慈禧
Cí Xǐ
Pinyin
Definition
慈禧
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- Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (5)
慈悲为本
- 1 mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
慈眉善目
- 1 kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom); amiable looking
- 2 benign-faced
慈眉善眼
- 1 kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom); amiable looking
- 2 benign-faced
父慈子孝
- 1 benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
- 2 natural love between parents and children
贤淑仁慈
- 1 a virtuous and benevolent woman (idiom)
Sample Sentences
慈禧太后废除缠足,并默许民间兴办女子学校。
Ci xi abolished foot binding and allowed the establishment of women's schools.
慈禧太后
The Empress Dowager Ci Xi (1835- 1908)