祈福
qí fú
Pinyin

Definition

祈福
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qí fú
  1. to pray for blessings

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xìng fú
  1. 1 happiness
  2. 2 happy
  3. 3 blessed
zhù fú
  1. 1 blessings
  2. 2 to wish sb well
qí qiú
  1. 1 to pray for
  2. 2 to appeal
qí fú
  1. 1 to pray for blessings
qí dǎo
  1. 1 to pray
  2. 2 to say one's prayers
  3. 3 prayer
  1. 1 surname Fu
  2. 2 abbr. for Fujian province 福建省[Fú jiàn shěng]
fú lì
  1. 1 material benefit
  2. 2 benefit in kind
  3. 3 (social) welfare
Fú zhōu
  1. 1 Fuzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Fujian province in east China
  2. 2 formerly known as Foochow or Fuchow
Fú jiàn
  1. 1 Fujian province (Fukien) in east China, abbr. 福 or 閩|闽, capital Fuzhou 福州
  2. 2 Fujian province (Fukien) in Taiwan
fú qi
  1. 1 good fortune
  2. 2 a blessing
Fú ěr mó sī
  1. 1 Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯[Xiē luò kè · Fú ěr mó sī]
fú dài
  1. 1 fukubukuro or "lucky bag", Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
xiǎng qīng fú
  1. 1 living in ease and comfort
xiǎng fú
  1. 1 to live comfortably
  2. 2 happy and prosperous life
Kè láo fú dé
  1. 1 Crawford (town in Texas)
quán jiā fú
  1. 1 photograph of the entire family
  2. 2 hodgepodge (cookery)
Jiā lì fú ní yà
  1. 1 California
Jiā lì fú ní yà zhōu
  1. 1 California
kǒu fú
  1. 1 happy knack for chancing upon fine food

Idioms (20)

一饱眼福
yī bǎo yǎn fú
  1. 1 to feast one's eyes on (idiom)
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
傻人有傻福
shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú
  1. 1 fortune favors fools (idiom)
  2. 2 fool's luck
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
因祸得福
yīn huò dé fú
  1. 1 to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback
  2. 2 It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
  3. 3 also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
  1. 1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
  2. 2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
多子多福
duō zǐ duō fú
  1. 1 the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
  1. 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
威福自己
wēi fú zì jǐ
  1. 1 to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
庸人庸福
yōng rén yōng fú
  1. 1 fools have good fortune (idiom)
有福同享,有祸同当
yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu huò tóng dāng
  1. 1 To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
有福同享,有难同当
yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu nàn tóng dāng
  1. 1 To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
洪福齐天
hóng fú qí tiān
  1. 1 flood of good fortune fills the heavens (idiom); a lucky sign
无福消受
wú fú xiāo shòu
  1. 1 unfortunately cannot enjoy (idiom)
痴人痴福
chī rén chī fú
  1. 1 a fool suffers foolish fortune (idiom)
祸福无常
huò fú wú cháng
  1. 1 disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
祸福与共
huò fú yǔ gòng
  1. 1 to stick together through thick and thin (idiom)
福如东海
fú rú Dōng Hǎi
  1. 1 may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom)
福星高照
fú xīng gāo zhào
  1. 1 lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign

Sample Sentences

我去年参加的时候,大部分都是看原住民表演传统舞蹈、唱歌,或是祈福,以及跟原住民长老讲话。
wǒ qùnián cānjiā de shíhou ,dàbùfēn dōu shì kàn yuánzhùmín biǎoyǎn chuántǒng wǔdǎo 、chànggē ,huòshì qífú ,yǐjí gēn yuánzhùmín zhǎnglǎo jiǎnghuà 。
When I went last year, it was mostly watching aboriginal people perform traditional dances, songs or blessings and talking with the elders.
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