彼 bǐ
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bǐ
pronoun
that; those
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: A demonstrative pronoun in literary Chinese (Guoyu '彼' pronoun 1; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 85; Unihan '彼') -
bǐ
pronoun
another; the other
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Guoyu '彼' pronoun 2)
Contained in
- 此起彼落 arising here, falling there; in quick succession
- 厚此薄彼 to favour one and discriminate against the other
- 彼拉多 Pilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story)
- 不分彼此 to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's; to share everything; to be on very intimate terms
- 彼得潘 Peter Pan, the novel character
- 彼得前书(彼得前書) First Epistle of Peter (in New Testament)
- 辣彼 rabbi
- 彼一时此一时(彼一時此一時) that was one thing, and this is another; times have changed
- 彼皆偃蹇 they are all arrogant
- 彼岸花 red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis
- 知彼知己 to know the enemy and know oneself
- 彼得后书(彼得後書) Second Epistle of Peter (in New Testament)
- 彼此 each other; one another ; both similar
- 顾此失彼(顧此失彼) to attend to one thing and lose sight of another; to be unable to manage two or more things at once
- 彼得 Peter
- 知彼知己，百战不殆(知彼知己，百戰不殆) knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles
- 非此即彼 either this or that; one or the other
- 彼唱此和 to chorus somebody else's lead; to chime in in agreement
- 彼得罗维奇(彼得羅維奇) Petrovich (name)
- 阿彼雅 Abijah (biblical name)
- 圣彼得(聖彼得) Saint Peter
- 知己知彼，百战不殆(知己知彼，百戰不殆) know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated
- 彼此彼此 no better (or worse) than each other; both in the same boat
- 彼拉提斯 Pilates (physical fitness system)
- 知己知彼 know yourself, know your enemy
- 彼倡此和 to chorus somebody else's lead; to chime in in agreement
- 彼得里皿 Petri dish
- 此起彼伏 arising here, falling there; in quick succession
Also contained in
爱彼迎 、 彼尔姆 、 蒙彼利埃 、 彼得格勒 、 彼得堡 、 圣彼得堡 、 布拉德·彼特 、 彼特拉克 、 卡特彼勒公司
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷九十五 列傳第五十五 索虜 Volume 95 Biographies 55: Suo Lu Book of Song 宋書 — count: 70
- 卷二十五 Scroll 25 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 33
- 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 32
- 卷二十 Scroll 20 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 27
- 卷二十一 列傳第九: 燕鳳 許謙 崔宏 張袞 鄧彥海 Volume 21 Biographies 9: Yan Feng, Xu Qian,Cui Hong, Zhang Gun, Deng Yanhai History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 24
- 卷十三 Scroll 13 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 23
- 卷35 崔浩 Volume 35: Cui Hao Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 23
- 卷一百九十八 列傳第八十六 楊一清 王瓊 彭澤 毛伯溫 翁萬達 Volume 198 Biographies 86: Yang Yiqing, Wang Qiong, Peng Ze, Mao Bowen, Weng Wanda History of Ming 明史 — count: 22
- 卷五十九 Scroll 59 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 22
- 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 22