鳞次栉比
lín cì zhì bǐ
Pinyin

Definition

鳞次栉比
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lín cì zhì bǐ
  1. row upon row

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

次
cì
  1. 1 next in sequence
  2. 2 second
  3. 3 the second (day, time etc)
  4. 4 secondary
  5. 5 vice-
  6. 6 sub-
  7. 7 infra-
  8. 8 inferior quality
  9. 9 substandard
  10. 10 order
  11. 11 sequence
  12. 12 hypo- (chemistry)
  13. 13 classifier for enumerated events: time
比
Bǐ
  1. 1 Belgium
  2. 2 Belgian
  3. 3 abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bǐ lì shí]
一次性
yī cì xìng
  1. 1 one-off (offer)
  2. 2 one-time
  3. 3 single-use
  4. 4 disposable (goods)
人次
rén cì
  1. 1 person-times
  2. 2 visits
  3. 3 classifier for number of people participating
其次
qí cì
  1. 1 next
  2. 2 secondly
再次
zài cì
  1. 1 one more time
  2. 2 again
  3. 3 one more
  4. 4 once again
同比
tóng bǐ
  1. 1 over the same period
  2. 2 year-on-year
好比
hǎo bǐ
  1. 1 to be just like
  2. 2 can be compared to
对比
duì bǐ
  1. 1 to contrast
  2. 2 contrast
  3. 3 ratio
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
层次
céng cì
  1. 1 layer
  2. 2 level
  3. 3 gradation
  4. 4 arrangement of ideas
  5. 5 (a person's) standing
次数
cì shù
  1. 1 number of times
  2. 2 frequency
  3. 3 order number (in a series)
  4. 4 power (math.)
  5. 5 degree of a polynomial (math.)
次方
cì fāng
  1. 1 (raised to the) nth power
比例
bǐ lì
  1. 1 proportion
  2. 2 scale
比如
bǐ rú
  1. 1 for example
  2. 2 for instance
  3. 3 such as
比拼
bǐ pīn
  1. 1 to compete fiercely
  2. 2 contest
比赛
bǐ sài
  1. 1 competition (sports etc)
  2. 2 match
  3. 3 CL:場|场[chǎng],次[cì]
  4. 4 to compete
比起
bǐ qǐ
  1. 1 compared with
比较
bǐ jiào
  1. 1 to compare
  2. 2 to contrast
  3. 3 comparatively
  4. 4 relatively
  5. 5 quite
  6. 6 comparison
无比
wú bǐ
  1. 1 incomparable
  2. 2 matchless
相比
xiāng bǐ
  1. 1 to compare

Idioms (18)

三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
上一次当，学一次乖
shàng yī cì dàng , xué yī cì guāi
  1. 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy
今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
  1. 1 things are very different now (idiom)
  2. 2 times have changed
寿比南山
shòu bǐ Nán Shān
  1. 1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
  2. 2 Long may you live!
天涯若比邻
tiān yá ruò bǐ lín
  1. 1 far-flung realms as next door (idiom)
  2. 2 close in spirit although far away
将心比心
jiāng xīn bǐ xīn
  1. 1 to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)
几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān
  1. 1 lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly
  2. 2 over and over again
恩比天大
ēn bǐ tiān dà
  1. 1 to be as kind and benevolent as heaven (idiom)
情比金坚
qíng bǐ jīn jiān
  1. 1 love is more solid than gold (idiom)
比登天还难
bǐ dēng tiān hái nán
  1. 1 lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely difficult
  3. 3 far from an easy task
比翼双飞
bǐ yì shuāng fēi
  1. 1 lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. two hearts beating as one
  3. 3 name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
比翼齐飞
bǐ yì qí fēi
  1. 1 to fly wing to wing (idiom)
  2. 2 two hearts beating as one
  3. 3 (of a couple) inseparable
瘦死的骆驼比马大
shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà
  1. 1 lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
  3. 3 a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
笔胜于刀文比武强
bǐ shèng yú dāo wén bǐ wǔ qiáng
  1. 1 the pen is mightier than the sword (idiom)
语无伦次
yǔ wú lún cì
  1. 1 incoherent speech
  2. 2 to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
货比三家
huò bǐ sān jiā
  1. 1 to comparison shop (idiom)
  2. 2 comparison shopping
货比三家不吃亏
huò bǐ sān jiā bù chī kuī
  1. 1 shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
逐次近似
zhú cì jìn sì
  1. 1 successive approximate values (idiom)

Sample Sentences

从北京向东看，潮白河对岸，高楼鳞次栉比，尽显繁华。
cóng Běijīng xiàng dōng kàn ，cháobáihé duìàn ，gāolóu líncìzhìbǐ ，jìnxiǎn fánhuá 。
View from the east of Beijing is the Chaobai River on the other side with rows after rows of tall buildings depicting a flourishing city.
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