直
zhí
Pinyin

Definition

直
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zhí
  1. straight
  2. to straighten
  3. fair and reasonable
  4. frank
  5. straightforward
  6. (indicates continuing motion or action)
  7. vertical
  8. vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
直
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Zhí
  1. surname Zhi
  2. Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一直
yī zhí
  1. 1 straight (in a straight line)
  2. 2 continuously
  3. 3 always
  4. 4 from the beginning of ... up to ...
  5. 5 all along
直
Zhí
  1. 1 surname Zhi
  2. 2 Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God
直接
zhí jiē
  1. 1 direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jiàn jiē])
  2. 2 immediate
  3. 3 straightforward
直播
zhí bō
  1. 1 live broadcast (not recorded)
  2. 2 direct Internet broadcasting
  3. 3 (agriculture) direct seeding
伸直
shēn zhí
  1. 1 to straighten
  2. 2 to stretch out
正直
zhèng zhí
  1. 1 upright
  2. 2 upstanding
  3. 3 honest
直线
zhí xiàn
  1. 1 straight line
  2. 2 sharply (rise or fall)
直视
zhí shì
  1. 1 to look straight at
直觉
zhí jué
  1. 1 intuition
直达
zhí dá
  1. 1 to go nonstop to
  2. 2 through (as in "through train")
  3. 3 nonstop
简直
jiǎn zhí
  1. 1 simply
  2. 2 at all
  3. 3 practically
僵直
jiāng zhí
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 rigid
  3. 3 inflexible
刚直
gāng zhí
  1. 1 upright and outspoken
单刀直入
dān dāo zhí rù
  1. 1 to get straight to the point (idiom)
垂直
chuí zhí
  1. 1 perpendicular
  2. 2 vertical
垂直线
chuí zhí xiàn
  1. 1 vertical line
奋起直追
fèn qǐ zhí zhuī
  1. 1 to catch up vigorously
  2. 2 to set off in hot pursuit
平直
píng zhí
  1. 1 smooth
  2. 2 level
弄直
nòng zhí
  1. 1 to straighten
径直
jìng zhí
  1. 1 directly

Idioms (20)

以直报怨，以德报德
yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé
  1. 1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
单刀直入
dān dāo zhí rù
  1. 1 to get straight to the point (idiom)
嘴快心直
zuǐ kuài xīn zhí
  1. 1 outspoken and frank (idiom)
径情直遂
jìng qíng zhí suì
  1. 1 to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
心直口快
xīn zhí kǒu kuài
  1. 1 frank and outspoken (idiom)
  2. 2 straight speaking
  3. 3 to say what one thinks
急转直下
jí zhuǎn zhí xià
  1. 1 to develop rapidly after abrupt turn (idiom); dramatic change
是非曲直
shì fēi qū zhí
  1. 1 lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits
  2. 2 pros and cons
横冲直撞
héng chōng zhí zhuàng
  1. 1 lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping
  2. 2 to barge
  3. 3 to charge around violently
理直气壮
lǐ zhí qì zhuàng
  1. 1 in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side
  2. 2 to have the courage of one's convictions
  3. 3 just and forceful
直呼其名
zhí hū qí míng
  1. 1 to address sb directly by name (idiom)
  2. 2 to address sb by name without using an honorific title (indicating either familiarity or overfamiliarity)
直情径行
zhí qíng jìng xíng
  1. 1 straightforward and honest in one's actions (idiom)
直截了当
zhí jié liǎo dàng
  1. 1 direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt
  2. 2 straightforward
直肠直肚
zhí cháng zhí dù
  1. 1 frank and outspoken (idiom)
直言不讳
zhí yán bù huì
  1. 1 to speak bluntly (idiom)
  2. 2 not to mince words
直言无讳
zhí yán wú huì
  1. 1 to speak one's mind
  2. 2 to speak candidly (idiom)
直道而行
zhí dào ér xíng
  1. 1 lit. to go straight (idiom, from Analects); to act with integrity
船到桥门自会直
chuán dào qiáo mén zì huì zhí
  1. 1 lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
  2. 2 no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom)
车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直
chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù , chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí
  1. 1 lit. When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Everything will turn out for the best.
  3. 3 Let's worry about it when it happens.
  4. 4 It will be all right on the night.
长驱直入
cháng qū zhí rù
  1. 1 to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth
  3. 3 to flood in
青云直上
qīng yún zhí shàng
  1. 1 rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post
  2. 2 meteoric career

