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Information of 如

Pinyin rú

Radical

女

Strokes

6 strokes

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Definition

as (if) / such as

如 [rú] 1. 依照顺从: Follow, comply. 2. 像，相似，同什么一样: Like, as if, similar to. 3. 比得上，及: Can be compared with. 4. 到，往: Go, to. 5. 假若，假设: If, suppose. 6. 奈，怎么: How, what. 7. 与，和: And, with. 8. 或者: Or, alternatively. 9. 用在形容词后，表示动作或事物的状态: Used after adjectives to indicate the state of action or things. 10. 表示举例: Indicates examples. 11. 应当: Should. 12. [～月] 农历二月的别称: Another name for the second month of the lunar calendar. 13. 姓: A surname. 如 [rú] (as a verb) - 本义: 遵从，依照: Original meaning: To follow or comply. - 造字法: 会意。从女，从口: Character formation: A compound of the symbols for woman and mouth. - 同本义 ([En.] follow). - 好像，如同 ([En.] like; as if). - 比得上，及 ([En.] can be compared with). - 去，往 ([En.] go). - 遭遇，际遇 ([En.] meet). - 表示举例 ([En.] for instance; for example; such as). - 相敌;抵挡 ([En.] resist). - 应当 ([En.] should). 如 [rú] (as a preposition) - 按照 ([En.] in accordance with; comply with). - 假如，如果 ([En.] if). - 与，和 ([En.] and). - 或——表示选择关系 ([En.] or). - 而——表示连接 ([En.] but). - 则——表示结果 ([En.] then). 如 [rú] (as a particle) - 用于语末，相当于“然”: Used at the end of a sentence, equivalent to "ran." - 用于语末，相当于“焉”: Used at the end of a sentence, equivalent to "yan." - 相当于“乎”: Equivalent to "hu." 如 [rú] (additional notes) - “如命” (to follow orders). - “如志” (to follow aspirations). - “如令” (to comply with orders).

咆哮如雷 páo xiào rú léi

to be in a thundering rage (idiom)

如同 rú tóng

like / as

如果 rú guǒ

if / in case / in the event that

如丧考妣 rú sàng kǎo bǐ

wear a funeral face as if newly bereft of both parents / be grief-stricken as if bereaved of parents / grieved as if one had lost parents

堆积如山 duī jī rú shān

to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth

观者如堵 guān zhě rú dǔ

Spectators stood round like a wall. / There was a crowd of spectators.

履险如夷 lǚ xiǎn rú yí

lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom) / fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly

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?

比如 bǐ rú

for example / for instance / such as

如此 rú cǐ

in this way / so

犹如 yóu rú

similar to / appearing to be

不如 bù rú

not equal to / not as good as / inferior to / it would be better to

如果说 rú guǒ shuō

如是 rú shì

thus

比如说 bǐ rú shuō

for example / such as / for instance

宛如 wǎn rú

to be just like

譬如 pì rú

for example / for instance / such as

有如 yǒu rú

to be like sth / similar to / alike

自如 zì rú

unobstructed / unconstrained / smoothly / with ease / freely

尽管如此 jǐn guǎn rú cǐ

even so / for all this / be that as it may / still and all / such as it is

如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng

lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice

如履平地 rú lǚ píng dì

as easily as walking on firm earth.

削铁如泥 xuē tiě rú ní

would cut clean through iron as though it were mud. / very sharp

心如刀割 xīn rú dāo gē

to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom) / to be torn with grief

恍如 huǎng rú

to be as if... / to be rather like...

恍如隔世 huǎng rú gé shì

like a thing of the previous generation / as if it were a lifetime ago

恰如 qià rú

just as if

恰如其分 qià rú qí fèn

(idiom) appropriate / apt / just right

自愧不如 zì kuì bù rú

ashamed of being inferior (idiom) / to feel inferior to others

如愿 rú yuàn

to have one's wishes fulfilled