平行
píng xíng
Pinyin

Definition

平行
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píng xíng
  1. parallel
  2. of equal rank
  3. simultaneous

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

平安
píng ān
  1. 1 safe and sound
  2. 2 well
  3. 3 without mishap
  4. 4 quiet and safe
  5. 5 at peace
平时
píng shí
  1. 1 ordinarily
  2. 2 in normal times
  3. 3 in peacetime
平淡
píng dàn
  1. 1 flat
  2. 2 dull
  3. 3 ordinary
  4. 4 nothing special
平静
píng jìng
  1. 1 tranquil
  2. 2 undisturbed
  3. 3 serene
排行
pái háng
  1. 1 to rank
  2. 2 ranking
  3. 3 seniority (among siblings)
旅行
lu:3 xíng
  1. 1 to travel
  2. 2 journey
  3. 3 trip
  4. 4 CL:趟[tàng],次[cì],個|个[gè]
水平
shuǐ píng
  1. 1 level (of achievement etc)
  2. 2 standard
  3. 3 horizontal
流行
liú xíng
  1. 1 (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
  2. 2 to propagate
  3. 3 (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
  4. 4 fashionable
行
háng
  1. 1 row
  2. 2 line
  3. 3 commercial firm
  4. 4 line of business
  5. 5 profession
  6. 6 to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
  7. 7 (in data tables) row
  8. 8 (Tw) column
行动
xíng dòng
  1. 1 operation
  2. 2 action
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 to move about
  5. 5 mobile
行为
xíng wéi
  1. 1 action
  2. 2 conduct
  3. 3 behavior
  4. 4 activity
行走
xíng zǒu
  1. 1 to walk
进行
jìn xíng
  1. 1 to advance
  2. 2 to conduct
  3. 3 underway
  4. 4 in progress
  5. 5 to do
  6. 6 to carry out
  7. 7 to carry on
  8. 8 to execute
银行
yín háng
  1. 1 bank
  2. 2 CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
一行
yī xíng
  1. 1 party
  2. 2 delegation
上行
shàng xíng
  1. 1 (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital)
  2. 2 (of river boats) to go against the current
  3. 3 to submit (a document) to higher authorities
下行
xià xíng
  1. 1 (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital)
  2. 2 (of river boats) to travel downstream
  3. 3 to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels
  4. 4 (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom
不平
bù píng
  1. 1 uneven
  2. 2 injustice
  3. 3 unfairness
  4. 4 wrong
  5. 5 grievance
  6. 6 indignant
  7. 7 dissatisfied
中行
Zhōng háng
  1. 1 abbr. for 中國銀行|中国银行[Zhōng guó Yín háng]
人行道
rén xíng dào
  1. 1 sidewalk

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
  1. 1 every word and action (idiom)
一马平川
yī mǎ píng chuān
  1. 1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
  1. 1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
  1. 1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
  1. 1 all walks of life (idiom)
  2. 2 every trade
上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
事怕行家
shì pà háng jiā
  1. 1 an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
令行禁止
lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
  1. 1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
  2. 2 to ensure strictly obedience
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things
兵马未动，粮草先行
bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
  1. 1 before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
  2. 2 an army marches on its stomach
功完行满
gōng wán xíng mǎn
  1. 1 to fully achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
势在必行
shì zài bì xíng
  1. 1 circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary
  2. 2 imperative
危言危行
wēi yán wēi xíng
  1. 1 upright and plainspoken (idiom)
厉行节约
lì xíng jié yuē
  1. 1 to practice strict economy (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我们已是彼此生命中的过客，被淹没在各自时针和分针的颤动中，如同两条曾经相交的轨迹被打散，成了平行线。
wǒmen yǐ shì bǐcǐ shēngmìng zhōng de guòkè ，bèi yānmò zài gèzì shízhēn hé fēnzhēn de chàndòng zhōng ，rútóng liǎng tiáo céngjīng xiāngjiāo de guǐjī bèi dǎsàn ，chéng le píngxíngxiàn 。
We're already just passing travelers in each other's lives, we've been lost to the ticks of the minute and second hand, like two intersecting lines that have been dispersed into parallel lines.
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你相信有平行宇宙吗?我刚看了一篇文章，有科学家说多重世界的理论是真的。
nǐ xiāngxìn yǒu píngxíng yǔzhòu ma ?wǒ gāng kàn le yīpiān wénzhāng ，yǒu kēxuéjiā shuō duō chóng shìjiè de lǐlùn shì zhēn de 。
Do you believe in parallel universes? I just read an essay, in which a scientist said that the theory of multiple worlds is real.
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算了，你果然不了解平行宇宙存在的意义，真是太可惜了。
suànle ，nǐ guǒrán bù liǎojiě píngxíng yǔzhòu cúnzài de yìyì ，zhēn shì tài kěxī le 。
Forget it, I can't say I'm surprised you don't understand the meaning of parallel universes, what a pity.
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