兄弟姐妹
xiōng dì jiě mèi
Pinyin

Definition

兄弟姐妹
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xiōng dì jiě mèi
  1. brothers and sisters
  2. siblings

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

兄弟
xiōng dì
  1. 1 brothers
  2. 2 younger brother
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
  5. 5 brotherly
  6. 6 fraternal
妹妹
mèi mei
  1. 1 younger sister
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
姐姐
jiě jie
  1. 1 older sister
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
小姐
xiǎo jie
  1. 1 young lady
  2. 2 miss
  3. 3 (slang) prostitute
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
弟弟
dì di
  1. 1 younger brother
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 位 wèi

Idioms (5)

兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
  1. 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
兄弟阋墙
xiōng dì xì qiáng
  1. 1 internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
亲兄弟，明算帐
qīn xiōng dì , míng suàn zhàng
  1. 1 even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
难兄难弟
nán xiōng nán dì
  1. 1 lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is just as bad as the other
难兄难弟
nàn xiōng nàn dì
  1. 1 brothers in hardship (idiom)
  2. 2 fellow sufferers
  3. 3 in the same boat

Sample Sentences

是啊。现在的孩子没有兄弟姐妹，在家里只能自己一个人玩，太没劲了。
shì a 。xiànzài de háizi méiyǒu xiōngdìjiěmèi ，zài jiālǐ zhǐnéng zìjǐ yī gè rén wán ，tài méijìn le 。
Yeah! Kids today don't have brothers and sisters, and at home they can only play by themselves. It's no fun at all.
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不过跟北京的兄弟姐妹们一比，我们还算幸运了，顶多加衣服的速度快点儿。你看看北京，PM2.5监测数据都爆表了，属于极重度污染。
bùguò gēn Běijīng de xiōngdìjiěmèi men yī bǐ ，wǒmen hái suàn xìngyùn le ，dǐngduō jiā yīfu de sùdù kuài diǎnr 。nǐ kàn kan Běijīng ，PM èrdiǎnwǔ jiāncè shùjù dōu bàobiǎo le ，shǔyú jí zhòngdù wūrǎn 。
But we're still lucky compared to those living in Beijing; at worst, we just have to be quick about bundling up. Look at Beijing, though: their PM2.5 data is off the charts, classifying it as extremely severe pollution.
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