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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mí | mi2
English translation
to scatter, to disperse; to divide

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Fēi

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

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wrong

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

麻非

Semantic compound

Fēi

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Fēi represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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shì 弗雷德 duì 浮华 fú huá 奢靡 shē mí 生活 shēnghuó de 强烈欲望使 shǐ 他们 tā men 越走越远

It was Fred's lust for glitz and glamour that was driving them apart.

很多 rén dōu 期望 qīwàng Néng 使 shǐ 该国萎靡 wěi mǐ de 政治 zhèngzhì 体系 tǐxì 振作起来

Many hoped he would renew the country's atrophied political system.

zài 18 yuè de 奢靡 shē mí 生活 shēnghuó Zhōng 挥霍 huīhuò le 533,000英镑 Yīng bàng

He blew £533,000 in an 18-month orgy of spending.

荒诞派戏剧 xìjù de 风靡 fēng mǐ yāo 归功于 lēi 德拉姆

Ludlam was responsible for making Ridiculous Theatre something of a cult.

新专辑主要 zhǔyào 收录 shōu lù le 一些 yī xiē 他们 tā men Zēng 风靡一时 fēng mǐ yī shí de 老歌 lǎo gē de 混音版 běn

Their new album features remixes of some of their previous hits.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
风靡 fēng mǐ fashionable風靡
所向披靡 suǒ xiàng pī mǐ to sweep everything before one所向披靡 suǒ xiàng pī mǐ
not
萎靡 wěi mǐ dispirited萎靡 wěi mǐ
萎靡不振 wěi mǐ bù zhèn dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast萎靡不振 wěi mǐ bù zhèn
风靡一时 fēng mǐ yī shí fashionable for a while (idiom); all the rage風靡一時
奢靡 shē mí extravagant奢靡 shē mí
靡靡之音 mǐ mǐ zhī yīn decadent or obscene music靡靡之音 mǐ mǐ zhī yīn
披靡 pī mǐ to be swept by the wind披靡 pī mǐ
淫靡 yín mǐ profligate淫靡 yín mǐ
委靡不振 wěi mǐ bù zhèn dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast委靡不振 wěi mǐ bù zhèn
颓靡 tuí mí devastated頹靡
委靡 wěi mǐ dispirited委靡 wěi mǐ
靡有孑遗 mǐ yǒu jié yí all dead and no survivors靡有孑遺

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