抽象
chōu xiàng
Pinyin

Definition

抽象
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chōu xiàng
  1. abstract
  2. abstraction
  3. CL:種|种[zhǒng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

抽
chōu
  1. 1 to draw out
  2. 2 to pull out from in between
  3. 3 to remove part of the whole
  4. 4 (of certain plants) to sprout or bud
  5. 5 to whip or thrash
抽奖
chōu jiǎng
  1. 1 to draw a prize
  2. 2 a lottery
  3. 3 a raffle
假象
jiǎ xiàng
  1. 1 false appearance
  2. 2 facade
印象
yìn xiàng
  1. 1 impression
大象
dà xiàng
  1. 1 elephant
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
好象
hǎo xiàng
  1. 1 to seem
  2. 2 to be like
对象
duì xiàng
  1. 1 target
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 partner
  4. 4 boyfriend
  5. 5 girlfriend
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
形象
xíng xiàng
  1. 1 image
  2. 2 form
  3. 3 figure
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 visualization
  6. 6 vivid
想象
xiǎng xiàng
  1. 1 to imagine
  2. 2 to fancy
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
想象力
xiǎng xiàng lì
  1. 1 imagination
抽出
chōu chū
  1. 1 to take out
  2. 2 to extract
抽取
chōu qǔ
  1. 1 to extract
  2. 2 to remove
  3. 3 to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc)
抽屉
chōu ti
  1. 1 drawer
抽搐
chōu chù
  1. 1 to twitch
抽烟
chōu yān
  1. 1 to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
抽空
chōu kòng
  1. 1 to find the time to do sth
抽筋
chōu jīn
  1. 1 cramp
  2. 2 charley horse
  3. 3 to pull a tendon
抽风
chōu fēng
  1. 1 to ventilate
  2. 2 to induce a draft
  3. 3 spasm
  4. 4 convulsion
景象
jǐng xiàng
  1. 1 scene
  2. 2 sight (to behold)
气象
qì xiàng
  1. 1 meteorological feature
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 meteorology
  4. 4 atmosphere
  5. 5 ambience
  6. 6 scene

Idioms (11)

人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
合眼摸象
hé yǎn mō xiàng
  1. 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
抽丝剥茧
chōu sī bāo jiǎn
  1. 1 lit. to spin silk from cocoons
  2. 2 fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)
狗嘴里吐不出象牙
gǒu zuǐ li tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
  1. 1 no ivory comes from the mouth of a dog (idiom)
  2. 2 no good words are to be expected from a scoundrel
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
  1. 1 sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
盲人摸象
máng rén mō xiàng
  1. 1 blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture
  2. 2 to mistake the part for the whole
  3. 3 unable to see the wood for the trees
众盲摸象
zhòng máng mō xiàng
  1. 1 multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture
  2. 2 to mistake the part for the whole
  3. 3 unable to see the wood for the trees
瞎子摸象
xiā zi mō xiàng
  1. 1 blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture
  2. 2 to mistake the part for the whole
  3. 3 unable to see the wood for the trees
短中抽长
duǎn zhōng chōu cháng
  1. 1 to make the best of a bad job
  2. 2 to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)
万象更新
wàn xiàng gēng xīn
  1. 1 (in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)
险象环生
xiǎn xiàng huán shēng
  1. 1 dangers spring up all around (idiom); surrounded by perils

Sample Sentences

懂得”和“懂”的意思一样，不过“懂得”常常搭配比较抽象、复杂的概念。
dǒngde ”hé “dǒng ”de yìsi yīyàng ，bùguò “dǒngde ”chángcháng dāpèi bǐjiào chōuxiàng 、fùzá de gàiniàn 。
These terms mean the same thing, although dong de is usually paired with more abstract, complex ideas.
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别这么说人家，虽然长得抽象了点儿，可也是有响当当的名字的。
bié zhèmeshuō rénjia ，suīrán zhǎng de chōuxiàng le diǎnr ，kě yě shì yǒu xiǎngdāngdāng de míngzi de 。
Don't say that, even though someone might look a little unconventional, they still have a proper name.
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比较抽象。
bǐjiào chōuxiàng 。
relatively abstract
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都比较抽象的。
dōu bǐjiào chōuxiàng de 。
They're all relatively abstract.
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太抽象了，术语先不要讲,孩子不容易理解。
tài chōuxiàng le ，shùyǔ xiān bù yào jiǎng ,háizi bù róngyì lǐjiě 。
That's too abstract. Don't discuss the technical terms for now, they're too difficult for children to understand.
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抽象
chōuxiàng
Abstract.
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