Chinese Word: 辟 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

辟 (Trad.: 闢)Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 辛

Ideographic:A body 尸 decapitated 口 by a sword 辛 , representing the law

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- ⿸ Surround from upper left
  - 尸 [ shī ] body, corpse
  - 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 辛 [ xīn ] bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem

Similar Characters: 辞辝

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Pinyin: bì

English Definition:king; monarch; to enlist; to repel; to avoid

Chinese Definition:
①君主：复辟。
②指君主招来，授予官职：辟召。辟引。辟书。辟除(征召推举授官)。辟举。
③古同“避”，躲，设法躲开。
④古同“睥”，睥睨。

Example Words:

复辟	fù bì	to recover one's power or authority; restoration (of a past regime)
辟邪	bì xié	to ward off evil spirits; mythical lion-like animal that wards off evil (also called 貔貅 )
辟雍	bì yōng	central of the five Zhou dynasty royal academies
攘辟	rǎng bì	to stand off; to make way
辟召贤能	bì zhào xián néng	to summon worthies and talents to court (idiom)

Pinyin: pì

English Definition:to open (a door); to open up (for development); to dispel; to refute; to repudiate; law; variant of 辟

Chinese Definition:
①用本义。打开，开启。
②开辟；开拓。
③驳斥。
④开垦。
⑤屏除；驱除。

Example Words:

开辟HSK 6	kāi pì	to open up; to set up; to establish
精辟	jīng pì	clear and penetrating (e.g. analysis); incisive; insightful
开天辟地	kāi tiān pì dì	to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盘古 creation myth
独辟蹊径	dú pì xī jìng	to blaze a new trail (idiom); to display originality
辟谣	pì yáo	to refute a rumor; to deny