马六甲
Mǎ liù jiǎ
Pinyin

Definition

马六甲
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Mǎ liù jiǎ
  1. Malacca or Melaka (town and state in Malaysia), also strait between Malaysia and Sumatra

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

六
liù
  1. 1 six
  2. 2 6
指甲
zhǐ jia
  1. 1 fingernail
甲
jiǎ
  1. 1 first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
  2. 2 (used for an unspecified person or thing)
  3. 3 first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc)
  4. 4 letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  5. 5 armor plating
  6. 6 shell or carapace
  7. 7 (of the fingers or toes) nail
  8. 8 bladed leather or metal armor (old)
  9. 9 ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old)
  10. 10 civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bǎo jiǎ] system (old)
  11. 11 ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
三十六计
sān shí liù jì
  1. 1 The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction
  2. 2 all the possible schemes and stratagems
三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
五脏六腑
wǔ zàng liù fǔ
  1. 1 five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
五颜六色
wǔ yán liù sè
  1. 1 multi-colored
  2. 2 every color under the sun
六十
liù shí
  1. 1 sixty
  2. 2 60
六月
Liù yuè
  1. 1 June
  2. 2 sixth month (of the lunar year)
六月份
liù yuè fèn
  1. 1 June
十六
shí liù
  1. 1 sixteen
  2. 2 16
意甲
Yì Jiǎ
  1. 1 Serie A, the top division of the Italian football league system
指甲油
zhǐ jia yóu
  1. 1 nail polish
星期六
Xīng qī liù
  1. 1 Saturday
甲乙
jiǎ yǐ
  1. 1 first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān]
甲亢
jiǎ kàng
  1. 1 hyperthyroidism
  2. 2 abbr. for 甲狀腺功能亢進|甲状腺功能亢进[jiǎ zhuàng xiàn gōng néng kàng jìn]
甲方
jiǎ fāng
  1. 1 first party (law)
  2. 2 see also 乙方[yǐ fāng]
甲状腺
jiǎ zhuàng xiàn
  1. 1 thyroid gland
甲醛
jiǎ quán
  1. 1 formaldehyde (HCHO)
甲骨文
jiǎ gǔ wén
  1. 1 oracle script
  2. 2 oracle bone inscriptions (an early form of Chinese script)

Idioms (14)

三姑六婆
sān gū liù pó
  1. 1 women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
  1. 1 all walks of life (idiom)
  2. 2 every trade
三茶六饭
sān chá liù fàn
  1. 1 lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes
  2. 2 to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
三头六臂
sān tóu liù bì
  1. 1 lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to possess remarkable abilities
  3. 3 a being of formidable powers
六神无主
liù shén wú zhǔ
  1. 1 out of one's wits (idiom)
  2. 2 distracted
  3. 3 stunned
六亲不认
liù qīn bù rèn
  1. 1 not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives
六亲无靠
liù qīn wú kào
  1. 1 orphaned of all one's immediate relatives (idiom); no one to rely on
  2. 2 left to one's own devices
枕戈寝甲
zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ
  1. 1 to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)
  2. 2 to keep ready for battle at all times
案兵束甲
àn bīng shù jiǎ
  1. 1 to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
案甲休兵
àn jiǎ xiū bīng
  1. 1 to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜
jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāng
  1. 1 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
眼观六路耳听八方
yǎn guān liù lù ěr tīng bā fāng
  1. 1 lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions
  2. 2 to be observant and alert (idiom)
身怀六甲
shēn huái liù jiǎ
  1. 1 to be pregnant (idiom)
过五关斩六将
guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng
  1. 1 lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success)

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