重修
chóng xiū
Pinyin

Definition

重修
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chóng xiū
  1. to reconstruct
  2. to repair
  3. to revamp
  4. to revise
  5. to retake a failed course

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

修复
xiū fù
  1. 1 to restore
  2. 2 to renovate
  3. 3 restoration
  4. 4 (computing) to fix (a bug)
严重
yán zhòng
  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 serious
  3. 3 severe
  4. 4 critical
重
chóng
  1. 1 to repeat
  2. 2 repetition
  3. 3 again
  4. 4 re-
  5. 5 classifier: layer
重新
chóng xīn
  1. 1 again
  2. 2 once more
  3. 3 re-
重要
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major
保重
bǎo zhòng
  1. 1 to take care of oneself
修
Xiū
  1. 1 surname Xiu
修女
xiū nu:3
  1. 1 nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
修好
xiū hǎo
  1. 1 to repair (sth broken)
  2. 2 to restore (sth damaged)
  3. 3 to establish friendly relations with
  4. 4 (literary) to do meritorious deeds
修改
xiū gǎi
  1. 1 to amend
  2. 2 to alter
  3. 3 to modify
修正
xiū zhèng
  1. 1 to revise
  2. 2 to amend
修炼
xiū liàn
  1. 1 (of Taoists) to practice austerities
  2. 2 to practice asceticism
修理
xiū lǐ
  1. 1 to repair
  2. 2 to fix
  3. 3 to prune
  4. 4 to trim
  5. 5 (coll.) to sort sb out
  6. 6 to fix sb
修行
xiū xíng
  1. 1 to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism)
  2. 2 to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
修补
xiū bǔ
  1. 1 to mend
修身
xiū shēn
  1. 1 to cultivate one's moral character
  2. 2 (fashion) slim-fit
  3. 3 body-hugging
修长
xiū cháng
  1. 1 slender
  2. 2 lanky
  3. 3 tall and thin
修饰
xiū shì
  1. 1 to decorate
  2. 2 to adorn
  3. 3 to dress up
  4. 4 to polish (a written piece)
  5. 5 to qualify or modify (grammar)
修养
xiū yǎng
  1. 1 accomplishment
  2. 2 training
  3. 3 self-cultivation
加重
jiā zhòng
  1. 1 to make heavier
  2. 2 to emphasize
  3. 3 (of an illness etc) to become more serious
  4. 4 to aggravate (a bad situation)
  5. 5 to increase (a burden, punishment etc)

Idioms (20)

一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
不修边幅
bù xiū biān fú
  1. 1 not care about one's appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 slovenly in dress and manner
不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
  2. 2 naive
  3. 3 doesn't know who's who
  4. 4 no sense of priorities
修心养性
xiū xīn yǎng xìng
  1. 1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
净心修身
jìng xīn xiū shēn
  1. 1 to have an untroubled heart and behave morally (idiom)
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
  1. 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
  1. 1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
  3. 3 to make a comeback
名重识暗
míng zhòng shí àn
  1. 1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
问鼎轻重
wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
如释重负
rú shì zhòng fù
  1. 1 as if relieved from a burden (idiom)
  2. 2 to have a weight off one's mind
山峦重叠
shān luán chóng dié
  1. 1 overlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom)
年久失修
nián jiǔ shī xiū
  1. 1 old and in a state of disrepair (idiom)
  2. 2 dilapidated
忍辱负重
rěn rǔ fù zhòng
  1. 1 to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
慎重其事
shèn zhòng qí shì
  1. 1 to treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)
故地重游
gù dì chóng yóu
  1. 1 to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
明修栈道，暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
  1. 1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
  2. 2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
  3. 3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
浴火重生
yù huǒ chóng shēng
  1. 1 to rise from the ashes (idiom)
  2. 2 to start again
浓墨重彩
nóng mò zhòng cǎi
  1. 1 thick and heavy in colors
  2. 2 to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom)

Sample Sentences

大家不要主次不分，缺席次数多是过不了的。去年就有同学因为缺席次数过多，被关了，要重修。大四重修可不是闹着玩的。
dàjiā bù yào zhǔcìbùfēn ，quēxí cìshù duō shì guòbuliǎo de 。qùnián jiù yǒu tóngxué yīnwèi quēxí cìshù guòduō ，bèi guān le ，yào chóngxiū 。dàsì chóngxiū kě búshì nàozhewán de 。
Everyone let's get some things straight. Being absent frequently isn't an option. Last year there was a student who missed a lot of classes and wasn't able to graduate. He had to retake his classes. Retaking your fourth year of classes is no laughing matter.
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来得及重修的课程可以重考，尽量全部考到80分以上。另外可以让系里出具证明，证明你的某个课程分数虽然不高，但在你们系里的排名是很靠前的。
láidejí chóngxiū de kèchéng kěyǐ chóngkǎo ，jǐnliàng quánbù kǎo dào bāshí fēn yǐshàng 。lìngwài kěyǐ ràng xìlǐ chūjù zhèngmíng ，zhèngmíng nǐ de mǒuge kèchéng fēnshù suīrán bù gāo ，dàn zài nǐmen xì de páimíng shì hěn kào qián de 。
You can retake the tests for courses that there's still enough time to retake. Try as much as possible to score 80 percent or higher on all of them. In addition, you can get your department to issue a letter for you to certify that although some of your scores aren't high, they are still in top of your department.
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