六艺
Liù Yì
Pinyin

Definition

六艺
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Liù Yì
  1. the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[lǐ] (禮儀|礼仪[lǐ yí]), music 樂|乐[yuě] (音樂|音乐[yīn yuè]), archery 射[shè] (射箭[shè jiàn]), charioteering 御[yù] (駕車|驾车[jià chē]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shū] (識字|识字[shí zì]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shù] (計算|计算[jì suàn])
  2. another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经[Liù jīng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

六
liù
  1. 1 six
  2. 2 6
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)
十六
shí liù
  1. 1 sixteen
  2. 2 16
星期六
Xīng qī liù
  1. 1 Saturday
第六感
dì liù gǎn
  1. 1 sixth sense (i.e. intuition, premonition, telepathy etc)
周六
Zhōu liù
  1. 1 Saturday
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
  1. 1 all walks of life (idiom)
  2. 2 every trade
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
五脏六腑
wǔ zàng liù fǔ
  1. 1 five viscera and six bowels (TCM)
六分之一
liù fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one sixth
六分仪
liù fēn yí
  1. 1 sextant
六十四卦
liù shí sì guà
  1. 1 the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经
六十年代
liù shí nián dài
  1. 1 the sixties
  2. 2 the 1960s
六合
Lù hé
  1. 1 Luhe district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
六合区
Lù hé qū
  1. 1 Luhe district of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
六合彩
liù hé cǎi
  1. 1 Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game)

Idioms (10)

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
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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