纸鸢 (紙鳶)
zhǐ yuān
Pinyin

Definition

纸鸢 (紙鳶)
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zhǐ yuān
  1. kite

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bào zhǐ
  1. 1 newspaper
  2. 2 newsprint
  3. 3 classifier: 份 fèn
  4. 4 classifier: 期 qī
  5. 5 classifier: 张 zhāng
bì zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
mèi zhǐ
  1. 1 (Internet slang) (pun on 妹子[mèi zi])
zhǐ
  1. 1 paper
  2. 2 classifier: 张 zhāng
  3. 3 classifier: 沓 dá
  4. 4 classifier for documents, letter etc
xìn zhǐ
  1. 1 letter paper
  2. 2 writing paper

Idioms (7)

一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
洛阳纸贵
Luò yáng zhǐ guì
  1. 1 lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
纸上谈兵
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
  1. 1 lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
  3. 3 armchair strategist
  4. 4 idle theorizing
  5. 5 cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
纸醉金迷
zhǐ zuì jīn mí
  1. 1 lit. dazzling with paper and gold (idiom); fig. indulging in a life of luxury
跃然纸上
yuè rán zhǐ shàng
  1. 1 to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc)
  2. 2 to stand out markedly