境遇
jìng yù
Pinyin

Definition

境遇
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jìng yù
  1. circumstance

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

机遇
jī yù
  1. 1 opportunity
  2. 2 favorable circumstance
  3. 3 stroke of luck
环境
huán jìng
  1. 1 environment
  2. 2 circumstances
  3. 3 surroundings
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 ambient
遇
Yù
  1. 1 surname Yu
遇到
yù dào
  1. 1 to meet
  2. 2 to run into
  3. 3 to come across
遇见
yù jiàn
  1. 1 to meet
仙境
xiān jìng
  1. 1 fairyland
  2. 2 wonderland
  3. 3 paradise
偶遇
ǒu yù
  1. 1 a chance encounter
  2. 2 to meet accidentally
困境
kùn jìng
  1. 1 predicament
  2. 2 plight
境
jìng
  1. 1 border
  2. 2 place
  3. 3 condition
  4. 4 boundary
  5. 5 circumstances
  6. 6 territory
境内
jìng nèi
  1. 1 within the borders
  2. 2 internal (to a country, province, city etc)
  3. 3 domestic
境界
jìng jiè
  1. 1 boundary
  2. 2 state
  3. 3 realm
外遇
wài yù
  1. 1 extramarital affair
梦境
mèng jìng
  1. 1 dreamland
奇遇
qí yù
  1. 1 happy encounter
  2. 2 fortuitous meeting
  3. 3 adventure
待遇
dài yù
  1. 1 treatment
  2. 2 pay
  3. 3 salary
  4. 4 status
  5. 5 rank
心境
xīn jìng
  1. 1 mood
  2. 2 mental state
  3. 3 frame of mind
意境
yì jìng
  1. 1 artistic mood or conception
  2. 2 creative concept
相遇
xiāng yù
  1. 1 to meet
  2. 2 to encounter
  3. 3 to come across
礼遇
lǐ yù
  1. 1 courtesy
  2. 2 deferential treatment
  3. 3 polite reception
绝境
jué jìng
  1. 1 desperate straits

Idioms (13)

事过境迁
shì guò jìng qiān
  1. 1 The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).
  2. 2 It is water under the bridge.
他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
  1. 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
入境问俗
rù jìng wèn sú
  1. 1 When you enter a country, enquire about the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do
  2. 2 When in Rome, do as the Romans do
入境随俗
rù jìng suí sú
  1. 1 When you enter a country, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do
  2. 2 When in Rome, do as the Romans do
可遇不可求
kě yù bù kě qiú
  1. 1 can be discovered but not sought (idiom)
  2. 2 one can only come across such things serendipitously
学无止境
xué wú zhǐ jìng
  1. 1 no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study.
  2. 2 You live and learn.
怀才不遇
huái cái bù yù
  1. 1 to have talent but no opportunity (idiom)
  2. 2 to be an unrecognized talent
时过境迁
shí guò jìng qiān
  1. 1 things change with the passage of time (idiom)
知遇之恩
zhī yù zhī ēn
  1. 1 lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom)
  2. 2 patronage
  3. 3 protection
亲临其境
qīn lín qí jìng
  1. 1 to travel to a place personally (idiom)
身临其境
shēn lín qí jìng
  1. 1 (idiom) to experience it for oneself
  2. 2 to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc)
遇事生风
yù shì shēng fēng
  1. 1 to stir up trouble at every opportunity (idiom)
随遇而安
suí yù ér ān
  1. 1 at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt
  2. 2 flexible
  3. 3 to accept circumstances with good will

Sample Sentences

首先，对于养老院的老人而言，他们经常面临无人陪伴的尴尬境遇。年轻志愿者的出现，解决了老年人没人陪的问题。
shǒuxiān ，duìyú yǎnglǎoyuàn de lǎorén éryán ，tāmen jīngcháng miànlín wúrén péibàn de gāngà jìngyù 。niánqīng zhìyuànzhě de chūxiàn ，jiějué le lǎoniánrén méi rén péi de wèntí 。
First of all, the elderly in nursing homes often face awkward situations of being alone but the presence of young volunteers solved this problem.
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词末以人生如梦之叹，转樽酒敬江月为结，梦与江月皆属虚幻，孑然一身的孤独却又十分真实，人生境遇多苦，与其沉溺，不如放开胸怀、喝酒赏月，方不失洒脱。
cí mò yǐ rénshēng rú mèng zhī tàn ，zhuǎn zūnjiǔ jìng jiāngyuè wèi jié ，mèng yǔ jiāngyuè jiē shǔ xūhuàn ，jiérán yīshēn de gūdú què yòu shífēn zhēnshí ，rénshēng jìngyù duō kǔ ，yǔqí chénnì ，bùrú fàngkāi xiōnghuái 、hējiǔ shǎng yuè ，fāng bùshī sǎtuō 。
The poem ends with exasperation at how life is like a dream, and ends with a toast to the moon's reflection on the river. Both the dreams and the moon on the river's surface are illusory, the lonely solitude is quite real. Rather than wallowing in the pain of one's life circumstance, it's perhaps better to open one's mind, and drink while admiring the moon, letting go of all constraints.
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没错，高考不是一劳永逸，人生路上的各样境遇可远比高考跌宕起伏得多。
méicuò ，gāokǎo bùshì yīláoyǒngyì ，rénshēng lù shàng de gè yàng jìngyù kě yuǎn bǐ gāokǎo diēdàng qǐfú de duō 。
That's right, the college entrance exam sets you up for life with just a brief period of struggle. There are a lot more ups and downs with the circumstances you meet in the course of a lifetime.
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