十全十美
shí quán shí měi
Pinyin

Definition

十全十美
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shí quán shí měi
  1. complete and beautiful
  2. to be perfect (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

全
Quán
  1. 1 surname Quan
全部
quán bù
  1. 1 whole
  2. 2 entire
  3. 3 complete
十
shí
  1. 1 ten
  2. 2 10
安全
ān quán
  1. 1 safe
  2. 2 secure
  3. 3 safety
  4. 4 security
完全
wán quán
  1. 1 complete
  2. 2 whole
  3. 3 totally
  4. 4 entirely
完美
wán měi
  1. 1 perfect
  2. 2 perfection
  3. 3 perfectly
精美
jīng měi
  1. 1 delicate
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 refinement
美
Měi
  1. 1 the Americas
  2. 2 abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]
  3. 3 USA
  4. 4 abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó]
美人
měi rén
  1. 1 beauty
  2. 2 belle
美国
Měi guó
  1. 1 United States
  2. 2 USA
  3. 3 US
美女
měi nu:3
  1. 1 beautiful woman
美好
měi hǎo
  1. 1 beautiful
  2. 2 fine
美丽
měi lì
  1. 1 beautiful
七十
qī shí
  1. 1 seventy
  2. 2 70
三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
二十
èr shí
  1. 1 twenty
  2. 2 20
二十多
èr shí duō
  1. 1 over 20
五十
wǔ shí
  1. 1 fifty
优美
yōu měi
  1. 1 graceful
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 elegant
全力
quán lì
  1. 1 with all one's strength
  2. 2 full strength
  3. 3 all-out (effort)
  4. 4 fully (support)

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 short attention span
一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 lack of sticking power
  4. 4 short attention span
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī
  1. 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
  2. 2 the facts of the matter
  3. 3 the actual situation
三十而立
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
  1. 1 all walks of life (idiom)
  2. 2 every trade
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
五味俱全
wǔ wèi jù quán
  1. 1 a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
全民皆兵
quán mín jiē bīng
  1. 1 to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
全神贯注
quán shén guàn zhù
  1. 1 to concentrate one's attention completely (idiom)
  2. 2 with rapt attention
全军覆没
quán jūn fù mò
  1. 1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
全党全军
quán dǎng quán jūn
  1. 1 the (communist) party and the army together (idiom)
两全其美
liǎng quán qí měi
  1. 1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
  2. 2 to get the best of both worlds
  3. 3 to have it both ways
  4. 4 to have one's cake and eat it too
十全十美
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)
十年树木，百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
  1. 1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.

Sample Sentences

十全十美
shíquánshíměi
Lit: Complete and beautiful. Fig: Perfect.
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但是你十全十美。
dànshì nǐ shíquánshíměi 。
But you are perfect.
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这个世界上没有十全十美的事。
zhège shìjiè shàng méiyǒu shíquánshíměi de shì 。
There is nothing that is perfect in the world.
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生活哪有十全十美的，能看到一二的快乐，不就足够了吗？
shēnghuó nǎ yǒu shíquánshíměi de ，néng kàndào yīèr de kuàilè ，bù jiù zúgòu le ma ？
Life is not perfect, isn’t it good enough there is some happiness?
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是啊，而且没有人的性格是十全十美的，两个人在一起，关键还是看性格合不合。一个大男子主义者和一个女权主义者在一起，当然会彼此看不顺眼，天天吵架，但要是换成了大男子和小女人的组合，生活就很和谐了。
shì ā ，érqiě méiyǒu rén de xìnggé shì shíquánshíměi de ，liǎng ge rén zài yīqǐ ，guānjiàn hái shì kàn xìnggé hé bu hé 。yī ge dànánzǐzhǔyì zhě hé yī ge nǚquánzhǔyì zhě zàiyīqǐ ，dāngrán huì bǐcǐ kàn bù shùnyǎn ，tiāntiān chǎojià ，dàn yàoshì huàn chéng le dà nánzǐ hé xiǎo nǚrén de zǔhé ，shēnghuó jiù hěn héxié le 。
Yeah, and no one's personality is one-hundred-percent good. With two people being together, the key is to see if your personalities get along or not. A male chauvinist and a feminist are definitely not going to see eye-to-eye. They'll argue every day. But if you switched to a male chauvinist and a meek girl, they'd have a very harmonious life together.
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而且"十全十美"也经常用来形容感情十全十美。
érqiě "shíquánshíměi "yě jīngcháng yònglái xíngróng gǎnqíng shíquánshíměi 。
Additionally, "perfect in every way" is also often used to describe a perfect relationship.
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十"就是十全十美。
shí "jiùshì shíquánshíměi 。
"10" means perfect in every way.
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要我说，这全是些不实际的想法。虽然我也不认为共和党的候选人十全十美，但比民主党的实际多了。比如说保护本土企业的利益，降低贸易逆差。这才是保护国家利益。
yào wǒ shuō ，zhè quán shì xiē bù shíjì de xiǎngfǎ 。suīrán wǒ yě bù rènwéi Gònghédǎng de hòuxuǎnrén shíquánshíměi ，dàn bǐ Mínzhǔdǎng de shíjì duōle 。bǐrú shuō bǎohù běntǔ qǐyè de lìyì ，jiàngdī màoyì nìchā 。zhè cái shì bǎohù guójiā lìyì 。
If you ask me, those are all unrealistic ideas. Although I know the Republican candidate isn't totally perfect, he's a lot more practical. For example, protecting the interests of domestic enterprises, or reducing the trade imbalance. Now that's protecting the nation's interests.
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