珍奇
zhēn qí
Pinyin

Definition

珍奇
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zhēn qí
  1. rare
  2. strange

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chuán qí
  1. 1 legendary
  2. 2 fantasy saga
  3. 3 romance
  4. 4 short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
qí guài
  1. 1 strange
  2. 2 odd
  3. 3 to marvel
  4. 4 to be baffled
qí jì
  1. 1 miracle
  2. 2 miraculous
  3. 3 wonder
  4. 4 marvel
zhēn xī
  1. 1 to treasure
  2. 2 to value
  3. 3 to cherish
zhēn guì
  1. 1 precious
shén qí
  1. 1 magical
  2. 2 mystical
  3. 3 miraculous
chū qí
  1. 1 extraordinary
  2. 2 exceptional
  3. 3 unusual
kǎ bù qí nuò
  1. 1 cappuccino (loanword)
hā shì qí
  1. 1 husky (sled dog)
  1. 1 odd (number)
qí bīng
  1. 1 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
qí miào
  1. 1 fantastic
  2. 2 wonderful
qí huàn
  1. 1 fantasy (fiction)
qí cái
  1. 1 genius
qí tè
  1. 1 peculiar
  2. 2 unusual
  3. 3 queer
qí yì
  1. 1 fantastic
  2. 2 bizarre
  3. 3 odd
  4. 4 exotic
  5. 5 astonished
qí wén
  1. 1 anecdote
  2. 2 fantastic story
qí pā
  1. 1 exotic flower
  2. 2 (fig.) marvel
  3. 3 prodigy
  4. 4 (slang) weirdo
  5. 5 outlandish
qí xí
  1. 1 surprise attack
  2. 2 raid
qí guān
  1. 1 spectacle
  2. 2 impressive sight

Idioms (20)

不足为奇
bù zú wéi qí
  1. 1 not at all surprising (idiom)
化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
  1. 1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
善自珍摄
shàn zì zhēn shè
  1. 1 take good care of yourself! (idiom)
啧啧称奇
zé zé chēng qí
  1. 1 to click one's tongue in wonder (idiom)
  2. 2 to be astonished
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
奇耻大辱
qí chǐ dà rǔ
  1. 1 extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)
奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng
  1. 1 lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
  2. 2 incomprehensible nonsense
  3. 3 preposterous bullshit
奇珍异宝
qí zhēn yì bǎo
  1. 1 rare treasure (idiom)
奇花异卉
qí huā yì huì
  1. 1 exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)
奇花异草
qí huā yì cǎo
  1. 1 very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
奇葩异卉
qí pā yì huì
  1. 1 rare and exotic flora (idiom)
奇谈怪论
qí tán guài lùn
  1. 1 strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable remarks
好奇尚异
hào qí shàng yì
  1. 1 to have a taste for the exotic (idiom)
如数家珍
rú shǔ jiā zhēn
  1. 1 lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be very familiar with a matter
山珍海错
shān zhēn hǎi cuò
  1. 1 rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
平淡无奇
píng dàn wú qí
  1. 1 ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
敝帚自珍
bì zhǒu zì zhēn
  1. 1 to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own
  2. 2 a sentimental attachment
珍馐美味
zhēn xiū měi wèi
  1. 1 delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat

Sample Sentences

想到家乡菜就忍不住咽口水啊,再往南边到广东,粤菜就兼融中西菜色,自成一家了。粤菜的用料很广博,选料珍奇,简单的说,广东人什么都敢吃。
xiǎngdào jiāxiāng cài jiù rěnbuzhù yàn kǒushuǐ ā ,zài wǎng nánbiān dào Guǎngdōng ,yuècāi jiù jiān róng zhōng xī càisè ,zìchéngyī jiā le 。yuècāi de yòngliào hěn guǎngbó ,xuǎn liào zhēnqí ,jiǎndān de shuō ,Guǎngdōng rén shénme dōu gǎn chī 。
My mouth can't help watering thinking of local hometown dishes, a little further south to Guangdong we have Cantonese food, which is a fusion between Chinese and Western cuisine, forming a tradition of its own. Lots of ingredients are used for Cantonese food, they use a lot of odd ingredients. Simply speaking, people from Guangdong eat anything.
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