吉利
jí lì
Pinyin

Definition

吉利
 - 
jí lì
  1. auspicious
  2. lucky
  3. propitious
吉利
 - 
Jí lì
  1. Geely, Chinese car make

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

利
Lì
  1. 1 surname Li
利用
lì yòng
  1. 1 to exploit
  2. 2 to make use of
  3. 3 to use
  4. 4 to take advantage of
  5. 5 to utilize
利益
lì yì
  1. 1 benefit
  2. 2 (in sb's) interest
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
胜利
shèng lì
  1. 1 victory
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
吉祥
jí xiáng
  1. 1 lucky
  2. 2 auspicious
  3. 3 propitious

Idioms (20)

一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
  1. 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
仁言利博
rén yán lì bó
  1. 1 Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all.
便民利民
biàn mín lì mín
  1. 1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
利令智昏
lì lìng zhì hūn
  1. 1 to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)

Sample Sentences

橘子＝吉利
júzi ＝jílì
tangerine = lucky
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啊呀，你别说这些不吉利的话。
āyā ，nǐ bié shuō zhèxiē bù jílì de huà 。
Agh, don't say unlucky things like that!
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妈，你又在说不吉利的话了。你跟那些孤魂野鬼无冤无仇，他们不会害你的...
mā ，nǐ yòu zài shuō bù jílì dehuà le 。nǐ gēn nàxiē gūhúnyěguǐ wúyuānwúchóu ，tāmen bùhuì hài nǐ de ...
Daughter in law: You shouldn't talk like that. Those wandering vengeful spirits have no accounts to settle with you, they won't do you any harm...
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不过说真的，红包就是个象征性的东西嘛，讨个吉利，包多包少，没人介意的。
bùguò shuōzhēnde ，hóngbāo jiùshì gè xiàngzhēngxìng de dōngxi ma ，tǎo ge jílì ，bāo duō bāo shǎo ，méi rén jièyì de 。
But to be frank, red envelopes are just symbolic, they're just for luck, no one really cares how much you put in.
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四四四多不吉利。
sì sì sì duō bù jílì 。
Four. Four is really bad luck.
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龙年的时候，我们会讲什么很吉利的话？
lóng nián de shíhou ，wǒmen huì jiǎng shénme hěn jílì de huà ？
During the year of the dragon, what kind of lucky words do we say?
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有些生肖就是不吉利，比如羊啊、牛啊。
yǒu xiē shēngxiào jiùshì bù jílì ，bǐrú yáng a 、niú a 。
Some zodiac signs are not auspicious, like the ram and the bull.
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我们没有吉利"7"的说法。
wǒmen méiyǒu jílì "qī "de shuōfa 。
We don't have the saying "lucky number seven."
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6"也比较吉利。
liù "yě bǐjiào jílì 。
"Six" is also relatively lucky.
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吉利的和不吉利的数字。
jílì de hé bù jílì de shùzì 。
Lucky and unlucky numbers.
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