凌夷
líng yí
Pinyin

Definition

凌夷
 - 
líng yí
  1. to deteriorate
  2. to decline
  3. to slump
  4. also written 陵夷

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

凌晨
líng chén
  1. 1 very early in the morning
  2. 2 in the wee hours
凌辱
líng rǔ
  1. 1 to insult
  2. 2 to humiliate
  3. 3 to bully
冰激凌
bīng jī líng
  1. 1 ice cream
凌乱
líng luàn
  1. 1 messy
  2. 2 disarrayed
  3. 3 disheveled
  4. 4 chaos
夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
武夷山
Wǔ yí shān
  1. 1 Mt Wuyi in Fujian
  2. 2 Wuyishan nature reserve
  3. 3 Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平[Nán píng] Fujian
冰凌
bīng líng
  1. 1 icicle
凌
Líng
  1. 1 surname Ling
凌志
Líng zhì
  1. 1 Lexus
  2. 2 see also 雷克薩斯|雷克萨斯[Léi kè sà sī]
凌汛
líng xùn
  1. 1 ice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream)
凌河
Líng hé
  1. 1 Linghe district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
凌海
Líng hǎi
  1. 1 Linghai county level city in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning
凌海市
Líng hǎi shì
  1. 1 Linghai county level city in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning
凌源
Líng yuán
  1. 1 Lingyuan county level city in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[Cháo yáng], Liaoning
凌空
líng kōng
  1. 1 be high up in the sky
凌迟
líng chí
  1. 1 the lingering death
  2. 2 the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)
凌云
Líng yún
  1. 1 Lingyun county in Baise 百色[Bǎi sè], Guangxi
凌霄花
líng xiāo huā
  1. 1 Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora)
凌驾
líng jià
  1. 1 to be above
  2. 2 to place above
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster

Idioms (6)

以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí
  1. 1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
  2. 2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
以强凌弱
yǐ qiáng líng ruò
  1. 1 to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
凌乱不堪
líng luàn bù kān
  1. 1 in a terrible mess (idiom)
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
履险如夷
lu:3 xiǎn rú yí
  1. 1 lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
违强凌弱
wéi qiáng líng ruò
  1. 1 to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully
  2. 2 also written 違強陵弱|违强陵弱

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