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西
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Chinese dictionary
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n.west; one of the four directions in which the sun sets
风向转西。
The wind veered to the west.
黑暗中，我们东跌西撞地找蜡烛。
We were stumbling around in the dark looking for a candle.
随着太阳西下，影子越拉越长。
The shadows lengthened as the sun went down.
antonym
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n.the occident; the western (mainly referring to European and American countries)
西乐
western music
西学
western learning
西式
western style
- 3
n.western paradise (in Buddhism)
他撒手西去了。
He passed away.
- 4
abbreviation for Spain
Words and phrases with 西
- 西北部[word]northwest part
- 西藏自治区[word]Tibet Autonomous Region
- 西南[word]southwest; southwest China
- 西部大开发[word]Western Region Development of China
- 西皮[word]one of the two chief types of music in traditional Chinese operas
- 西安[word]capital city of Shanxi Province
- 西医[word]Western medicine; a doctor trained in Western medicine
- 西服[word]Western-style clothes; coat/jacket of a Western-style suit
- 西德[word]West Germany
- 西窗剪烛[idiom]the happy reunion of friends chatting together late into night
- 西方净土[idiom]the happy land in the west
- 西装革履[idiom]in Western dress and leather shoes
- 西风残照[idiom]a setting sun in the west wind
- 西河之痛[idiom]grief caused by the death of one's son
- 西风落叶[idiom]the west wind and fallen leaves