六十四卦
liù shí sì guà
Pinyin

Definition

六十四卦
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liù shí sì guà
  1. the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
六
liù
  1. 1 six
  2. 2 6
十
shí
  1. 1 ten
  2. 2 10
十二
shí èr
  1. 1 twelve
  2. 2 12
十分
shí fēn
  1. 1 very
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 utterly
  4. 4 extremely
  5. 5 absolutely
  6. 6 hundred percent
  7. 7 to divide into ten equal parts
四
sì
  1. 1 four
  2. 2 4
七十
qī shí
  1. 1 seventy
  2. 2 70
三十六计
sān shí liù jì
  1. 1 The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction
  2. 2 all the possible schemes and stratagems
九十
jiǔ shí
  1. 1 ninety
二十
èr shí
  1. 1 twenty
  2. 2 20
二十多
èr shí duō
  1. 1 over 20
五十
wǔ shí
  1. 1 fifty
五颜六色
wǔ yán liù sè
  1. 1 multi-colored
  2. 2 every color under the sun
八十
bā shí
  1. 1 eighty
  2. 2 80
八卦
bā guà
  1. 1 the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yì jīng]
  2. 2 gossip
  3. 3 gossipy
八卦掌
bā guà zhǎng
  1. 1 baguazhang (a form of Chinese boxing)
六十
liù shí
  1. 1 sixty
  2. 2 60
六月
Liù yuè
  1. 1 June
  2. 2 sixth month (of the lunar year)
十一
shí yī
  1. 1 eleven
  2. 2 11
十七
shí qī
  1. 1 seventeen
  2. 2 17

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 short attention span
一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 lack of sticking power
  4. 4 short attention span
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī
  1. 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
  2. 2 the facts of the matter
  3. 3 the actual situation
三十而立
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
  1. 1 all walks of life (idiom)
  2. 2 every trade
三茶六饭
sān chá liù fàn
  1. 1 lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
  2. 2 to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
三头六臂
sān tóu liù bì
  1. 1 lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to possess remarkable abilities
  3. 3 a being of formidable powers
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
传播四方
chuán bō sì fāng
  1. 1 to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
六神无主
liù shén wú zhǔ
  1. 1 out of one's wits (idiom)
  2. 2 distracted
  3. 3 stunned
六亲不认
liù qīn bù rèn
  1. 1 not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
六亲无靠
liù qīn wú kào
  1. 1 orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on
  2. 2 left to one's own devices
十全十美
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)
十年树木，百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
  1. 1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.

Sample Sentences

嗯，我明白。不过有些说法还是挺难理解的，比如六十四卦中的一些解释。
ng4 ，wǒ míngbai 。bùguò yǒuxiē shuōfǎ háishì tǐng nán lǐjiě de ，bǐrú liùshísìguà zhōng de yīxiē jiěshì 。
Yeah, that makes sense. However, some expressions are quite hard to figure out. For example, some of the explanations of the 64 diagrams.
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