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Meaning of 荆

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荆 (Trad.: 荊)
Pinyin: jīng
English Definition: chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus); alternative name for the Zhou Dynasty State of Chu 楚国
Chinese Definition:
①落叶灌木,叶有长柄,掌状分裂,开蓝紫色小花,枝条可编筐篮等(亦称“楚”):紫荆。荆条。荆棘。披荆斩棘。
②古代用荆条做的刑仗:负荆请罪。
③中国古代“九州”之一,春秋时楚国别称:荆州。荆璞(喻美质、未经任用的卓越人才)。
④旧时对人谦称自己的妻子:拙荆。山荆。荆妻。
⑤姓氏。
Total strokes: 12; Radical: 艸
Ideographic:A plant 艹 armed with thorns 刂
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
    • ⿱ Above to below
      • 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
      • 开 [ kāi ] to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
    • 刂 [ dāo ] knife
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Example Words
荆棘 jīng jí thistles and thorns; brambles; thorny undergrowth
紫荆 zǐ jīng Chinese redbud (Cercis chinensis)
披荆斩棘 pī jīng zhǎn jí lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way; to break through hardships; to blaze a new trail
负荆请罪 fù jīng qǐng zuì lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom); fig. to offer sb a humble apology
荆山 jīng shān Thorny mountain (several); Mt Jingshan in Hubei
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Example Sentences
1
牡荆是有益的正常化脑垂体功能和平衡的雌激素和黄体酮的水平
。
Vitex is useful in normalizing pituitary gland functions and the balance of progesterone and estrogen levels.
2
长荆铁路和随岳
、
兰杭两条高速公路穿境而过
,
交通十分便捷
。
Chang Jing and the mountain railway, the two-Hangzhou Expressway to wear Habitat and that traffic is very convenient.
3
橡树的新叶还未长出
,
遍地的黄水仙却开得十分灿烂
,
嫩黄的荆豆花四处招摇
,
山雀和画眉鸟清脆地鸣叫
。
The oaks are still leafless, but daffodils are out everywhere, the gorse is spattered with yellow blossoms, and the tits and thrushes are singing their hearts out.