米制
mǐ zhì
Pinyin

Definition

米制
 - 
mǐ zhì
  1. metric system

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

实名制
shí míng zhì
  1. 1 system for identifying users (on a rail network, the Internet etc)
控制
kòng zhì
  1. 1 control
  2. 2 to exercise control over
  3. 3 to contain
米
Mǐ
  1. 1 surname Mi
米兰
Mǐ lán
  1. 1 Milano
  2. 2 Milan (Italy)
自制
zì zhì
  1. 1 to maintain self-control
  2. 2 self-control
虾米
xiā mǐ
  1. 1 small shrimp
  2. 2 dried, shelled shrimps
制作
zhì zuò
  1. 1 to make
  2. 2 to manufacture
制造
zhì zào
  1. 1 to manufacture
  2. 2 to make
乳制品
rǔ zhì pǐn
  1. 1 dairy products
克制
kè zhì
  1. 1 to restrain
  2. 2 to control
  3. 3 restraint
  4. 4 self-control
制
zhì
  1. 1 system
  2. 2 to control
  3. 3 to regulate
  4. 4 variant of 製|制[zhì]
制动
zhì dòng
  1. 1 to brake
制定
zhì dìng
  1. 1 to draw up
  2. 2 to formulate
制度
zhì dù
  1. 1 system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)
  2. 2 institution
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
制式
zhì shì
  1. 1 standardized
  2. 2 standard (service, method etc)
  3. 3 regulation (clothing etc)
  4. 4 formulaic
  5. 5 (telecommunications etc) system
  6. 6 format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals)
制服
zhì fú
  1. 1 to subdue
  2. 2 to check
  3. 3 to bring under control
  4. 4 (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status
  5. 5 uniform (army, party, school etc)
  6. 6 livery (for company employees)
  7. 7 CL:套[tào]
制止
zhì zhǐ
  1. 1 to curb
  2. 2 to put a stop to
  3. 3 to stop
  4. 4 to check
  5. 5 to limit
制约
zhì yuē
  1. 1 to restrict
  2. 2 condition
制药
zhì yào
  1. 1 to manufacture medicine
制衡
zhì héng
  1. 1 to check and balance (power)
  2. 2 checks and balances

Idioms (14)

不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí
  1. 1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
  2. 2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
先发制人
xiān fā zhì rén
  1. 1 to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to preempt
  2. 2 to anticipate
  3. 3 preemptive
因地制宜
yīn dì zhì yí
  1. 1 (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
因时制宜
yīn shí zhì yí
  1. 1 (idiom) to use methods appropriate to the current situation
如法泡制
rú fǎ pào zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 to follow the same plan
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow a set pattern
巧妇难为无米之炊
qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī
  1. 1 The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
生米做成熟饭
shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
  2. 2 It's too late to change anything now.
  3. 3 also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
生米煮成熟饭
shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn
  1. 1 the rice is cooked
  2. 2 what's done is done
  3. 3 it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
生米熟饭
shēng mǐ shú fàn
  1. 1 abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
  2. 2 It's too late to change anything now.
米已成炊
mǐ yǐ chéng chuī
  1. 1 lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. what is done cannot be undone
粗制滥造
cū zhì làn zào
  1. 1 to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work

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