皮
pí
Pinyin

Definition

皮
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pí
  1. leather
  2. skin
  3. fur
  4. CL:張|张[zhāng]
  5. pico- (one trillionth)
  6. naughty
皮
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Pí
  1. surname Pi

Character Decomposition

Compounds (26)

被
bèi
  1. 1 quilt
  2. 2 by
  3. 3 (indicates passive-voice clauses)
  4. 4 (literary) to cover
  5. 5 to meet with
  6. 6 (coll.) (since c. 2009) used before a verb that does not accurately represent what actually happened, to describe with black humor how sb or sth was dealt with by the authorities (as in 被自殺|被自杀[bèi zì shā])
破
pò
  1. 1 broken
  2. 2 damaged
  3. 3 worn out
  4. 4 lousy
  5. 5 rotten
  6. 6 to break, split or cleave
  7. 7 to get rid of
  8. 8 to destroy
  9. 9 to break with
  10. 10 to defeat
  11. 11 to capture (a city etc)
  12. 12 to expose the truth of
波
Bō
  1. 1 Poland
  2. 2 Polish
  3. 3 abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bō lán]
波
bō
  1. 1 wave
  2. 2 ripple
  3. 3 storm
  4. 4 surge
皮
Pí
  1. 1 surname Pi

Related Words (20)

皮
Pí
  1. 1 surname Pi
皮肤
pí fū
  1. 1 skin
  2. 2 classifier: 层 céng
  3. 3 classifier: 块 kuài
上皮
shàng pí
  1. 1 epithelium
俏皮
qiào pi
  1. 1 smart
  2. 2 charming
  3. 3 attractive
  4. 4 witty
  5. 5 facetious
  6. 6 ironic
俏皮话
qiào pi huà
  1. 1 witticism
  2. 2 wisecrack
  3. 3 sarcastic remark
  4. 4 double entendre

Idioms (18)

三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè Zhū gě Liàng
  1. 1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
  2. 2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
人心隔肚皮
rén xīn gé dù pí
  1. 1 there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我喜欢吃皮蛋，但是我的朋友不喜欢吃皮蛋。
wǒ xǐhuan chī pídàn ，dànshì wǒ de péngyou bù xǐhuan chī pídàn 。
I like to eat thousand-year-old egg, but my friends don't like them.
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你吃过皮蛋吗？
nǐ chī guò pídàn ma ？
Have you tried the hundred-year-old egg before?
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想想春运大潮，我就头皮发麻
xiǎng xiǎng chūnyùn dàcháo ，wǒ jiù tóupífāmá
Thinking of spring festival transportation makes me afraid.
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就是，上次我去芬兰，天下着雪呢，我们到餐厅吃饭，人家硬是一壶带冰的水放你面前。我看着就起鸡皮，没法喝，还好我随身带了保温杯。
jiùshì ，shàngcì wǒ qù Fēnlán ，tiān xià zhe xuě ne ，wǒmen dào cāntīng chī fàn ，rénjia yìngshì yī hú dài bīng de shuǐ fàng nǐ miànqián 。wǒ kàn zhe jiù qǐ jīpí ，méifǎ hē ，háihǎo wǒ suíshēn dài le bǎowēnbēi 。
Exactly, the last time I visited Finland, it was snowing. We went to a restaurant to eat and they served us with a pot of ice water. Just looking at it gave me goosebumps. I could not drink it but fortunately I brought my thermos mug.
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这时，他一阵毛骨悚然，起了一身鸡皮疙瘩。
zhèshí ，tā yīzhèn máogǔsǒngrán ，qǐ le yīshēn jīpígēda 。
Just then, he felt a chill down his spine and got goose bumps all over him.
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我的部门有一群半吊子，遇到问题就踢皮球、打太极。
wǒ de bùmén yǒu yī qún bàndiàozi ，yùdào wèntí jiù tīpíqiú 、dǎtàijí 。
My department has a group of amateurs. They pass the buck or avoid responsibility as soon as there's an issue.
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除了以旧布料、木、三文鱼皮及竹等日常废料开发的环保材质及产品，还有一系列以咖啡渣为原料研发的新材料，
chúle yǐ jiù bùliào 、mù 、sānwényú pí jí zhú děng rìcháng fèiliào kāifā de huánbǎo cáizhì jí chǎnpǐn ，háiyǒu yīxìliè yǐ kāfēizhā wèi yuánliào yánfā de xīncáiliào ，
In addition to environmentally friendly materials and products developed from daily waste such as old cloth, wood, salmon skin, and bamboo, there are also a series of new materials developed from coffee grounds.
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70年前，中华人民共和国成立前夕，美国国务卿艾奇逊在关于送呈《美国与中国的关系》白皮书致总统杜鲁门的信中说：“近代史上每一个中国政府必须面临的第一个问题，是解决人民的吃饭问题，到现在为止，没有一个政府是成功的。”
nián qián ，ZhōnghuáRénmínGònghéguó chénglì qiánxī ，Měiguó guówùqīng Àiqíxùn zài guānyú sòngchéng 《Měiguó yǔ Zhōngguó de guānxi 》báipíshū zhì zǒngtǒng dùlǔmén de xìn zhōng shuō ：“jìndàishǐ shàng měi yīgē Zhōngguó zhèngfǔ bìxū miànlín de dìyī ge wèntí ，shì jiějué rénmín de chīfàn wèntí ，dào xiànzài wéizhǐ ，méiyǒu yīgē zhèngfǔ shì chénggōng de 。”
70 years ago, on the eve of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, US Secretary of State Acheson said in a letter to President Truman on the White Paper on the relationship between the United States and China: "The first problem that every Chinese government must face in modern history is solving the people’s food problems, no government has been successful so far.”
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披着狼皮的羊
pī zhe láng pí de yáng
A sheep in wolf's skin
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披着羊皮的狼
pī zhe yángpí de láng
A wolf in sheep's skin
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