劈柴
pī chái
Pinyin

Definition

劈柴
 - 
pǐ chái
  1. chopped wood
  2. firewood
劈柴
 - 
pī chái
  1. to chop firewood
  2. to split logs

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

劈
pī
  1. 1 to hack
  2. 2 to chop
  3. 3 to split open
  4. 4 (of lightning) to strike
柴
Chái
  1. 1 surname Chai
火柴
huǒ chái
  1. 1 match (for lighting fire)
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn],盒[hé]
劈叉
pǐ chà
  1. 1 the splits (move in dancing)
  2. 2 to do the splits
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [pǐ chā]
劈柴
pī chái
  1. 1 to chop firewood
  2. 2 to split logs
劈腿
pǐ tuǐ
  1. 1 to do the splits (gymnastics)
  2. 2 (Tw) two-timing (in romantic relationships)
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [pī tuǐ]
劈里啪啦
pī li pā lā
  1. 1 variant of 噼裡啪啦|噼里啪啦[pī li pā lā]
劈开
pī kāi
  1. 1 to cleave
  2. 2 to split open
  3. 3 to spread open (fingers, legs)
劈头盖脸
pī tóu gài liǎn
  1. 1 lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc)
  2. 2 showering down
废柴
fèi chái
  1. 1 (Cantonese) (coll.) good-for-nothing
  2. 2 loser
柴可夫斯基
Chái kě fū sī jī
  1. 1 Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Russian composer
柴油
chái yóu
  1. 1 diesel fuel
柴火
chái huo
  1. 1 firewood
柴米油盐
chái mǐ yóu yán
  1. 1 lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt
  2. 2 fig. life's daily necessities
劈啪
pī pā
  1. 1 (onom.) for crack, slap, clap, clatter etc
劈裂
pī liè
  1. 1 to split open
  2. 2 to cleave
  3. 3 to rend
木柴
mù chái
  1. 1 firewood
柴油机
chái yóu jī
  1. 1 diesel engine
柴禾妞
chái hé niū
  1. 1 skinny and unsophisticated girl
柴科夫斯基
Chái kē fū sī jī
  1. 1 Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin

Idioms (9)

不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
  1. 1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
劈头盖脸
pī tóu gài liǎn
  1. 1 lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc)
  2. 2 showering down
柴门小户
chái mén xiǎo hù
  1. 1 woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel
  2. 2 fig. my humble house
烈火干柴
liè huǒ gān chái
  1. 1 lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
  2. 2 fig. consuming passion between lovers
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
  1. 1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
众人拾柴火焰高
zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo
  1. 1 when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)
  2. 2 the more people, the more strength
磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
  1. 1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
  3. 3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
骨瘦如柴
gǔ shòu rú chái
  1. 1 as thin as a match
  2. 2 emaciated (idiom)

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