夷洲
Yí zhōu
Pinyin

Definition

夷洲
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Yí zhōu
  1. name of an ancient barbarian country, possibly Taiwan

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

亚洲
Yà zhōu
  1. 1 Asia
  2. 2 abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Yà xì yà Zhōu]
夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
欧洲
Ōu zhōu
  1. 1 Europe
  2. 2 abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲[Ōu luó bā Zhōu]
澳洲
Ào zhōu
  1. 1 Australia
  2. 2 abbr. for 澳大利亞洲|澳大利亚洲[Ào dà lì yà Zhōu]
非洲
Fēi zhōu
  1. 1 Africa
  2. 2 abbr. for 阿非利加洲[Ā fēi lì jiā Zhōu]
三角洲
sān jiǎo zhōu
  1. 1 delta (geography)
五洲
wǔ zhōu
  1. 1 five continents
  2. 2 the world
匪夷所思
fěi yí suǒ sī
  1. 1 unimaginable
  2. 2 outrageous
  3. 3 freakish
南极洲
Nán jí zhōu
  1. 1 Antarctica
夏威夷果
Xià wēi yí guǒ
  1. 1 macadamia nut
大洲
dà zhōu
  1. 1 continent
夷
yí
  1. 1 non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
  2. 2 barbarians
  3. 3 to wipe out
  4. 4 to exterminate
  5. 5 to tear down
  6. 6 to raze
新洲
Xīn zhōu
  1. 1 Xinzhou district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wǔ hàn shì], Hubei
株洲
Zhū zhōu
  1. 1 Zhuzhou prefecture level city, on the Xiangjiang river in Hunan
欧洲人
Ōu zhōu rén
  1. 1 European (person)
欧洲杯
Ōu zhōu bēi
  1. 1 European Cup (e.g. soccer)
武夷山
Wǔ yí shān
  1. 1 Mt Wuyi in Fujian
  2. 2 Wuyishan nature reserve
  3. 3 Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平[Nán píng] Fujian
沙洲
shā zhōu
  1. 1 sandbank
  2. 2 sandbar
洲
zhōu
  1. 1 continent
  2. 2 island in a river
洲际
zhōu jì
  1. 1 intercontinental

Idioms (3)

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)
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
履险如夷
lu:3 xiǎn rú yí
  1. 1 lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly

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