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(Trad.: 幟)
Pinyin: zhì
English Definition: flag
Chinese Definition:
①用本义。旗帜的通称。[例]长丈五尺、广半幅曰帜。——《墨子》。[例]私记曰帜。——《通俗文》。[例]拔赵帜,立汉赤帜。——《史记·淮阴侯列传》。[例]树帜曰。——清·徐珂《清稗类钞·战事类》。
②急挥帜。[例]张帜乘潮。——清·邵长蘅《青门剩稿》。[合]:帜羽(羽饰之旌旗);帜志(旗帜)。
③标记。[例]缝其裾为帜。——《后汉书》。[合]:帜志(典范,标准)。
Total strokes: 8; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (curtain) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ jīn ] cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
    • [ zhī ] only, merely, just
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Example Words
旗帜 zhì ensign; flag
旗帜鲜明 zhì xiān míng to show one's colors; to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
独树一帜 shù zhì lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner; to stand out; to develop one's own school; to have attitude of one's own
别树一帜 bié shù zhì lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner; to stand out; to develop one's own school; to have attitude of one's own
旗帜如林 zhì lín a forest of flags (idiom)
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Example Sentences
1
Flags were flying on every mast.
2
The entrance of this store often hangs a banner that says "Welcome".
3
The children dug some holes on the beach and flagged them.
4
Environmental activists held banners and chanted slogans to protest against the destruction of wildlife habitats.