歇后语
xiē hòu yǔ
Pinyin

Definition

歇后语
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xiē hòu yǔ
  1. saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part

Character Decomposition

Related Words (17)

歇
xiē
  1. 1 to rest
  2. 2 to take a break
  3. 3 to stop
  4. 4 to halt
  5. 5 (dialect) to sleep
  6. 6 a moment
  7. 7 a short while
停歇
tíng xiē
  1. 1 to stop for a rest
歇后语
xiē hòu yǔ
  1. 1 saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part
歇息
xiē xi
  1. 1 to have a rest
  2. 2 to stay for the night
  3. 3 to go to bed
  4. 4 to sleep
歇斯底里
xiē sī dǐ lǐ
  1. 1 hysteria (loanword)
  2. 2 hysterical
歇业
xiē yè
  1. 1 to close down (temporarily or permanently)
  2. 2 to go out of business
间歇
jiàn xiē
  1. 1 to stop in the middle of sth
  2. 2 intermittent
  3. 3 intermittence
安歇
ān xiē
  1. 1 to go to bed
  2. 2 to retire for the night
密歇根
Mì xiē gēn
  1. 1 Michigan, US state
密歇根州
Mì xiē gēn zhōu
  1. 1 Michigan, US state
密歇根湖
Mì xiē gēn Hú
  1. 1 Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wǔ dà hú]
歇手
xiē shǒu
  1. 1 to rest
  2. 2 to take a break
歇气
xiē qì
  1. 1 to have a break
  2. 2 to rest
歇脚
xiē jiǎo
  1. 1 to stop on the way for a rest
歇菜
xiē cài
  1. 1 Stop it! (Beijing and Internet slang)
  2. 2 Game over!
  3. 3 You're dead!
米歇尔
Mǐ xiē ěr
  1. 1 Michel or Mitchell (name)
  2. 2 George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009
马歇尔
Mǎ xiē ěr
  1. 1 Marshall (name)
  2. 2 George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959), US general in WWII and Secretary of State 1947-1949, author of the postwar Marshall plan for Europe and Nobel peace laureate

Idioms (0)

Sample Sentences

歇后语
xiēhòuyǔ
two part folk sayings, where the second part is often omitted
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