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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[zhī]
  1. 1. pronoun
    他考上了重点大学,朋友们为高兴。
    When he got into a top university, his friends were very happy for him.
  2. 2. particle [的]
    爱国
    patriotic feeling
    父母
    parental love
    自知
    self-awareness
  3. 3. particle [用在主谓结构之间]
    世界大,无奇不有。
    There is nothing too strange in this vast world.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[zhī]
  1. 1. pronoun [Literary] used in place of an objective noun or pronoun
    影片情节十分悲惨,观众无不为感动。
    The film was so sad that none were unmoved.
    将如何?
    What is to be done?
  2. 2. pronoun [Literary] used in certain set phrases without definite designation
    我们三个人我最年长,李次,张又次
    Of the three of us, I am the eldest, Li is younger, and Zhang is the youngest.
    ,足
    dance with joy
  3. 3. pronoun [Literary] this or that
    子于归。
    The maiden goes to her future home.
  4. 4. particle [Literary] used between an attribute and the word it modifies
    钟鼓
    the sound of drums and bells
    原因
    one of the reasons
    宝中
    the treasure of treasures
    一水
    be separated only by a river
    此乃天籁音也。
    This sound must be from heaven.
  5. 5. particle [Literary] used between the subject and the predicate in a S-P structure so as to make it nominalized
    如因势利导,则如水就下,极为自然。
    If we guide the matter along its course of development, it will proceed as naturally as water flows downwards.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[zhī]
  1. 1. 动 [文] 到某处去;往
    不知君
    此身漂泊竟何
  2. 2. 代 [文] 用在名词前,起指示作用,相当于"这"或"那"
    子于归。
  3. 3. 代替人或事(只作宾语)
    成理。
    不理。
    取而代
  4. 4. a)用在定语和中心词间,构成偏正词组,表示领属或修饰关系
    后。
    首。
    类。
  5. 5. 指代作用虚化(多作词的后缀)
    久而久
    我年纪最大,你次,他最小。

Examples

其声势浩大,威力猛烈,简直是所向无敌的。
Its influence has been so great and its impact so powerful that it is invincible wherever it goes.
凡此十端,皆救国大计,抗日要图。
杂交水稻的亩产量超过普通水稻的百分十五至二十。
The per mu yield of hybrid rice exceeds that of ordinary rice by 15 to 20 percent.
顺应世界潮流
adapt oneself to (or go along with) world trends
这孩子大病后变呆了。
After recovering from a serious illness, the child became slow-witted.
产量平均每年递增百分十五。
The output increased at an average rate of 15 per cent a year. or The output showed a yearly average increase of 15 per cent.
否定否定
the negation of negation
竭尽造谣诬蔑能事
stop at nothing in spreading lies and slanders
这个作家对批评意见处漠然。
The writer was indifferent to criticism.
从感性认识到理性认识能动的飞跃
the active leap from perceptual to rational knowledge

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