璧 bì

1. bì noun a jade bi
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A flat piece of jade with hole in it (CC-CEDICT '璧'; Guoyu '璧' n 1; Unihan '璧'; Wikipedia '璧'; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 809; XHZD '璧', p. 41)
2. bì noun jade
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Same as 玉 (Guoyu '璧' n 2)
3. bì verb to refuse a present
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '璧' v)
4. bì adjective beautiful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 美好; for example, 璧人 'beautiful woman' (Guoyu '璧' adj 1)
5. bì adjective round
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the shape of a jade bi (Guoyu '璧' adj 2)

Contained in

• 璧谢(璧謝) decline (a gift) with thanks
• 尺璧 a [jade] bi one chi in diameter
• 合璧 to match harmoniously
• 白璧微瑕 a slight blemish
• 完璧归赵(完璧歸趙) to return the intact jade annulus to Zhao
• 璧还(璧還) return (a borrowed object) with thanks; decline (a gift) with thanks
• 白璧无瑕(白璧無瑕) a white jade bi has no flaws; impeccable moral integrity
• 原璧归赵(原璧歸趙) to return the original jade annulus to Zhao
• 拱璧 a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center; a treasure
• 怀璧其罪(懷璧其罪) treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime; to get into trouble on account of a cherished item
• 珠联璧合(珠聯璧合) string of pearl and jade; ideal combination; perfect pair
• 中西合璧 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements
• 白璧 a white jade bi ; an innocent person
• 璧人 a beautiful woman
• 璧玉 jade disk with a hole in the center
• 奉璧 to return the jade annulus [to Zhao]
• 红璧玺(紅璧璽) topaz
• 连璧(連璧) to join jade annuli; to combine two good things
• 珠流璧转(珠流璧轉) pearl flows, jade moves on; the passage of time; water under the bridge

Also contained in

灵璧 、 完璧之身 、 璧山县 、 璧山 、 灵璧县 、 和氏璧

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Truncated for common words

• 卷三百九十八 列傳第一百五十七 余端禮 李壁 丘崈 倪思 宇文紹節 李蘩 Volume 398 Biographies 157: Yu Duanli, Li Bi, Qiu Chong, Ni Si, Yu Wenshaojie, Li Fan History of Song 宋史 — count: 36
• 卷一百五十九　列傳第四十六: 宋子貞 商挺 趙良弼 趙璧 Volume 159 Biographies 46: Song Zizhen, Shang Ting, Zhao Liangbi, Zhao Bi History of Yuan 元史 — count: 28
• 《廉頗藺相如列傳》 Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 28
• 卷一百一十　列傳第四十八:　楊雲翼 趙秉文 韓玉 馮璧 李獻甫 雷淵 程震 Volume 110 Biographies 48: Yang Yunyi, Zhao Bingwen, Han Yu, Feng Bi, Li Xianfu, Lei Yuan, Cheng Zhen History of Jin 金史 — count: 27
• 卷一百四十三 志5: 禮志下 Volume 143: Treatises 5 Rites 2 Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 19
• 卷十 Scroll 10 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 19
• 卷十四 志第四 禮一 Volume 14 Treatises 4: Rituals 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 15
• 卷二十一 Scroll 21 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 15
• 卷四十上 班彪列傳 Volume 40a: Biography of Ban Biao 1 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 14
• 卷一 Scroll 1 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14

Collocations

• 圭璧 (圭璧) 圭璧既卒 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧雲漢 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Yun Han — count: 12
• 加璧 (加璧) 奉觴加璧以進 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 10
• 珪璧 (珪璧) 是何珪璧之不滿度量 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 明鬼下 Book 8 - On Ghosts III — count: 9
• 璧假 (璧假) 璧假許田 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 6
• 式璧 (式璧) 君請式璧而聘之 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重甲第八十 Chapter 80: Weight I — count: 6
• 璧琮 (璧琮) 瑑圭璋璧琮 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 5
• 石璧 (石璧) 不得不以彤弓石璧 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重丁第八十三 Chapter 83: Weight IV — count: 5
• 蒲璧 (蒲璧) 男執蒲璧 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 4
• 一璧 (一璧) 一璧 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 璧马 (璧馬) 而晉獻以璧馬釣之 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 4