起见 (起見)
qǐ jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

起见 (起見)
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qǐ jiàn
  1. motive
  2. purpose
  3. (sth) being the motive or purpose

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
在一起
zài yī qǐ
  1. 1 together
发起
fā qǐ
  1. 1 to originate
  2. 2 to initiate
  3. 3 to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
  4. 4 to start
  5. 5 to propose sth (for the first time)
起
qǐ
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group
起来
qǐ lai
  1. 1 to stand up
  2. 2 to get up
  3. 3 also pr. [qǐ lái]

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
勤俭起家
qín jiǎn qǐ jiā
  1. 1 to rise up by thrift and hard work (idiom)

Sample Sentences

啊？那…真是谢谢你的提醒，我想我恐怕没那么幸运，保险起见，我还是到哪儿都紧紧跟着我的中国友人好了。
ā ？nà …zhēn shì xièxie nǐ de tíxǐng ，wǒ xiǎng wǒ kǒngpà méi nàme xìngyùn ，bǎoxiǎn qǐjiàn ，wǒ háishì dào nǎr dōu jǐn jǐn gēn zhe wǒ de Zhōngguó yǒurén hǎo le 。
Oh? Well...thanks for the heads up. I don't think i'll be that lucky. To be on the safe side, I think I'll stick closely to my Chinese friend whereever I go.
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这不是二哥平时跟我聊天的语气啊，该不会是二哥的QQ被盗了吧？但万一二哥真的急着用呢。嗯，安全起见，马上打电话给二哥。
zhè bùshì èrgē píngshí gēn wǒ liáotiān de yǔqì a ，gāi bùhuì shì èrgē de QQ bèi dào le ba ？dàn wànyī èrgē zhēnde jí zhe yòng ne 。ng4 ，ānquán qǐjiàn ，mǎshàng dǎ diànhuà gěi èrgē 。
This is different than the way that Er Ge usually talks with me. Has Er Ge's QQ been hacked? But what if Er Ge really needs help? Hmm, in the interest of safety, I'll give Er Ge a call right away.
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做古代的女人也太惨了吧。公平起见，应该让男人也要“守寡”。
zuò gǔdài de nǚrén yě tài cǎn le ba 。gōngpíng qǐjiàn ，yīnggāi ràng nánrén yě yào “shǒuguǎ ”。
Women of ancient times are so pitiful. Men should have to "remain widows" too for fairness's sake.
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