都市传奇
dū shì chuán qí
Pinyin

Definition

都市传奇
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dū shì chuán qí
  1. urban legend (translation of recent Western term)
  2. story or theory circulated as true
  3. same as 都會傳奇|都会传奇

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 CL:座[zuò]
  1. 1 surname Du
shàng shì
  1. 1 to hit the market (of a new product)
  2. 2 to float (a company on the stock market)
Shàng hǎi shì
  1. 1 Shanghai municipality in southeast China, abbr. 滬|沪
Fó shān shì
  1. 1 Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng]
chuán qí
  1. 1 legendary
  2. 2 fantasy saga
  3. 3 romance
  4. 4 short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
chū qí
  1. 1 extraordinary
  2. 2 exceptional
  3. 3 unusual
Běi jīng Shì
  1. 1 Beijing
  2. 2 capital of People's Republic of China
  3. 3 one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhí xiá shì]
Nán jīng shì
  1. 1 Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏
  2. 2 capital of China at different historical periods
Dà dū
  1. 1 Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
  1. 1 odd (number)
qí bīng
  1. 1 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
qí miào
  1. 1 fantastic
  2. 2 wonderful
qí guài
  1. 1 strange
  2. 2 odd
  3. 3 to marvel
  4. 4 to be baffled
qí tè
  1. 1 peculiar
  2. 2 unusual
  3. 3 queer
qí yì
  1. 1 fantastic
  2. 2 bizarre
  3. 3 odd
  4. 4 exotic
  5. 5 astonished
qí pā
  1. 1 exotic flower
  2. 2 (fig.) marvel
  3. 3 prodigy
  4. 4 (slang) weirdo
  5. 5 outlandish
qí xí
  1. 1 surprise attack
  2. 2 raid
qí jì
  1. 1 miracle
  2. 2 miraculous
  3. 3 wonder
  4. 4 marvel
qí yù
  1. 1 happy encounter
  2. 2 fortuitous meeting
  3. 3 adventure

Idioms (20)

不足为奇
bù zú wéi qí
  1. 1 not at all surprising (idiom)
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
  1. 1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
啧啧称奇
zé zé chēng qí
  1. 1 to click one's tongue in wonder (idiom)
  2. 2 to be astonished
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
奇耻大辱
qí chǐ dà rǔ
  1. 1 extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)
奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng
  1. 1 lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
  2. 2 incomprehensible nonsense
  3. 3 preposterous bullshit
奇珍异宝
qí zhēn yì bǎo
  1. 1 rare treasure (idiom)
奇花异卉
qí huā yì huì
  1. 1 exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)
奇花异草
qí huā yì cǎo
  1. 1 very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
奇葩异卉
qí pā yì huì
  1. 1 rare and exotic flora (idiom)
奇谈怪论
qí tán guài lùn
  1. 1 strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable remarks
好奇尚异
hào qí shàng yì
  1. 1 to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)
平淡无奇
píng dàn wú qí
  1. 1 ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
手心手背都是肉
shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu
  1. 1 lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to both be of equal importance
  3. 3 to value both equally
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
  1. 1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
林子大了,什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
  1. 1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
突发奇想
tū fā qí xiǎng
  1. 1 suddenly have a thought (idiom)
  2. 2 suddenly be inspired to do something

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