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裁革
cái gé
Pinyin
Definition
裁革
-
cái gé
to dismiss
to lay off
Character Decomposition
裁
土
戈
衣
革
革
Related Words
(20)
改革
gǎi gé
1
reform
2
CL:次[cì],種|种[zhǒng],項|项[xiàng]
3
to reform
革命
gé mìng
1
revolution
2
revolutionary (politics)
3
CL:次[cì]
制裁
zhì cái
1
to punish
2
punishment
3
sanctions (incl. economic)
剪裁
jiǎn cái
1
to tailor (clothes)
2
to trim (expenditure)
副总裁
fù zǒng cái
1
vice-chairman (of an organization)
2
vice president (of a company)
3
deputy governor (of a bank)
文革
Wén gé
1
Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
2
abbr. for 文化大革命[Wén huà Dà gé mìng]
独裁
dú cái
1
dictatorship
皮革
pí gé
1
leather
2
CL:張|张[zhāng]
总裁
zǒng cái
1
chairman
2
director-general (of a company etc)
裁判
cái pàn
1
judgment
2
to referee
3
umpire
4
judge
5
referee
6
CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]
裁剪
cái jiǎn
1
to cut out
裁员
cái yuán
1
to cut staff
2
to lay off employees
裁缝
cái féng
1
tailor
2
dressmaker
变革
biàn gé
1
to transform
2
to change
革
gé
1
animal hide
2
leather
3
to reform
4
to remove
5
to expel (from office)
革新
gé xīn
1
to innovate
2
innovation
仲裁
zhòng cái
1
arbitration
别出心裁
bié chū xīn cái
1
to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality
2
to adopt an original approach
反革命
fǎn gé mìng
1
counterrevolutionary
大马士革
Dà mǎ shì gé
1
Damascus, capital of Syria
Idioms
(9)
别出心裁
bié chū xīn cái
1
to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality
2
to adopt an original approach
洗心革面
xǐ xīn gé miàn
1
lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
2
to turn over a new leaf
独出心裁
dú chū xīn cái
1
to display originality (idiom); to do things differently
相体裁衣
xiàng tǐ cái yī
1
lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances
看菜吃饭,量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
1
eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
2
to act according to actual circumstances
3
to live within one's means
量体裁衣
liáng tǐ cái yī
1
lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
2
To live within one's means.
革故鼎新
gé gù dǐng xīn
1
to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
革面洗心
gé miàn xǐ xīn
1
lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
2
to turn over a new leaf
马革裹尸
mǎ gé guǒ shī
1
to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
2
to give one's life on the battlefield
Sample Sentences