私定终身
sī dìng zhōng shēng
Pinyin

Definition

私定终身
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sī dìng zhōng shēng
  1. to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一定
yī dìng
  1. 1 surely
  2. 2 certainly
  3. 3 necessarily
  4. 4 fixed
  5. 5 a certain (extent etc)
  6. 6 given
  7. 7 particular
  8. 8 must
单身
dān shēn
  1. 1 unmarried
  2. 2 single
定
dìng
  1. 1 to set
  2. 2 to fix
  3. 3 to determine
  4. 4 to decide
  5. 5 to order
搞定
gǎo dìng
  1. 1 to fix
  2. 2 to settle
  3. 3 to wangle
决定
jué dìng
  1. 1 to decide (to do something)
  2. 2 to resolve
  3. 3 decision
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],項|项[xiàng]
  5. 5 certainly
淡定
dàn dìng
  1. 1 calm and collected
  2. 2 unperturbed
绑定
bǎng dìng
  1. 1 binding (loanword)
  2. 2 to bind (e.g. an account to a mobile phone number)
肯定
kěn dìng
  1. 1 to be certain
  2. 2 to be positive
  3. 3 assuredly
  4. 4 definitely
  5. 5 to give recognition
  6. 6 to affirm
  7. 7 affirmative (answer)
注定
zhù dìng
  1. 1 to foreordain
  2. 2 to be bound to
  3. 3 to be destined to
  4. 4 to be doomed to
  5. 5 inevitably
身
shēn
  1. 1 body
  2. 2 life
  3. 3 oneself
  4. 4 personally
  5. 5 one's morality and conduct
  6. 6 the main part of a structure or body
  7. 7 pregnant
  8. 8 classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset
  9. 9 Kangxi radical 158
身份
shēn fèn
  1. 1 identity
  2. 2 status
  3. 3 capacity
  4. 4 dignity
  5. 5 position
  6. 6 rank
身价
shēn jià
  1. 1 social status
  2. 2 price of a slave
  3. 3 price of a person (a sportsman etc)
  4. 4 worth
  5. 5 value (of stocks, valuables etc)
身边
shēn biān
  1. 1 at one's side
  2. 2 on hand
身体
shēn tǐ
  1. 1 the body
  2. 2 one's health
  3. 3 CL:具[jù],個|个[gè]
  4. 4 in person
一身
yī shēn
  1. 1 whole body
  2. 2 from head to toe
  3. 3 single person
  4. 4 a suit of clothes
上身
shàng shēn
  1. 1 upper part of the body
下身
xià shēn
  1. 1 lower part of the body
  2. 2 genitalia
  3. 3 trousers
不一定
bù yī dìng
  1. 1 not necessarily
  2. 2 maybe
不定
bù dìng
  1. 1 indefinite
  2. 2 indeterminate
  3. 3 (botany) adventitious
人身
rén shēn
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 personal
  3. 3 human body

Idioms (20)

一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
一言为定
yī yán wéi dìng
  1. 1 (idiom) it's a deal
  2. 2 that's settled then
一身是胆
yī shēn shì dǎn
  1. 1 devoid of fear (idiom)
  2. 2 intrepid
人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
人定胜天
rén dìng shèng tiān
  1. 1 man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
  1. 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
以身报国
yǐ shēn bào guó
  1. 1 to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
以身许国
yǐ shēn xǔ guó
  1. 1 to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country (idiom)
以身试法
yǐ shēn shì fǎ
  1. 1 to challenge the law (idiom)
  2. 2 to knowingly violate the law
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless
净心修身
jìng xīn xiū shēn
  1. 1 to have an untroubled heart and behave morally (idiom)
分身乏术
fēn shēn fá shù
  1. 1 to be up to one's ears in work (idiom)
  2. 2 to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
包在我身上
bāo zài wǒ shēn shang
  1. 1 leave it to me (idiom)
  2. 2 I'll take care of it
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
尘埃落定
chén āi luò dìng
  1. 1 lit. the dust has settled (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get sorted out
  3. 3 to be finalized
大显身手
dà xiǎn shēn shǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) fully displaying one's capabilities
奋不顾身
fèn bù gù shēn
  1. 1 to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers
  2. 2 regardless of perils

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