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吉首
Jí shǒu
Pinyin
Definition
吉首
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Jí shǒu
Jishou county level city and capital of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiāng xī Tǔ jiā zú Miáo zú zì zhì zhōu], Henan
Character Decomposition
吉
士
口
首
首
Related Words
(20)
吉祥
jí xiáng
1
lucky
2
auspicious
3
propitious
大吉
dà jí
1
very auspicious
2
extremely lucky
大吉大利
dà jí dà lì
1
great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving
首
shǒu
1
head
2
chief
3
first (occasion, thing etc)
4
classifier for poems, songs etc
首页
shǒu yè
1
home page (of a website)
2
title page
3
front page
4
first page
5
fig. beginning
6
cover letter
吉
Jí
1
surname Ji
2
abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Jí lín Shěng]
吉他
jí tā
1
guitar (loanword)
2
CL:把[bǎ]
吉利
Jí lì
1
Geely, Chinese car make
吉林
Jí lín
1
Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 長春|长春
2
also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province
吉祥物
jí xiáng wù
1
mascot
吉隆坡
Jí lóng pō
1
Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
回首
huí shǒu
1
to turn around
2
to look back
3
to recollect
榜首
bǎng shǒu
1
top of the list
聚首
jù shǒu
1
to gather
2
to meet
万事大吉
wàn shì dà jí
1
everything is fine (idiom); all is well with the world
首先
shǒu xiān
1
first (of all)
2
in the first place
首席
shǒu xí
1
chief (representative, correspondent etc)
首映
shǒu yìng
1
to premiere (a movie or TV show)
2
premiere (of a movie)
3
first-run (movie)
4
to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)
首次
shǒu cì
1
first
2
first time
3
for the first time
首尔
Shǒu ěr
1
Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城[Hàn chéng])
Idioms
(20)
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
1
to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
1
bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
2
at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
1
to bow before (idiom)
2
to capitulate
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
1
everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
2
everything points to disaster
吉人自有天相
jí rén zì yǒu tiān xiàng
1
Heaven helps the worthy (idiom)
大吉大利
dà jí dà lì
1
great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving
完事大吉
wán shì dà jí
1
everything is finished (idiom); And there you are!
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
1
to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
昂首挺胸
áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
1
head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
2
in fine mettle (of animal)
昂首阔步
áng shǒu kuò bù
1
striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step
2
to strut
畏首畏尾
wèi shǒu wèi wěi
1
afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous
2
afraid of the slightest thing
痛心疾首
tòng xīn jí shǒu
1
bitter and hateful (idiom)
2
to grieve and lament (over sth)
白首齐眉
bái shǒu qí méi
1
(of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
皓首苍颜
hào shǒu cāng yán
1
white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
祸首罪魁
huò shǒu zuì kuí
1
main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit
2
fig. main cause of a disaster
罪魁祸首
zuì kuí huò shǒu
1
criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit
2
fig. main cause of a disaster
翘居群首
qiáo jū qún shǒu
1
head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent
2
outstanding
翘首以待
qiáo shǒu yǐ dài
1
to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom)
2
to anxiously await
良辰吉日
liáng chén jí rì
1
fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity
万事大吉
wàn shì dà jí
1
everything is fine (idiom); all is well with the world
Sample Sentences