格物
gé wù
Pinyin

Definition

格物
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gé wù
  1. to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[lǐ xué]
  2. word for Western natural sciences during late Qing

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事物
shì wù
  1. 1 thing
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
人格
rén gé
  1. 1 personality
  2. 2 integrity
  3. 3 dignity
人物
rén wù
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 character (in a play, novel etc)
  3. 3 protagonist
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
价格
jià gé
  1. 1 price
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
动物
dòng wù
  1. 1 animal
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 群 qún
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
  1. 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
博物洽闻
bó wù qià wén
  1. 1 to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
  1. 1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)