相近
xiāng jìn
Pinyin

Definition

相近
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xiāng jìn
  1. close
  2. similar to

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

最近
zuì jìn
  1. 1 recently
  2. 2 soon
  3. 3 nearest
相信
xiāng xìn
  1. 1 to be convinced (that sth is true)
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to accept sth as true
相册
xiàng cè
  1. 1 photo album
相爱
xiāng ài
  1. 1 to love each other
真相
zhēn xiàng
  1. 1 the truth about sth
  2. 2 the actual facts
近
jìn
  1. 1 near
  2. 2 close to
  3. 3 approximately
互相
hù xiāng
  1. 1 each other
  2. 2 mutually
  3. 3 mutual
亮相
liàng xiàng
  1. 1 to strike a pose (Chinese opera)
  2. 2 (fig.) to make a public appearance
  3. 3 to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc)
  4. 4 (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
将近
jiāng jìn
  1. 1 almost
  2. 2 nearly
  3. 3 close to
意气相投
yì qì xiāng tóu
  1. 1 congenial
接近
jiē jìn
  1. 1 to approach
  2. 2 to get close to
照相
zhào xiàng
  1. 1 to take a photograph
照相机
zhào xiàng jī
  1. 1 camera
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],架[jià],部[bù],台[tái],隻|只[zhī]
相
Xiāng
  1. 1 surname Xiang
相互
xiāng hù
  1. 1 each other
  2. 2 mutual
相交
xiāng jiāo
  1. 1 to cross over (e.g. traffic)
  2. 2 to intersect
  3. 3 to make friends
相伴
xiāng bàn
  1. 1 to accompany sb
  2. 2 to accompany each other
相似
xiāng sì
  1. 1 to resemble
  2. 2 similar
  3. 3 like
  4. 4 resemblance
  5. 5 similarity
相依
xiāng yī
  1. 1 to be interdependent
相传
xiāng chuán
  1. 1 to pass on
  2. 2 to hand down
  3. 3 tradition has it that ...
  4. 4 according to legend

Idioms (20)

一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng
  1. 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
二虎相斗，必有一伤
èr hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
互相推诿
hù xiāng tuī wěi
  1. 1 mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other
  2. 2 passing the buck to and fro
  3. 3 each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't judge a book by its cover
  3. 3 often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
  1. 1 to be the right person for the job (idiom)
人无远虑，必有近忧
rén wú yuǎn lu:4 , bì yǒu jìn yōu
  1. 1 He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).
  2. 2 Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
仇人相见，分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
代代相传
dài dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
以礼相待
yǐ lǐ xiāng dài
  1. 1 to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
休戚相关
xiū qī xiāng guān
  1. 1 to share the same interests (idiom)
  2. 2 to be closely related
  3. 3 to be in the same boat
凶相毕露
xiōng xiàng bì lù
  1. 1 show one's ferocious appearance (idiom); the atrocious features revealed
  2. 2 with fangs bared
两国相争，不斩来使
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
  1. 1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
两虎相争
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
  1. 1 two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
两虎相争，必有一伤
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
  2. 2 if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
两虎相斗
liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu
  1. 1 two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries
  2. 2 a battle of the giants

Sample Sentences

人之初，性本善。性相近，习相远。苟不教，性乃迁。......
at birth ，xìng běn shàn 。xìng xiāng jìn ，xí xiāng yuǎn 。gǒu bù jiào ，xìng nǎi qiān 。......
People are born good. Their natures are much the same, but their practices become very different. If, foolishly, they are not taught, their natures will diverge.
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