离奇 (離奇)
lí qí
Pinyin

Definition

离奇 (離奇)
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lí qí
  1. odd
  2. bizarre

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

传奇
chuán qí
  1. 1 legendary
  2. 2 fantasy saga
  3. 3 romance
  4. 4 short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
奇兵
qí bīng
  1. 1 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
奇怪
qí guài
  1. 1 strange
  2. 2 odd
  3. 3 to marvel
  4. 4 to be baffled
奇迹
qí jì
  1. 1 miracle
  2. 2 miraculous
  3. 3 wonder
  4. 4 marvel
好奇
hào qí
  1. 1 inquisitive
  2. 2 curious
  3. 3 inquisitiveness
  4. 4 curiosity

Idioms (17)

不足为奇
bù zú wéi qí
  1. 1 not at all surprising (idiom)
化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
  1. 1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
啧啧称奇
zé zé chēng qí
  1. 1 to click one's tongue in wonder (idiom)
  2. 2 to be astonished
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped

Sample Sentences

我 觉得 恐怖片 是 一 个 很 特别 的 电影 种类，它 靠 离奇 的 故事情节 和 音乐 取胜，观众 明明 知道 这些 电影 有可能 将 你 吓 得 灵魂 出窍，仍然 欲罢不能。
wǒ juéde kǒngbùpiānr shì yī ge hěn tèbié de diànyǐng zhǒnglèi ，tā kào líqí de gùshi qíngjié hé yīnyuè qǔshèng ，guānzhòng míngmíng zhīdào zhèxiē diànyǐng yǒu kěnéng jiāng nǐ xià de línghún chūqiào ，réngrán yùbàbùnéng 。
I think scary movies are a truly special kind of movie, that rely on bizarre plots and music to get thrills. The audience clearly knows that the movie might scare them silly, but they can't stop watching.
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