国旗 (國旗)
guó qí
Pinyin

Definition

国旗 (國旗)
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guó qí
  1. flag (of a country)
  2. CL:面[miàn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

旗下
qí xià
  1. 1 under the banner of
升旗
shēng qí
  1. 1 to raise a flag
  2. 2 to hoist a flag
国旗
guó qí
  1. 1 flag (of a country)
  2. 2 classifier: 面 miàn
彩旗
cǎi qí
  1. 1 colored flag
旗
qí
  1. 1 flag
  2. 2 variant: 旗 qí

Idioms (9)

偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
别树一旗
bié shù yī qí
  1. 1 lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner
  2. 2 to stand out
  3. 3 to develop one's own school
  4. 4 to have attitude of one's own
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
摇旗呐喊
yáo qí nà hǎn
  1. 1 to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom); to egg sb on
  2. 2 to give support to
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
  1. 1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stop what one is doing

Sample Sentences

不过有些人的确缺乏常识。中国不还有个参加歌唱比赛的人连国旗都不认识吗。
bùguò yǒuxiē rén díquè quēfá chángshí 。Zhōngguó bù hái yǒu ge cānjiā gēchàng bǐsài de rén lián guóqí dōu bù rènshi ma 。
But some people really are short of common sense. So many programs let common people go on TV. With a bit of carelessness, you can reveal your ignorance to the world. Then there are meddlesome people who will put these things online and let the entire world see how stupid you are.
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谁说不是呢，我啊，印象最深的就是加入少先队，挂红领巾，每周一国旗下讲话，升国旗唱国歌，还有每周五的少先队活动，我是两条杠，中队长，活动都是我主持的。
shéi shuō bùshì ne ，wǒ ā ，yìnxiàng zuìshēn de jiùshì jiārù shǎoxiānduì ，guà hóng lǐngjīn ，měizhōuyī guóqí xià jiǎnghuà ，shēng guóqí chàng guógē ，háiyǒu měizhōuwǔ de shǎoxiānduì huódòng ，wǒ shì liǎng tiáo gàng ，zhōngduìzhǎng ，huódòng dōu shì wǒ zhǔchí de 。
Tell me about it! As for me, the thing that left the deepest impression with me was joining the Young Pioneers, wearing the red scarf, making speeches every Monday at the flag lowering, and singing the National anthem at the flag raising, as well as the Young Pioneer activities every Friday, ha ha. I was a two striper and a squadron leader, so I presided over all the activities.
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什么！南非偷偷地在南极洲插上了自己的国旗！这是公然的挑衅行为，我国外交部要对其行为发出严正的警告！
shénme ！Nánfēi tōutōu de zài Nánjízhōu chā shàng le zìjǐ de guóqí ！zhè shì gōngrán de tiǎoxìn xíngwéi ，wǒguó wàijiāobù yào duì qí xíngwéi fāchū yánzhèng de jǐnggào ！
What! South Africa sneakily planted its national flag in Antarctica! This is a blatant provocation. Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs will issue a serious warning about this!
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哇，中国的国旗真漂亮！
wā ，Zhōngguó de guóqí zhēn piàoliang ！
Wow, China's flag is really beautiful!
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