甘之如饴
gān zhī rú yí
Pinyin

Definition

甘之如饴
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gān zhī rú yí
  1. lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs); to endure hardship gladly
  2. a glutton for punishment

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhī
  1. 1 (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
  2. 2 him
  3. 3 her
  4. 4 it
zhī qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 prior to
  3. 3 ago
  4. 4 previously
  5. 5 beforehand
zhī hòu
  1. 1 afterwards
  2. 2 following
  3. 3 later
  4. 4 after
  1. 1 as
  2. 2 as if
  3. 3 such as
rú jīn
  1. 1 nowadays
  2. 2 now
rú hé
  1. 1 how
  2. 2 what way
  3. 3 what
rú guǒ
  1. 1 if
  2. 2 in case
  3. 3 in the event that
rú cǐ
  1. 1 in this way
  2. 2 so
Gān
  1. 1 surname Gan
  2. 2 abbr. for Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gān sù Shěng]
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third
bù rú
  1. 1 not equal to
  2. 2 not as good as
  3. 3 inferior to
  4. 4 it would be better to
bù bài zhī dì
  1. 1 invincible position
zhī yī
  1. 1 one of (sth)
  2. 2 one out of a multitude
  3. 3 one (third, quarter, percent etc)
zhī shàng
  1. 1 above
zhī xià
  1. 1 under
  2. 2 beneath
  3. 3 less than
zhī zhōng
  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 among
  3. 3 in the midst of (doing sth)
  4. 4 during
zhī nèi
  1. 1 inside
  2. 2 within
zhī wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 excluding
zhī suǒ yǐ
  1. 1 the reason why

Idioms (20)

一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
一年之计在于春
yī nián zhī jì zài yú chūn
  1. 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
  2. 2 early planning is the key to success
一技之长
yī jì zhī cháng
  1. 1 proficiency in a particular field (idiom)
  2. 2 skill in a specialized area (idiom)
一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一日不见,如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一箭之仇
yī jiàn zhī chóu
  1. 1 a wrong suffered (idiom)
  2. 2 old grievance
  3. 3 previous defeat
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
之乎者也
zhī hū zhě yě
  1. 1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
  1. 1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
  2. 2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
井底之蛙
jǐng dǐ zhī wā
  1. 1 the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a person of limited outlook and experience
井蛙之见
jǐng wā zhī jiàn
  1. 1 the view of a frog in a well (idiom); fig. a narrow view
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive

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