 1 water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change
当局者迷，旁观者清
dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng
  1. 1 The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear (idiom). The onlooker sees more of the game.
众人拾柴火焰高
zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo
  1. 1 when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)
  2. 2 the more people, the more strength
美不胜收
měi bù shèng shōu
  1. 1 nothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom)
草率收兵
cǎo shuài shōu bīng
  1. 1 to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
  2. 2 half-baked

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