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活字典
huó zì diǎn
Pinyin
Definition
活字典
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huó zì diǎn
walking dictionary
well-informed person
Character Decomposition
活
氵
舌
字
宀
子
典
二
凵
八
Related Words
(20)
名字
míng zi
1
name (of a person or thing)
2
CL:個|个[gè]
字
zì
1
letter
2
symbol
3
character
4
word
5
CL:個|个[gè]
6
courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
活
huó
1
to live
2
alive
3
living
4
work
5
workmanship
活动
huó dòng
1
to exercise
2
to move about
3
to operate
4
to use connections (personal influence)
5
loose
6
shaky
7
active
8
movable
9
activity
10
campaign
11
maneuver
12
behavior
13
CL:項|项[xiàng],個|个[gè]
生活
shēng huó
1
life
2
activity
3
to live
4
livelihood
经典
jīng diǎn
1
the classics
2
scriptures
3
classical
4
classic (example, case etc)
5
typical
典型
diǎn xíng
1
model
2
typical case
3
archetype
4
typical
5
representative
典礼
diǎn lǐ
1
celebration
2
ceremony
典范
diǎn fàn
1
model
2
example
3
paragon
典雅
diǎn yǎ
1
refined
2
elegant
十字
shí zì
1
cross road
2
cross-shaped
3
crucifix
4
the character ten
十字绣
shí zì xiù
1
cross-stitch
古典
gǔ diǎn
1
classical
夜生活
yè shēng huó
1
night life
大典
dà diǎn
1
ceremony
2
collection of classical writings
字典
zì diǎn
1
Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[cí diǎn], which has entries for words of one or more characters)
2
CL:本[běn]
字幕
zì mù
1
caption
2
subtitle
字母
zì mǔ
1
letter (of the alphabet)
2
CL:個|个[gè]
字眼
zì yǎn
1
wording
字体
zì tǐ
1
calligraphic style
2
typeface
3
font
Idioms
(20)
一字一泪
yī zì yī lèi
1
each word is a teardrop (idiom)
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
1
to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一字千金
yī zì qiān jīn
1
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
2
(in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
3
each word is highly valued
一字褒贬
yī zì bāo biǎn
1
dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom)
2
concise and powerful style
不知死活
bù zhī sǐ huó
1
to act recklessly (idiom)
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
1
lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
2
two parties cannot coexist
八字没一撇
bā zì méi yī piě
1
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
2
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
3
no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
1
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
2
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
3
no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
1
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
2
fig. things have not even begun to take shape
3
no sign of success yet
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
1
to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
好死不如赖活着
hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe
1
better a bad life than a good death (idiom)
字字珠玉
zì zì zhū yù
1
every word a gem (idiom); magnificent writing
字里行间
zì lǐ háng jiān
1
between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning
2
connotations
引经据典
yǐn jīng jù diǎn
1
lit. to quote the classics
2
to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
数典忘祖
shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ
1
to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
死去活来
sǐ qù huó lái
1
to hover between life and death (idiom)
2
to suffer terribly
3
within an inch of one's life
死活不顾
sǐ huó bù gù
1
regardless of life or death (idiom)
死要面子活受罪
sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì
1
to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
死马当活马医
sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī
1
lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom)
2
fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
活到老,学到老
huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo
1
One is never too old to learn. (idiom)
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