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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yì | yi4
English translation
continuous
to interpret
to unravel
to draw silk (old)
to unravel; to interpret

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

thread

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

Semantic compound

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单肩 xié kuà Suí xīn 选择 xuǎnzé ,一起 yīqǐ 演绎 yǎnyì zhè 梦幻 mèng huàn bān de 非常 fēicháng 人生 rénshēng .

It can be worn in two ways. Make special life as a dream with it!

舞谱学家 xué jiā de 工作 gōngzuò 包括 bāokuò Jiào 舞蹈 wǔdǎo 演员 yǎnyuán 舞蹈 wǔdǎo 动作 dòngzuò de 技巧 jìqiǎo 演绎 yǎnyì

The job of a choreologist entails teaching dancers the technique and performance of dance movements.

de 嗓音 sǎng yīn 擅长 shàncháng 演绎 yǎnyì yǒu 难度 nán dù de 歌曲 gē qǔ

Hers is the kind of voice that excels at vocal gymnastics.

爱乐乐团 aì yuè yuè tuán 精彩 jīngcǎi 演绎 yǎnyì le 这首高难度乐曲 yuè qǔ

The Philharmonia played this staggeringly difficult music superlatively well.

电影 diànyǐng Zhōng de 缺乏 quēfá 演绎 yǎnyì 这出 de 活力 huólì 魅力 mèilì

Onscreen, she lacks the vitality or charisma to pass this performance off.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
演绎 yǎnyì to play out演繹
络绎不绝 luòyìbùjué continuously; in an endless stream (idiom)絡繹不絕
continuous
络绎 luò yì continuous絡繹
演绎法 yǎn yì fǎ (Logic) deduction演繹法

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