乙未
yǐ wèi
Pinyin

Definition

乙未
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yǐ wèi
  1. thirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wèi
  1. 1 not yet
  2. 2 did not
  3. 3 have not
  4. 4 not
  5. 5 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep
  6. 6 ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
wèi lái
  1. 1 future
  2. 2 tomorrow
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 approaching
  5. 5 coming
  6. 6 pending
  1. 1 second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
  2. 2 second in order
  3. 3 letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  4. 4 second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yǐ fāng], as opposed to 甲方[jiǎ fāng])
  5. 5 ethyl
  6. 6 bent
  7. 7 winding
  8. 8 radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)
  9. 9 ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
qián suǒ wèi yǒu
  1. 1 unprecedented
cóng wèi
  1. 1 never

Idioms (20)

一波未平,一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
乳臭未干
rǔ xiù wèi gān
  1. 1 smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
兵马未动,粮草先行
bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
  1. 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
  2. 2 an army marches on its stomach
前缘未了
qián yuán wèi liǎo
  1. 1 one's predestined fate is yet to be fulfilled (idiom)
始料未及
shǐ liào wèi jí
  1. 1 not expected at the outset (idiom)
  2. 2 unforeseen
  3. 3 to be surprised by the turn of events