"惜" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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惜
Trad. 惜
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 心
Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 11
Structure
Decomp. 忄廿日
忄 + 昔
Prononciation
Mandarin xī
Entry Methods
Pinyin xi1
Kanji /
Cangjie
 PTA
心廿日
Sijiao 9406.1
Wubi NAJG
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惜 xī to cherish / to begrudge / to pity / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
Results beginning with 惜
惜别 xī bié reluctant to part
惜福 xī fú to appreciate one's good fortune
惜寸阴 xī cùn yīn to cherish every moment / to make good use of one's time
惜香怜玉 xī xiāng lián yù see 憐香惜玉|怜香惜玉[lian2 xiang1 xi1 yu4]
Approximate Results for 惜
可惜 kě xī it is a pity / what a pity / unfortunately
珍惜 zhēn xī to treasure / to value / to cherish
不惜 bù xī not stint / not spare / not hesitate (to do sth) / not scruple (to do sth)
惋惜 wǎn xī to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sb
怜惜 lián xī to take pity on / to feel tenderness toward
爱惜 ài xī to cherish / to treasure / to use sparingly
吝惜 lìn xī to stint / to be miserly
痛惜 tòng xī to lament
顾惜 gù xī to take loving care of / to value
叹惜 tàn xī sigh of regret
悯惜 mǐn xī to feel compassion for
疼惜 téng xī to cherish / to dote on
体惜 tǐ xī to empathize / to understand and sympathize
休惜 xiū xī recess
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怜香惜玉 lián xiāng xī yù to have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex (idiom)
惺惺相惜 xīng xīng xiāng xī see 惺惺惜惺惺[xing1 xing1 xi1 xing1 xing1]
不惜血本 bù xī xuè běn to spare no effort / to devote all one's energies
不惜一战 bù xī yī zhàn to be ready to go to war
敬惜字纸 jìng xī zì zhǐ to treasure written material as a cultural resource (idiom)
惺惺惜惺惺 xīng xīng xī xīng xīng people of talent appreciate one another (idiom) / to sympathize with one another
食之无味，弃之可惜 shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom) / fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them
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