伊索
Yī suǒ
Pinyin

Definition

伊索
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Yī suǒ
  1. Aesop (trad. 620-560 BC), Greek slave and storyteller, supposed author of Aesop's fables

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

伊
Yī
  1. 1 surname Yi
  2. 2 abbr. for 伊拉克[Yī lā kè], Iraq
  3. 3 abbr. for 伊朗[Yī lǎng], Iran
伊始
yī shǐ
  1. 1 outset
  2. 2 beginning
伊朗
Yī lǎng
  1. 1 Iran
探索
tàn suǒ
  1. 1 to explore
  2. 2 to probe
搜索
sōu suǒ
  1. 1 to search (a place)
  2. 2 to search (a database etc)
检索
jiǎn suǒ
  1. 1 to retrieve (data)
  2. 2 to look up
  3. 3 retrieval
  4. 4 search
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
伊人
yī rén
  1. 1 (literary) that person (usually female)
  2. 2 she
  3. 3 one's intended
伊拉克
Yī lā kè
  1. 1 Iraq
伊斯坦布尔
Yī sī tǎn bù ěr
  1. 1 Istanbul, Turkey
伊斯兰
Yī sī lán
  1. 1 Islam
伊斯兰教
Yī sī lán jiào
  1. 1 Islam
伊犁
Yī lí
  1. 1 the Ili river basin around Turpan in Xinjiang
  2. 2 abbr. for 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yī lí Hā sà kè zì zhì zhōu], Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture
伊甸园
Yī diàn yuán
  1. 1 Garden of Eden
伊丽莎白
Yī lì shā bái
  1. 1 Elizabeth (person name)
休伊特
Xiū yī tè
  1. 1 Hewitt
利索
lì suo
  1. 1 nimble
勒索
lè suǒ
  1. 1 to blackmail
  2. 2 to extort
卡哇伊
kǎ wā yī
  1. 1 cute
  2. 2 adorable
  3. 3 charming (loanword from Japanese)
导火索
dǎo huǒ suǒ
  1. 1 fuse (for explosive)

Idioms (8)

不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard
按图索骥
àn tú suǒ jì
  1. 1 lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines
  3. 3 to try and find sth with the help of a clue
搜索枯肠
sōu suǒ kū cháng
  1. 1 to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)
敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
  1. 1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)
澡垢索疵
zǎo gòu suǒ cī
  1. 1 to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom); to find fault
  2. 2 to nitpick
自贻伊戚
zì yí yī qī
  1. 1 to create trouble for oneself (idiom)
费人思索
fèi rén sī suǒ
  1. 1 to think oneself to exhaustion (idiom)

Sample Sentences

伊索寓言
Yīsuǒ yùyán
Aesop's Fables.
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伊索寓言：龟兔赛跑
yīsuǒ yùyán ：guī tù sàipǎo
A Fable: The Tortoise and the Hare Race
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