辟邪
bì xié
Pinyin

Definition

辟邪
 - 
bì xié
  1. to ward off evil spirits
  2. mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅[pí xiū])

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xié è
  1. 1 sinister
  2. 2 vicious
  3. 3 wicked
  4. 4 evil
zhòng xié
  1. 1 to be possessed
  2. 2 to be bewitched
wú xié
  1. 1 without guilt
jīng pì
  1. 1 clear and penetrating (e.g. analysis)
  2. 2 incisive
  3. 3 insightful
xié
  1. 1 old variant of 邪[xié]

Idioms (11)

偏邪不正
piān xié bù zhèng
  1. 1 biased
  2. 2 prejudiced (idiom)
另辟蹊径
lìng pì xī jìng
  1. 1 to take an alternate route (idiom)
  2. 2 to find an alternative
  3. 3 to take a different approach
  4. 4 to blaze a new trail
扶正压邪
fú zhèng yā xié
  1. 1 to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)
舍正从邪
shě zhèng cóng xié
  1. 1 to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)
改邪归正
gǎi xié guī zhèng
  1. 1 to mend one's ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf