刻意
kè yì
Pinyin

Definition

刻意
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kè yì
  1. meticulous
  2. painstaking
  3. deliberate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

rèn yì
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 arbitrary
  3. 3 at will
  4. 4 at random
  1. 1 quarter (hour)
  2. 2 moment
  3. 3 to carve
  4. 4 to engrave
  5. 5 to cut
  6. 6 oppressive
  7. 7 classifier for short time intervals
chuàng yì
  1. 1 creative
  2. 2 creativity
zài yì
  1. 1 to care about
  2. 2 to mind
hǎo yì si
  1. 1 to have the nerve
  2. 2 what a cheek!
  3. 3 to feel no shame
  4. 4 to overcome the shame
  5. 5 (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected

Sample Sentences

我…我这是刻意捏的,这样才有不规则的美感。你再看这碗身的弧线,我把手指间的力度拿捏得不错,才能呈现出这么流畅的线条。
wǒ …wǒ zhè shì kèyì niē de ,zhèyàng cái yǒu bùguīzé de měigǎn 。nǐ zài kàn zhè wǎn shēn de húxiàn ,wǒ bǎ shǒuzhǐ jiān de lìdù nániē de bùcuò ,cáinéng chéngxiàn chū zhème liúchàng de xiàntiáo 。
I… I shaped it that way deliberately, that’s how I gave it its irregular beauty. Look again at the curvature of the cup’s body, I had to pinch it with just the right amount of pressure between my fingers, and only then did I manage to get such smooth lines.
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也别刻意,有机会,让两个年轻人交个朋友也就是了。
yě bié kèyì ,yǒu jīhuì ,ràng liǎng gè niánqīngrén jiāo gè péngyou yějiùshì le 。
Well, there's no need to be deliberate, but if there is a chance for the two young people to be friends, why not.
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爱不用刻意安排
ài bùyòng kèyì ānpái
Love – there’s no use planning for it
有些人是在利益的驱使下为了窃取一些机密或者刻意制造一些麻烦,有些黑客则纯属是无聊或者只是想证明自己驾御电脑技术的实力。还有的黑客竟然只是十几岁的少年,他们沉迷于电脑,一切只为了好玩,却因法律意识过于薄弱,触犯法律还不自知。
yǒuxiērén shì zài lìyì de qūshǐ xià wèile qièqǔ yīxiē jīmì huòzhě kèyì zhìzào yīxiē máfan ,yǒuxiē hēikè zé chúnshǔ shì wúliáo huòzhě zhǐshì xiǎng zhèngmíng zìjǐ jiàyù diànnǎo jìshù de shílì 。hái yǒude hēikè jìngrán zhǐshì shíjǐ suì de shàonián ,tāmen chénmíyú diànnǎo ,yīqiè zhǐ wèile hǎowán ,què yīn fǎlǜ yìshi guòyú bóruò ,chùfàn fǎlǜ hái bù zìzhī 。
Some people are spurred to steal some top-secret things or painstakingly cause inconvenience by the desire for benefit. Then there are some hackers who are really just bored or want to prove their mastery of computer technology. Then there are still other hackers who are just teenagers. They are completely immersed in computers and do everything for fun. Because they don't really understand the law, they break it without even knowing.