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  Trad Simp Mandarin Definition Days old Ver
鄙夷 鄙夷 [[bi3yi2]] /to despise; to look down on; to feel contempt for/ 951 2
東夷 东夷 [Dong1 yi2] /Eastern Barbarians, non-Han tribe living to the east of China c 2200 BC/ 6032 1
匪夷所思 匪夷所思 [fei3 yi2 suo3 si1] /unimaginable/outrageous/freakish/ 5191 1
化險為夷 化险为夷 [hua4 xian3 wei2 yi2] /to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster/ 6332 1
襟懷夷曠 襟怀夷旷 [jin1 huai2 yi2 kuang4] /broad-minded/ 6835 1
陵夷 陵夷 [ling2 yi2] /to deteriorate/to decline/to slump/also written 凌夷/ 6828 1
凌夷 凌夷 [ling2 yi2] /to deteriorate/to decline/to slump/also written 陵夷/ 6828 1
履險如夷 履险如夷 [lü3 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/ 3650 1
蠻夷 蛮夷 [man2 yi2] /common term for non-Han peoples in former times, not exclusively derogatory/barbarian/ 6606 1
逆夷 逆夷 [ni4 yi2] /invaders (insulting term)/foreign aggressors/ 6710 1
攘夷 攘夷 [rang3 yi2] /to repel the barbarians/ 6153 1
三夷教 三夷教 [[san1yi2jiao4]] /the three foreign religions that had been introduced to China by the time of the Tang dynasty: Nestorianism, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism/ 603 2
色夷 色夷 [se4 yi2] /smiling genially/to beam/ 6766 1
燒夷彈 烧夷弹 [[shao1yi2dan4]] /incendiary bomb/ 839 2
師夷長技以制夷 师夷长技以制夷 [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[Wei4 Yuan2]/ 4504 1
武夷山 武夷山 [[Wu3yi2shan1]] /Mt Wuyi in Fujian/Wuyishan National Nature Reserve/see 武夷山市[Wu3yi2shan1 Shi4]/ 368 2
武夷山市 武夷山市 [[Wu3yi2shan1 Shi4]] /Wuyishan, a county-level city in Nanping City 南平市[Nan2ping2 Shi4], Fujian/ 365 2
蝦夷 虾夷 [Xia1 yi2] /Emishi or Ebisu, ethnic group of ancient Japan, thought to be related to modern Ainus/ 5078 1
蝦夷蔥 虾夷葱 [xia1 yi2 cong1] /chive/ 6946 1
夏威夷果 夏威夷果 [Xia4 wei1 yi2 guo3] /macadamia nut/ 3843 1
夏威夷火山國家公園 夏威夷火山国家公园 [Xia4 wei1 yi2 Huo3 shan1 Guo2 jia1 Gong1 yuan2] /Hawaii Volcanoes National Park/ 5120 1
夏威夷 夏威夷 [[Xia4wei1yi2]] /Hawaii, US state/ 63 2
夏威夷島 夏威夷岛 [[Xia4wei1yi2 Dao3]] /Hawaiʻi, largest island of the Hawaiian archipelago/ 63 2
夏威夷群島 夏威夷群岛 [[Xia4wei1yi2 Qun2dao3]] /Hawaiian Islands/ 63 2
小昊 小昊 [Xiao3 hao4] /Xiaohao (c. 2200 BC), leader of the Dongyi 東夷|东夷[Dong1 yi2] or Eastern Barbarians/ 6032 1
[yi2] /non-Han people, esp. to the East of China/barbarians/to wipe out/to exterminate/to tear down/to raze/ 6835 1
夷狄 夷狄 [yi2 di2] /non-Han tribes in the east and north of ancient China/barbarians/ 6890 1
夷曠 夷旷 [yi2 kuang4] /expansive/level and broad/broad-minded/ 6835 1
夷戮 夷戮 [yi2 lu4] /to massacre/ 6835 1
夷門 夷门 [Yi2 men2] /the Yi gate of 大梁, capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states/ 6835 1
夷滅 夷灭 [yi2 mie4] /to massacre/to die out/ 6835 1
夷然 夷然 [yi2 ran2] /calm/ 6835 1
夷為平地 夷为平地 [yi2 wei2 ping2 di4] /to level/to raze to the ground/ 6835 1
夷猶 夷犹 [yi2 you2] /to hesitate/ 6835 1
夷洲 夷洲 [Yi2 zhou1] /name of an ancient barbarian country, possibly Taiwan/ 3956 1
夷陵 夷陵 [[Yi2ling2]] /see 夷陵區|夷陵区[Yi2ling2 Qu1]/ 311 2
夷陵區 夷陵区 [[Yi2ling2 Qu1]] /Yiling, a district of Yichang City 宜昌市[Yi2chang1 Shi4], Hubei/ 311 2
夷平 夷平 [[yi2ping2]] /to level; to raze to the ground/ 516 2
以夷制夷 以夷制夷 [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)/ 4427 1

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