段玉裁
Duàn Yù cái
Pinyin

Definition

段玉裁
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Duàn Yù cái
  1. Duan Yucai (1735-1815), author of Commentary on Shuowen Jiezi (1815) 說文解字註|说文解字注[Shuō wén Jiě zì Zhù]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Duàn
  1. 1 surname Duan
jīn zhī yù yè
  1. 1 golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
bù zé shǒu duàn
  1. 1 by fair means or foul
  2. 2 by hook or by crook
  3. 3 unscrupulously
zhì cái
  1. 1 to punish
  2. 2 punishment
  3. 3 sanctions (incl. economic)
qián duàn
  1. 1 front part (of an object)
  2. 2 first part (of an event)
  3. 3 previous paragraph
jiǎn cái
  1. 1 to tailor (clothes)
  2. 2 to trim (expenditure)
fù zǒng cái
  1. 1 vice-chairman (of an organization)
  2. 2 vice president (of a company)
  3. 3 deputy governor (of a bank)
dì duàn
  1. 1 section
  2. 2 district
bǎo yù
  1. 1 precious jade
  2. 2 treasures
shǒu duàn
  1. 1 method
  2. 2 means (of doing sth)
  3. 3 strategy
  4. 4 trick
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
shí duàn
  1. 1 time interval
  2. 2 work shift
  3. 3 time slot
  4. 4 the twelve two-hour divisions of the day
Lín Dài yù
  1. 1 Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉
qiáo duàn
  1. 1 scene (in a movie etc)
  2. 2 bridging element (in a performance)
duàn zi
  1. 1 item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts)
  2. 2 sketch
duàn luò
  1. 1 phase
  2. 2 time interval
  3. 3 paragraph
  4. 4 (written) passage
piàn duàn
  1. 1 fragment (of speech etc)
  2. 2 extract (from book etc)
  3. 3 episode (of story etc)
dú cái
  1. 1 dictatorship
  1. 1 jade
yù tù
  1. 1 the Jade Hare
  2. 2 the moon
yù nu:3
  1. 1 beautiful woman
  2. 2 fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals
  3. 3 (polite) sb else's daughter
  4. 4 Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM

Idioms (20)

一折两段
yī zhé liǎng duàn
  1. 1 to split sth into two (idiom)
不吝珠玉
bù lìn zhū yù
  1. 1 lit. do not begrudge gems of wisdom (idiom, humble expr.); fig. Please give me your frank opinion.
  2. 2 Your criticism will be most valuable.
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
仙姿玉色
xiān zī yù sè
  1. 1 heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
偷香窃玉
tōu xiāng qiè yù
  1. 1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
  2. 2 secret illicit sex
冰清玉洁
bīng qīng yù jié
  1. 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
  2. 2 irreproachable
  3. 3 incorruptible
别出心裁
bié chū xīn cái
  1. 1 to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality
  2. 2 to adopt an original approach
化干戈为玉帛
huà gān gē wéi yù bó
  1. 1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship
告一段落
gào yī duàn luò
  1. 1 to come to the end of a phase (idiom)
如花似玉
rú huā sì yù
  1. 1 delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom)
  2. 2 (of a woman) exquisite
如金似玉
rú jīn sì yù
  1. 1 like gold or jade (idiom)
  2. 2 gorgeous
  3. 3 lovely
  4. 4 splendorous
字字珠玉
zì zì zhū yù
  1. 1 every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing
宁为玉碎,不为瓦全
nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán
  1. 1 Better broken jade than intact tile.
  2. 2 Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
引玉之砖
yǐn yù zhī zhuān
  1. 1 lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas
怜香惜玉
lián xiāng xī yù
  1. 1 to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
抛砖引玉
pāo zhuān yǐn yù
  1. 1 lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling
放下身段
fàng xià shēn duàn
  1. 1 to get off one's high horse (idiom)
  2. 2 to dispense with posturing (and adopt a more humble or empathetic attitude)
独出心裁
dú chū xīn cái
  1. 1 to display originality (idiom); to do things differently
玉洁冰清
yù jié bīng qīng
  1. 1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
  2. 2 irreproachable
  3. 3 incorruptible
玉珉
yù mín
  1. 1 jade and jade-like stone
  2. 2 impossible to distinguish the genuine from the fake (idiom)

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