收集
shōu jí
Pinyin

Definition

收集
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shōu jí
  1. to gather
  2. to collect

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

收
shōu
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to accept
  3. 3 to collect
  4. 4 to put away
  5. 5 to restrain
  6. 6 to stop
  7. 7 in care of (used on address line after name)
收入
shōu rù
  1. 1 to take in
  2. 2 income
  3. 3 revenue
  4. 4 CL:筆|笔[bǐ],個|个[gè]
收到
shōu dào
  1. 1 to receive
收拾
shōu shi
  1. 1 to put in order
  2. 2 to tidy up
  3. 3 to pack
  4. 4 to repair
  5. 5 (coll.) to sort sb out
  6. 6 to fix sb
收获
shōu huò
  1. 1 variant of 收穫|收获[shōu huò]
收藏
shōu cáng
  1. 1 to hoard
  2. 2 to collect
  3. 3 collection
  4. 4 to bookmark (Internet)
集
jí
  1. 1 to gather
  2. 2 to collect
  3. 3 collected works
  4. 4 classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
一发不可收拾
yī fā bù kě shōu shi
  1. 1 once it gets started there's no stopping it
交集
jiāo jí
  1. 1 intersection (symbol ∩) (set theory)
全集
quán jí
  1. 1 omnibus
  2. 2 complete works (of a writer or artist)
募集
mù jí
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to collect
汇集
huì jí
  1. 1 to collect
  2. 2 to compile
  3. 3 to converge
  4. 4 also written 彙集|汇集[huì jí]
召集
zhào jí
  1. 1 to convene
  2. 2 to gather
合集
hé jí
  1. 1 collection
  2. 2 compilation
吸收
xī shōu
  1. 1 to absorb
  2. 2 to assimilate
  3. 3 to ingest
  4. 4 to recruit
回收
huí shōu
  1. 1 to recycle
  2. 2 to reclaim
  3. 3 to retrieve
  4. 4 to recover
  5. 5 to recall (a defective product)
图集
tú jí
  1. 1 collection of pictures
  2. 2 atlas
  3. 3 CL:本[běn],部[bù]
密集
mì jí
  1. 1 concentrated
  2. 2 crowded together
  3. 3 intensive
  4. 4 compressed
征集
zhēng jí
  1. 1 to collect
  2. 2 to recruit
接收
jiē shōu
  1. 1 reception (of transmitted signal)
  2. 2 to receive
  3. 3 to accept
  4. 4 to admit
  5. 5 to take over (e.g. a factory)
  6. 6 to expropriate

Idioms (19)

兼收并蓄
jiān shōu bìng xù
  1. 1 incorporating diverse things (idiom)
  2. 2 eclectic
  3. 3 all-embracing
名利双收
míng lì shuāng shōu
  1. 1 both fame and fortune (idiom)
  2. 2 both virtue and reward
坐收渔利
zuò shōu yú lì
  1. 1 benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
失之东隅，收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
  1. 1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
  2. 2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
  1. 1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stop what one is doing
收残缀轶
shōu cán zhuì yì
  1. 1 to gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged (idiom)
早动手，早收获
zǎo dòng shǒu , zǎo shōu huò
  1. 1 The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards. (idiom)
春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng
  1. 1 sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
泼水难收
pō shuǐ nán shōu
  1. 1 water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change
美不胜收
měi bù shèng shōu
  1. 1 nothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom)
草率收兵
cǎo shuài shōu bīng
  1. 1 to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
  2. 2 half-baked
草草收兵
cǎo cǎo shōu bīng
  1. 1 to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
  2. 2 half-baked
覆水难收
fù shuǐ nán shōu
  1. 1 spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)
  2. 2 it's no use crying over spilt milk
  3. 3 what's done is done and can't be reversed
  4. 4 the damage is done
  5. 5 once divorced, there's no reuniting
见好就收
jiàn hǎo jiù shōu
  1. 1 to quit while one is ahead (idiom)
  2. 2 to know when to stop
集思广益
jí sī guǎng yì
  1. 1 collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom); to pool wisdom for mutual benefit
  2. 2 to profit from widespread suggestions
集腋成裘
jí yè chéng qiú
  1. 1 many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big
  2. 2 many a mickle makes a muckle
鸣金收兵
míng jīn shōu bīng
  1. 1 to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
鸣金收军
míng jīn shōu jūn
  1. 1 to beat the gong to recall troops (idiom); to order a retreat
鸾翔凤集
luán xiáng fèng jí
  1. 1 lit. firebird and phoenix come together (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a gathering of eminent people

