节余
jié yú
Pinyin

Definition

节余
 - 
jié yú
  1. to save
  2. savings

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

情人节
Qíng rén jié
  1. 1 Valentine's Day
春节
Chūn jié
  1. 1 Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
节
jiē
  1. 1 see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jiē gu yǎn]
节日
jié rì
  1. 1 holiday
  2. 2 festival
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
节目
jié mù
  1. 1 program
  2. 2 item (on a program)
  3. 3 CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè],套[tào]
细节
xì jié
  1. 1 details
  2. 2 particulars
过节
guò jié
  1. 1 to celebrate a festival
  2. 2 after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
中秋节
Zhōng qiū jié
  1. 1 the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
佳节
jiā jié
  1. 1 festive day
  2. 2 holiday
元宵节
Yuán xiāo jié
  1. 1 Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
光棍节
Guāng gùn jié
  1. 1 Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day
其余
qí yú
  1. 1 the rest
  2. 2 the others
  3. 3 remaining
  4. 4 remainder
  5. 5 apart from them
剩余
shèng yú
  1. 1 remainder
  2. 2 surplus
多余
duō yú
  1. 1 superfluous
  2. 2 unnecessary
  3. 3 surplus
季节
jì jié
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 season
  3. 3 period
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
年年有余
nián nián yǒu yú
  1. 1 lit. (may you) have abundance year after year
  2. 2 (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
心有余悸
xīn yǒu yú jì
  1. 1 to have lingering fears
  2. 2 trepidation remaining after a trauma (idiom)
情节
qíng jié
  1. 1 plot
  2. 2 circumstances
愚人节
Yú rén jié
  1. 1 April Fools' Day
感恩节
Gǎn ēn jié
  1. 1 Thanksgiving Day

Idioms (20)

一览无余
yī lǎn wú yú
  1. 1 to cover all at one glance (idiom)
  2. 2 a panoramic view
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
不遗余力
bù yí yú lì
  1. 1 to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
劫后余生
jié hòu yú shēng
  1. 1 after the calamity, renewed life (idiom); new lease of life
勤俭节约
qín jiǎn jié yuē
  1. 1 diligent and thrifty (idiom)
厉行节约
lì xíng jié yuē
  1. 1 to practice strict economy (idiom)
心有余悸
xīn yǒu yú jì
  1. 1 to have lingering fears
  2. 2 trepidation remaining after a trauma (idiom)
心有余而力不足
xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zú
  1. 1 the will is there, but not the strength (idiom)
  2. 2 the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
心有余，力不足
xīn yǒu yú , lì bù zú
  1. 1 The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects).
  2. 2 I really want to do it, but don't have the resources.
  3. 3 The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
恢恢有余
huī huī yǒu yú
  1. 1 lit. to have an abundance of space
  2. 2 room to maneuver (idiom)
恭贺佳节
gōng hè jiā jié
  1. 1 season's greetings (idiom)
成事不足，败事有余
chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú
  1. 1 unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to do anything right
  3. 3 never make, but always mar
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
枝节横生
zhī jié héng shēng
  1. 1 side issues keep arising (idiom)
横生枝节
héng shēng zhī jié
  1. 1 to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
死有余辜
sǐ yǒu yú gū
  1. 1 death cannot wipe out the crimes (idiom); dreadful crimes that rankled even after the perpetrator is dead
清风劲节
qīng fēng jìng jié
  1. 1 pure and high-minded (idiom)
盘根错节
pán gēn cuò jié
  1. 1 twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky
  2. 2 knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
积恶余殃
jī è yú yāng
  1. 1 Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).
节上生枝
jié shàng shēng zhī
  1. 1 a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising

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