Pinyin

Definition

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  1. purple
  2. violet

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 purple
  2. 2 violet
zǐ wài xiàn
  1. 1 ultraviolet ray
zǐ sè
  1. 1 purple
  2. 2 violet (color)
chà zǐ yān hóng
  1. 1 fig. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); lit. beautiful flowers
zǐ tán
  1. 1 red sandalwood

Idioms (4)

姹紫嫣红
chà zǐ yān hóng
  1. 1 fig. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); lit. beautiful flowers
白苋紫茄
bái xiàn zǐ qié
  1. 1 white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom); common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
腰金衣紫
yāo jīn yī zǐ
  1. 1 golden seal at the waist, purple gown (idiom); in official position
万紫千红
wàn zǐ qiān hóng
  1. 1 thousands of purples and reds (idiom); a blaze of color
  2. 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。
wǒ jiù xǐhuan jiàng zǐ dī lǎobǎn hāhā ,rúguǒ xiǎng zǔzhǐ tā zuòchū huài decision ,kěyǐ tíxǐng shuō ,lǎobǎn ,rúguǒ zhèyàng gàn ,bié bùmén fùzérén huì yǒu yìjiàn dī ,yǐngxiǎng héxié ha 。
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。
nàge yěnǚrén wèn tā ,”nà jiān Zǐjìnchéng zhǔtí de bīnguǎn yī wǎn duōshǎo qián ,tā kěndìng chèn chūchāi de shíhou ,bēizhe wǒ zuò le jiànbude rén de shì 。
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.
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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?
Zǐjìnchéng zhǔtí ?yǒu zhèzhǒng xìliè de ?xiǎngbùdào tā shì hǎo niángniang zhè kǒu de ……nà nǐ kàndào tā shuō le duōshǎo qián yī wǎn ma ?
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?
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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。
wǒmen guò le jiāng ,jìn le chēzhàn 。wǒ mǎi piào ,tā máng zhe zhàokàn xíngli 。xíngli tài duō le ,děi xiàng jiǎofū xíng xiē xiǎofèi ,cái kě guòqù 。tā biàn yòu máng zhe hé tāmen jiǎng jiàqian 。wǒ nàshí zhēn shì cōngming guòfèn ,zǒng jué tā shuōhuà bùdà piàoliang ,fēi zìjǐ chāzuǐ bù kě 。dàn tā zhōngyú jiǎngdìng le jiàqian ;jiù sòng wǒ shàngchē 。tā gěi wǒ jiǎndìng le kào chēmén de yīzhāng yǐzi ;wǒ jiāng tā gěi wǒ zuò de zǐmáo dàyī pū hǎo zuò wèi 。
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。
lái lái lái ,wǒ chájù dōu yǐjīng zhǔnbèi hǎo la !shì yíxìng de zǐshāhú 。
Come, come, my tea set is already all prepared! It's an Yixing purple-sand teapot.
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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。
kěyǐ ā ,zài zǐ sè pángbiān zài jūnyún túshàng lǜsè huò zhě huángsè ,ránhòu bǎ kǎzhǐ lìgān 。
Yes, beside the purple add an even layer of green or yellow, then hang the card out to dry.
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好嘞,我上了紫色,还可以加别的颜色吗?
hǎo lei ,wǒ shàng le zǐ sè ,hái kěyǐ jiā biéde yánsè ma ?
OK, I used purple, can you add other colors too?
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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!
wā !nǐ bǎ tóufa rǎn chéng zhèyàng !hǎo měi de dànzǐsè ,zěnme nòng de ?gānggāng dài zhe màozi wǒ wánquán méi kàn chūlái yē !
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!
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流向那万紫千红一片海。
liú xiàng nà wànzǐqiānhóng yī piàn hǎi 。
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。
Lǐ tànzhǎng kàn le yīxià sǐzhě de shāngkǒu ,fāxiàn shāngkǒu zhōuwéi yǒu wēiwēi de zǐhóngsè 。
Detective Li looked at the deceased's wound and realized that the area around it was slightly reddish-purple.
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