读经
dú jīng
Pinyin

Definition

读经
 - 
dú jīng
  1. to study the Confucian classics
  2. to read scriptures or canonical texts

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

已经
yǐ jīng
  1. 1 already
曾经
céng jīng
  1. 1 once
  2. 2 already
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 ever
  6. 6 (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
经
Jīng
  1. 1 surname Jing
经典
jīng diǎn
  1. 1 the classics
  2. 2 scriptures
  3. 3 classical
  4. 4 classic (example, case etc)
  5. 5 typical
经常
jīng cháng
  1. 1 frequently
  2. 2 constantly
  3. 3 regularly
  4. 4 often
  5. 5 day-to-day
  6. 6 everyday
  7. 7 daily
经历
jīng lì
  1. 1 experience
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],次[cì]
  3. 3 to experience
  4. 4 to go through
经济
jīng jì
  1. 1 economy
  2. 2 economic
经过
jīng guò
  1. 1 to pass
  2. 2 to go through
  3. 3 process
  4. 4 course
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
经验
jīng yàn
  1. 1 experience
  2. 2 to experience
读
dòu
  1. 1 comma
  2. 2 phrase marked by pause
读书
dú shū
  1. 1 to read a book
  2. 2 to study
  3. 3 to attend school
不经意
bù jīng yì
  1. 1 not paying attention
  2. 2 carelessly
  3. 3 by accident
取经
qǔ jīng
  1. 1 to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures
  2. 2 to learn by studying another's experience
导读
dǎo dú
  1. 1 guide (e.g. book or other printed material)
心经
Xīn jīng
  1. 1 the Heart Sutra
必经
bì jīng
  1. 1 unavoidable
  2. 2 the only (road, entrance etc)
念经
niàn jīng
  1. 1 to recite or chant Buddhist scripture
拜读
bài dú
  1. 1 (polite) to read (sth)
月经
yuè jīng
  1. 1 menstruation
  2. 2 a woman's period
正经
zhèng jīng
  1. 1 decent
  2. 2 honorable
  3. 3 proper
  4. 4 serious
  5. 5 according to standards

Idioms (18)

不经一事
bù jīng yī shì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不经一事，不长一智
bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì
  1. 1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不见经传
bù jiàn jīng zhuàn
  1. 1 not found in the classics (idiom); unknown
  2. 2 unfounded
  3. 3 not authoritative
久经考验
jiǔ jīng kǎo yàn
  1. 1 well tested (idiom); seasoned
  2. 2 veteran
天经地义
tiān jīng dì yì
  1. 1 lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper
  2. 2 right and unalterable
  3. 3 a matter of course
家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
  1. 1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
引经据典
yǐn jīng jù diǎn
  1. 1 lit. to quote the classics
  2. 2 to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
惨淡经营
cǎn dàn jīng yíng
  1. 1 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
曾经沧海
céng jīng cāng hǎi
  1. 1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
  1. 1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
  2. 2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
弃农经商
qì nóng jīng shāng
  1. 1 to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom)
满腹经纶
mǎn fù jīng lún
  1. 1 full of political wisdom (idiom)
  2. 2 politically astute
  3. 3 with encyclopedic experience of state policy
百读不厌
bǎi dú bù yàn
  1. 1 to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom)
经历风雨
jīng lì fēng yǔ
  1. 1 to go through thick and thin (idiom)
圣经贤传
shèng jīng xián zhuàn
  1. 1 lit. holy scripture and biography of sage (idiom); refers to Confucian canonical texts
行万里路，读万卷书
xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū
  1. 1 Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom)
  2. 2 Learn as much as you can and do all you can.
身经百战
shēn jīng bǎi zhàn
  1. 1 lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. experienced
  3. 3 seasoned

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