息肩
xī jiān
Pinyin

Definition

息肩
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xī jiān
  1. (literary) to put down one's burden
  2. to rest
  3. to stay (at an inn etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

休息
xiū xi
  1. 1 rest
  2. 2 to rest
信息
xìn xī
  1. 1 information
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 message
消息
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 classifier: 条 tiáo
并肩
bìng jiān
  1. 1 alongside
  2. 2 shoulder to shoulder
  3. 3 side by side
  4. 4 abreast
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest

Idioms (13)

仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
勾肩搭背
gōu jiān dā bèi
  1. 1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. 1 to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow