立秋
Lì qiū
Pinyin

Definition

立秋
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Lì qiū
  1. Liqiu or Start of Autumn, 13th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd August

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiàn lì
  1. 1 to establish
  2. 2 to set up
  3. 3 to found
dú lì
  1. 1 independent
  2. 2 independence
  3. 3 to stand alone
Qiū
  1. 1 surname Qiu
lì kè
  1. 1 forthwith
  2. 2 immediate
  3. 3 prompt
  4. 4 promptly
  5. 5 straightway
  6. 6 thereupon
  7. 7 at once
lì jí
  1. 1 immediately
lì chǎng
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 standpoint
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
lì mǎ
  1. 1 at once
  2. 2 immediately
  3. 3 promptly
  4. 4 swiftly
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
Zhōng qiū
  1. 1 the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
Zhōng qiū jié
  1. 1 the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
zhōng lì
  1. 1 neutral
  2. 2 neutrality
zhù lì
  1. 1 to stand for a long time
dào lì
  1. 1 a handstand
  2. 2 to turn upside down
  3. 3 to stand on one's head
  4. 4 upside down
gōng lì
  1. 1 public (e.g. school, hospital)
chuàng lì
  1. 1 to establish
  2. 2 to set up
  3. 3 to found
Zhōu Lì bō
  1. 1 Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist
  2. 2 Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian
guó lì
  1. 1 national
  2. 2 state-run
  3. 3 public
zuò lì bù ān
  1. 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
  2. 2 restless
  3. 3 fidgety
gū lì
  1. 1 isolate
  2. 2 isolated
duì lì
  1. 1 to oppose
  2. 2 to set sth against
  3. 3 to be antagonistic to
  4. 4 antithetical
  5. 5 relative opposite
  6. 6 opposing
  7. 7 diametrical

Idioms (20)

一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见,如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一叶知秋
yī yè zhī qiū
  1. 1 lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend
  3. 3 a straw in the wind
一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
  1. 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
三十而立
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
势不两立
shì bù liǎng lì
  1. 1 the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences
  2. 2 incompatible standpoints
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
各有千秋
gè yǒu qiān qiū
  1. 1 each has its own merits (idiom)
坐立不安
zuò lì bù ān
  1. 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
  2. 2 restless
  3. 3 fidgety
坐立难安
zuò lì nán ān
  1. 1 unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc) (idiom)
大破大立
dà pò dà lì
  1. 1 to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom)
  2. 2 radical transformation
安家立业
ān jiā lì yè
  1. 1 stable household, established profession (idiom); settled and comfortably off
巍然屹立
wēi rán yì lì
  1. 1 to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom)
  2. 2 towering majestically
  3. 3 (of a person) to stand up against sb
巧立名目
qiǎo lì míng mù
  1. 1 to fabricate excuses (idiom)
  2. 2 to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
应机立断
yìng jī lì duàn
  1. 1 to act on an opportunity (idiom); to take prompt advantage of a situation
成家立室
chéng jiā lì shì
  1. 1 to get married (idiom)
成家立业
chéng jiā lì yè
  1. 1 to get married and start a career (idiom)
  2. 2 to settle down
  3. 3 to establish oneself
放下屠刀,立地成佛
fàng xià tú dāo , lì dì chéng fó
  1. 1 lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation
  2. 2 to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
明察秋毫
míng chá qiū háo
  1. 1 lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 fig. perceptive of even the finest detail

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