戈
gē
Pinyin
Definition
戈
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- dagger-axe
- abbr. for 戈瑞[gē ruì]
- (Tw) abbr. for 戈雷[gē léi]
戈
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- surname Ge
Character Decomposition
Idioms (6)
兵戈扰攘
- 1 arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war
化干戈为玉帛
- 1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
- 2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship
同室操戈
- 1 wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
大动干戈
- 1 to go to war (idiom)
- 2 to make a big fuss over sth
枕戈寝甲
- 1 to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)
- 2 to keep ready for battle at all times
Sample Sentences
嗯,因为我转念一想不值得,那家伙不值得我大动干戈,虽然很生气,但我可是有涵养有素质的人!
Yes, because it occurred to me that it wasn't worth it. That guy is not worth me bringing out the big guns. Although I was very angry, I was brought up with restraint and class!
根据国家的最新规定,现在给孩子起名可以用父母双姓,比如爸爸姓王,妈妈姓陈,孩子可以姓“王陈”,父母再也不必为了决定到底用谁的姓大动干戈了。
According to the most recent national regulations, now when you're naming a child you can use the surname of both parents, for example, if your dad's surname is Wang and your mum's surname is Chen, the child can take the surname Wang Chen, therefore parents don't need to have arguments over deciding whose surname the child will take.
探戈
tango
最近雨水少,气候干燥。而且,我们这边靠近蒙古南部的戈壁地区,所以到了春末夏初,经常会有沙尘天气,有时还会有沙尘暴呢。
These days there isn't much rainfall and the climate is dry. Also, up here, we're right against the area of the Gobi Desert in the southern part of Mongolia, so at the end of spring and beginning of summer, there's often sand dust in the air. Sometimes there are even sandstorms.
你怎么光注意这个?温室效应的后果可是很严重的。你有没有看过戈尔拍的纪录片?全球气温每升高零点一度,对人类来说都是灾难。
How can you only pay attention to that? The consequences of the greenhouse effect are very grave. Have you seen Al Gore's documentary? For every 0.1 degree the earth's temperature rises, it's a calamity for the human race.