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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.idea; meaning
意思
meaning
词不达意
the language fails to express the meaning
语意
meaning
- 2
n.desire
中意
be to one's taste
任意
at will
满意
satisfactory
- 3
v.anticipate
意料
anticipate
出其不意
beyond one's range of expectation
意外
accident
- 4
n.same as 意大利
Words and phrases with 意
- 意向书[word]letter of intent
- 意想不到[word]unexpected
- 意会[word]perceive by intuition
- 意象[word]images
- 意愿[word]desire
- 意外死亡[word]accidental death
- 意趣[word]interest and charm
- 意识流[word]stream of consciousness
- 意向[word]intention
- 意外之财[idiom]pennies from heaven
- 意气用事[idiom]be swayed by personal feelings
- 意在笔先[idiom]have an idea in mind before starting to write or paint
- 意犹未尽[idiom]have not given full expression to one's views
- 意气风发[idiom]daring and energetic
- 意味深长[idiom]be full of meaning
- 意在言外[idiom]be implicit
- 意兴阑珊[idiom]fell dispirited
- 意气相投[idiom]be alike in temperament
Word usage
- Note"意" is different from "义". "义" means relatively fixed meaning items with strong generality; "意" means meaning, emotion, etc. in a specific language environment.