Pinyin

Definition

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  1. this
  2. these

Character Decomposition

Compounds (27)

xiē
  1. 1 classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
  1. 1 purple
  2. 2 violet
Chái
  1. 1 surname Chai
chái
  1. 1 firewood
  2. 2 lean (of meat)
  3. 3 thin (of a person)
  1. 1 female
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [cī]

Related Words (20)

rú cǐ
  1. 1 in this way
  2. 2 so
  1. 1 this
  2. 2 these
yīn cǐ
  1. 1 thus
  2. 2 consequently
  3. 3 as a result
bǐ cǐ
  1. 1 each other
  2. 2 one another
cóng cǐ
  1. 1 from now on
  2. 2 since then
  3. 3 henceforth

Idioms (16)

不分彼此
bù fēn bǐ cǐ
  1. 1 to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)
  2. 2 to share everything
  3. 3 to be on very intimate terms
但愿如此
dàn yuàn rú cǐ
  1. 1 if only it were so
  2. 2 I hope so (idiom)
倘能如此
tǎng néng rú cǐ
  1. 1 if it is possible (idiom)
多此一举
duō cǐ yī jǔ
  1. 1 to do more than is required (idiom); superfluous
  2. 2 gilding the lily
彼倡此和
bǐ chàng cǐ hé
  1. 1 to chorus sb else's lead (idiom); to chime in in agreement

Sample Sentences

你知道中国最有名的人是谁?提起此人,人人皆晓,处处闻名。
nǐ zhīdào Zhōngguó zuì yǒumíng de rén shì shéi ?tíqǐ cǐ rén ,rénrén jiē xiǎo ,chùchù wénmíng 。
Do you know who the most famous person in China is? His name is so well-known that everyone have heard about him.
的确如此。
díquè rúcǐ 。
That's true.
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故兵不顿而利可全,此谋攻之法也。
gù bīng bù dùn ér lì kě quán ,cǐ móugōng zhī fǎ yě 。
The tactic of army use is to ensure it is not exhausted.
英国、法国、比利时等欧洲多国宣布,高等院校开学将推迟至9月。这意味着,高校本学期将全部采取网络教学。对于很多高校而言,网课并不是新鲜事物。但面对如此大规模将课堂授课改为线上授课,各国教育机构和师生们都仍在探索和调整。
Yīngguó 、Fǎguó 、Bǐlìshí děng Ōuzhōu duō guó xuānbù ,gāoděng yuànxiào kāixué jiāng tuīchí zhì jiǔ yuè 。zhè yìwèi zhe ,gāoxiào běn xuéqī jiàng quánbù cǎiqǔ Wǎngluò jiàoxué 。duìyú hěnduō gāoxiào éryán ,wǎngkè bìng búshi xīnxiān shìwù 。dàn miànduì rúcǐ dà guīmó jiāng kètáng shòukè gǎi wéi xiànshàng shòukè ,gèguó jiàoyù jīgòu hé shīshēng men dōu réng zài tànsuǒ hé tiáozhěng 。
Several European countries including the UK, France, and Belgium have announced that colleges and universities are postponing the new semester to September. This means that universities are implementing online teaching for this whole semester. For many universities, online courses are not something new. But when facing the replacement of physical classrooms with online courses on such a large scale, the educational institutions, teachers, and students in these countries are still exploring and adjusting accordingly.
我们都知道常年冰天雪地的地方少之又少,由此​可见白色的动物为何如此罕见了。
wǒmen dōu zhīdào chángnián bīngtiānxuědì de dìfang shǎozhīyòushǎo ,yóu cǐ kě jiàn báisè de dòngwù wèihé rúcǐ hǎnjiàn le 。
We all know that there are only a few places in the world that are covered in snow so that’s why it is quite rare to see animals that are white.
在太阳系中,水星跟太阳的距离很近,受到太阳高温的影响,水星白天的地表温度非常高,可以达到摄氏427度,因此水星没办法像邻近的金星和地球一样形成一层厚厚的大气层。
zài tàiyángxì zhōng ,Shuǐxīng gēn tàiyang de jùlí hěn jìn ,shòudào tàiyang gāowēn de yǐngxiǎng ,Shuǐxīng báitiān de dìbiǎo wēndù fēicháng gāo ,kěyǐ dádào Shèshì sìbǎièrshíqī dù ,yīncǐ Shuǐxīng méi bànfǎ xiàng línjìn de Jīnxīng hé dìqiú yīyàng xíngchéng yīcéng hòu hòu de dàqìcéng 。
In the solar system, Mercury is very close to the sun. Because of the high temperature from the sun, the ground temperature on Mercury is very high, which is up to 427 degree celsius. Therefore, Mercury cannot form a thick layer of atmosphere like Venus and Earth.
温差如此大,液态水自然难以留住。
wēnchā rúcǐ dà ,yètàishuǐ zìrán nányǐ liúzhù 。
By how dramatically the temperature would drop, it is hard to remain liquid water.
因此水星只是没有液态水,水是以固态冰的形式存在。
yīncǐ Shuǐxīng zhǐshì méiyǒu yètàishuǐ ,shuǐ shì yǐ gùtài bīng de xíngshì cúnzài 。
Therefore, there is no liquid water on Mercury, but it is existed in the form of solid ice.
爱已至此,怎样的说法,都能成为理由。
ài yǐ zhìcǐ ,zěnyàng de shuōfǎ ,dōu néng chéngwéi lǐyóu 。
Once love has reached this stage whatever you say could be a reason.
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此兵家之胜,不可先传也。
cǐ Bīngjiā zhī shèng ,bùkě xiān chuán yě 。
The tactics of war cannot be explained with these smaller details without first a bigger picture