次第
cì dì
Pinyin

Definition

次第
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cì dì
  1. order
  2. sequence
  3. one after another

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 next in sequence
  2. 2 second
  3. 3 the second (day, time etc)
  4. 4 secondary
  5. 5 vice-
  6. 6 sub-
  7. 7 infra-
  8. 8 inferior quality
  9. 9 substandard
  10. 10 order
  11. 11 sequence
  12. 12 hypo- (chemistry)
  13. 13 classifier for enumerated events: time
  1. 1 (prefix indicating ordinal number, e.g. first, number two etc)
  2. 2 order
  3. 3 (old) rank in the imperial examinations
  4. 4 mansion
  5. 5 (literary) but
  6. 6 just
dì yī
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 number one
  3. 3 primary
rén cì
  1. 1 person-times
  2. 2 visits
  3. 3 classifier for number of people participating
zài cì
  1. 1 one more time
  2. 2 again
  3. 3 one more
  4. 4 once again

Idioms (7)

三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
上一次当,学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān
  1. 1 lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly
  2. 2 over and over again
书香门第
shū xiāng mén dì
  1. 1 family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
语无伦次
yǔ wú lún cì
  1. 1 incoherent speech
  2. 2 to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这次第,怎一个愁字了得!
zhè cìdì ,zěn yī ge chóu zì liǎodé !
How can the word "gloomy" be sufficient to comprehend this scene!