羿
Yì
Pinyin

Definition

羿
 - 
Yì
  1. surname Yi
  2. name of legendary archer
  3. also written 后羿[Hòu Yì]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (1)

后羿
Hòu Yì
  1. 1 Houyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e

Sample Sentences

哎，你怎么泄露秘密了？不过太阳不知道有一个叫后羿的神箭手。后羿百发百中。大家就请他去射太阳。后羿一想到自己可以为人民服务，就特得意。他拉开大弓，搭上神箭，对准太阳，嗖地一声，一个太阳就掉下来了。
āi ，nǐ zěnme xièlòu mìmì le ？bùguò tàiyáng bù zhīdào yǒu yī ge jiào Hòuyì de shénjiànshǒu 。Hòuyì bǎifābǎizhòng 。dàjiā jiù qǐng tā qù shè tàiyáng 。Hòuyì yī xiǎngdào zìjǐ kěyǐ wèi rénmín fúwù ，jiù tè déyì 。tā lā kāi dà gōng ，dāshàng shén jiàn ，duìzhǔn tàiyáng ，sōu de yī shēng ，yī ge tàiyáng jiù diào xiàlái le 。
Hey, how come you let the secret out? The thing was, the suns didn't know there was a spirit-archer named, Hou Yi. Hou Yi shot arrows with unfailing accuracy. Everyone wanted him to go shoot the suns. The minute Hou Yi realized he could do something in service of his people, he was more than willing. He pulled back his bow, positioned his magical arrow, aimed for the suns, and with a whizz, one of them came falling down.
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哈哈，后羿要来了。
hāhā ，Hòuyì yào lái le 。
Hah-hah. Here comes Hou Yi.
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后羿就这样嗖嗖嗖地把九个太阳都射下来了。哎！可怜的九个太阳，连”救命”都来不及喊就翘辫子了。
Hòuyì jiù zhèyàng sōu sōu sōu de bǎ jiǔ ge tàiyáng dōu shè xiàlái le 。ài ！kělián de jiǔ ge tàiyáng ，lián ”jiùmìng ”dōu láibují hǎn jiù qiào biànzi le 。
And just like that, with whizz after whizz, Houyi shot down 9 of the suns. Those poor 9 suns. They didn't even have the time to cry out for help before they kicked the bucket.
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咱们接着讲，本来后羿还想把最后一个也射下来，幸亏旁边的群众提醒他，“快停住，别射了，这最后一个得留下，要不然以后就什么都看不见了。”
zánmen jiē zhe jiǎng ，běnlái Hòuyì hái xiǎng bǎ zuìhòu yī ge yě shè xiàlái ，xìngkuī pángbiān de qúnzhòng tíxǐng tā ，“kuài tíngzhù ，bié shè le ，zhè zuìhòu yī ge děi liúxià ，yàoburán yǐhòu jiù shénme dōu kànbujiàn le 。”
Let's continue the story. Houyi had planned to shoot down the final sun, but thankfully the people around him reminded him, "Stop shooting. We have to leave this last one behind. Otherwise we won't be able to see anything."
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看来，这个后羿还没你聪明！
kànlai ，zhè ge Hòuyì hái méi nǐ cōngming ！
See, you're even smarter than Houyi!
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