四川
Sì chuān
Pinyin

Definition

四川
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Sì chuān
  1. Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

四
sì
  1. 1 four
  2. 2 4
丢三落四
diū sān là sì
  1. 1 forgetful
  2. 2 empty-headed
仁川
Rén chuān
  1. 1 Incheon Metropolitan City in Gyeonggi Province 京畿道[Jīng jī dào], South Korea
冰川
bīng chuān
  1. 1 glacier
十四
shí sì
  1. 1 fourteen
  2. 2 14
四人帮
sì rén bāng
  1. 1 Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution
四分之一
sì fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one-quarter
四十
sì shí
  1. 1 forty
  2. 2 40
四合院
sì hé yuàn
  1. 1 courtyard house with a fully enclosed courtyard (type of Chinese residence)
四周
sì zhōu
  1. 1 all around
四季
sì jì
  1. 1 four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬
四射
sì shè
  1. 1 to radiate all around
四川
Sì chuān
  1. 1 Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川 or 蜀, capital Chengdu 成都
四川省
Sì chuān Shěng
  1. 1 Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川[Chuān] or 蜀[Shǔ], capital Chengdu 成都[Chéng dū]
四月
Sì yuè
  1. 1 April
  2. 2 fourth month (of the lunar year)
四处
sì chù
  1. 1 all over the place
  2. 2 everywhere and all directions
四起
sì qǐ
  1. 1 to spring up everywhere
  2. 2 from all around
四面八方
sì miàn bā fāng
  1. 1 in all directions
  2. 2 all around
  3. 3 far and near
大四
dà sì
  1. 1 fourth-year university student
小川
Xiǎo chuān
  1. 1 Ogawa (Japanese surname)

Idioms (20)

一马平川
yī mǎ píng chuān
  1. 1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
传播四方
chuán bō sì fāng
  1. 1 to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
危机四伏
wēi jī sì fú
  1. 1 danger lurks on every side (idiom)
名扬四海
míng yáng sì hǎi
  1. 1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
  2. 2 famous
四世同堂
sì shì tóng táng
  1. 1 four generations under one roof (idiom)
四仰八叉
sì yǎng bā chā
  1. 1 sprawled out on one's back (idiom)
四两拨千斤
sì liǎng bō qiān jīn
  1. 1 lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to achieve much with little effort
四分五裂
sì fēn wǔ liè
  1. 1 all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization)
  2. 2 complete lack of unity
  3. 3 to disintegrate
  4. 4 falling apart
  5. 5 to be at sixes and sevens
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
  1. 1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
  2. 2 this world is an illusion
四平八稳
sì píng bā wěn
  1. 1 everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
四海升平
sì hǎi shēng píng
  1. 1 lit. all four oceans are peaceful
  2. 2 worldwide peace (idiom)
四海为家
sì hǎi wéi jiā
  1. 1 to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)
  2. 2 to feel at home anywhere
  3. 3 to roam about unconstrained
  4. 4 to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
四海皆准
sì hǎi jiē zhǔn
  1. 1 appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
  2. 2 a panacea
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
  1. 1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
四脚朝天
sì jiǎo cháo tiān
  1. 1 four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back
四通八达
sì tōng bā dá
  1. 1 roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
四面楚歌
sì miàn Chǔ gē
  1. 1 lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
四体不勤，五谷不分
sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn
  1. 1 never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite
家徒四壁
jiā tú sì bì
  1. 1 lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. very poor
  3. 3 wretched
川流不息
chuān liú bù xī
  1. 1 the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow

