朝鲜 (朝鮮)
Cháo xiǎn
Pinyin

Definition

朝鲜 (朝鮮)
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Cháo xiǎn
  1. North Korea
  2. Korea as geographic term
  3. Taiwan pr. [Cháo xiān]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今朝
jīn zhāo
  1. 1 at the present
  2. 2 now
天朝
Tiān cháo
  1. 1 Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China
  2. 2 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
朝
Cháo
  1. 1 abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Cháo xiǎn] Korea
朝阳
Cháo yáng
  1. 1 Chaoyang district in east and northeast Beijing, a county level district of Beijing municipality
  2. 2 Chaoyang prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
  3. 3 Chaoyang district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin
  4. 4 Chaoyang county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[Cháo yáng], Liaoning
朝鲜
Cháo xiǎn
  1. 1 North Korea
  2. 2 Korea as geographic term
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [Cháo xiān]

Idioms (20)

一朝一夕
yī zhāo yī xī
  1. 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. in a short period of time
  3. 3 overnight
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù
  1. 1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì
  1. 1 to live in the moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to live every day as if it were one's last
  3. 3 to enjoy while one can

Sample Sentences

这也算是不错的结局啊。现在我能理解朝鲜人偷渡到中国的行为了。
zhè yě suànshì bùcuò de jiéjú a 。xiànzài wǒ néng lǐjiě cháoxiǎn rén tōudù dào zhōngguó de xíngwéi le 。
It’s not a bad end to the story I guess. Now I understand why North Koreans sneak over the border into China.
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中国对朝鲜发射导弹表示遗憾。
Zhōngguó duì Cháoxiǎn fāshè dǎodàn biǎoshì yíhàn 。
China expressed regret that North Korea fired the missiles.
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你们算幸福了，还有的选。要是生在韩国和朝鲜，不管你是普通老百姓还是大明星，凡是达到一定年龄的男性，都要入伍当兵。就连总统的儿子也是一视同仁。
nǐmen suàn xìngfú le ，hái yǒudexuǎn 。yàoshì shēng zài Hánguó hé Cháoxiǎn ，bùguǎn nǐ shì pǔtōnglǎobǎixìng háishì dà míngxīng ，fánshì dádào yīdìng niánlíng de nánxìng ，dōuyào rùwǔ dāng bīng 。jiù lián zǒngtǒng de érzi yě shì yīshìtóngrén 。
You guys are lucky; you still get to choose. If you were born in North or South Korea, as a man you'd have to enlist in the military at a certain age whether you were a normal person or a famous celebrity. Even the president's son is treated the same way without exception.
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比如，朝鲜。是一个很可怕的国家，是吧？
bǐrú ，Cháoxiǎn 。shì yī gè hěn kěpà de guójiā ，shì ba ？
North Korea, for example. That's a very frightening country, right?
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