紫式部
Zǐ Shì bù
Pinyin

Definition

紫式部
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Zǐ Shì bù
  1. Murasaki Shikibu (born c. 973), Japanese writer, author of "The Tale of Genji"

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

全部
quán bù
  1. 1 whole
  2. 2 entire
  3. 3 complete
方式
fāng shì
  1. 1 way
  2. 2 manner
  3. 3 style
  4. 4 mode
  5. 5 pattern
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
模式
mó shì
  1. 1 mode
  2. 2 method
  3. 3 pattern
正式
zhèng shì
  1. 1 formal
  2. 2 official
部
bù
  1. 1 ministry
  2. 2 department
  3. 3 section
  4. 4 part
  5. 5 division
  6. 6 troops
  7. 7 board
  8. 8 classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

Idioms (5)

姹紫嫣红
chà zǐ yān hóng
  1. 1 fig. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); lit. beautiful flowers
按部就班
àn bù jiù bān
  1. 1 to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)
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