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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.
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abbreviation for Spain
Words and phrases with 西
- 西面[word]west
- 西藏[word]Tibet
- 西施[word]a beautiful woman
- 西伯利亚[word]Siberia
- 西装[word]suit
- 西湖[word]West Lake
- 西安[word]capital city of Shanxi Province
- 西洋[word]the West; region covering the Malay Archipelago, the Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Arabian Peninsula, East Africa, etc.
- 西天[word]the Western Paradise
- 西风落叶[idiom]the west wind and fallen leaves
- 西方净土[idiom]the happy land in the west
- 西窗剪烛[idiom]the happy reunion of friends chatting together late into night
- 西河之痛[idiom]grief caused by the death of one's son
- 西风残照[idiom]a setting sun in the west wind
- 西装革履[idiom]in Western dress and leather shoes