yì yì
sense
meaning
significance
importance
CL:個|个[ge4]
guǎng yì
broad sense
general sense
hán yì
content
meaning
connotation
implication
yǔ yì
meaning of words
semantic
dà yì miè qīn
to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
xiá yì
narrow sense
restricted sense
dào yì
morality
righteousness and justice
shì yì
the meaning of sth
an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases
definition
an interpretation (of doctrine)
religious doctrine
tiān jīng dì yì
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper
right and unalterable
a matter of course
yì
justice
righteousness
meaning
foster (father etc)
adopted
artificial (tooth, limb etc)
relationship
friendship
yì yǎn
benefit performance
charity show
zhōng yì
loyal and righteous
fealty
loyalty
qí yì
ambiguity
several possible meanings
yì wù
duty
obligation
commitment
volunteer duty
CL:項|项[xiang4]
mandatory
voluntary
hán yì
meaning (implicit in a phrase)
implied meaning
hidden meaning
hint
connotation
míng yì
name
titular
nominal
in name
ostensible purpose
Wǔ yì
Wuyi county in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang
yì mài
jumble sale (for good cause)
charity bazaar
rén yi
affable and even-tempered
rén yì
benevolence and righteousness
yì qì
spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice
code of brotherhood
also pr. [yi4 qi5]
dà yì
righteousness
virtuous cause
a woman's marriage
main points of a piece of writing
biǎn yì
derogatory sense
negative connotation
yì wú fǎn gù
honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back
no surrender
to pursue justice with no second thoughts
běn yì
original meaning
literal sense
xiá yì
chivalrous
chivalry
knight-errantry
zhàng yì
to uphold justice
to be loyal (to one's friends)
to stick by
zhèng yì
justice
righteousness
just
righteous
Xìn yì
Xinyi or Hsinyi district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
Xinyi or Hsini district of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan
Xinyi or Hsini township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
xìn yì
good faith
honor
trust and justice
qǐ yì
uprising
insurrection
revolt
yǎn yì
to dramatize historical events
novel or play on historical theme
Zūn yì
Zun'yi prefecture level city in Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
Shùn yì
Shunyi district of Beijing, formerly Shunyi county
Gǒng yì
Gongyi county level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1], Henan
jiàn yì yǒng wéi
to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth
acting heroically in a just cause
jìn yì cí
synonym
close equivalent expression
yì gōng
volunteer worker
volunteer work
Yì wū
Yiwu county level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang
jiù yì
to be killed for a righteous cause
to die a martyr
Jiā yì shì
Chiayi city in central Taiwan
Jiā yì xiàn
Jiayi or Chiayi county in west Taiwan
Shùn yì qū
Shunyi district of Beijing, formerly Shunyi county
yǒu yì yì
to make sense
to have meaning
to have significance
meaningful
significant
worthwhile
important
interesting
Yì wū shì
Yiwu county level city in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang
Xìn yì qū
Xinyi or Hsinyi district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan
Hsini district of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan
Jiā yì
Jiayi or Chiayi city and county in west Taiwan
rén dào zhǔ yì
humanism
humanitarian (aid)
wéi wù zhǔ yì
materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality
yǒu tǒng jì xué yì yì
statistically significant
Zūn yì shì
Zun'yi prefecture level city in Guizhou 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]
méi yǒu yì yì
not to have any meaning
meaningless
Gǒng yì shì
Gongyi county level city in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1], Henan
Zhōng guó tè sè shè huì zhǔ yì
"socialism with Chinese characteristics"
Sān guó yǎn yì
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Lúo Guàn zhōng], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備, 蜀漢|刘备, 蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains
mín zú zhǔ yì
nationalism
national self-determination
principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three principles of the people 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers)
racism
Xīng yì
Xing'yi city in Guizhou, capital of Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州
Yì xiàn
Yi county in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning
fǎn yì
antonymous
(genetic) antisense
Cháo xiǎn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì rén mín gòng hé guó
People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
jù yì
to meet as volunteers for an uprising
duàn zhāng qǔ yì
lit. to take meaning from cut segment (idiom); to interpret out of context
to focus attention on one phrase without regard to the meaning of the whole piece
wú yì
without meaning
nonsense
immoral
faithless
Xiào yì
Xiaoyi county level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
gǔ yì
ancient meaning
