忌妒
jì du
Pinyin

Definition

忌妒
 - 
jì du
  1. to be jealous of
  2. to envy
  3. jealousy
  4. envy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

嫉妒
jí dù
  1. 1 to be jealous
  2. 2 to envy
  3. 3 to hate
禁忌
jìn jì
  1. 1 taboo
  2. 2 contraindication (medicine)
  3. 3 to abstain from
切忌
qiè jì
  1. 1 to avoid as taboo
  2. 2 to avoid by all means
妒
dù
  1. 1 to envy (success, talent)
  2. 2 jealous
妒忌
dù jì
  1. 1 to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc)
  2. 2 to be envious
  3. 3 envy

Idioms (9)

外宽内忌
wài kuān nèi jì
  1. 1 magnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside (idiom)
天妒英才
tiān dù yīng cái
  1. 1 heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with
  2. 2 those whom the Gods love die young
妒能害贤
dù néng hài xián
  1. 1 jealous of the able, envious of the clever (idiom)
妒贤忌能
dù xián jì néng
  1. 1 to envy the virtuous and talented (idiom)
投鼠忌器
tóu shǔ jì qì
  1. 1 lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
  2. 2 to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents

Sample Sentences

因为吃醋很酸，所以吃醋也是"忌妒"的意思。
yīnwèi chīcù hěn suān ，suǒyǐ chīcù yě shì "jìdu "de yìsi 。
Because vinegar is sour, 'eating vinegar' also means 'to be jealous'.
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你很忌妒他。
nǐ hěn jìdù tā 。
You're very jealous of him.
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前面是著名的“大成殿”。据说皇帝来曲阜祭孔时，当地官员要用布把这些石柱包起来，不敢让皇帝看到。因为这些石柱比皇宫的还漂亮，怕皇帝看了忌妒。
qiánmian shì zhùmíng de “Dàchéng diàn ”。jùshuō huángdì lái Qūfù jìkǒng shí ，dāngdì guānyuán yào yòng bù bǎ zhèxiē shízhù bāo qǐlái ，bùgǎn ràng huángdì kàndào 。yīnwèi zhèxiē shízhù bǐ huánggōng de hái piàoliang ，pà huángdì kàn le jìdù 。
Up ahead is the famous Great Hall. It's said that when the emperor came to the Great Hall, the local officials would use cloth to wrap up these stone pillars and wouldn't dare let the emperor see them. This is because the pillars were more beautiful than the Imperial Palace and they were afraid the emperor would become jealous.
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