田忌赛马
Tián Jì sài mǎ
Pinyin

Definition

田忌赛马
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Tián Jì sài mǎ
  1. Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

妒忌
dù jì
  1. 1 to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc)
  2. 2 to be envious
  3. 3 envy
田
Tián
  1. 1 surname Tian
田园
tián yuán
  1. 1 fields
  2. 2 countryside
  3. 3 rural
  4. 4 bucolic
禁忌
jìn jì
  1. 1 taboo
  2. 2 contraindication (medicine)
  3. 3 to abstain from
肆无忌惮
sì wú jì dàn
  1. 1 absolutely unrestrained
  2. 2 unbridled
  3. 3 without the slightest scruple
丹田
dān tián
  1. 1 pubic region
  2. 2 point two inches below the navel where one's qi resides
切忌
qiè jì
  1. 1 to avoid as taboo
  2. 2 to avoid by all means
古田
Gǔ tián
  1. 1 Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Níng dé], Fujian
威士忌
wēi shì jì
  1. 1 whiskey (loanword)
山田
Shān tián
  1. 1 Yamada (Japanese surname)
心田
xīn tián
  1. 1 heart (one's innermost being)
忌
jì
  1. 1 to be jealous of
  2. 2 fear
  3. 3 dread
  4. 4 scruple
  5. 5 to avoid or abstain from
  6. 6 to quit
  7. 7 to give up sth
忌口
jì kǒu
  1. 1 abstain from certain food (as when ill)
  2. 2 avoid certain foods
  3. 3 be on a diet
忌妒
jì du
  1. 1 to be jealous of
  2. 2 to envy
  3. 3 jealousy
  4. 4 envy
忌日
jì rì
  1. 1 anniversary of a death
  2. 2 inauspicious day
忌讳
jì huì
  1. 1 taboo
  2. 2 to avoid as taboo
  3. 3 to abstain from
成田
Chéng tián
  1. 1 Narita (Japanese surname and place name)
本田
Běn tián
  1. 1 Honda (Japanese name)
梯田
tī tián
  1. 1 stepped fields
  2. 2 terracing
沙田
Shā tián
  1. 1 Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong

Idioms (13)

外宽内忌
wài kuān nèi jì
  1. 1 magnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside (idiom)
妒贤忌能
dù xián jì néng
  1. 1 to envy the virtuous and talented (idiom)
投鼠忌器
tóu shǔ jì qì
  1. 1 lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
  2. 2 to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
求田问舍
qiú tián wèn shè
  1. 1 lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life
渤澥桑田
bó xiè sāng tián
  1. 1 lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shǐ jì], Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes
  2. 2 life's vicissitudes
沧海桑田
cāng hǎi sāng tián
  1. 1 lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the transformations of the world
瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠
guā tián bù nà lu:3 , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān
  1. 1 lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
  3. 3 innocent acts may be misconstrued
田忌赛马
Tián Jì sài mǎ
  1. 1 Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom)
百无禁忌
bǎi wú jìn jì
  1. 1 all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes
  2. 2 nothing is taboo
砚田之食
yàn tián zhī shí
  1. 1 to make a living by writing (idiom)
童言无忌
tóng yán wú jì
  1. 1 children's words carry no harm (idiom)
蓝田种玉
lán tián zhòng yù
  1. 1 a marriage made in heaven (idiom)
讳疾忌医
huì jí jì yī
  1. 1 hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism
  2. 2 to keep one's shortcomings secret
  3. 3 to refuse to listen to advice

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