Sample Sentences

主管，恕我直言，我认为这个做法太没效率了。
zhǔguǎn ，shùwǒzhíyán ，wǒ rènwéi zhège zuòfǎ tài méi xiàolu:4 le 。
Mister, sorry for being too direct, I think this way might be too inefficient.
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恕我直言，我不认同。
shùwǒzhíyán ，wǒ bù rèntóng 。
Please forgive me for being direct. I don’t agree.
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他在学堂的时候，先生问他：“直隶省的西边是哪一省？”他说是陕西。
tā zài xuétáng de shíhou ，xiānsheng wèn tā ：“zhílìshěng de xībiān shì něi yī shěng ？”tā shuō shì Shǎnxī 。
Once, while attending school, a teacher asked him which province was located on the western border of Hebei. He said it was Shaanxi.
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我的同学总是一直抱怨书读不完。宁做蚂蚁腿，不学麻雀嘴。一直说话不读书，当然读不完啦。
wǒ de tóngxué zǒngshì yīzhí bàoyuàn shū dú bù wán 。nìngzuòmǎyǐtuǐ,bùxuémǎquèzuǐ 。yīzhí shuōhuà bù dúshū ，dāngrán dú bù wán la 。
My classmate always complains there is too much to study. Do more and talk less. If you keep talking instead of studying, then of course you can't finish studying.
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运动员一次又一次地重复每个动作，直到符合要求为止。
yùndòngyuán yīcìyòuyīcì de chóngfù měigè dòngzuò ，zhídào fúhé yāoqiú wéizhǐ 。
The athlete repeats each action again and again until it meets the requirements.
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心直口快
xīnzhíkǒukuài
straightforward
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他心直口快，有话就说。
tā xīnzhíkǒukuài ，yǒu huà jiù shuō 。
He is straightforward. He says whatever he thinks.
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他心直口快，朋友不多。
tā xīnzhíkǒukuài ，péngyou bù duō 。
He is straightforward, so he doesn’t have many friends.
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大家都不喜欢他心直口快的个性。
dàjiā dōu bù xǐhuan tā xīnzhíkǒukuài de gèxìng 。
No one likes his straightforward personality.
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目前，欧洲多数高校采用录播、直播课程以及教学课件相结合的方式。英国伦敦大学教授宁陆涛说，几十年前，英国就已经开展网络教学，但多是线上和线下互相补充的混合授课。现在全面改为网络教学，还没有遇到很大的技术障碍，学生整体反馈比较好。
mùqián ，Ōuzhōu duōshù gāoxiào cǎiyòng lùbō 、zhíbō kèchéng yǐjí jiàoxué kèjiàn xiāng jiéhé de fāngshì 。Yīngguó Lúndūn dàxué jiàoshòu nínglùtāo shuō ，jǐ shínián qián ，Yīngguó jiù yǐjīng kāizhǎn Wǎngluò jiàoxué ，dàn duō shì xiànshàng hé xiànxià hùxiāng bǔchōng de hùnhéshòukè 。xiànzài quánmiàn gǎiwéi Wǎngluò jiàoxué ，hái méiyǒu yùdào hěn dà de jìshù zhàngài ，xuésheng zhěngtǐ fǎnkuì bǐjiào hǎo 。
Currently, most of the European universities are adopting the method of combining pre-recorded lessons, livestream lessons, and coursewares. Professor Ning Lu-Tao from University of London said that the UK launched online teaching several decades ago, but most of those mixed courses are complementary in terms of online and offline teaching. Now they have changed entirely to online teaching without facing severe technical challenges, and received better overall feedback from the students.
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