original or etymological meaning of a word
wéi xīn zhǔ yì
philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness
yì fèn tián yīng
righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
wàng ēn fù yì
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend
to kick a benefactor in the teeth
duō yì
polysemy
polysemous
ambiguity (linguistics)
xiāo qí yì
to remove ambiguity
disambiguation (in Wikipedia)
jiàn lì wàng yì
to see profit and forget morality (idiom); to act from mercenary considerations
to sell one's soul for gain
yì shì
high-minded and righteous person
patriot
loyalist
Yì mǎ
Yima county level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[San1 men2 xia2], Henan
yì hé tuán
the righteous harmonious fists
the Boxers (history)
Ān yì
Anyi county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi
fēng shén yǎn yì
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王 overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
Zhōng guó Gòng chǎn zhǔ yì Qīng nián tuán
Communist Youth League of China
China Youth League
yì fù mǔ
foster parents
adoptive parents
bāo yì
commendatory sense
positive connotation
yì lǐ
doctrine (esp. religious)
argumentation (in a speech or essay)
Wǔ yì xiàn
Wuyi county in Jinhua 金華|金华[Jin1 hua2], Zhejiang
Zūn yì huì yì
Zunyi conference of January 1935 before the Long March
sān mín zhǔ yì
Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three principles of the people (late 1890s)
Nán chāng Qǐ yì
Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War
Chóng yì
Chongyi county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
bù yì zhī cái
ill-gotten wealth or gains
dà yì lǐn rán
devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)
zhuān zhì zhǔ yì
absolutism
despotism
autocracy
Xìn yì xiāng
Xinyi or Hsini township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan
yì yǒng
courageous
righteous and courageous
Wǔ chāng qǐ yì
the Wuchang Uprising of 10th October 1911 that led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty
Shàng yì
Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei
Sān yì
Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
Xīng yì shì
Xing'yi city in Guizhou, capital of Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州
yì fèn
righteous indignation
moral indignation
Ān yì xiàn
Anyi county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi
bèi xìn qì yì
breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray
treachery
perfidy
Zūn yì xiàn
Zun'yi county in Zun'yi 遵義|遵义[Zun1 yi4], Guizhou
jìn yì wù
to fulfil one's duty
to work without asking for reward
Lái yì
Laiyi township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
běn wèi zhǔ yì
selfish departmentalism
departmental selfishness
wú qíng wú yì
completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless
rén yì dào dé
compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
guó jiā shè huì zhǔ yì
national socialism
Nazism
Yì yǒng jūn Jìn xíng qǔ
March of the Volunteer Army (PRC National Anthem)
wàng wén shēng yì
lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word-by-word without understanding the meaning
a far-fetched interpretation
Xiào yì shì
Xiaoyi county level city in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liang2], Shanxi 山西
guǎng yì xiāng duì lùn
general relativity
Einstein's theory of gravity
guó jì gòng chǎn zhǔ yì yùn dòng
Comintern
the international communist movement
táo yuán jié yì
to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) (idiom)
zhàng yì zhí yán
to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle
Yì mǎ shì
Yima county level city in Sanmenxia 三門峽|三门峡[San1 men2 xia2], Henan
Fù Zuò yì
Fu Zuoyi (1895-1974), Guomindang general, subsequently PRC top general and politician
Lái yì xiāng
Laii township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
shě shēng qǔ yì
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life
would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
Suí Táng yǎn yì
Dramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人獲|褚人获
Wáng Yì fū
Wang Yifu (1960-), male PRC pistol shooter and Olympic medalist
Táo yuán sān jié yì
the oath of brotherhood in the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞 and Guan Yu 關於|关于 at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
rén zhì yì jìn
extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom); meticulous virtue and attention to duty
lǐ yì lián chǐ
sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[si4 wei2])
Yì zhú
Yizhu or Ichu township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan
duō xíng bù yì bì zì bì
persisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom)
gōng mín yì wù
civil obligation
a citizen's duty
Chóng yì xiàn
Chongyi county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
gǎi liáng zhǔ yì
reformism (i.e. favoring gradual change as opposed to revolution)
mín zú zhǔ yì qíng xù
nationalist feelings
nationalist sentiment
yǐn shēn yì
extended meaning (of an expression)
derived sense
huáng jīn qǐ yì
