泰西
Tài xī
Pinyin

Definition

泰西
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Tài xī
  1. "the Far West"
  2. old term for Europe and America

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dōng xī
  1. 1 east and west
  1. 1 the West
  2. 2 abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá]
  3. 3 Spanish
Xī ān
  1. 1 Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shǎn xī Shěng] in northwest China
xī guā
  1. 1 watermelon
  2. 2 classifier: 颗 kē
  3. 3 classifier: 粒 lì
  4. 4 classifier: 个 ge
Xī yóu Jì
  1. 1 Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
  2. 2 also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey

Idioms (20)

不识泰山
bù shí Tài Shān
  1. 1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
  1. 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
否极泰来
pǐ jí tài lái
  1. 1 extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
  1. 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry