西魏
Xī Wèi
Pinyin
Definition
西魏
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- Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 east and west
- 1 the West
- 2 abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá]
- 3 Spanish
- 1 Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi 陝西省|陕西省[Shǎn xī Shěng] in northwest China
- 2 see also: 西安区 Xī ān qū
- 1 Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
- 2 also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey
Idioms (20)
中西合璧
- 1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
各奔东西
- 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
- 2 to part ways with sb
- 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
喝西北风
- 1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
围魏救赵
- 1 lit. to besiege 魏[Wèi] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhào] (idiom)
- 2 fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
夕阳西下
- 1 the sun sets in the west (idiom)