星星 xīngxing
xīngxing
noun
the stars
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Astronomy
Notes: (Giles 1892 '星')
Contained in
- 星星之火 a single spark; an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
- 星星之火，可以燎原 a single spark can start a huge blaze; an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
- 零零星星 odd; piecemeal; fragmentary
- 盼星星盼月亮 to wish for the stars and the moon; to have unreal expectations
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷二十二 Scroll 22 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 第三十七回 Chapter 37 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 35 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第四十四回 Chapter 44 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 《天官書》 Astronomy Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 1
- 卷六十七 列傳第二十七 謝靈運 Volume 67 Biographies 27: Xie Lingyun Book of Song 宋書 — count: 1
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
- 卷十三 志第三 天文下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Astronomy Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
- 卷十九 列傳第九 謝晦 謝裕 謝方明 謝靈運 Volume 19 Biographies 9: Xie Hui, Xie Yu, Xie Fangming, Xie Lingyun History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
- 卷二十六 天文志 Volume 26: Treatise on Astronomy Book of Han 漢書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 星星亡 (星星亡) 故當星星亡 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷十二 志第四 天文上 Volume 12 Treatises 4: Astronomy 1 — count: 3
- 星星行 (星星行) 星星行復出 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六十七 列傳第二十七 謝靈運 Volume 67 Biographies 27: Xie Lingyun — count: 2
- 星星白发 (星星白髮) 星星白髮垂 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷二十二 Scroll 22 — count: 2