灾变说
zāi biàn shuō
Pinyin

Definition

灾变说
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zāi biàn shuō
  1. catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

传说
chuán shuō
  1. 1 legend
  2. 2 folklore
  3. 3 to repeat from mouth to mouth
  4. 4 they say that...
改变
gǎi biàn
  1. 1 to change
  2. 2 to alter
  3. 3 to transform
说
shuì
  1. 1 to persuade
变
biàn
  1. 1 to change
  2. 2 to become different
  3. 3 to transform
  4. 4 to vary
  5. 5 rebellion
变成
biàn chéng
  1. 1 to change into
  2. 2 to turn into
  3. 3 to become
事变
shì biàn
  1. 1 incident
  2. 2 unforeseen event
  3. 3 events (in general)
再说
zài shuō
  1. 1 to say again
  2. 2 to put off a discussion until later
  3. 3 moreover
  4. 4 what's more
  5. 5 besides
善变
shàn biàn
  1. 1 fickle
  2. 2 mercurial
  3. 3 changeable
  4. 4 capricious
  5. 5 to be apt to change
多变
duō biàn
  1. 1 fickle
  2. 2 multi-variate (math.)
小说
xiǎo shuō
  1. 1 novel
  2. 2 fiction
  3. 3 CL:本[běn],部[bù]
据说
jù shuō
  1. 1 it is said that
  2. 2 reportedly
演变
yǎn biàn
  1. 1 to develop
  2. 2 to evolve
  3. 3 development
  4. 4 evolution
火灾
huǒ zāi
  1. 1 fire (that burns buildings etc)
灾
zāi
  1. 1 disaster
  2. 2 calamity
灾难
zāi nàn
  1. 1 disaster
  2. 2 catastrophe
无话可说
wú huà kě shuō
  1. 1 to have nothing to say (idiom)
听说
tīng shuō
  1. 1 to hear (sth said)
  2. 2 one hears (that)
  3. 3 hearsay
  4. 4 listening and speaking
胡说
hú shuō
  1. 1 to talk nonsense
  2. 2 drivel
蜕变
tuì biàn
  1. 1 to transform
  2. 2 to morph
  3. 3 to degenerate
  4. 4 metamorphosis
  5. 5 transmutation
  6. 6 transformation
  7. 7 decay
  8. 8 degeneration
解说
jiě shuō
  1. 1 to explain
  2. 2 to comment

Idioms (20)

一成不变
yī chéng bù biàn
  1. 1 nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
  2. 2 stuck in a rut
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
不识时变
bù shí shí biàn
  1. 1 to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances
  2. 2 not amenable to reason
二话不说
èr huà bù shuō
  1. 1 not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
  2. 2 without demur
亘古不变
gèn gǔ bù biàn
  1. 1 unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
  2. 2 unalterable
  3. 3 unvarying
  4. 4 monotonous
但说无妨
dàn shuō wú fáng
  1. 1 there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
俗随时变
sú suí shí biàn
  1. 1 customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners
  2. 2 O Tempora, O Mores!
光说不做
guāng shuō bù zuò
  1. 1 all talk and no action (idiom)
  2. 2 to preach what one does not practice
光说不练
guāng shuō bù liàn
  1. 1 all talk and no action (idiom)
  2. 2 to preach what one does not practice
  3. 3 same as 光說不做|光说不做[guāng shuō bù zuò]
公说公有理，婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
  1. 1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
千变万轸
qiān biàn wàn zhěn
  1. 1 constantly changing, ever-varying (idiom)
口说无凭
kǒu shuō wú píng
  1. 1 (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement
  2. 2 just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
  1. 1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
  3. 3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
天灾人祸
tiān zāi rén huò
  1. 1 natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
女大十八变
nu:3 dà shí bā biàn
  1. 1 lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
好说歹说
hǎo shuō dǎi shuō
  1. 1 to try one's very best to persuade sb (idiom)
  2. 2 to reason with sb in every way possible
幸灾乐祸
xìng zāi lè huò
  1. 1 lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune
  2. 2 Schadenfreude
抢险救灾
qiǎng xiǎn jiù zāi
  1. 1 to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)
是啥说啥
shì shá shuō shá
  1. 1 call a spade a spade (idiom)
民变峰起
mín biàn fēng qǐ
  1. 1 seething discontent (idiom); widespread popular grievances

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