隙
xì
Pinyin

Definition

隙
 - 
xì
  1. crack
  2. crevice
  3. gap or interval
  4. loophole
  5. discord
  6. rift

Character Decomposition

Related Words (10)

缝隙
fèng xì
  1. 1 small crack
  2. 2 chink
间隙
jiàn xì
  1. 1 interval
  2. 2 gap
  3. 3 clearance
白驹过隙
bái jū guò xì
  1. 1 a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!
空隙
kòng xì
  1. 1 crack
  2. 2 gap between two objects
  3. 3 gap in time between two events
罅隙
xià xì
  1. 1 gap
  2. 2 crack
  3. 3 rift

Idioms (2)

白驹过隙
bái jū guò xì
  1. 1 a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!
观衅伺隙
guān xìn sì xì
  1. 1 lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points
  3. 3 to look for the Achilles' heel

Sample Sentences

光阴似箭、岁月如梭，而欢乐的时光呀，更如那白驹过隙般，一跃而去。
guāngyīnsìjiàn 、suìyuèrúsuō ，ér huānlè de shíguāng ya ，gèng rú nà báijūguòxì bān ，yī yuè ér qù 。
Time flies, and good times are really fleeting, over in the blink of an eye.
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有道理，如果让大家都感受到自己是在一个团队工作，只是分工不同，每个人都尽力做好自己分内的事，应该就会少很多的嫌隙。
yǒu dàoli ，rúguǒ ràng dàjiā dōu gǎnshòu dào zìjǐ shì zài yī ge tuánduì gōngzuò ，zhǐshì fēngōng bùtóng ，měi ge rén dōu jìnlì zuò hǎo zìjǐ fènnèi de shì ，yīnggāi jiù huì shǎo hěn duō de xiánxì 。
This is true, if everyone knows they are part of a team with different roles and if everyone does their best then there should be less animosity.
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裂口中喷出的火焰燃烧着人们的房屋和农作物。地下水也从缝隙中喷涌而出，淹没了大地。虎狼猛兽也跑下山来吞食人类。
lièkǒu zhōng pēn chū de huǒyàn ránshāo zhe rénmen de fángwū hé nóngzuòwù 。dìxiàshuǐ yě cóng fèngxì zhōng pēnyǒng érchū ，yānmò le dàdì 。hǔ láng měngshòu yě pǎo xià shān lái tūnshí rénlèi 。
The fire that rushed out of the gap burned the peoples' houses and crops. Water gushed from the cavity and flooded the earth. Tigers, wolves and beasts rushed down the mountain to devour the humans.
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