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

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

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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哈哈。在欧洲你可就是老外了。可能我们通常习惯把欧美人叫老外，到国外还是难以改口。其实亚洲其他国家“老外”的食物，我还是很习惯的，毕竟口味相近。
hāhā 。zài Ōuzhōu nǐ kě jiùshì lǎowài le 。kěnéng wǒmen tōngcháng xíguàn bǎ Ōuměi rén jiào lǎowài ，dào guówài hái shì nányǐ gǎikǒu 。qíshí Yàzhōu qítā guójiā “lǎowài ”de shíwù ，wǒ hái shì hěn xíguàn de ，bìjìng kǒuwèi xiāngjìn 。
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