休眠
xiū mián
Pinyin

Definition

休眠
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xiū mián
  1. to be dormant (biology)
  2. inactive (volcano)
  3. to hibernate (computing)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

休息
xiū xi
  1. 1 rest
  2. 2 to rest
失眠
shī mián
  1. 1 to suffer from insomnia
休
Xiū
  1. 1 surname Xiu
休假
xiū jià
  1. 1 to take a vacation
  2. 2 to go on holiday
休闲
xiū xián
  1. 1 leisure
  2. 2 relaxation
  3. 3 not working
  4. 4 idle
  5. 5 to enjoy leisure
  6. 6 to lie fallow
催眠
cuī mián
  1. 1 hypnosis
入眠
rù mián
  1. 1 to fall asleep
冬眠
dōng mián
  1. 1 hibernation
安眠药
ān mián yào
  1. 1 sleeping pill
  2. 2 CL:粒[lì]
睡眠
shuì mián
  1. 1 sleep
  2. 2 to sleep
  3. 3 (computing) to enter sleep mode
补眠
bǔ mián
  1. 1 to catch up on sleep
退休
tuì xiū
  1. 1 to retire
  2. 2 retirement (from work)
一醉方休
yī zuì fāng xiū
  1. 1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
  2. 2 to get plastered
不休
bù xiū
  1. 1 endlessly
  2. 2 ceaselessly
不死不休
bù sǐ bù xiū
  1. 1 to fight to one's last gasp
不眠不休
bù mián bù xiū
  1. 1 without stopping to sleep or have a rest (idiom)
介休
Jiè xiū
  1. 1 Jiexiu county level city in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jìn zhōng], Shanxi
介休市
Jiè xiū shì
  1. 1 Jiexiu county level city in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jìn zhōng], Shanxi
休伊特
Xiū yī tè
  1. 1 Hewitt
休伦湖
Xiū lún Hú
  1. 1 Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wǔ dà hú]

Idioms (8)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一醉方休
yī zuì fāng xiū
  1. 1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
  2. 2 to get plastered
不眠不休
bù mián bù xiū
  1. 1 without stopping to sleep or have a rest (idiom)
休戚相关
xiū qī xiāng guān
  1. 1 to share the same interests (idiom)
  2. 2 to be closely related
  3. 3 to be in the same boat
我醉欲眠
wǒ zuì yù mián
  1. 1 lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom)
  2. 2 (used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature)
抵足而眠
dǐ zú ér mián
  1. 1 lit. to live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship
案甲休兵
àn jiǎ xiū bīng
  1. 1 to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
无休无止
wú xiū wú zhǐ
  1. 1 ceaseless; endless (idiom)

Sample Sentences

还好，书上说了，我国死火山多，活火山少。哎，那些休眠火山一旦活了......
háihǎo ，shū shàng shuō le ，wǒ guó sǐ huǒshān duō ，huó huǒshān shǎo 。āi ，nàxiē xiūmián huǒshān yīdàn huó le ......
It's all right though, the book says our country has many extinct volcanoes, but few active volcanoes. Oh, but then there are those dormant volcanoes that could become active any day...
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