以致
yǐ zhì
Pinyin

Definition

以致
 - 
yǐ zhì
  1. to such an extent as to
  2. down to
  3. up to

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

以
yǐ
  1. 1 old variant of 以[yǐ]
以后
yǐ hòu
  1. 1 after
  2. 2 later
  3. 3 afterwards
  4. 4 following
  5. 5 later on
  6. 6 in the future
以为
yǐ wéi
  1. 1 to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
可以
kě yǐ
  1. 1 can
  2. 2 may
  3. 3 possible
  4. 4 able to
  5. 5 not bad
  6. 6 pretty good
所以
suǒ yǐ
  1. 1 therefore
  2. 2 as a result
  3. 3 so
  4. 4 the reason why

Idioms (20)

一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不以为然
bù yǐ wéi rán
  1. 1 not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
  2. 2 to disapprove
  3. 3 to take exception to
不以规矩，不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules

Sample Sentences

对呀，我怎么忘了“长”是多音字了。既可以读成“长短”的“长”，也可以读成“长大”的“长”啊。唉，真是白学了。你看，都不能学以致用。
duìyā ，wǒ zěnme wàng le “cháng ”shì duōyīnzì le 。jì kěyǐ dú chéng “chángduǎn ”de “cháng ”，yě kěyǐ dú chéng “zhǎngdà ”de “zhǎng ”ā 。āi ，zhēnshì báixué le 。nǐ kàn ，dōu bùnéng xuéyǐzhìyòng 。
Oh, right, how could I forget that the character ''chang" has multiple readings? It can be read as ''chang," like in the word for ''length," or as ''zhang" as in ''to grow up." Agh, I studied for nothing. Look, we can't study what we need to know.
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