踞
jù
Pinyin

Definition

踞
 - 
jù
  1. to be based upon
  2. to squat

Character Decomposition

Related Words (4)

盘踞
pán jù
  1. 1 to occupy illegally
  2. 2 to seize (territory)
  3. 3 to entrench (oneself)
虎踞龙盘
hǔ jù lóng pán
  1. 1 lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain
踞
jù
  1. 1 to be based upon
  2. 2 to squat
雄踞
xióng jù
  1. 1 to be perched high
  2. 2 to be located prominently
  3. 3 to be preeminent

Idioms (2)

虎踞龙盘
hǔ jù lóng pán
  1. 1 lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain
虎踞龙蟠
hǔ jù lóng pán
  1. 1 lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain

Sample Sentences

假使他把原诗写成了“我心里有猛虎雄踞在花旁”，那就会显得呆笨，死板，徒然加强了人性的内在矛盾。
jiǎshǐ tā bǎ yuán shī xiěchéng le “wǒ xīnli yǒu měng hǔ xióngjù zài huā páng ”，nā jiù huì xiǎnde dāibèn ，sǐbǎn ，túrán jiāqiáng le rénxìng de nèizài máodùn 。
If he'd written the line in the original poem as "In me the tiger towers proudly beside the rose", it would seem clumsy and stiff, emphasizing the internal conflict in humanity a little excessively.
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