jié

knot, node, joint; section

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DEFINITIONS

节 jié
  • festival
  • holiday
  • node
  • joint
  • section
  • segment
  • part
  • to economize
  • to save
  • to abridge
  • moral integrity
  • classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses
  • CL:個|个[ge4]
节 jiē
  • see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]

STROKES

WORDS

每逢佳倍思亲 měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2 Wei2])
毛诞 máo dàn jié Mao Zedong’s birthday, December 26th
清明 qīng míng jié Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
清谈目 qīng tán jié mù talk show
清风劲 qīng fēng jìng jié pure and high-minded (idiom)
火把 huǒ bǎ jié Torch Festival
路 wū jié lù Orchard Road, Singapore (shopping and tourist area)
父亲 fù qīn jié Father's Day
牧神 mù shén jié Lupercalia, Roman festival to Pan on 15th February
动物 huán jié dòng wù annelid (worm)
动物门 huán jié dòng wù mén Annelidan, the phylum of annelid worms
bì jié Bijie city and prefecture in Guizhou
地区 bì jié dì qū Bijie prefecture in Guizhou
市 bì jié shì Bijie city, capital of Bijie prefecture, Guizhou
白色情人 bái sè qíng rén jié White Day
盘根错 pán gēn cuò jié twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky; knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
空气调 kōng qì tiáo jié air conditioning
端阳 duān yáng jié see 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2]
zhú jié bamboo joint
jīn jié lit. muscles and joints; by ext. the relations between parts in a speech, composition etc
儿 gū jie r short length; small section or portion
上生枝 jié shàng shēng zhī a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
候 jié hòu season; time of year
哀顺变 jié āi shùn biàn restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
奏口技 jié zòu kǒu jì beatboxing