多妻制
duō qī zhì
Pinyin

Definition

多妻制
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duō qī zhì
  1. polygamy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

duō
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 much
  3. 3 often
  4. 4 a lot of
  5. 5 numerous
  6. 6 more
  7. 7 in excess
  8. 8 how (to what extent)
  9. 9 multi-
  10. 10 Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
èr shí duō
  1. 1 over 20
kè zhì
  1. 1 to restrain
  2. 2 to control
  3. 3 restraint
  4. 4 self-control
zhì
  1. 1 system
  2. 2 to control
  3. 3 to regulate
  4. 4 variant: 制 zhì

Idioms (20)

不遑多让
bù huáng duō ràng
  1. 1 lit. to have no time for civilities (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not to be outdone
  3. 3 not to yield to one's opponents
人多势众
rén duō shì zhòng
  1. 1 many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength
  2. 2 There is safety in numbers.
以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí
  1. 1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
  2. 2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
  1. 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
  1. 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not enough to go around
  3. 3 demand exceeds supply