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Meaning of 旨

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Pinyin: zhǐ
English Definition: imperial decree; purport; aim; purpose
Chinese Definition:
①意义,目的:意旨。要旨。主旨。言近旨远。
②封建时代称帝王的命令:旨令。奉旨。
③美味:旨酒。甘旨。旨蓄(贮藏的美好食品)。
Total strokes: 6; Radical:
Ideographic: A spoon aimed for the mouth
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ ] spoon, ladle; knife, dirk
    • [ ] sun; day; daytime
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Example Words
宗旨 zōng zhǐ objective; aim; goal
旨在 zhǐ zài to have as its purpose; to be intended to; to aim to (do sth)
主旨 zhǔ zhǐ gist; main idea; general tenor; one's judgment
圣旨 shèng zhǐ imperial edict
旨意 zhǐ decree; order
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Example Sentences
1
And the Department for Children, Schools and Families is to issue guidelines about extra- curricular activities, aiming to get pupils back into the real world.
2
Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
3
"Social media monitoring" services charge anything from tens of dollars to tens of thousands of dollars per month to provide brands with insights about their social marketing efforts.
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The satellite was designed to provide voice, data, and video services across the Americas, Africa and Europe.
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You don't need to dump everything in developed markets -- that's not the point of this kind of relative risk assessment.