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Information of 休

Pinyin xiū、 xù

Radical

亻

Strokes

6 strokes

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Definition

to rest

休 [xiū] 1. 歇息: to rest. 2. 停止: to cease. 3. 完结 (多指失败或死亡): to conclude (often referring to failure or death). 4. 旧指丈夫把妻子赶回母家，断绝夫妻关系: traditionally refers to a husband sending his wife back to her family, thereby terminating the marriage. 5. 不要: do not; to avoid. 6. 吉庆，美善，福禄: auspicious, good, happiness, and fortune. 7. 助词，用于语末，与“罢”、“了”等用法相当: a particle used at the end of a sentence, similar to "ba" or "le" in usage. 8. 辞去官职: to resign from an official position. 休 (to rest): - 休假: to have a holiday. - 休闲: leisure. 充盈 (relaxed, leisurely): - 休休有容: to be leisurely and carefree. 不得 (do not; don’t): - 休得: do not. 1. 美好，美善: good; fine. 2. 吉庆: auspicious. 3. 喜悦的，欢乐的: happy. 4. 悠闲; 安闲: leisurely. 1. 仰天休命: to be beautiful; to be favored by heaven. 2. 休咎: good and bad fortune. 3. 休声: a good reputation. 4. 休光: magnificent and bright. 哎呀，唉，呜呼 (alas): used to express regret, concern, or impatience. 1. 树荫: shade of a tree. 2. 福禄: happiness. 通“煦”：暖和，温暖: to warm; synonym with "煦". 动词使温暖: to make warm; to give warmth. 发出痛念、怜惜的声音: to emit voices of compassion or pain. 参见「休屠」条: see "休屠" entry.

喋喋不休 dié dié bù xiū

to chatter or jabber on and on

午休 wǔ xiū

noon break / lunch break / lunchtime nap

休憩 xiū qì

to rest / to relax / to take a break

休戚相关 xiū qī xiāng guān

to share the same interests (idiom) / to be closely related / to be in the same boat

休戚 xiū qī

joys and sorrows / weal and woe / favourable and unfavourable experiences

休戚与共 xiū qī yǔ gòng

go through thick and thin together / share weal and woe / share joys and sorrows

休伊特 Xiū yī tè

Hewitt

退休 tuì xiū

to retire / retirement (from work)

休闲 xiū xián

leisure / relaxation / not working / idle / to enjoy leisure / to lie fallow

不休 bù xiū

endlessly / ceaselessly

休克 xiū kè

shock (loanword) / to go into shock

罢休 bà xiū

to give up / to abandon (a goal etc) / to let sth go / forget it / let the matter drop

休养 xiū yǎng

to recuperate / to recover / to convalesce

休假 xiū jià

to take a vacation / to go on holiday

休想 xiū xiǎng

don't think (that) / don't imagine (that)

休整 xiū zhěng

to rest and reorganize (military)

离退休 lí tuì xiū

retirement

休斯 xiū sī

hughes / hoghes

离休 lí xiū

to retire / to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres)

退休金 tuì xiū jīn

retirement pay / pension

休眠 xiū mián

to be dormant (biology) / inactive (volcano) / to hibernate (computing)

休斯敦 Xiū sī dūn

Houston, Texas

休战 xiū zhàn

armistice

休养生息 xiū yǎng shēng xī

to recover / to recuperate

二不休 èr bù xiū

Endlessly

休眠期 xiū mián qī

period of dormancy / quiescent stage

休眠火山 xiū mián huǒ shān

dormant volcano

休眠状态 xiū mián zhuàng tài

dormant state

介休 Jiè xiū

Jiexiu county level city in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi

善罢甘休 shàn bà gān xiū

to leave the matter at that / to be prepared to let go / to be willing to take things lying down