蝴蝶效应
hú dié xiào yìng
Pinyin

Definition

蝴蝶效应
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hú dié xiào yìng
  1. butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

效果
xiào guǒ
  1. 1 result
  2. 2 effect
  3. 3 efficacy
  4. 4 (theater) sound or visual effects
有效
yǒu xiào
  1. 1 effective
  2. 2 in effect
  3. 3 valid
特效
tè xiào
  1. 1 special effect
  2. 2 specially good effect
  3. 3 especially efficacious
蝴蝶
hú dié
  1. 1 butterfly
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
效
xiào
  1. 1 variant of 傚|效[xiào]
功效
gōng xiào
  1. 1 efficacy
失效
shī xiào
  1. 1 to fail
  2. 2 to lose effectiveness
成效
chéng xiào
  1. 1 effect
  2. 2 result
效应
xiào yìng
  1. 1 effect (scientific phenomenon)
效率
xiào lu:4
  1. 1 efficiency
效益
xiào yì
  1. 1 benefit
  2. 2 effectiveness
  3. 3 efficiency
有效期
yǒu xiào qī
  1. 1 period of validity
  2. 2 sell-by date
无效
wú xiào
  1. 1 not valid
  2. 2 ineffective
  3. 3 in vain
生效
shēng xiào
  1. 1 to take effect
  2. 2 to go into effect
疗效
liáo xiào
  1. 1 healing efficacy
  2. 2 healing effect
绩效
jì xiào
  1. 1 performance
  2. 2 results
  3. 3 achievement
见效
jiàn xiào
  1. 1 to have the desired effect
音效
yīn xiào
  1. 1 sound effect
高效
gāo xiào
  1. 1 efficient
  2. 2 highly effective
以儆效尤
yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
  1. 1 in order to warn against following bad examples (idiom)
  2. 2 as a warning to others

Idioms (5)

上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
以儆效尤
yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
  1. 1 in order to warn against following bad examples (idiom)
  2. 2 as a warning to others
东施效颦
Dōng Shī xiào pín
  1. 1 lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
破茧成蝶
pò jiǎn chéng dié
  1. 1 lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle
  3. 3 to get to a better place after going through difficult period
行之有效
xíng zhī yǒu xiào
  1. 1 to be effective (idiom)

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