稀奇
xī qí
Pinyin

Definition

稀奇
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xī 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 bīng
  1. 1 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
qí miào
  1. 1 fantastic
  2. 2 wonderful
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
hào qí
  1. 1 inquisitive
  2. 2 curious
  3. 3 inquisitiveness
  4. 4 curiosity
shén qí
  1. 1 magical
  2. 2 mystical
  3. 3 miraculous
yī xī
  1. 1 vaguely
  2. 2 dimly
  3. 3 probably
  4. 4 very likely
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 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 (19)

不足为奇
bù zú wéi qí
  1. 1 not at all surprising (idiom)
人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
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)
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)
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!
物以稀为贵
wù yǐ xī wéi guì
  1. 1 the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
突发奇想
tū fā qí xiǎng
  1. 1 suddenly have a thought (idiom)
  2. 2 suddenly be inspired to do something
翻空出奇
fān kōng chū qí
  1. 1 to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas

Sample Sentences

这也很正常嘛。现在社会开明了很多,同性恋也不稀奇。
zhè yě hěn zhèngcháng ma 。xiànzài shèhuì kāimíng le hěn duō ,tóngxìngliàn yě bù xīqí 。
That's pretty normal. Nowadays society is a lot more open. Homosexuality isn't so rare.
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哈哈,你还写了个自我评价。不过“认真负责,有团队合作精神”之类的话早就不稀奇了,想不出特别的就别写了。
hāhā ,nǐ hái xiě le gè zìwǒpíngjià 。bùguò “rènzhēn fùzé ,yǒu tuánduì hézuò jīngshén ”zhīlèi de huà zǎo jiù bù xīqí le ,xiǎngbuchū tèbié de jiù bié xiě le 。
Ha ha, you wrote a self-evaluation too. However, language like "conscientious and responsible with a cooperative and team-oriented attitude" doesn't stand out. If you can't think of anything special to write, don't write anything.
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金茂大厦还是算了吧。虽说金茂大厦号称世界第三高楼,可是毕竟国外高楼林立,到处是摩天大楼,不稀奇。东方明珠电视塔倒是可以带他去看看。这11个大小不一、高低错落的球体,从天空串落到草地上,还是很有特色的。
Jīnmàodàshà hái shì suànle ba 。suīshuō Jīnmàodàshà hàochēng shìjiè dì sān gāolóu ,kěshì bìjìng guówài gāolóu línlì ,dàochù shì mótiāndàlóu ,bù xīqí 。Dōngfāngmíngzhū diànshìtǎ dàoshì kěyǐ dài tā qù kànkan 。zhè shíyī ge dàxiǎo bùyī 、gāodī cuòluò de qiútǐ ,cóng tiānkōng chuànluò dào cǎodì shang ,háishì hěnyǒu tèsè de 。
Forget about the Jinmao Tower. Although the Jinmao Tower claims to be the third highest building in the world, there are a ton of skyscrapers in other countries, after all. Everywhere you go are skyscrapers. They're not rare at all. On the other hand, I could take him to see the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. It has eleven balls of different sizes. Their heights are staggered in a row leading from the heavens down to the Earth. It's really distinctive.
三国演义的这段描写是精彩的,很精彩,非常精彩,可惜是假的。但是虽然是虚构的,仍然有意义。意义在哪儿呢?我们现在可以把它看作古代版的营销学教材。我们现在用现代视角来看看这个事件就很有意思了。在这个事件中,刘备好比一家投资公司的大老板,他决定投资,要买断某一个人才。诸葛亮呢,就像一个准备应聘行政执行官的这样一个职业经理人。他们双方都有一个互相试探、了解和需要的过程。所以他这一套东西用现在的眼光一看,就觉得整个的一些什么唱歌的农民、不懂事的童子啊、稀奇古怪的朋友啊,全是托儿。这当然是我们今天站在现代视角回过头来看这个问题,得出的结论。甚至我也可以坦率地承认,我这个推测是以小人之心,度君子之腹。纯粹是我的个人意见,不是历史意见,也不是时代意见,也不是罗贯中的意见。
Sānguóyǎnyì de zhè duàn miáoxiě shì jīngcǎi de ,hěn jīngcǎi ,fēicháng jīngcǎi ,kěxī shì jiǎ de 。dànshì suīrán shì xūgòu de ,réngrán yǒu yìyì 。yìyì zài nǎr5 ne ?wǒ men xiànzài kěyǐ bǎ tā kànzuò gǔdài bǎn de yíngxiāo xué jiàocái 。wǒ men xiànzài yòng xiàndài shìjiǎo lái kàn kan zhè ge shìjiàn jiù hěn yǒuyìsi le 。zài zhè ge shìjiàn zhōng ,Liú Bèi hǎobǐ yī jiā tóuzī gōngsī de dà lǎobǎn ,tā juédìng tóuzī ,yào mǎi duàn mǒuyīge réncái 。ZhūGě liàng ne ,jiù xiàng yī ge zhǔnbèi yìngpìn xíngzhèng zhíxíngguān de zhèyàng yī ge zhíyè jīnglǐrén 。tā men shuāngfāng dōu yǒu yī ge hùxiāng shìtàn 、liǎojiě hé xūyào de guòchéng 。suǒyǐ tā zhè yītào dōngxi yòng xiànzài de yǎnguāng yī kàn ,jiù juéde zhěnggè de yīxiē shénme chànggē de nóngmín 、bù dǒngshì de tóngzǐ ā 、xīqí gǔguài de péngyou ā ,quán shì tuōr5 。zhè dāngrán shì wǒ men jīntiān zhàn zài xiàndài shìjiǎ huí guò tóu lái kàn zhè ge wèntí ,déchū de jiélùn 。shènzhì wǒ yě kěyǐ tǎnshuài de chéngrèn ,wǒ zhè ge tuīcè shì yǐ xiǎorén zhī xīn 。chúncuì shì wǒ de gèrén yìjiàn ,bù shì lìshǐ yìjiàn ,yě bù shì shídài yìjiàn ,yě bù shì Luó Guànzhōng de yìjiàn 。
那个镜头有什么稀奇的,不是美国、俄罗斯早在几十年前就已经完成了吗?
nàge jìngtóu yǒu shénme xīqí de ,bù shì Měiguó 、Éluósī zǎo zài jǐshínián qián jiù yǐjīng wánchéng le ma ?
What's so great about that? Didn't America and Russia do that decades ago?
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啊,大熊猫呀,是人都知道,不稀奇。你见过金丝猴吗?也一样机灵可爱。不过现在金丝猴的数量已经不多了,非常珍贵。
ā ,dàxióngmāo yā ,shì rén dōu zhīdao ,bù xīqí 。nǐ jiàn guo jīnsīhóu ma ?yě yīyàng jīling kěài 。bùguò xiànzài jīnsīhóu de shùliàng yǐjīng bù duō le ,fēicháng zhēnguì 。
That's a different story, because people are familiar with pandas, they're not that exotic. Have you ever seen a golden-haired monkey? They are also smart and cute, but there are not many of them left. They are extremely rare.
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