Yellow Turbans peasant uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
Yì zhú xiāng
Yizhu or Ichu township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan
mào xiǎn zhǔ yì
adventurism (a left-wing error against Mao's line during the 1930s)
dì fāng zhǔ yì
regionalism
favoring one's local region
zhàng yì shū cái
to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
mín shēng zhǔ yì
principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three principles of the people 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
yì zhī
artificial limb
prosthesis
Shàng yì xiàn
Shangyi county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口[Zhang1 jia1 kou3], Hebei
Sān xiá wǔ yì
Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆
Xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì lùn
On new democracy, by Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东
Qǐ méng zhǔ yì
Enlightenment (philosophy)
nèi hán yì yì
implied meaning
intended meaning
the logical content of a word or technical notion
jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng
old democratic revolution
bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
Zūn yì dì qū
Zun'yi prefecture in Guizhou
mín quán zhǔ yì
democracy
civil liberties
principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three principles of the people 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state)
kè guān wéi xīn zhǔ yì
objective idealism (in Hegel's philosophy)
Huáng Cháo qǐ yì
Huang Chao peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang, led by Huang Chao
jiǎ rén jiǎ yì
hypocrisy
pretended righteousness
yì jǐng
vigilante
volunteer (police)
Huáng huā gǎng qǐ yì
Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911 in Guangzhou, one a long series of unsuccessful uprisings of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary party
jiàn lì sī yì
to see profit and remember morality (idiom); to act ethically
not tempted by riches
Sū wéi āi shè huì zhǔ yì gòng hé guó lián méng
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), 1922-1991
abbr. 蘇聯|苏联 Soviet Union
shè huì zhǔ yì jiào yù yùn dòng
Socialist education movement
yì wù gōng zuò zhě
volunteer
voluntary worker
Bō yì ěr
Boyle (name)
Robert Boyle (1627-91), British and Irish scientist and pioneer chemist
yì hé quán
the righteous harmonious fists
the Boxers (history)
duō yīn duō yì zì
character having several readings and meanings
fǎn yì zì
character with opposite meaning
antonym
opposite characters
xīn Bó lā tú zhǔ yì
neo-Platonism (philosophical system combining Platonism with mysticism)
xiǎo tuán tǐ zhǔ yì
cliquism
small-group mentality
mín zú shè huì zhǔ yì
national socialism
Nazism
Xīn yì zhōu shì
Shin'ŭiju, capital of North Pyong'an Province, North Korea
kāng kǎi fù yì
heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
shū cái zhàng yì
distributing money, fighting for virtue (idiom); fig. generous in helping the needy
Zú lì · Yì mǎn
ASHIKAGA Yoshimitsu (1358-1408), third Ashikaga shōgun, reigned 1368-1394
yì zhī suǒ zài
justice is to be found everywhere (idiom)
wú xìn yì
in bad faith
false
perfidious
guà yì
interpretation of the divinatory trigrams
Mín guó tōng sú yǎn yì
Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 許廑父|许廑父
zuǒ qīng jī huì zhǔ yì
leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927)
left adventurism
cf Mao's purges following 1935 Zunyi conference 遵義會議|遵义会议[Zun1 yi4 hui4 yi4]
rén rén yì shì
those with lofty ideals (idiom)
men of vision
Yì xiàn lóng
Yixianosaurus, genus of theropod dinosaur from Yi county 義縣|义县, Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, west Liaoning
chún sù shí zhǔ yì
veganism, a diet consisting solely of plant products
strict vegetarianism
Sān yì xiāng
Sanyi township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
Sū fēi zhǔ yì
Sufism (Islamic mystic tradition)
yì fèn tián xiōng
righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
Zú lì · Yì zhèng
ASHIKAGA Yoshimasa (1435-1490), eighth Ashikaga shōgun, reigned 1449-1473
bù chéng rèn zhǔ yì
policy of non-recognition
Sài yì dí
Said or Sayed (Arabic name)
Quán mín Yì wù Zhí shù Rì
National Tree Planting Day (March 12th), as known as Arbor Day 植樹節|植树节 [Zhí shù Jié]
lì cháo tōng sú yǎn yì
Dramatized history of successive dynasties (from Han to Republican China) by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩
Bā kū níng zhǔ yì
Bakuninism, a 19th century socialist theory
jiǎ rén jiǎ yì
an impostor
a hypocrite
one who pretends to have high moral standards
Zú lì Yì zhí
Ashikaga Yoshitane (1466-1523), Japanese Muromachi shogun 1490-93
shū cái zhòng yì
distributing money, supporting virtue (idiom); fig. to give generously in a public cause
huán jìng xíng dòng zhǔ yì
environmentalism
environmental activism
Pǔ lǔ dōng zhǔ yì
Proudhonism, 19th century socialist theory
wéi ēn fù yì
to disobey one's benefactor
to violate debts of gratitude
to repay good with evil
lù shang bǐ zhōng diǎn gèng yǒu yì yì
The road means more than the destination.
