兮
xī
Pinyin

Definition

兮
 - 
xī
  1. (particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

盻
xì
  1. 1 to glare at

Related Words (4)

兮兮
xī xī
  1. 1 (particle used to exaggerate certain adjectives, in particular 神經兮兮|神经兮兮, 髒兮兮|脏兮兮, 可憐兮兮|可怜兮兮, and 慘兮兮|惨兮兮)
可怜兮兮
kě lián xī xī
  1. 1 miserable
  2. 2 wretched
脏兮兮
zāng xī xī
  1. 1 dirty
  2. 2 filthy
兮
xī
  1. 1 (particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)

Sample Sentences

塞上点兵，"大风起兮云飞扬”。
sàishàng diǎnbīng ，"dàfēng qǐ xī yún fēiyáng ”。
Troops gathered on the northern borders, "A strong wind arises and white clouds fly in the skies".
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悟以往之不谏，知来者之可追，是迷途其未远，觉今是而昨非。”是陶渊明的《归去来兮辞》赠与爱妻共勉。
wù yǐwǎng zhī bù jiàn ，zhī láizhě zhī kě zhuī ，shì mítú qí wèi yuǎn ，jué jīn shì ér zuó fēi 。”shì Táo Yuānmíng de 《guīqùláixī cí 》zèngyǔ àiqī gòngmiǎn 。
"There is nothing to be done to remedy mistakes in the past, but knowing this means that things can be remedied in the future. I haven't strayed too far off the path, and I've already realized today's right and yesterday's wrongs." was Tao Yuanming's exhortation to his loving wife in his poem 'Returning Home'.
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随后郑伯的陪同大夫也心领神会吟诵《诗经.郑风.缁衣》中“适子之馆兮，还予授子之粲兮”，意思是，我家郑伯前来也是为卫侯之事，希望晋侯看在二位诸侯面子上，释放卫侯，二人将十分感激。
suíhòu zhèngbó de péitóng dàifu yě xīnlǐngshénhuì yínsòng 《shījīng .zhèngfēng .zīyī 》zhōng “shì zǐ zhī guǎn xī ，huán yǔ shòu zǐ zhī càn xī ”，yìsi shì ，wǒjiā zhèngbó qiánlái yě shì wèi wèihóu zhī shì ，xīwàng jìnhóu kàn zài èr wèi zhūhóu miànzi shàng ，shìfàng wèihóu ，èr rén jiāng shífēn gǎnjī 。
Following this, the senior official accompanying the Duke of Zheng intuitively recited the line "We will go to your court, And when we return home, we will send you a feast!" from Zi Yi from the Odes of Zheng in the Book of Songs, which meant, my Duke of Zheng has come here for the Duke of Wei, and we hope that out of respect for these two nobles, you will release him and we shall be very grateful for it.
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哎呀，那些浪漫电影都是骗人的。生离死别，苦兮兮的，我宁愿平平淡淡在一起。还有那些男人，整天不赚钱围着女人转，跟了他们肯定得喝西北风去。
āiyā ，nàxiē làngmàn diànyǐng dōu shì piànrén de 。shēnglísǐbié ，kǔxīxī de ，wǒ nìngyuàn píngpíngdàndàn zàiyīqǐ 。háiyǒu nàxiē nánrén ，zhěngtiān bù zhuànqián wéi zhe nǚrén zhuàn ，gēn le tāmen kěndìng děi hē xīběifēng qù 。
Argh, those romantic movies are all so fake. The pain of separation and the sorrow of loss; so tragic. I'd rather just live an ordinary and peaceful life together. Also, those guys spend all day around their women without making any money. If you were with them you'd be out on the streets.
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