类书
lèi shū
Pinyin

Definition

类书
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lèi shū
  1. reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

之类
zhī lèi
  1. 1 and so on
  2. 2 and such
人类
rén lèi
  1. 1 humanity
  2. 2 human race
  3. 3 mankind
图书馆
tú shū guǎn
  1. 1 library
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
情书
qíng shū
  1. 1 love letter
书
Shū
  1. 1 abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]
书写
shū xiě
  1. 1 to write
书记
shū ji
  1. 1 secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party)
  2. 2 clerk
  3. 3 scribe
看书
kàn shū
  1. 1 to read
  2. 2 to study
读书
dú shū
  1. 1 to read a book
  2. 2 to study
  3. 3 to attend school
类
lèi
  1. 1 kind
  2. 2 type
  3. 3 class
  4. 4 category
  5. 5 similar
  6. 6 like
  7. 7 to resemble
类似
lèi sì
  1. 1 similar
  2. 2 analogous
类型
lèi xíng
  1. 1 type
  2. 2 category
  3. 3 genre
  4. 4 form
  5. 5 style
上书
shàng shū
  1. 1 to write a letter (to the authorities)
  2. 2 to present a petition
不伦不类
bù lún bù lèi
  1. 1 out of place
  2. 2 inappropriate
  3. 3 incongruous
出书
chū shū
  1. 1 to publish books
出类拔萃
chū lèi bá cuì
  1. 1 to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
  2. 2 preeminent
  3. 3 outstanding
分类
fēn lèi
  1. 1 classification
副书记
fù shū ji
  1. 1 deputy secretary
另类
lìng lèi
  1. 1 offbeat
  2. 2 alternative
  3. 3 avant-garde
  4. 4 unconventional
  5. 5 weird
品类
pǐn lèi
  1. 1 category
  2. 2 kind

Idioms (18)

仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
出类拔萃
chū lèi bá cuì
  1. 1 to excel the common (idiom); surpassing
  2. 2 preeminent
  3. 3 outstanding
刻鹄类鹜
kè hú lèi wù
  1. 1 to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail utterly in trying to copy something
  3. 3 to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
掉书袋
diào shū dài
  1. 1 lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to show off one's erudition
  3. 3 a person who does so
书不尽言
shū bù jìn yán
  1. 1 I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
书香门第
shū xiāng mén dì
  1. 1 family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
牛角挂书
niú jiǎo guà shū
  1. 1 lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be diligent in one's studies
物以类聚
wù yǐ lèi jù
  1. 1 similar things come together (idiom); like draws like
  2. 2 Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚，人以群分
wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēn
  1. 1 Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.
画虎类犬
huà hǔ lèi quǎn
  1. 1 drawing a tiger like a dog (idiom); to make a fool of oneself by excessive ambition
白面书生
bái miàn shū shēng
  1. 1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
知书达理
zhī shū dá lǐ
  1. 1 educated and well-balanced (idiom)
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
  1. 1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
  2. 2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
  3. 3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
罄笔难书
qìng bǐ nán shū
  1. 1 too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds) (idiom)
  2. 2 see also 罄竹難書|罄竹难书[qìng zhú nán shū]
著书立说
zhù shū lì shuō
  1. 1 to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
行万里路，读万卷书
xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū
  1. 1 Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom)
  2. 2 Learn as much as you can and do all you can.
诸如此类
zhū rú cǐ lèi
  1. 1 things like this (idiom); and so on
  2. 2 and the rest
  3. 3 etc

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