紫
zǐ
Pinyin
Definition
紫
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- purple
- violet
Character Decomposition
Idioms (4)
姹紫嫣红
- 1 fig. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); lit. beautiful flowers
白苋紫茄
- 1 white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
腰金衣紫
- 1 golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position
万紫千红
- 1 thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color
- 2 fig. a profusion of flourishing trades
Sample Sentences
我就喜欢酱紫滴老板哈哈,如果想阻止他做出坏决定,可以提醒说,老板,如果这样干,别部门负责人会有意见滴,影响和谐哈。
I like this kinda boss, ha ha. If you want to prevent him from making bad decisions, you can give him a reminder by saying, "Boss, if we do this, the leaders of other departments will disagree and that it will affect harmony", ha.
那个野女人问他,”那间紫禁城主题的宾馆一晚多少钱,他肯定趁出差的时候,背着我做了见不得人的事。
That hussy asked him "how much was the forbidden palace themed (love) hotel per night?". I bet he did something absolutely despicable when he was away for work.
紫禁城主题?有这种系列的?想不到他是好娘娘这口的……那你看到他说了多少钱一晚吗?
Forbidden palace themed eh? This theme is a thing? Who knew he would be into the whole concubine thing. Then did you see him mention how much it was?
我们过了江,进了车站。我买票,他忙着照看行李。行李太多了,得向脚夫行些小费,才可过去。他便又忙着和他们讲价钱。我那时真是聪明过分,总觉他说话不大漂亮,非自己插嘴不可。但他终于讲定了价钱;就送我上车。他给我拣定了靠车门的一张椅子;我将他给我做的紫毛大衣铺好坐位。
We crossed the river and got into the station. I bought the tickets, while he watched over the luggage. There was just too much luggage. We had to give the porter a tip in order to pass. So my dad began bargaining with them to fix a price. I really was full of it then, I thought my father making a fool of himself and I just couldn't help but jump in. Yet, he eventually fixed a price and helped me board the train. He had selected a seat by the door for me and I spread the purple fur coat he had handmade for me on the seat.
来来来,我茶具都已经准备好啦!是宜兴的紫砂壶。
Come, come, my tea set is already all prepared! It's an Yixing purple-sand teapot.
可以啊,在紫色旁边再均匀涂上绿色或者黄色,然后把卡纸沥干。
Yes, beside the purple add an even layer of green or yellow, then hang the card out to dry.
好嘞,我上了紫色,还可以加别的颜色吗?
OK, I used purple, can you add other colors too?
哇!你把头发染成这样!好美的淡紫色,怎么弄的?刚刚戴着帽子我完全没看出来耶!
Wow! You dyed your hair! What a nice shade of light purple. How did you do it? I couldn't tell just now when you were wearing that hat!
流向那万紫千红一片海。
Flowing towards a sea of dazzling color
李探长看了一下死者的伤口,发现伤口周围有微微的紫红色。
Detective Li looked at the deceased's wound and realized that the area around it was slightly reddish-purple.