AB制
A B zhì
Pinyin

Definition

AB制
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A B zhì
  1. to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum)
  2. (theater) a system where two actors take turns in acting the main role, with one actor replacing the other if either is unavailable

Character Decomposition

A
A
B
B

Related Words (20)

B
bī
  1. 1 euphemistic variant of 屄[bī]
TA
tā
  1. 1 he or she
A
A
  1. 1 (slang) (Tw) to steal
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]
定制
dìng zhì
  1. 1 custom-made
  2. 2 made-to-order
  3. 3 to have something custom made
实名制
shí míng zhì
  1. 1 system for identifying users (on a rail network, the Internet etc)
强制
qiáng zhì
  1. 1 to enforce
  2. 2 enforcement
  3. 3 forcibly
  4. 4 compulsory
抑制
yì zhì
  1. 1 to inhibit
  2. 2 to keep down
  3. 3 to suppress
抵制
dǐ zhì
  1. 1 to resist
  2. 2 to boycott
  3. 3 to refuse (to cooperate)
  4. 4 to reject
  5. 5 resistance
  6. 6 refusal
控制
kòng zhì
  1. 1 control
  2. 2 to exercise control over
  3. 3 to contain
机制
jī zhì
  1. 1 mechanism
炮制
páo zhì
  1. 1 to concoct
  2. 2 to invent
  3. 3 to fabricate
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to process
  6. 6 processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
管制
guǎn zhì
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 to restrict
  3. 3 (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations)
节制
jié zhì
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 to restrict
  3. 3 to moderate
  4. 4 to temper
  5. 5 moderation
  6. 6 sobriety
  7. 7 to administer
腌制
yān zhì
  1. 1 marinated
  2. 2 to make by pickling, salting or curing
自制
zì zhì
  1. 1 to maintain self-control
  2. 2 self-control

Idioms (7)

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)
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
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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