六艺 (六藝)
Liù Yì
Pinyin
Definition
六艺 (六藝)
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- the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[lǐ] (禮儀|礼仪[lǐ yí]), music 樂|乐[yuě] (音樂|音乐[yīn yuè]), archery 射[shè] (射箭[shè jiàn]), charioteering 御[yù] (駕車|驾车[jià chē]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shū] (識字|识字[shí zì]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shù] (計算|计算[jì suàn])
- another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经[Liù jīng]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 six
- 2 6
- 1 The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction
- 2 all the possible schemes and stratagems
- 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
- 1 multi-colored
- 2 every color under the sun
- 1 sixty
- 2 60
Idioms (10)
三姑六婆
- 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
三百六十行
- 1 all walks of life (idiom)
- 2 every trade
三茶六饭
- 1 lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
- 2 to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
三头六臂
- 1 lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom)
- 2 fig. to possess remarkable abilities
- 3 a being of formidable powers
六神无主
- 1 out of one's wits (idiom)
- 2 distracted
- 3 stunned