耿介
gěng jiè
Pinyin

Definition

耿介
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gěng jiè
  1. upright and outstanding

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

介意
jiè yì
  1. 1 to care about
  2. 2 to take offense
  3. 3 to mind
介绍
jiè shào
  1. 1 to introduce (sb to sb)
  2. 2 to give a presentation
  3. 3 to present (sb for a job etc)
  4. 4 introduction
简介
jiǎn jiè
  1. 1 summary
  2. 2 brief introduction
中介
zhōng jiè
  1. 1 to act as intermediary
  2. 2 to link
  3. 3 intermediate
  4. 4 inter-
  5. 5 agency
  6. 6 agent
介
jiè
  1. 1 to introduce
  2. 2 to lie between
  3. 3 between
  4. 4 shell
  5. 5 armor

Idioms (4)

介于两难
jiè yú liǎng nán
  1. 1 to be on the horns of a dilemma (idiom)
忠心耿耿
zhōng xīn gěng gěng
  1. 1 loyal and devoted (idiom); faithful and true
煞有介事
shà yǒu jiè shì
  1. 1 to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom)
  2. 2 to act as if one is taking things very seriously
耿耿于怀
gěng gěng yú huái
  1. 1 to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding

Sample Sentences

有猛虎，才能创造慷慨悲歌的英雄事业；涵蔓耿介拔俗的志士胸怀，才能做到孟郊所谓的“镜破不改光，兰死不改香”！
yǒu měng hǔ ，cáinéng chuàngzào kāngkǎibēigē de yīngxióng shìyè ；hánmàn gěngjiè bású de zhìshì xiōnghuái ，cáinéng zuò dào Mèng Jiāo suǒwèi de “jìng pò bù gǎi guāng ，lán sǐ bù gǎi xiāng ”！
Only with a tiger in one's heart can one bring about a solemn and tragic heroic undertaking; only with an idealistic heart brimming with uprightness and justness can one accomplish what Meng Jiao referred to with the lines "Even a broken mirror doesn't lose its sheen; even when an orchid withers, it doesn't lose its fragrance".
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