1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
2 innumerable
Idioms (20)
三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
2 tight-lipped
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不厌其烦
bù yàn qí fán
1 not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
2 to take great pains
3 to be very patient
不安其室
bù ān qí shì
1 to be discontented with one's home
2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
不计其数
bù jì qí shù
1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
2 innumerable
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
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 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
1 to let things take their course (idiom)
2 to leave it to nature
3 laissez-faire
兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
两全其美
liǎng quán qí měi
1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
2 to get the best of both worlds
3 to have it both ways
4 to have one's cake and eat it too
其貌不扬
qí mào bù yáng
1 (idiom) nothing special to look at
2 unprepossessing
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
出其不意，攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])
勉为其难
miǎn wéi qí nán
1 to tackle a difficult job (idiom)
2 to do sth reluctantly
只知其一，不知其二
zhǐ zhī qí yī , bù zhī qí èr
1 to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information
各行其是
gè xíng qí shì
1 each one does what he thinks is right (idiom)
2 each goes his own way
名副其实
míng fù qí shí
1 not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom)
含糊其词
hán hú qí cí
1 to equivocate
2 to talk evasively (idiom)
哲人其萎
zhé rén qí wěi
1 a wise man has passed away (idiom)
坐享其成
zuò xiǎng qí chéng
1 to reap where one has not sown (idiom)
Sample Sentences
其余部分其余的人其余的问题
qíyú bùfen qíyú de rén qíyú de wèntí
The rest : the rest part the rest of the people the rest of the problems