挺立
tǐng lì
Pinyin
Definition
挺立
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- to stand erect
- to stand upright
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 straight
- 2 erect
- 3 to stick out (a part of the body)
- 4 to (physically) straighten up
- 5 to support
- 6 to withstand
- 7 outstanding
- 8 (coll.) quite
- 9 very
- 10 classifier for machine guns
- 1 immediately
- 1 neutral
- 2 neutrality
- 1 to support
- 2 to back
- 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
- 2 restless
- 3 fidgety
Idioms (20)
三十而立
- 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
势不两立
- 1 the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences
- 2 incompatible standpoints
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
- 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
- 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
坐立不安
- 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
- 2 restless
- 3 fidgety
坐立难安
- 1 unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc) (idiom)