自由行
zì yóu xíng
Pinyin

Definition

自由行
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zì yóu xíng
  1. travel organized by oneself rather than in a tour group

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

来自
lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
由
yóu
  1. 1 to follow
  2. 2 from
  3. 3 it is for...to
  4. 4 reason
  5. 5 cause
  6. 6 because of
  7. 7 due to
  8. 8 to
  9. 9 to leave it (to sb)
  10. 10 by (introduces passive verb)
自
zì
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
自己
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
行
háng
  1. 1 row
  2. 2 line
  3. 3 commercial firm
  4. 4 line of business
  5. 5 profession
  6. 6 to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
  7. 7 (in data tables) row
  8. 8 (Tw) column
一行
yī xíng
  1. 1 party
  2. 2 delegation
上行
shàng xíng
  1. 1 (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital)
  2. 2 (of river boats) to go against the current
  3. 3 to submit (a document) to higher authorities
修行
xiū xíng
  1. 1 to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism)
  2. 2 to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
出自
chū zì
  1. 1 to come from
出行
chū xíng
  1. 1 to go out somewhere (relatively short trip)
  2. 2 to set off on a journey (longer trip)
前行
qián xíng
  1. 1 (literary) to go forward
各自
gè zì
  1. 1 each
  2. 2 respective
  3. 3 apiece
同行
tóng háng
  1. 1 person of the same profession
  2. 2 of the same trade, occupation or industry
执行
zhí xíng
  1. 1 to implement
  2. 2 to carry out
  3. 3 to execute
  4. 4 to run
大自然
dà zì rán
  1. 1 nature (the natural world)
央行
Yāng háng
  1. 1 abbr. for various central banks, notably 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhōng guó Rén mín Yín háng] and 中央銀行|中央银行[Zhōng yāng Yín háng]
实行
shí xíng
  1. 1 to implement
  2. 2 to carry out
  3. 3 to put into practice
平行
píng xíng
  1. 1 parallel
  2. 2 of equal rank
  3. 3 simultaneous
建行
Jiàn háng
  1. 1 China Construction Bank (abbr.)
强行
qiáng xíng
  1. 1 to do sth by force

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
  1. 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
  1. 1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
  1. 1 all walks of life (idiom)
  2. 2 every trade
上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
事怕行家
shì pà háng jiā
  1. 1 an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
令行禁止
lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
  1. 1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
  2. 2 to ensure strictly obedience
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered

Sample Sentences

特别是自由行更要当心呢，我这段时间一直在加强锻炼，希望到时候高原反应不要太严重！
tèbié shì zìyóuxíng gèng yào dāngxīn ne ，wǒ zhè duàn shíjiān yīzhí zài jiāqiáng duànliàn ，xīwàng dàoshíhòu gāoyuánfǎnyìng bùyào tài yánzhòng ！
In particular, we have to be careful on free and easy trips. I have been training hard during this time. I hope by then the altitude sickness will not be too serious!
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你们还算好了，办了证就可以自由行了。对我们，那才叫赤裸裸的歧视！
nǐmen hái suàn hǎo le ，bàn le zhèng jiù kěyǐ zìyóuxíng le 。duì wǒmen ，nà cái jiào chìluǒluǒ de qíshì ！
You all still have it better. After getting a permit you can travel freely. For us, it's downright discrimination!
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区别大了。现在自由行只面向上海，北京，深圳等少数大城市。其他地方的人只能申请团签，得跟团旅游。
qūbié dà le 。xiànzài zìyóuxíng zhǐ miànxiàng Shànghǎi ，Běijīng ，Shēnzhèn děng shǎoshù dàchéngshì 。qítā dìfang de rén zhǐnéng shēnqǐng tuánqiān ，děi gēn tuán lǚyóu 。
The difference is huge. Now free traveling is geared towards Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen - just a few large cities. People from other places can only get a group travel permit and should travel with a tour group.
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啊？完蛋了，我老婆是外地人。她不能自由行了。
ǎ ？wándàn le ，wǒ lǎopó shì wàidìrén 。tā bù néng zìyóuxíng le 。
What? I'm screwed. My wife is an outsider. She can't travel freely.
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自由行还要自己订机票，订酒店，安排行程，多麻烦！
zìyóuxíng hái yào zìjǐ dìng jīpiào ，dìng jiǔdiàn ，ānpái xíngchéng ，duō máfan ！
When you travel without a tour group you have to reserve the plane tickets, book the hotels and plan the itinerary all by yourself. It's so much trouble!
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都怪你，一定要跟旅行团。要是自由行的话，想玩多久就玩多久。
dōu guài nǐ ，yīdìng yào gēn lǚxíngtuán 。yàoshì zìyóuxíng dehuà ，xiǎng wán duō jiǔ jiù wán duō jiǔ 。
It's all your fault. You insisted that we join a tour group. If we were traveling alone, we could stay as long as we wanted.
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