姑息
gū xī
Pinyin

Definition

姑息
 - 
gū xī
  1. excessively tolerant
  2. to overindulge (sb)
  3. overly conciliatory
  4. to seek appeasement at any price

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

休息
xiū xi
  1. 1 rest
  2. 2 to rest
信息
xìn xī
  1. 1 information
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 message
姑娘
gū niang
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young woman
  3. 3 young lady
  4. 4 daughter
  5. 5 paternal aunt (old)
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
消息
xiāo xi
  1. 1 news
  2. 2 information
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
出息
chū xī
  1. 1 to yield interest, profit etc
  2. 2 to exhale (Buddhism)
叹息
tàn xī
  1. 1 to sigh
  2. 2 to gasp (in admiration)
姑
gū
  1. 1 paternal aunt
  2. 2 husband's sister
  3. 3 husband's mother (old)
  4. 4 nun
  5. 5 for the time being (literary)
姑姑
gū gu
  1. 1 paternal aunt
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
姑妈
gū mā
  1. 1 (coll.) father's married sister
  2. 2 paternal aunt
息
xī
  1. 1 breath
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 interest (on an investment or loan)
  4. 4 to cease
  5. 5 to stop
  6. 6 to rest
  7. 7 Taiwan pr. [xí]
气息
qì xī
  1. 1 breath
  2. 2 smell
  3. 3 odor
  4. 4 flavor
灰姑娘
Huī gū niang
  1. 1 Cinderella
  2. 2 a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
窒息
zhì xī
  1. 1 to choke
  2. 2 to stifle
  3. 3 to suffocate
三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
不息
bù xī
  1. 1 continually
  2. 2 without a break
  3. 3 ceaselessly
仙姑
xiān gū
  1. 1 female immortal
  2. 2 sorceress
休息室
xiū xī shì
  1. 1 lobby
  2. 2 lounge
休养生息
xiū yǎng shēng xī
  1. 1 to recover
  2. 2 to recuperate
低息
dī xī
  1. 1 low-interest

Idioms (16)

三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in
姑息养奸
gū xī yǎng jiān
  1. 1 to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child
姑置勿论
gū zhì wù lùn
  1. 1 to put something aside for the time being (idiom)
妇姑勃溪
fù gū bó xī
  1. 1 dispute among womenfolk (idiom); family squabbles
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
息事宁人
xī shì níng rén
  1. 1 to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
息息相关
xī xī xiāng guān
  1. 1 closely bound up (idiom); intimately related
欲取姑予
yù qǔ gū yǔ
  1. 1 variant of 欲取姑與|欲取姑与[yù qǔ gū yǔ]
  2. 2 to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)
欲取姑与
yù qǔ gū yǔ
  1. 1 to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)
气息奄奄
qì xī yǎn yǎn
  1. 1 to have only a breath of life (idiom)
无声无息
wú shēng wú xī
  1. 1 wordless and uncommunicative (idiom); without speaking
  2. 2 taciturn
  3. 3 not providing any news
生命不息，战斗不止
shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ
  1. 1 while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
瞬息万变
shùn xī wàn biàn
  1. 1 in an instant a myriad changes (idiom); rapid substantial change
起居作息
qǐ jū zuò xī
  1. 1 lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyday life
  3. 3 daily routine
  4. 4 to go about one's daily life

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