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Information of 之

Pinyin zhī

Radical

丶

Strokes

3 strokes

Usage

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Definition

(literary equivalent of 的) / (subor. part.) / him / her / it

之 [zhī] 1. Particles indicating possession and relationship: 赤子之心 [the heart of a child]. 2. Particles indicating modification relationship: 缓兵之计 [a delaying tactic]. 不速之客 [an uninvited guest]. 莫逆之交 [a close friendship]. 3. Used between subject and predicate, transforming them into sentence constituents: 大道之行也，天下为公 [The great way is to treat the world as a commonwealth]. 4. Pronoun, substituting for people or things: 置之度外 [leaving out of consideration]. 等闲视之 [to regard lightly]. 5. Pronoun, this or that: 之二虫，又何知 [these two insects, what do they know]. 6. Null use, having no reference: 久而久之 [for a long time]. 7. Toward, to: 吾欲之南海 [I want to go to the South Sea]. 之 [zhī] 1. Verb: The original meaning is to exit, emerge, or grow. 2. Used to indicate a direction of movement to somewhere: Going to; leaving. 之 [zhī] 1. Indicating people or things, equivalent to "this" or "that." 2. Referring to people or things' names, equivalent to he, her, it, they, them. 3. Demonstrative pronouns, equivalent to "its," "his," or "other." 之 [zhī] 1. Indicates possession: 的 [of]. 2. Used between modifiers and central terms, indicating possession or general modification relationship. 3. Used between subjects and predicates, negating the independence of the sentence. 4. Used between nouns and prepositions. 之 [zhī] 1. Having the shape of the letter S, zigzag shaped: 之江 [the river twists like ‘之’]. 之字路 [a road that twists like ‘之’].

不费吹灰之力 bù fèi chuī huī zhī lì

as easy as blowing off dust / effortless / with ease

嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí

to snort disdainfully / to scoff at / to turn up one's nose

咫尺之间 zhǐ chǐ zhī jiān

within a foot of / between a foot of eight and a foot of ten inches / very close by

召之即来 zhào zhī jí lái

come as soon as called / at a moment's notice

差之毫厘 chā zhī háo lí

The difference

慎之又慎 shèn zhī yòu shèn

make assurance doubly sure / be double cautious / be scrupulous / treat sth. with extreme prudence

天壤之别 tiān rǎng zhī bié

lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / opposite extremes / a world of difference / a far cry from

逃之夭夭 táo zhī yāo yāo

to escape without trace (idiom); to make one's getaway (from the scene of a crime) / to show a clean pair of heels

桃之夭夭 táo zhī yāo yāo

The peach trees are in full blossom.

如之奈何 rú zhī nài hé

What can be done about it? / What can we do about it? / What shall I do? / How can it be managed?

无妄之灾 wú wàng zhī zāi

an accident / an undeserved catastrophe / unexpected calamities

却之不恭 què zhī bù gōng

to refuse would be impolite

匹夫之勇 pǐ fū zhī yǒng

foolhardiness / courage without discipline / brute courage

无耻之尤 wú chǐ zhī yóu

be utterly contemptible / most shameless of all / brazen in the extreme

岂因祸福避趋之 qǐ yīn huò fú bì qū zhī

How to avoid misfortune

一席之地 yī xí zhī dì

(acknowledged) place / a role to play / niche

恻隐之心 cè yǐn zhī xīn

compassion

中庸之道 zhōng yōng zhī dào

doctrine of the mean / moderation in all things

惊弓之鸟 jīng gōng zhī niǎo

lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences

弥留之际 mí liú zhī jì

on one's deathbed / at the point of death

弦外之音 xián wài zhī yīn

overtone (music) / (fig.) connotation / implied meaning

强弩之末 qiáng nǔ zhī mò

lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom) / fig. spent force

以彼之道 yǐ bǐ zhī dào

The way of the other

之後 zhī hòu

afterwards / following / later / after

顷刻之间 qǐng kè zhī jiān

In an instant

言之凿凿 yán zhī záo záo

say with certainty / speak on good grounds / say with definite evidence

阳刚之气 yáng gāng zhī qì

masculinity

后顾之忧 hòu gù zhī yōu

fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"

当务之急 dāng wù zhī jí

top priority job / matter of vital importance

持之以恒 chí zhī yǐ héng

to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere