间谍 (間諜)
jiàn dié
Pinyin

Definition

间谍 (間諜)
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jiàn dié
  1. spy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

之间
zhī jiān
  1. 1 between
  2. 2 among
  3. 3 inter-
夜间
yè jiān
  1. 1 nighttime
  2. 2 evening or night (e.g. classes)
房间
fáng jiān
  1. 1 room
  2. 2 classifier: 间 jiān
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
时间
shí jiān
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 period
  3. 3 classifier: 段 duàn
瞬间
shùn jiān
  1. 1 in an instant
  2. 2 in a flash

Idioms (7)

人间地狱
rén jiān dì yù
  1. 1 hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
  2. 2 fig. having an uncomfortable time
字里行间
zì lǐ háng jiān
  1. 1 between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning
  2. 2 connotations
弹指一挥间
tán zhǐ yī huī jiān
  1. 1 in a flash (idiom)
弹指之间
tán zhǐ zhī jiān
  1. 1 a snap of the fingers (idiom); in an instant
  2. 2 in a short moment
  3. 3 in a flash
  4. 4 in the twinkling of an eye
挑拨离间
tiǎo bō lí jiàn
  1. 1 to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between

Sample Sentences

不过她是个女间谍，用美色迷惑男人。我最讨厌这样的女人了。
bùguò tā shì ge nǚ jiàndié ，yòng měisè míhuò nánrén 。wǒ zuì tǎoyàn zhèyàng de nǚrén le 。
But she was a female spy. She used her beauty to trick men. I hate those kinds of women the most.
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你这是鸡蛋里挑骨头。古时候女子地位低，连名字都没有。能为了国家做出牺牲，流芳百世，真的是不容易。那按照你的标准，貂蝉你肯定也看不上眼，她也是个间谍。
nǐ zhè shì jīdàn lǐ tiāo gǔtou 。gǔshíhou nǚzǐ dìwèi dī ，lián míngzi dōu méiyǒu 。néng wèile guójiā zuòchū xīshēng ，liúfāngbǎishì ，zhēnde shì bù róngyi 。nà ànzhào nǐ de biāozhǔn ，Diāo Chán nǐ kěndìng yě kànbushàngyǎn ，tā yě shì ge jiàndié 。
You're just nitpicking. In ancient times, women possessed low status; they didn't even have their own names. It really wasn't easy for them to be able to become martyrs for their countries or be remembered for their actions. Judging by your standards, you must also dislike Diao Chan. She was a spy, too.
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