叶子
yè zi
Pinyin

Definition

叶子
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yè zi
  1. foliage
  2. leaf
  3. CL:片[piàn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
女子
nu:3 zǐ
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 female
妻子
qī zǐ
  1. 1 wife and children
子
zǐ
  1. 1 son
  2. 2 child
  3. 3 seed
  4. 4 egg
  5. 5 small thing
  6. 6 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
  7. 7 Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  8. 8 ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
孩子
hái zi
  1. 1 child
房子
fáng zi
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 building (single- or two-story)
  3. 3 apartment
  4. 4 room
  5. 5 CL:棟|栋[dòng],幢[zhuàng],座[zuò],套[tào],間|间[jiān]
日子
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
样子
yàng zi
  1. 1 appearance
  2. 2 manner
  3. 3 pattern
  4. 4 model
狮子
Shī zǐ
  1. 1 Leo (star sign)
  2. 2 Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Píng dōng Xiàn], Taiwan
狮子座
Shī zi zuò
  1. 1 Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
王子
wáng zǐ
  1. 1 prince
  2. 2 son of a king
男子
nán zǐ
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
老子
Lǎo zǐ
  1. 1 Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism
  2. 2 the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi
肚子
dù zi
  1. 1 belly
  2. 2 abdomen
  3. 3 stomach
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
脑子
nǎo zi
  1. 1 brains
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
被子
bèi zi
  1. 1 quilt
  2. 2 CL:床[chuáng]
辈子
bèi zi
  1. 1 all one's life
  2. 2 lifetime
双子
Shuāng zǐ
  1. 1 Gemini (star sign)
鞋子
xié zi
  1. 1 shoe
饺子
jiǎo zi
  1. 1 dumpling
  2. 2 pot-sticker
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel
仁人君子
rén rén jūn zǐ
  1. 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person
以子之矛，攻子之盾
yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn
  1. 1 lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner
  2. 2 fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
  3. 3 hoist with his own petard
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
佳人才子
jiā rén cái zǐ
  1. 1 beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom)
  2. 2 pair of ideal lovers
兔子不吃窝边草
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo
  1. 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
刀子嘴，豆腐心
dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn
  1. 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
包子有肉不在褶上
bāo zi yǒu ròu bù zài zhě shàng
  1. 1 a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
吃熊心豹子胆
chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn
  1. 1 to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom)
  2. 2 to pluck up some courage
君子之交
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
君子远庖厨
jūn zǐ yuàn páo chú
  1. 1 lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
多子多福
duō zǐ duō fú
  1. 1 the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
天上下刀子
tiān shàng xià dāo zi
  1. 1 lit. knives rain down from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (even if) the sky crumbles
女子无才便是德
nu:3 zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
  1. 1 a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)

Sample Sentences

枯叶蝶伪装成叶子、变色龙改变自己的颜色都是为了躲避天敌、保护自己。
kūyèdié wěizhuāng chéng yèzi 、biànsèlóng gǎibiàn zìjǐ de yánsè dōu shì wèile duǒbì tiāndí 、bǎohù zìjǐ 。
Orange Oakleaves mask as leaves and chameleons change their skin color in order to avoid predators and to protect themselves.
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比如枯叶蝶顾名思义，它的颜色和形状就像一片枯叶一样，所以当它停在树枝上时，乍看之下就跟普通的叶子一样。
bǐrú kūyèdié gùmíngsīyì ，tā de yánsè hé xíngzhuàng jiù xiàng yī piàn kūyè yīyàng ，suǒyǐ dāng tā tíng zài shùzhī shàng shí ，zhàkànzhīxià jiù gēn pǔtōng de yèzi yīyàng 。
For example, the Orange Oakleaf, as evident from its name, has wings that are of the colors of a dead leaf. So when it lands on a branch, it looks exactly like a normal leaf at a glance.
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会啊，我们那里可以说四季分明，秋天一到，公园的树开始变黄或变红，绿的、黄的、红的叶子层层叠叠，美呆了。
huì ā ，wǒmen nàlǐ kěyǐ shuō sìjì fēnmíng ，qiūtiān yī dào ，gōngyuán de shù kāishǐ biàn huáng huò biàn hóng ，lǜ de 、huáng de 、hóng de yèzi céngcéngdiédié ，měi dāi le 。
Yes. You could say that we have four separate seasons. As soon as Autumn arrives, the trees in the park start to turn yellow and red. Green, yellow and red leaves pile up on top of each other, it's really stunning.
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因为秋天叶子会变红，很漂亮，天气不太冷，也不太热。
yīnwèi qiūtiān yèzi huì biàn hóng ，hěn piàoliang ，tiānqì bùtài lěng ，yě bùtài rè 。
Because in Autumn the leaves turn red, it's so pretty and the weather's not too cold and not too hot.
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