干支
gān zhī
Pinyin

Definition

干支
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gān zhī
  1. the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān] and twelve earthly branches 十二枝
  2. sexagenary cycle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

干
gān
  1. 1 old variant of 乾|干[gān]
干嘛
gàn má
  1. 1 what are you doing?
  2. 2 whatever for?
  3. 3 why on earth?
支
Zhī
  1. 1 surname Zhi
支持
zhī chí
  1. 1 to be in favor of
  2. 2 to support
  3. 3 to back
  4. 4 support
  5. 5 backing
  6. 6 to stand by
  7. 7 CL:個|个[gè]
干妈
gān mā
  1. 1 adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
干杯
gān bēi
  1. 1 to drink a toast
  2. 2 Cheers! (proposing a toast)
  3. 3 Here's to you!
  4. 4 Bottoms up!
  5. 5 lit. dry cup
干枯
gān kū
  1. 1 withered
  2. 2 dried up
干净
gān jìng
  1. 1 clean
  2. 2 neat
干燥
gān zào
  1. 1 to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
  2. 2 desiccation
  3. 3 dull
  4. 4 uninteresting
  5. 5 arid
干爹
gān diē
  1. 1 adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
干脆
gān cuì
  1. 1 straightforward
  2. 2 clear-cut
  3. 3 blunt (e.g. statement)
  4. 4 you might as well
  5. 5 simply
干裂
gān liè
  1. 1 (of dry soil, skin etc) to crack
  2. 2 to chap
吹干
chuī gān
  1. 1 to blow-dry
干扰
gān rǎo
  1. 1 to disturb
  2. 2 to interfere
  3. 3 perturbation
  4. 4 interference (physics)
干涉
gān shè
  1. 1 to interfere
  2. 2 to meddle
  3. 3 interference
干预
gān yù
  1. 1 to meddle
  2. 2 to intervene
  3. 3 intervention
干什么
gàn shén me
  1. 1 what are you doing?
  2. 2 what's he up to?
干吗
gàn má
  1. 1 see 幹嘛|干嘛[gàn má]
干掉
gàn diào
  1. 1 to get rid of
干活
gàn huó
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to be employed

Idioms (16)

一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
乳臭未干
rǔ xiù wèi gān
  1. 1 smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced
  2. 2 still wet behind the ears
干打雷，不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
  1. 1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
  2. 2 a lot of noise but no action
化干戈为玉帛
huà gān gē wéi yù bó
  1. 1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
唾面自干
tuò miàn zì gān
  1. 1 to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
  2. 2 to drain the cup of humiliation
埋头苦干
mái tóu kǔ gàn
  1. 1 to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
  2. 2 to make an all-out effort
  3. 3 up to the neck in work
外强中干
wài qiáng zhōng gān
  1. 1 strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
大动干戈
dà dòng gān gē
  1. 1 to go to war (idiom)
  2. 2 to make a big fuss over sth
支吾其词
zhī wú qí cí
  1. 1 (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
  2. 2 evasive
支离破碎
zhī lí pò suì
  1. 1 scattered and smashed (idiom)
乐不可支
lè bù kě zhī
  1. 1 overjoyed (idiom); as pleased as punch
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
精明强干
jīng míng qiáng gàn
  1. 1 intelligent and capable (idiom)
豪气干云
háo qì gān yún
  1. 1 lit. heroism reaching to the clouds (idiom)

Sample Sentences

开个玩笑嘛，何必这么认真？大家都知道，这些动物是搭配着咱们老祖宗发明的“干支纪年法”来的，十二地支对应到十二种动物。
kāigewánxiào ma ，hébì zhème rènzhēn ？dàjiā dōu zhīdào ，zhèxiē dòngwù shì dāpèi zhe zánmen lǎo zǔzōng fāmíng de “gānzhī jìniánfǎ ”lái de ，shíèr dìzhī duìyìng dào shí èr zhǒng dòngwù 。
I was only joking around, why are you being so serious? Everyone knows that these twelve animals go along with the Stems-and-Branches cycle used by our ancestors to record years, each of the 12 earthly branches corresponds to an animal.
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