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
cháng zhǎng Yì xiàn lóng
Yixianosaurus longimanus, theropod dinosaur from Yi county 義縣|义县, Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, west Liaoning
yì yì
formation of a loanword using a combination of characters or words that suggests its meaning (as opposed to transliteration 音譯|音译[yin1 yi4]) (e.g. 超文本[chao1 wen2 ben3], 火車|火车[huo3 che1])
yì nǚ
adopted daughter
foster daughter
Yì hé quán
the Righteous and Harmonious Fists
the Boxers (history)
Yì hé tuán
the Righteous and Harmonious Fists
the Boxers (history)
yì bù róng cí
not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom)
incumbent
bounden (duty)
Yì
surname Yi
(Tw) abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4], Italy
Shè huì Zhǔ yì Jiào yù Yùn dòng
Socialist Education Movement (1963-66), formal name of the Four Cleanups Movement 四清運動|四清运动[Si4 qing1 Yun4 dong4]
Suí Táng Yǎn yì
Dramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人獲|褚人获[Chu3 Ren2 huo4]
kāi zōng míng yì
to declare at the outset (idiom)
zhòng yì qīng lì
to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)
zhòng lì qīng yì
to value material gain over righteousness
Zú lì · Yì mǎn
ASHIKAGA Yoshimitsu (1358-1408), third Ashikaga shōgun, reigned 1368-1394
Zú lì · Yì zhèng
ASHIKAGA Yoshimasa (1435-1490), eighth Ashikaga shōgun, reigned 1449-1473
jiǎng yì qì
to be loyal (to one's friends)
to value loyalty
yán bù jí yì
to talk nonsense (idiom)
frivolous talk
jiàn sè wàng yì
to forget loyalty when in love
hoes before bros
Huáng jīn Qǐ yì
Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
shēn míng dà yì
to have a high notion of one's duty
to be highly principled
ēn duàn yì jué
to split up
to break all ties
Fēng shén Yǎn yì
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc
hé yì fù cí
compound word such as 教室[jiao4 shi4], 國家|国家[guo2 jia1], but unlike 玫瑰[mei2 gui1], whose meaning is related to the component hanzi
Liú Yì qìng
Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[Shi4 shuo1 Xin1 yu3]
gē páo duàn yì
to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)
to break all friendly ties
Gòng chǎn zhǔ yì Qīng nián tuán
the Communist Youth League
Quán mín Yì wù Zhí shù rì
National Tree Planting Day (March 12th), as known as Arbor Day 植樹節|植树节[Zhi2 shu4 jie2]
ēn yì
feelings of gratitude and loyalty
ná lái zhǔ yì
the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc)
bǐ yù yì
figurative meaning (of a word)
Wǔ chāng Qǐ yì
Wuchang Uprising of October 10th, 1911, which led to Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty
Táo yuán Sān Jié yì
Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞[Zhang1 Fei1] and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]
Wèi lái zhǔ yì
Futurism (artistic and social movement of the 20th century)
yǒu qíng yǒu yì
affectionate and true
loyal (idiom)
xiǎo yǐ dà yì
to reason with sb
to lecture
Xīn Mín zhǔ zhǔ yì Lùn
On New Democracy (1940), by Mao Zedong
Sān guó Yǎn yì
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備, 蜀漢|刘备, 蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains