旗袍
qí páo
Pinyin

Definition

旗袍
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qí páo
  1. Chinese-style dress
  2. cheongsam

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

旗下
qí xià
  1. 1 under the banner of
升旗
shēng qí
  1. 1 to raise a flag
  2. 2 to hoist a flag
国旗
guó qí
  1. 1 flag (of a country)
  2. 2 classifier: 面 miàn
彩旗
cǎi qí
  1. 1 colored flag
战袍
zhàn páo
  1. 1 (old) combat robe
  2. 2 soldier's uniform
  3. 3 (sports) team jersey
  4. 4 team shirt

Idioms (11)

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
别树一旗
bié shù yī qí
  1. 1 lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner
  2. 2 to stand out
  3. 3 to develop one's own school
  4. 4 to have attitude of one's own
割袍断义
gē páo duàn yì
  1. 1 to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)
  2. 2 to break all friendly ties
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
摇旗呐喊
yáo qí nà hǎn
  1. 1 to wave flags and shout battle cries (idiom); to egg sb on
  2. 2 to give support to

Sample Sentences

林老师，师母，你们来了啊，师母您今天真是光彩夺目！这一身宝蓝苏绣旗袍太衬您的气质了，高贵典雅。
Lín lǎoshī ，shīmǔ ，nǐmen lái le ā ，shīmǔ nín jīntiān zhēn shì guāngcǎiduómù ！zhè yī shēn bǎolán sūxiù qípáo tài shèn nín de qìzhì le ，gāoguì diǎnyǎ 。
Professor and Mrs Lin, you both came. Mrs Lin, you look really stunning today! This sapphire-blue Suzhou-style embroidered qipao really works with your style, so grand and elegant.
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确实如此，挺有特色的，尤其是唐装、旗袍、中式长袍这些。
quèshí rúcǐ ，tǐng yǒu tèsè de ，yóuqí shì tángzhuāng 、qípáo 、zhōngshì chángpáo zhèxiē 。
Indeed, it's very particular, especially Tang suits, Chinese-style dresses or qipaos and Chinese-style gowns or chang paos.
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那不是有100多人？啧啧，果然有排场。咦？这张照片里穿旗袍的大美女是谁？
nà bù shì yǒu yībǎi duō rén ？zézé ，guǒrán yǒu páichǎng 。yí ？zhè zhāng zhàopiàn lǐ chuān qípáo de dà měinǚ shì shéi ？
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