稍息
shào xī
Pinyin

Definition

稍息
 - 
shào xī
  1. Stand at ease! (military)
  2. Taiwan pr. [shāo xī]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

休息
xiū xi
  1. 1 rest
  2. 2 to rest
信息
xìn xī
  1. 1 information
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 message
消息
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 classifier: 条 tiáo
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
出息
chū xī
  1. 1 to yield interest, profit etc
  2. 2 to exhale (Buddhism)

Idioms (11)

仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. 1 to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
息事宁人
xī shì níng rén
  1. 1 to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)

Sample Sentences

声音：好！今天就到这里！立正！稍息！向后转！齐步走！
shēngyīn ：hǎo ！jīntiān jiù dào zhèlǐ ！lìzhèng ！shàoxī ！xiànghòuzhuàn ！qíbùzǒu ！
Voice: OK! That's all for today! Attention! At ease! About face! March!
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