攘夷
rǎng yí
Pinyin

Definition

攘夷
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rǎng yí
  1. to repel the barbarians

Related Words (20)

夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
武夷山
Wǔ yí shān
  1. 1 Mt Wuyi in Fujian
  2. 2 Wuyishan nature reserve
  3. 3 Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平[Nán píng] Fujian
匪夷所思
fěi yí suǒ sī
  1. 1 unimaginable
  2. 2 outrageous
  3. 3 freakish
夏威夷果
Xià wēi yí guǒ
  1. 1 macadamia nut
夷
yí
  1. 1 non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
  2. 2 barbarians
  3. 3 to wipe out
  4. 4 to exterminate
  5. 5 to tear down
  6. 6 to raze
攘攘
rǎng rǎng
  1. 1 disorderly
  2. 2 confused
  3. 3 chaotic
熙攘
xī rǎng
  1. 1 restless
熙熙攘攘
xī xī rǎng rǎng
  1. 1 bustling with activity (idiom)
鄙夷
bǐ yí
  1. 1 to despise
  2. 2 to look down upon
  3. 3 despicable
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
夷平
yí píng
  1. 1 to level
  2. 2 to raze to the ground
夷陵
Yí líng
  1. 1 Yiling (barbarian mound), historical place name in Yichang county 宜昌縣|宜昌县 Hubei, first mentioned in history (after its destruction by Qin) as burial place of the former Chu kings
  2. 2 Yiling district of Yichang city 宜昌市[Yí chāng shì], Hubei
履险如夷
lu:3 xiǎn rú yí
  1. 1 lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
扰攘
rǎo rǎng
  1. 1 bustling
  2. 2 to create trouble
  3. 3 to disturb
攘
rǎng
  1. 1 to push up one's sleeves
  2. 2 to reject or resist
  3. 3 to seize
  4. 4 to perturb
  5. 5 to steal
攘夷
rǎng yí
  1. 1 to repel the barbarians
攘臂
rǎng bì
  1. 1 to bare one's arms (in agitation)
东夷
Dōng yí
  1. 1 Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC
武夷山市
Wǔ yí shān shì
  1. 1 Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平[Nán píng] Fujian
熙来攘往
xī lái rǎng wǎng
  1. 1 a place buzzing with activity (idiom)

Idioms (7)

以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí
  1. 1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
  2. 2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
兵戈扰攘
bīng gē rǎo rǎng
  1. 1 arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
履险如夷
lu:3 xiǎn rú yí
  1. 1 lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
攘外安内
rǎng wài ān nèi
  1. 1 to resist foreign aggression and pacify the interior of the country (idiom)
熙来攘往
xī lái rǎng wǎng
  1. 1 a place buzzing with activity (idiom)
熙熙攘攘
xī xī rǎng rǎng
  1. 1 bustling with activity (idiom)

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