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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bì | bi4
English translation
king
monarch
to enlist
to repel
to avoid
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pì | pi4
English translation
law
variant of
>[pì]
to dispel
to refute
to repudiate
to open up (for development)
law, rule; to open up, to develop

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Xīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A body  shī  decapitated kǒu by a sword  Xīn  , representing the law

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰⿸尸口辛

Explanation

Depicts punishing a kneeling person ( jié ) with a curved knife ().

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承认 chéngrèn 道听途说 dào tīng tú shuō huì 引发 yǐn fā 谣言 yáoyán 辟谣 pì yáo

He conceded that second-hand accounts are leading to rumour and counter-rumour.

这本书写 shū xiě hěn hǎo 插图 chā tú 生动 shēngdòng 形象 xíngxiàng 说明 shuōmíng 文字 wénzì 简练 jiǎn liàn 精辟 jīng pì

The book is well written, properly illustrated and excellently captioned.

luō jiù 偏见 piānjiàn de 本质 běnzhì jiǎng le 一番 hěn 精辟 jīng pì 的话 de huà

Rowe does a very clever riff on the nature of prejudice.

wéi 自己 zìjǐ Cóng 荒地 huāng dì shǎng 开辟 kāipì chū de 花园 huā yuán ér 感到 gǎn dào 自豪 zìháo

He is proud of the garden he made from a wilderness.

那番精辟 jīng pì 见解 jiànjiě 到底 dàodǐ shì 什么 shénme 意思 yìsi ne

And what is that pearl of wisdom supposed to mean?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
开辟 kāipì to open up開闢
to dispel
精辟 jīng pì incisive精闢
开天辟地 kāi tiān pì dì to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古 Pán gǔ [Pán​gǔ] creation myth開天闢地
辟邪 bì xié to ward off evil spirits辟邪 bì xié
复辟 fù bì restoration (of a past regime)復辟
辟谣 pì yáo to deny闢謠
独辟蹊径 dú pì xī jìng to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality獨辟蹊徑
另辟蹊径 lìng pì xī jìng to find an alternative另闢蹊徑
鞭辟入里 biān pì rù lǐ penetrated鞭闢入裡
大辟 dà pì death sentence大辟 dà pì
透辟 tòu pì penetrating透闢
开辟者 kāi pì zhě pioneer開闢者
警辟 jǐng pì profound, thorough and moving警闢

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