小康
xiǎo kāng
Pinyin

Definition

小康
 - 
xiǎo kāng
  1. moderately affluent
  2. well-off
  3. a period of peace and prosperity
小康
 - 
Xiǎo kāng
  1. Xiaokang, a Confucian near-ideal state of society, second only to Datong 大同[Dà tóng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

健康
jiàn kāng
  1. 1 health
  2. 2 healthy
小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
大小
dà xiǎo
  1. 1 dimension
  2. 2 magnitude
  3. 3 size
  4. 4 measurement
  5. 5 large and small
  6. 6 at any rate
  7. 7 adults and children
  8. 8 consideration of seniority
安康
Ān kāng
  1. 1 Ankang prefecture-level city in Shaanxi

Idioms (20)

上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth

Sample Sentences

小康，轮到你了！
Xiǎokāng ，lúndào nǐ le ！
Xiao Kang, it's your turn!
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好。小康，你呢？
hǎo 。Xiǎokāng ，nǐ ne ？
Okay. Xiao Kang, what about you?
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小康你酒量不错嘛，喝了好几杯了，一点儿反应都没有。
XiǎoKāng nǐ jiǔliàng bùcuò ma ，hē le hǎojǐ bēi le ，yīdiǎnr fǎnyìng dōu méiyǒu 。
Xiao Kang, you can really drink. You've drunk quite a few glasses and it hasn't had an effect at all.
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建设小康社会
jiànshè xiǎokāng shèhuì
To develop comfortable living standards for all.
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我是勉强够得上小康。一个月供车、供房，加上日常开销，基本上就月光了。
wǒ shì miǎnqiǎng gòudeshàng xiǎokāng 。yī ge yuè gōng chē 、gōng fáng ，jiāshàng rìcháng kāixiāo ，jīběn shang jiù yuèguāng le 。
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