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定作
dìng zuò
Pinyin
Definition
定作
-
dìng zuò
to have sth made to order
Character Decomposition
定
宀
一
龰
作
亻
丿
一
丨
二
Related Words
(20)
一定
yī dìng
1
surely
2
certainly
3
necessarily
4
fixed
5
a certain (extent etc)
6
given
7
particular
8
must
作
zuō
1
worker
2
workshop
3
(slang) troublesome
4
high-maintenance (person)
作品
zuò pǐn
1
work (of art)
2
opus
3
CL:部[bù],篇[piān]
作业
zuò yè
1
school assignment
2
homework
3
work
4
task
5
operation
6
CL:個|个[gè]
7
to operate
作为
zuò wéi
1
one's conduct
2
deed
3
activity
4
accomplishment
5
achievement
6
to act as
7
as (in the capacity of)
8
qua
9
to view as
10
to look upon (sth as)
11
to take sth to be
工作
gōng zuò
1
to work
2
(of a machine) to operate
3
job
4
work
5
task
6
CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
搞定
gǎo dìng
1
to fix
2
to settle
3
to wangle
决定
jué dìng
1
to decide (to do something)
2
to resolve
3
decision
4
CL:個|个[gè],項|项[xiàng]
5
certainly
淡定
dàn dìng
1
calm and collected
2
unperturbed
绑定
bǎng dìng
1
binding (loanword)
2
to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number)
肯定
kěn dìng
1
to be certain
2
to be positive
3
assuredly
4
definitely
5
to give recognition
6
to affirm
7
affirmative (answer)
注定
zhù dìng
1
to foreordain
2
to be bound to
3
to be destined to
4
to be doomed to
5
inevitably
不一定
bù yī dìng
1
not necessarily
2
maybe
不定
bù dìng
1
indefinite
2
indeterminate
3
(botany) adventitious
作出
zuò chū
1
to put out
2
to come up with
3
to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
4
to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
5
to draw (conclusion)
6
to deliver (speech, judgment)
7
to devise (explanation)
8
to extract
作孽
zuò niè
1
to sin
作家
zuò jiā
1
author
2
CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
作弊
zuò bì
1
to practice fraud
2
to cheat
3
to engage in corrupt practices
作怪
zuò guài
1
(of a ghost) to make strange things happen
2
to act up
3
to act behind the scenes
4
to make mischief
5
odd
6
to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
作息
zuò xī
1
to work and rest
Idioms
(20)
一言为定
yī yán wéi dìng
1
(idiom) it's a deal
2
that's settled then
人定胜天
rén dìng shèng tiān
1
man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
1
to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
1
tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
1
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
2
hoist by his own petard
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
1
lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
2
fig. to head off in various directions
3
to flee helter-skelter
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
1
lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
2
work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
1
to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
1
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
2
Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
1
decreed by fate (idiom)
2
destined
3
fated
回嗔作喜
huí chēn zuò xǐ
1
to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
尘埃落定
chén āi luò dìng
1
lit. the dust has settled (idiom)
2
fig. to get sorted out
3
to be finalized
天作之合
tiān zuò zhī hé
1
a match made in heaven (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
1
Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
2
the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
1
Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
2
the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
1
lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
2
fig. the originator of an evil practice
定于一尊
dìng yú yī zūn
1
(idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct
2
to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority
寻欢作乐
xún huān zuò lè
1
pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
小作怡情,大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
1
a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)
居无定所
jū wú dìng suǒ
1
to be without a fixed residence (idiom)
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