贵 guì

expensive, costly, valuable

HSK 2 #873

DEFINITIONS

  • expensive, costly, valuable
  • expensive
  • noble
  • precious
  • (honorific) your

STROKES

WORDS

达官贵人 dá guān guì rén high official and noble persons (idiom); the great and the good
高抬贵手 gāo tái guì shǒu to be generous (idiom); to be magnanimous; Give me a break!
贵妃 guì fēi senior concubine; imperial consort
贵庚 guì gēng your age (honorific)
贵方 guì fāng (in business etc) your side; you
贵金属 guì jīn shǔ precious metal
富贵病 fù guì bìng rich person's ailment (needing expensive treatment and long recuperation)
洛阳纸贵 luò yáng zhǐ guì lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom); fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
不当家不知柴米贵 bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
以和为贵 yǐ hé wéi guì harmony is to be prized
使高贵 shǐ gāo guì to dignify
兵贵神速 bīng guì shén sù lit. speed is a crucial asset in war (idiom); fig. swift and resolute (in doing sth)
刘贵今 liú guì jīn Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue
单身贵族 dān shēn guì zú fig. unmarried person; single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)
大富大贵 dà fù dà guì very rich; millionaire
富贵不能淫 fù guì bù néng yín not corrupted by wealth and honors
富贵寿考 fù guì shòu kǎo rank, wealth, and long life
富贵竹 fù guì zhú lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
富贵角 fù guì jiǎo Cape Fukuei, the northernmost point of Taiwan Island
尊师贵道 zūn shī guì dào to revere the master and his teaching
德贵丽类 dé guì lì lèi daiquirí
攀附权贵 pān fù quán guì to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
攀高结贵 pān gāo jié guì lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful; social climbing
新贵 xīn guì nouveau riche; upstart; new appointee
早生贵子 zǎo shēng guì zǐ give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to the newly-weds)
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