取经 (取經)
qǔ jīng
Pinyin

Definition

取经 (取經)
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qǔ jīng
  1. to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures
  2. to learn by studying another's experience

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

获取
huò qǔ
  1. 1 to gain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to acquire
领取
lǐng qǔ
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to draw
  3. 3 to get
取
qǔ
  1. 1 to take
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to choose
  4. 4 to fetch
取代
qǔ dài
  1. 1 to replace
  2. 2 to supersede
  3. 3 to supplant
  4. 4 (chemistry) substitution
取出
qǔ chū
  1. 1 to take out
  2. 2 to extract
  3. 3 to draw out

Idioms (16)

以貌取人
yǐ mào qǔ rén
  1. 1 to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
各取所需
gè qǔ suǒ xū
  1. 1 each takes what he needs (idiom)
咎由自取
jiù yóu zì qǔ
  1. 1 to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
  2. 2 to bring trouble through one's own actions
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
  1. 1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
  2. 2 in the bag
  3. 3 (as good as) in one's possession

Sample Sentences

你的宝宝真有文化。回头我再去你家找你取经。
nǐ de bǎobao zhēn yǒu wénhuà 。huítóu wǒ zài qù nǐ jiā zhǎo nǐ qǔjīng 。
Your little baby is really cultured! Sometime soon I'll go over to your house and get some more tips from you.
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我最喜欢《西游记》了。小时候，我还不识字，就迷上了《西游记》连环画。那个时候，我的梦想就是跟唐僧、孙悟空他们一起去西天取经。
wǒ zuì xǐhuan 《Xīyóujì 》le 。xiǎoshíhou ，wǒ hái bù shízì ，jiù míshàng le 《Xīyóujì 》liánhuánhuà 。nàge shíhou ，wǒ de mèngxiǎng jiùshì gēn Táng sēng 、Sūn Wùkōng tāmen yīqǐ qù xītiān qǔjīng 。
‘Journey to the West’ is my favorite. When I was a kid and couldn’t read yet, I loved looking at the picture book version. Back then, my dream was to go with Tang Seng and Sun Wukong on a journey to the Western Paradise.
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算你脑子转得快，那时候的中国可是"超级大国" 外加"中央帝国"，是世界的中心。老外都扎堆来中国学习、观摩取经呢！
suàn nǐ nǎozi zhuàn de kuài ，nà shíhou de Zhōngguó kě shì "chāojídàguó " wài jiā "zhōngyāngdìguó "，shì shìjiè de zhōngxīn 。lǎowài dōu zhāduī lái Zhōngguó xuéxí 、guānmó qǔ jīng ne ！
I've got to hand it to you, you're quick! At that time, China really was a superpower and ``Middle Kingdom." It was the center of the world. Foreigners all came here to study, to see works of art and study the classics!
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