襟
jīn
Pinyin
Definition
襟
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- lapel
- overlap of Chinese gown
- fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)
- to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom
Character Decomposition
Related Words (11)
- 1 lapel of jacket
- 2 heart
- 3 aspiration
- 4 vision
- 1 lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
- 2 strapped for cash
- 3 unable to make ends meet
- 1 the front piece(s) of a Chinese jacket
- 2 lapel
- 1 bosom (the seat of emotions)
- 2 one's mind
- 1 buttoned Chinese tunic
- 2 unbuttoned (to cool down)
Idioms (4)
扼襟控咽
- 1 to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
捉襟见肘
- 1 lit. pulling on the lapels exposes the elbows (idiom)
- 2 strapped for cash
- 3 unable to make ends meet
正襟危坐
- 1 to sit upright and still (idiom)
襟怀坦白
- 1 open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
- 2 ingenuous
- 3 openhearted
- 4 unselfish
- 5 magnanimous
- 6 broad-minded
Sample Sentences
多着呢，比如说现在有很多商店在促销的时候，会让扮演圣诞老人的职员穿上中式传统的对襟红袍，老字号的中餐馆会推出中式的“圣诞大餐”，很多圣诞歌曲都被翻唱成了中文，总之就是要把圣诞节改造得有中国特色。