趋吉避凶
qū jí bì xiōng
Pinyin

Definition

趋吉避凶
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qū jí bì xiōng
  1. to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吉祥
jí xiáng
  1. 1 lucky
  2. 2 auspicious
  3. 3 propitious
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
大吉大利
dà jí dà lì
  1. 1 great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving
避免
bì miǎn
  1. 1 to avert
  2. 2 to prevent
  3. 3 to avoid
  4. 4 to refrain from
凶
xiōng
  1. 1 terrible
  2. 2 fearful
凶手
xiōng shǒu
  1. 1 murderer
  2. 2 assassin
凶残
xiōng cán
  1. 1 savage
  2. 2 cruel
  3. 3 fierce
凶狠
xiōng hěn
  1. 1 variant of 凶狠[xiōng hěn]
凶猛
xiōng měng
  1. 1 fierce
  2. 2 violent
  3. 3 ferocious
凶暴
xiōng bào
  1. 1 brutal
吉
Jí
  1. 1 surname Ji
  2. 2 abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Jí lín Shěng]
吉他
jí tā
  1. 1 guitar (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:把[bǎ]
吉利
Jí lì
  1. 1 Geely, Chinese car make
吉尼斯
Jí ní sī
  1. 1 Guinness (name)
吉林
Jí lín
  1. 1 Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 長春|长春
  2. 2 also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province
吉林市
Jí lín shì
  1. 1 Jilin prefecture-level city in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China
吉祥物
jí xiáng wù
  1. 1 mascot
吉隆坡
Jí lóng pō
  1. 1 Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
回避
huí bì
  1. 1 variant of 迴避|回避[huí bì]
成吉思汗
Chéng jí sī hán
  1. 1 Genghis Khan (1162-1227), founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire

Idioms (18)

不避斧钺
bù bì fǔ yuè
  1. 1 not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom)
  2. 2 not afraid of dying in combat
  3. 3 not afraid of being executed
凶相毕露
xiōng xiàng bì lù
  1. 1 show one's ferocious appearance (idiom); the atrocious features revealed
  2. 2 with fangs bared
凶神恶煞
xiōng shén è shà
  1. 1 fiends (idiom); devils and monsters
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
吉人自有天相
jí rén zì yǒu tiān xiàng
  1. 1 Heaven helps the worthy (idiom)
大吉大利
dà jí dà lì
  1. 1 great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving
完事大吉
wán shì dà jí
  1. 1 everything is finished (idiom); And there you are!
扬长避短
yáng cháng bì duǎn
  1. 1 to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)
  2. 2 to play to one's strengths
良辰吉日
liáng chén jí rì
  1. 1 fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity
万事大吉
wàn shì dà jí
  1. 1 everything is fine (idiom); all is well with the world
趋吉避凶
qū jí bì xiōng
  1. 1 to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)
退避三舍
tuì bì sān shè
  1. 1 lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength
  2. 2 a strategic withdrawal
逢凶化吉
féng xiōng huà jí
  1. 1 misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account
避世绝俗
bì shì jué sú
  1. 1 to withdraw from society and live like a hermit (idiom)
避其锐气，击其惰归
bì qí ruì qì , jī qí duò guī
  1. 1 avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom)
避坑落井
bì kēng luò jǐng
  1. 1 to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom)
  2. 2 out of the frying pan into the fire
避实就虚
bì shí jiù xū
  1. 1 (idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points
关门大吉
guān mén dà jí
  1. 1 to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)

Sample Sentences

为了趋吉避凶呀。
wéile qūjíbìxiōng yā 。
To get good fortune and avoid disaster!
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