式微
shì wēi
Pinyin

Definition

式微
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shì wēi
  1. (literary) to decline
  2. to wane
  3. title of a section in the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shī jīng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

微
Wēi
  1. 1 surname Wei
  2. 2 ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [Wéi]
中国式
Zhōng guó shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
  2. 2 à la chinoise
仪式
yí shì
  1. 1 ceremony
卑微
bēi wēi
  1. 1 lowly
  2. 2 humble
式
shì
  1. 1 type
  2. 2 form
  3. 3 pattern
  4. 4 style
形式
xíng shì
  1. 1 outer appearance
  2. 2 form
  3. 3 shape
  4. 4 formality
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
微信
Wēi xìn
  1. 1 Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯[Téng xùn])
微博
wēi bó
  1. 1 microblogging
  2. 2 microblog
微博客
wēi bó kè
  1. 1 microblogging
  2. 2 microblog
微微
wēi wēi
  1. 1 slight
  2. 2 faint
  3. 3 humble
微服
wēi fú
  1. 1 (of a high-ranking official) to wear plain clothes in order to go about incognito
微波炉
wēi bō lú
  1. 1 microwave oven
  2. 2 CL:臺|台[tái]
微笑
wēi xiào
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],絲|丝[sī]
  3. 3 to smile
微薄
wēi bó
  1. 1 scanty
  2. 2 meager
微软
Wēi ruǎn
  1. 1 Microsoft corporation
微风
wēi fēng
  1. 1 breeze
  2. 2 light wind
方式
fāng shì
  1. 1 way
  2. 2 manner
  3. 3 style
  4. 4 mode
  5. 5 pattern
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
方程式
fāng chéng shì
  1. 1 equation
格式化
gé shì huà
  1. 1 to format
模式
mó shì
  1. 1 mode
  2. 2 method
  3. 3 pattern

Idioms (13)

人微言轻
rén wēi yán qīng
  1. 1 (idiom) what lowly people think counts for little
家世寒微
jiā shì hán wēi
  1. 1 to be of humble origin (idiom)
察微知著
chá wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom)
  2. 2 to deduce the whole story from small traces
微乎其微
wēi hū qí wēi
  1. 1 a tiny bit
  2. 2 very little
  3. 3 next to nothing (idiom)
渺乎其微
miǎo hū qí wēi
  1. 1 remote and insignificant (idiom)
无微不至
wú wēi bù zhì
  1. 1 in every possible way (idiom); meticulous
积于忽微
jī yú hū wēi
  1. 1 to accumulate tiny quantities (idiom)
见微知著
jiàn wēi zhī zhù
  1. 1 one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom); small beginnings show how things will develop
视微知着
shì wēi zhī zhuó
  1. 1 one tiny clue reveals the general trend (idiom); small beginnings show how things will develop
识微见几
shí wēi jiàn jǐ
  1. 1 lit. see a tiny bit and understand everything (idiom)
防微杜渐
fáng wēi dù jiàn
  1. 1 to nip in the bud (idiom)
体恤入微
tǐ xù rù wēi
  1. 1 to emphasize down to last detail (idiom); to show every possible consideration
  2. 2 meticulous care
体贴入微
tǐ tiē rù wēi
  1. 1 to show every possible consideration (idiom); meticulous care

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