| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | PlainPY | English Definition | ||
| 1 | 夷 | 夷 | yí | yi2 | non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out; to exterminate; to tear down; to raze | ||
| 2 | 师夷长技以制夷 | 師夷長技以制夷 | shī yí cháng jì yǐ zhì yí | shi1 yi2 chang2 ji4 yi3 zhi4 yi2 | "learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源 | ||
| 3 | 以夷制夷 | 以夷制夷 | yǐ yí zhì yí | yi3 yi2 zhi4 yi2 | to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties); Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan) | ||
| 4 | 夏威夷火山国家公园 | 夏威夷火山國家公園 | xià wēi yí huǒ shān guó jiā gōng yuán | Xia4 wei1 yi2 Huo3 shan1 Guo2 jia1 Gong1 yuan2 | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | ||
| 5 | 夏威夷果 | 夏威夷果 | xià wēi yí guǒ | Xia4 wei1 yi2 guo3 | macadamia nut | ||
| 6 | 夏威夷岛 | 夏威夷島 | xià wēi yí dǎo | Xia4 wei1 yi2 Dao3 | Hawaii island | ||
| 7 | 夏威夷 | 夏威夷 | xià wēi yí | Xia4 wei1 yi2 | Hawaii, US state | ||
| 8 | 虾夷葱 | 蝦夷蔥 | xiā yí cōng | xia1 yi2 cong1 | chive | ||
| 9 | 虾夷 | 蝦夷 | xiā yí | Xia1 yi2 | Emishi or Ebisu, ethnic group of ancient Japan, thought to be related to modern Ainus | ||
| 10 | 武夷山市 | 武夷山市 | wǔ yí shān shì | Wu3 yi2 shan1 shi4 | Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平 Fujian | ||
| 11 | 武夷山 | 武夷山 | wǔ yí shān | Wu3 yi2 shan1 | Mt Wuyi in Fujian; Wuyishan nature reserve; Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平 Fujian | ||
| 12 | 视险如夷 | 視險如夷 | shì xiǎn rú yí | shi4 xian3 ru2 yi2 | to be unafraid of danger; to be brave (idiom) | ||
| 13 | 世道凌夷 | 世道凌夷 | shì dào líng yí | shi4 dao4 ling2 yi2 | The world is going to the dogs. (idiom) | ||
| 14 | 鄙夷 | 鄙夷 | bǐ yí | bi3 yi2 | to despise; to look down upon; despicable | ||
| 15 | 烧夷弹 | 燒夷彈 | shāo yí dàn | shao1 yi2 dan4 | fire bomb; incendiary device | ||
| 16 | 色夷 | 色夷 | sè yí | se4 yi2 | smiling genially; to beam | ||
| 17 | 三夷教 | 三夷教 | sān yí jiào | san1 yi2 jiao4 | the three foreign religions (Nestorianism, Manicheanism and Zoroastrianism) | ||
| 18 | 攘夷 | 攘夷 | rǎng yí | rang3 yi2 | to repel the barbarians | ||
| 19 | 逆夷 | 逆夷 | nì yí | ni4 yi2 | invaders (insulting term); foreign aggressors | ||
| 20 | 蛮夷 | 蠻夷 | mán yí | man2 yi2 | common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory; barbarian | ||
| 21 | 履险如夷 | 履險如夷 | lǚ xiǎn rú yí | lu:3 xian3 ru2 yi2 | lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom); fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly | ||
| 22 | 凌夷 | 凌夷 | líng yí | ling2 yi2 | to deteriorate; to decline; to slump; also written 凌夷 ; to deteriorate; to decline; to slump; also written 陵夷 | ||
| 23 | 襟怀夷旷 | 襟懷夷曠 | jīn huái yí kuàng | jin1 huai2 yi2 kuang4 | broad-minded | ||
| 24 | 化险为夷 | 化險為夷 | huà xiǎn wéi yí | hua4 xian3 wei2 yi2 | to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster | ||
| 25 | 匪夷所思 | 匪夷所思 | fěi yí suǒ sī | fei3 yi2 suo3 si1 | unimaginable; outrageous; freakish |
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