Sample Sentences

导演布拉德.伯德的确名不虚传。网上说为了制作《美食总动员》，皮克斯公司专门养了不少老鼠来记录老鼠的每一个动态。甚至收集吃剩的苹果，来观察苹果核随着时间而发生的变化。凭着这种精神，《美食总动员》里的每一个细节都做得十分到位。
dǎoyǎn Bùlādé . bódé díquè míngbùxūchuán 。wǎngshàng shuō wéile zhìzuò 《Měishízǒngdòngyuán 》，píkèsī gōngsī zhuānmén yǎng le bùshǎo lǎoshǔ lái jìlù lǎoshǔ de měiyīge dòngtài 。shènzhì shōují chī shèng de píngguǒ ，lái guānchá píngguǒhé suízhe shíjiān ér fāshēng de biànhuà 。píngzhe zhèzhǒng jīngshén ，《Měishízǒngdòngyuán 》lǐ de měiyīge xìjié dōu zuò de shífēn dàowèi 。
The director Brad Bird really deserves his fame. On the Internet they said that just to make ''Ratatouille," PIXAR specially a bunch of rats and recorded their every move. They even collected apple peels and observed them to see the changes that would happen to them over time. In that spirit, every detail in ''Ratatouille" is done extremely well.
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那是因为我们小区的垃圾不分类呀！我不是每次都把废电池放到那个专门回收的箱子里去吗？还把旧报纸、饮料瓶、易拉罐什么的收集起来卖给小区门口收破烂的阿姨。
nà shì yīnwèi wǒmen xiǎoqū de lājī bù fēnlèi yā ！wǒ bù shì měicì dōu bǎ fèi diànchí fàngdào nàge zhuānmén huíshōu de xiāngzǐ lǐ qù ma ？hái bǎ jiù bàozhǐ 、yǐnliàopíng 、yìlāguàn shénme de shōují qǐlai màigěi xiǎoqū ménkǒu shōu pòlàn de āyí 。
That's because our residential area doesn't separate trash. Don't I always put used batteries in the special recycling box? And don't I collect old newspapers, beverage bottles, pop-top cans and such and sell them to the little old lady who collects garbage in our residential area?
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有词汇卡。你可以把想学的词收集起来，经常复习。
yǒu cíhuì kǎ 。nǐ kěyǐ bǎ xiǎng xué de cí shōují qǐlai ，jīngcháng fùxí 。
There are flashcards. You can compile the vocabulary you would like to study and regularly review it.
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我是做采购的，每天收集各种产品的价格，然后做报告发给客户。
wǒ shì zuò cǎigòu de ，měitiān shōují gèzhǒng chǎnpǐn de jiàgé ，ránhòu zuò bàogào fāgěi kèhù 。
I was in purchasing. Every day, I collected the prices for a few kinds of products and then made reports to send to clients.
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我是收集了不少各个国家的电影。我特别喜欢看欧洲的独立电影。它们的构思非常独特，有些轻松幽默，有些却沉重黑暗，总之和商业片非常不同。你爱看什么电影？
wǒ shì shōují le bùshǎo gège guójiā de diànyǐng 。wǒ tèbié xǐhuan kàn Ōuzhōu de dúlì diànyǐng 。tāmen de gòusī fēicháng dútè ，yǒuxiē qīngsōng yōumò ，yǒuxiē què chénzhòng hēiàn ，zǒngzhī hé shāngyèpiàn fēicháng bùtóng 。nǐ ài kàn shénme diànyǐng ？
I collect movies from quite a few different countries. I especially like to watch European independent films. Their story lines are extremely distinctive. Some are light and humorous, whereas others are serious and dark. In a word, they're very different from commercial films. What movies do you like to watch?
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