刺字
cì zì
Pinyin

Definition

刺字
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cì zì
  1. to tattoo

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刺
cī
  1. 1 (onom.) whoosh
刺激
cì jī
  1. 1 to provoke
  2. 2 to irritate
  3. 3 to upset
  4. 4 to stimulate
  5. 5 to excite
  6. 6 irritant
名字
míng zi
  1. 1 name (of a person or thing)
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
字
zì
  1. 1 letter
  2. 2 symbol
  3. 3 character
  4. 4 word
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
  6. 6 courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
数字
shù zì
  1. 1 numeral
  2. 2 digit
  3. 3 number
  4. 4 figure
  5. 5 amount
  6. 6 digital (electronics etc)
  7. 7 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (16)

一字一泪
yī zì yī lèi
  1. 1 each word is a teardrop (idiom)
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一字千金
yī zì qiān jīn
  1. 1 one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
  2. 2 (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect
  3. 3 each word is highly valued
一字褒贬
yī zì bāo biǎn
  1. 1 dispensing praise or blame with a single word (idiom)
  2. 2 concise and powerful style
八字没一撇
bā zì méi yī piě
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet

Sample Sentences

看了这些刑具，大家是不是觉得平时在电视上看到的那些戴木枷，夹手指，脸上刺字，杖刑之类的还是比较轻的？
kàn le zhèxiē xíngjù ，dàjiā shì bu shì juéde píngshí zài diànshì shang kàndào de nàxiē dài mùjiā ，jiā shǒuzhǐ ，liǎn shàng cìzì ，zhàngxíng zhīlèi de háishì bǐjiào qīng de ？
After seeing these torture devices, doesn't everyone think that the kinds of punishments you see on TV like wearing a wooden yoke, finger traps, face tattooing or caning are all pretty mild?
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他们特别喜欢纹一些表达中国传统思想的汉字。“忠、孝、仁、义、忍”可是最受欢迎的纹身字样。哎，这倒有点像岳母刺字的故事。不过好多外国人也不太懂这些文字的意思，他们只是单纯地觉得字很漂亮。
tāmen tèbié xǐhuan wén yīxiē biǎodá Zhōngguó chuántǒng sīxiǎng de hànzì 。“zhōng 、xiào 、rén 、yì 、rěn ”kěshì zuìshòuhuānyíngde wénshēn zìyàng 。āi ，zhè dào yǒudiǎn xiàng Yuèmǔcìzì de gùshì 。bùguò hǎo duō wàiguórén yě bùtài dǒng zhèxiē wénzì de yìsi ，tāmen zhǐshì dānchún de juéde zì hěn piàoliang 。
They really like characters that depict traditional Chinese culture. The most popular characters for body tattoos are ''Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, justice , forbearance." This is a little like the story of Yue Fei's mother-in-law's tattoos. But a lot of foreigners don't really understand what the characters mean. They just innocently see them as beautiful.
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