次第
cì dì
Pinyin
Definition
次第
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- order
- sequence
- one after another
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 next in sequence
- 2 second
- 3 the second (day, time etc)
- 4 secondary
- 5 vice-
- 6 sub-
- 7 infra-
- 8 inferior quality
- 9 substandard
- 10 order
- 11 sequence
- 12 hypo- (chemistry)
- 13 classifier for enumerated events: time
- 1 (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
- 2 order
- 3 (old) rank in the imperial examinations
- 4 mansion
- 5 (literary) but
- 6 just
- 1 first
- 2 number one
- 3 primary
- 1 person-times
- 2 visits
- 3 classifier for number of people participating
- 1 one more time
- 2 again
- 3 one more
- 4 once again
Idioms (7)
三番五次
- 1 over and over again (idiom)
上一次当,学一次乖
- 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
- 2 once bitten, twice shy
几次三番
- 1 lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly
- 2 over and over again
书香门第
- 1 family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
语无伦次
- 1 incoherent speech
- 2 to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
Sample Sentences
这次第,怎一个愁字了得!
How can the word "gloomy" be sufficient to comprehend this scene!