太监
tài jiàn
Pinyin

Definition

太监
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tài jiàn
  1. court eunuch
  2. palace eunuch

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

太
tài
  1. 1 highest
  2. 2 greatest
  3. 3 too (much)
  4. 4 very
  5. 5 extremely
太原
Tài yuán
  1. 1 Taiyuan prefecture level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省 in central north China
太太
tài tai
  1. 1 married woman
  2. 2 Mrs.
  3. 3 Madam
  4. 4 wife
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
太平
Tài píng
  1. 1 place name
太平洋
Tài píng Yáng
  1. 1 Pacific Ocean
太白
Tài bái
  1. 1 Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bǎo jī], Shaanxi
  2. 2 Venus
太监
tài jiàn
  1. 1 court eunuch
  2. 2 palace eunuch
太过
tài guò
  1. 1 excessively
  2. 2 too
太阳
tài yang
  1. 1 sun
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tài yáng xué]
正太
zhèng tài
  1. 1 young, cute boy
  2. 2 derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控[zhèng tài kòng]
老太太
lǎo tài tai
  1. 1 elderly lady (respectful)
  2. 2 esteemed mother
  3. 3 CL:位[wèi]
亚太
Yà Tài
  1. 1 Asia-Pacific
亚太区
Yà Tài qū
  1. 1 Asian area
  2. 2 the Far East
  3. 3 Asia Pacific region
以太
yǐ tài
  1. 1 Ether-
以太网
Yǐ tài wǎng
  1. 1 Ethernet
加拉太书
Jiā lā tài shū
  1. 1 Epistle of St Paul to the Galatians
唐太宗
Táng Tài zōng
  1. 1 Emperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民[Lǐ Shì mín] (599-649), reigned 626-649
外太空
wài tài kōng
  1. 1 outer space
太上皇
Tài shàng huáng
  1. 1 Taishang Huang
  2. 2 Retired Emperor
  3. 3 father of the reigning emperor
  4. 4 fig. puppet master
太保
Tài bǎo
  1. 1 Taibao or Taipao city in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan

Idioms (7)

天下太平
tiān xià tài píng
  1. 1 the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
  1. 1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
太平盛世
tài píng shèng shì
  1. 1 peace and prosperity (idiom)
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
  1. 1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hell freezes over
  3. 3 pigs can fly
姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
  1. 1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
欺人太甚
qī rén tài shèn
  1. 1 to bully intolerably (idiom)
皇帝不急太监急
huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí
  1. 1 lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved

Sample Sentences

哦，就是那个太监。
ò ，jiù shì nà ge tàijiàn 。
Oh, that eunuch.
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太监怎么了，在当时他可是四品的官。
tàijiàn zěnmele ，zài dāngshí tā kě shì sì pǐn de guān 。
So what if he was a eunuch. At the time he was a fourth level official.
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啊哟，老板最喜欢他这种人。叫员工卖命、帮公司省钱。完全就是一个太监！
āyō ，lǎobǎn zuì xǐhuan tā zhèzhǒng rén 。jiào yuángōng màimìng 、bāng gōngsī shěngqián 。wánquán jiùshì yī ge tàijiàn ！
Yikes, the boss likes that kind of person the best. Working the employees to death helps the company save money. He's a complete eunuch.
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是。可是一下子从天堂掉进了地狱，那个滋味很不好受。那段日子过得很悲惨，因为我是太监，大家都看不起我。当苦力都没人要，还要处处遭受白眼。
shì 。kěshì yīxiàzi cóng tiāntáng diàojìn le dìyù ，nàge zīwèi hěn bù hǎoshòu 。nà duàn rìzi guò de hěn bēicǎn ，yīnwèi wǒ shì tàijiàn ，dàjiā dōu kànbuqǐ wǒ 。dāng kǔlì dōu méi rén yào ，hái yào chùchù zāoshòu báiyǎn 。
That's right. In a moment, heaven had fallen into hell and it wasn't easy to stomach. Those days were really miserable. Because I was a eunuch, everyone looked down on me. Nobody even wanted me as a coolie and once again, I was looked down upon by others in every way.
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的的确确您也做到了。您从一个什么都不懂、处处受人欺负的小孩，逐渐走到了权利的中心，成为了掌握大权的太监总管。那时候您一定很风光吧？
dídíquèquè nín yě zuòdào le 。nín cóng yī ge shénme dōu bù dǒng 、chùchù shòu rén qīfu de xiǎoháir ，zhújiàn zǒudào le quánlì de zhōngxīn ，chéngwéi le zhǎngwò dàquán de tàijiàn zǒngguǎn 。nà shíhou nín yīdìng hěn fēngguang ba ？
But ultimately, you were successful. You came from absolutely nothing and and as a child were picked on in every way. Yet, you gradually moved your way into a position of privilege and became a person of real authority; the chief eunuch. At that time you must have been truly respected.
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是。那是我过去在宫里当太监的时候的名字。
shì 。nà shì wǒ guòqù zài gōng lǐ dāng tàijiàn de shíhou de míngzi 。
That's right. That was my name when I was a eunuch in the imperial palace.
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吵什么吵？现在当不当太监已经由不得你了。给我好好听话，机灵点儿。伺候得好呢，金银珠宝、锦衣玉食那是少不了的。要不然，哪天脑袋搬家了都不知道。
chāo shénme chāo ？xiànzài dāng bù dāng tàijiàn yǐjīng yóubude nǐ le 。gěi wǒ hǎohāo tīnghuà ，jīling diǎnr5 。cìhou de hǎo ne ，jīnyínzhūbǎo 、jǐnyīyùshí nà shì shǎobùliǎo de 。yàoburán ，nǎ tiān nǎodàibānjiā le dōu bù zhīdào 。
What are you making such a racket over? It's already not up to you whether you'll be a eunuch. Do what I say, and be smart. If you take good care of the Emperor, you'll have all the gold, silver, pearls, gems, fine clothes and delicacies you could possibly want. Otherwise, you'll never know when your head might roll!
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太监？我不要当太监。当了太监就不能讨老婆了。
tàijiàn ？wǒ bù yào dāng tàijiàn 。dāng le tàijiàn jiù bùnéng tǎo lǎopó le 。
A eunuch? I don't want to be a eunuch! Once you're a eunuch you can't get a wife!
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别老想着玩儿，你可是去伺候皇上的。从今往后，皇上和各宫的娘娘们就是你的主子，你就是奴才，宫里的太监。
bié lǎo xiǎngzhe wánr ，nǐ kěshì qù cìhou huángshang de 。cóng jīn wǎnghòu ，huángshang hé gè gōng de niángniang men jiùshì nǐ de zhǔzi ，nǐ jiùshì núcai ，gōng lǐ de tàijiàn 。
Don't always be thinking about playing around. You're going to care for the Emperor. From this day on, the Emperor and the imperial concubines are your masters. You're a slave, a palace eunuch.
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