Sample Sentences

我们老家的四川火锅蘸酱，我妹的目标是向“老干妈”看齐，但上市那得靠缘分了，如果无缘，至少也要营销成蘸酱界第一个“老干妹儿”。
wǒmen lǎojiā de Sìchuān huǒguō zhànjiàng ，wǒ mèi de mùbiāo shì xiàng “lǎogānmā ”kànqí ，dàn shàngshì nà děi kào yuánfèn le ，rúguǒ wúyuán ，zhìshǎo yě yào yíngxiāo chéng zhànjiàng jiè dì yī ge “lǎogānmèir ”。
For the Sichuanese hotpot dipping sauce from our hometown. My cousin's objective is to emulate Laoganma dipping sauce, but hitting the market is all up to chance, if there's no opportunity for that, at least she wants to market it as the first little sister of the laoganma dipping sauce brand.
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是吗？我早就想到四川旅游了！你们那儿一定有很多傻憨的熊猫吧？前阵子二十几只熊猫亮相的影片你看过了吗？
shìma ？wǒ zǎo jiù xiǎngdào Sìchuān lǚyóu le ！nǐmen nàr yīdìng yǒu hěn duō shǎhān de xióngmāo ba ？qiánzhènzi èrshí jǐ zhī xióngmāo liàngxiàng de yǐngpiàn nǐ kàn guò le ma ？
Really? I've wanted to go traveling to Sichuan for ages! You must have so many dumb pandas where you live, yeah? Did you see that film that recently came out of over 20 pandas?
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我是四川人，就是川菜的四川。
wǒ shì Sìchuān rén ，jiùshì Chuāncài de Sìchuān 。
I'm from Sichuan, where all the good Sichuanese food comes from.
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我是真的很想去四川看看，听说川妹子个个傻白甜，又烧得一手好菜。是理想人妻呢！
wǒ shì zhēnde hěn xiǎngqù Sìchuān kàn kan ，tīngshuō chuānmèizi gègè shǎ bái tián ，yòu shāo de yī shǒu hǎocài 。shì lǐxiǎng rénqī ne ！
I do really want to go and see Sichuan. I hear Sichuan girls are all young, pretty and naive, as well as being able to cook good food. They really make ideal wives!
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对对对！咱们天府之国盛产美女，除此之外，在四川，光是路过一家餐馆都能把你给呛着，这可不是开玩笑。
duìduìduì ！zánmen tiānfǔ zhī guó chéngchǎn měinǚ ，chúcǐzhīwài ，zài Sìchuān ，guāngshì lùguò yī jiā cānguǎn dōu néng bǎ nǐ gěi qiàngzháo ，zhè kě bùshì kāi wánxiào 。
Yes, yes! Our land of plenty is rich in pretty women. Also, in Sichuan, just walking past a restaurant you'll get choked up. And that's no joke.
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听说川妹子和川菜一样辣到骨子里，我最擅长以柔克刚，四川美女就交给我吧！
tīngshuō chuānmèizi hé Chuāncài yīyàng là dào gǔzilǐ ，wǒ zuì shàncháng yǐróukègāng ，Sìchuān měinǚ jiù jiāo gěi wǒ ba ！
I hear Sichuanese girls are spicy to their core, just like the food. I'm really quite skilled at conquering tough women with softness. You should leave the pretty Sichuanese girls to me!
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咳咳！四川气候温润，我们巴蜀女子确是皮肤白皙又甜美，个个像花一样，但是并不傻，岂能插在你们这些牛粪上！
hài hài ！Sìchuān qìhòu wēnrùn ，wǒmen bāshǔ nǚzǐ què shì pífū báixī yòu tiánměi ，gègè xiàng huā yīyàng ，dànshì bìngbù shǎ ，qǐnéng chā zài nǐmen zhèxiē niúfèn shàng ！
Ha ha! Sichuan has a humid climate. Our Sichuan women really have milky white skin, each one of them like flowers, but they're not naive, so I don't think they'd take if you shove them in a cow pie like you!
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眼珠子滴溜一转）是啊是啊，我妈妈湖南的，我们老家是湖南邵阳的，后来去了四川，早几年来这儿打工了，现在湖南这边过来打工的人可多了，要是没个熟人领路，还真不好找个称心的事情做。
yǎnzhūzǐ dīliū yī zhuǎn ）shì a shì a ，wǒ māma Húnán de ，wǒmen lǎojiā shì Húnán Shàoyáng de ，hòulái qù le Sìchuān ，zǎo jǐniánlái zhèr dǎgōng le ，xiànzài Húnán zhèbiān guòlai dǎgōng de rén kě duō le ，yàoshì méi gè shúrén lǐnglù ，hái zhēn bù hǎo zhǎo gè chèngxīn de shìqing zuò 。
(Looks around him calculatingly) Yes, yes, my mum is from Hunan. Our ancestral home is in Shaoyang in Hunan, but later we moved to Sichuan. I came here to get work several years ago. Now lots of people come here from Hunan to get work. Unless they know someone to show them the ropes, it's really hard to find good work.
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是啊，我们摄制组会到当地探访民间美食家，揭秘最有名的菜色，比如去四川找寻最地道的川菜。
shì a ，wǒmen shèzhìzǔ huì dào dāngdì tànfǎng mínjiān měishíjiā ，jiēmì zuì yǒumíng de càisè ，bǐrú qù Sìchuān zhǎoxún zuì dìdào de Chuāncài 。
Yes, our camera crew will go to the location and interview local gourmands, to reveal the secrets of the most famous cuisine, like going to Sichuan to find the most authentic Sichuanese food.
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昨天在四川Fiona吃蛋饼。
zuótiān zài Sìchuān Fiona chī dànbǐng 。
Yesterday in SiChuan province, Fiona was eating an egg pancake.
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