pīnyīn
pin1yin1
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ
simplified
traditional
辞
辤
ci2
old variant of 辭|辞
辞
辭
ci2
to resign; to dismiss; to decline; to take leave; ballad (archaic poetic genre); variant of 詞|词
strokes
13
radical
strokes after radical
6
哀辞
哀辭
ai1 ci2
dirge; lament
卑辞厚币
卑辭厚幣
bei1 ci2 hou4 bi4
humble expression for generous donation
卑辞厚礼
卑辭厚禮
bei1 ci2 hou4 li3
humble expression for generous gift
辩辞
辯辭
bian4 ci2
an excuse
驳辞
駁辭
bo2 ci2
refutation; incoherent speech
卜辞
卜辭
bu3 ci2
oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones
不辞而别
不辭而別
bu4 ci2 er2 bie2
to leave without saying good-bye
不辞劳苦
不辭勞苦
bu4 ci2 lao2 ku3
to spare no effort
不辞辛苦
不辭辛苦
bu4 ci2 xin1 ku3
to make nothing of hardships
不以辞害志
不以辭害志
bu4 yi3 ci2 hai4 zhi4
don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
楚辞
楚辭
chu3 ci2
Chu Ci, the Songs of Chu (ancient book of poems, collected during Han but esp. from country of Chu c. 500 BC)
辞别
辭別
ci2 bie2
to take leave
辞呈
辭呈
ci2 cheng2
(written) resignation
辞典
辭典
ci2 dian3
dictionary (of Chinese compound words); also written 詞典|词典
辞掉
辭掉
ci2 diao4
to resign a post; to sack and get rid of
辞格
辭格
ci2 ge2
figure of speech
辞官
辭官
ci2 guan1
to resign a government post
辞海
辭海
ci2 hai3
Cihai, an encyclopedic dictionary first published in 1915, and frequently revised
辞令
辭令
ci2 ling4
polite speech; diplomatic terms; rhetoric
辞去
辭去
ci2 qu4
to resign; to quit
辞任
辭任
ci2 ren4
to resign (a position)
辞世
辭世
ci2 shi4
to die; to depart this life (euphemism); same as 去世
辞书
辭書
ci2 shu1
dictionary; encyclopedia
辞书学
辭書學
ci2 shu1 xue2
lexicography
辞退
辭退
ci2 tui4
to dismiss; to discharge; to fire
辞谢
辭謝
ci2 xie4
to decline gratefully
辞行
辭行
ci2 xing2
to say goodbye; leave-taking; farewells
辞藻
辭藻
ci2 zao3
rhetoric
辞章
辭章
ci2 zhang1
poetry and prose; rhetoric
辞职
辭職
ci2 zhi2
to resign
措辞
措辭
cuo4 ci2
wording; way of expressing something; turn of phrase; diction
措辞强硬
措辭強硬
cuo4 ci2 qiang2 ying4
strongly-worded
大放厥辞
大放厥辭
da4 fang4 jue2 ci2
great release of talk (idiom); to spout nonsense
悼辞
悼辭
dao4 ci2
variant of 悼詞|悼词
发语辞
發語辭
fa1 yu3 ci2
literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
告辞
告辭
gao4 ci2
to say goodbye; to take one's leave
卦辞
卦辭
gua4 ci2
to interpret the divinatory trigrams
寄辞
寄辭
ji4 ci2
to send a message
讲辞
講辭
jiang3 ci2
lectures
敬辞
敬辭
jing4 ci2
term of respect; honorific title; honorific (in grammar)
恳辞
懇辭
ken3 ci2
to decline with sincere thanks
类语辞典
類語辭典
lei4 yu3 ci2 dian3
thesaurus
丽辞
麗辭
li4 ci2
beautiful wordage; also written 麗詞|丽词
裸辞
裸辭
luo3 ci2
to quit one's job (without having another one)
难辞其咎
難辭其咎
nan2 ci2 qi2 jiu4
cannot escape censure (idiom); has to bear the blame
偏辞
偏辭
pian1 ci2
one-sided words; prejudice; flattery
谦辞
謙辭
qian1 ci2
humble words; self-deprecatory expression; to modestly decline
请辞
請辭
qing3 ci2
to ask sb to resign from a post
冗辞
冗辭
rong3 ci2
variant of 冗詞|冗词
善言辞
善言辭
shan4 yan2 ci2
articulate; eloquent
说辞
說辭
shuo1 ci2
excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments
颂辞
頌辭
song4 ci2
variant of 頌詞|颂词
彖辞
彖辭
tuan4 ci2
to interpret the divinatory trigrams
推辞
推辭
tui1 ci2
to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)
托辞
托辭
tuo1 ci2
see 託詞|托词
托辞
託辭
tuo1 ci2
see 託詞|托词
挽辞
挽辭
wan3 ci2
an elegy; elegiac words
婉辞
婉辭
wan3 ci2
tactful expression; to politely decline
万死不辞
萬死不辭
wan4 si3 bu4 ci2
ten thousand deaths will not prevent me (idiom); ready to risk life and limb to help out
危辞耸听
危辭聳聽
wei1 ci2 song3 ting1
to startle sb with scary tale
文辞
文辭
wen2 ci2
language; words
形容辞
形容辭
xing2 rong2 ci2
adjective
修辞
修辭
xiu1 ci2
rhetoric
修辞格
修辭格
xiu1 ci2 ge2
figure of speech
修辞学
修辭學
xiu1 ci2 xue2
rhetoric
袖珍辞典
袖珍辭典
xiu4 zhen1 ci2 dian3
pocket dictionary
言辞
言辭
yan2 ci2
words; expression; what one says
严辞
嚴辭
yan2 ci2
stern words
一辞莫赞
一辭莫贊
yi1 ci2 mo4 zan4
left speechless by sth perfect (idiom)
义不容辞
義不容辭
yi4 bu4 rong2 ci2
not to be shirked without dishonor (idiom); incumbent; bounden (duty)
义正辞严
義正辭嚴
yi4 zheng4 ci2 yan2
to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
引咎辞职
引咎辭職
yin3 jiu4 ci2 zhi2
to admit responsibility and resign
隐约其辞
隱約其辭
yin3 yue1 qi2 ci2
equivocal speech; to use vague or ambiguous language
谀辞
諛辭
yu2 ci2
flattering words
与世长辞
與世長辭
yu3 shi4 chang2 ci2
to die; to depart from the world forever
欲加之罪,何患无辞
欲加之罪,何患無辭
yu4 jia1 zhi1 zui4 - he2 huan4 wu2 ci2
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb; Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
在所不辞
在所不辭
zai4 suo3 bu4 ci2
not to refuse to (idiom); not to hesitate to
赞辞
贊辭
zan4 ci2
praise
振振有辞
振振有辭
zhen4 zhen4 you3 ci2
to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions; also written 振振有詞|振振有词
致辞
致辭
zhi4 ci2
to express in words or writing; to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc); to address (an audience); same as 致詞|致词