子曰
zǐ yuē
Pinyin

Definition

子曰
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zǐ yuē
  1. Confucius says:

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
女子
nǚ zǐ
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 female
妻子
qī zǐ
  1. 1 wife and children
子
zǐ
  1. 1 son
  2. 2 child
  3. 3 seed
  4. 4 egg
  5. 5 small thing
  6. 6 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
  7. 7 Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  8. 8 ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
孩子
hái zi
  1. 1 child

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel
仁人君子
rén rén jūn zǐ
  1. 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person

Sample Sentences

哇，胡老先生真是我们的大救星啊。我最烦文言文了，什么“之乎者也”，“子曰”，又难懂又没用。天天这么“之乎者也”，地绕来绕去，不晕才怪！
wā ，Hú lǎoxiānsheng zhēn shì wǒmen de dà jiùxīng a 。wǒ zuì fán wényánwén le ，shénme “zhīhūzhěyě ”，“zǐyuē ”，yòu nándǒng yòu méiyòng 。tiāntiān zhème “zhīhūzhěyě ”，de ràoláiràoqù ，bù yūn cái guài ！
Wow, Mr. Hu really was our great liberator. Classical Chinese is the worst. All those modal particles, 'Confucius said', etc. - not only is it hard to understand, it's useless as well. Everyday, 'zhi' this, and 'zhe' that, if that doesn't make you dizzy, I don't know what would!
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