物色
wù sè
Pinyin

Definition

物色
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wù sè
  1. to look for
  2. to seek
  3. to choose
  4. color of object
  5. color of fleece (of domestic animal)
  6. to see
  7. to notice
  8. all kinds of things
  9. odds and ends

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人物
rén wù
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 character (in a play, novel etc)
  3. 3 protagonist
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
动物
dòng wù
  1. 1 animal
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún],個|个[gè]
彩色
cǎi sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 multi-colored
  3. 3 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
本色
běn sè
  1. 1 inherent qualities
  2. 2 natural qualities
  3. 3 distinctive character
  4. 4 true qualities
植物
zhí wù
  1. 1 plant
  2. 2 vegetation
  3. 3 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
物质
wù zhì
  1. 1 matter
  2. 2 substance
  3. 3 material
  4. 4 materialistic
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
特色
tè sè
  1. 1 characteristic
  2. 2 distinguishing feature or quality
白色
bái sè
  1. 1 white
  2. 2 fig. reactionary
  3. 3 anti-communist
礼物
lǐ wù
  1. 1 gift
  2. 2 present
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn],個|个[gè],份[fèn]
红色
hóng sè
  1. 1 red (color)
  2. 2 revolutionary
绿色
lu:4 sè
  1. 1 green
色
sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
  3. 3 look
  4. 4 appearance
  5. 5 sex
色彩
sè cǎi
  1. 1 tint
  2. 2 coloring
  3. 3 coloration
  4. 4 (fig.) flavor
  5. 5 character
蓝色
lán sè
  1. 1 blue (color)
角色
jué sè
  1. 1 role
  2. 2 character in a novel
  3. 3 persona
  4. 4 also pr. [jiǎo sè]
购物
gòu wù
  1. 1 shopping
颜色
yán sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 countenance
  3. 3 appearance
  4. 4 facial expression
  5. 5 pigment
  6. 6 dyestuff
食物
shí wù
  1. 1 food
  2. 2 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
黑色
hēi sè
  1. 1 black
上色
shàng sè
  1. 1 top-quality
  2. 2 top-grade

Idioms (20)

一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
不动声色
bù dòng shēng sè
  1. 1 not a word or movement (idiom); remaining calm and collected
  2. 2 not batting an eyelid
五色缤纷
wǔ sè bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
  1. 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
仙姿玉色
xiān zī yù sè
  1. 1 heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
博物洽闻
bó wù qià wén
  1. 1 to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
  1. 1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
各色各样
gè sè gè yàng
  1. 1 lit. each color and each form (idiom)
  2. 2 diverse
  3. 3 various
  4. 4 all kinds of
喜形于色
xǐ xíng yú sè
  1. 1 face light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
  1. 1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
  2. 2 in the bag
  3. 3 (as good as) in one's possession
国色天香
guó sè tiān xiāng
  1. 1 national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
地大物博
dì dà wù bó
  1. 1 vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
大惊失色
dà jīng shī sè
  1. 1 to turn pale with fright (idiom)
天低吴楚，眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
  1. 1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
天香国色
tiān xiāng guó sè
  1. 1 divine fragrance, national grace (idiom); an outstanding beauty
察言观色
chá yán guān sè
  1. 1 to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom)
  2. 2 to discern what sb thinks from his body language
巧言令色
qiǎo yán lìng sè
  1. 1 to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
怒形于色
nù xíng yú sè
  1. 1 to betray anger (idiom); fury written across one's face
恃才傲物
shì cái ào wù
  1. 1 to be inordinately proud of one's ability
  2. 2 to be conceited and contemptuous (idiom)

Sample Sentences

除此以外呢？还有什么条件？我帮你物色物色。
chú cǐ yǐwài ne ？háiyǒu shénme tiáojiàn ？wǒ bāng nǐ wùsè wùsè 。
And apart from this? What other conditions do you have? I can help you find someone.
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你不是在猎头公司里面做吗？人脉肯定比我广，推荐一下？你知道的，我大学专业学的是广告设计，阴差阳错才成了编辑。你能帮我物色一些广告公司吗？
nǐ bùshì zài liètóu gōngsī lǐmiàn zuò ma ？rénmài kěndìng bǐ wǒ guǎng ，tuījiàn yīxià ？nǐ zhīdào de ，wǒ dàxué zhuānyè xué de shì guǎnggào shèjì ，yīnchāyángcuò cái chéng le biānjí 。nǐ néng bāng wǒ wùsè yīxiē guǎnggào gōngsī ma ？
Aren't you working in a recruitment firm? Your connections must be more extensive than mine. Could you give a recommendation? You know that my major in university was advertising design. It was just a result of a strange series of circumstances that I became an editor. Can you help me to look for some advertising companies?
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