和气 (和氣)
hé qi
Pinyin

Definition

和气 (和氣)
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hé qi
  1. friendly
  2. polite
  3. amiable

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

和
hé
  1. 1 old variant of 和[hé]
和尚
hé shang
  1. 1 Buddhist monk
和平
Hé píng
  1. 1 Heping district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
  2. 2 Hoping township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
和睦
hé mù
  1. 1 peaceful relations
  2. 2 harmonious
和谐
hé xié
  1. 1 harmonious
  2. 2 harmony
  3. 3 (euphemism) to censor

Idioms (20)

一唱一和
yī chàng yī hè
  1. 1 to echo one another (idiom)
一团和气
yī tuán hé qì
  1. 1 to keep on the right side of everyone (idiom)
  2. 2 warm and affable
丈二和尚，摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
  1. 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. at a total loss
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
做一天和尚撞一天钟
zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng
  1. 1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
  3. 3 to hold a position passively

Sample Sentences

他们平时都挺和气的。不过关系到国际局势的时候，那可是另一个样子，特别是他们行使否决权的时候。哎，你领联合国宪章了吗？
tāmen píngshí dōu tǐng héqi de 。bùguò guānxì dào guójì júshì de shíhou ，nà kě shì lìng yī ge yàngzi ，tèbié shì tāmen xíngshǐ fǒujuéquán de shíhou 。āi ，nǐ lǐng Liánhéguó xiànzhāng le ma ？
They are usually quite amiable. However, when it comes to international affairs, that's a different story. Especially when they are exercising their right to veto. Have you received the U.N. Charter yet?
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别那么较真了！打牌嘛，友谊第一，和牌第二啊！不要伤了和气。
bié nàme jiàozhēn le ！dǎpái ma ，yǒuyì dì yī ，húpái dì èr a ！bù yào shāng le héqi 。
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好了好了！别争了！大过年的，和气生财！我们没讲清楚规则，这盘就算荒牌吧。来来来，喝杯酒，庆祝新年啊！
hǎo le hǎo le ！bié zhēng le ！dà guònián de ，héqishēngcái ！wǒmen méi jiǎng qīngchu guīzé ，zhè pán jiù suàn huāngpái ba 。lái lái lái ，hē bēi jiǔ ，qìngzhù xīnnián a ！
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和气生财。我们可以商量。
héqìshēngcái 。wǒmen kěyǐ shāngliang 。
Peter, amiability will get you rich. We can discuss it.
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