- 颐和园 yíhéyuán Summer PalaceThe Summer Palace in Beijing; a famous imperial garden and UNESCO World Heritage site consisting of Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake.
- 颐指气使 yízhǐqìshǐ to be bossylit. to order people by pointing one's chin; to be insufferably arrogant or bossy to others by using facial expressions and gestures to signal orders
- 大快朵颐 dàkuàiduǒyí to feast(idiom) to eat with great relish; to enjoy a meal to one's heart's content
- 程颐 chéngyí Cheng YiCheng Yi (1033-1107), a famous Song dynasty philosopher and neo-Confucian scholar from Henan. Along with his older brother [[程颢|程顥|cheng2 hao4]], he was a key figure in the establishment of the school of principle, later influential to [[朱熹|朱熹|zhu1 xi1]].
- 颐养天年 yíyǎngtiānnián to enjoy one's later yearsto take care of oneself and enjoy a peaceful retirement; to live out the rest of one's natural life in healthy longevity
- 周敦颐 zhōudūnyí Zhou DunyiZhou Dunyi (1017-1073), a Song dynasty scholar and founder of Neo-Confucianism, often called [[周子|周子|zhou1 zi3]] or [[濂溪先生|濂溪先生|lian2 xi1 xian1 sheng5]].
- 颐养 yíyǎng to maintain healthto take care of one's health; to nurture one's spirit or constitution
- 朵颐 duǒyí to munch(literary) to munch; to chew; the movement of the jaws while eating. Usually used in the idiom [[大快朵颐|大快朵頤|da4 kuai4 duo3 yi2]] meaning to feast.
- 解颐 jiěyí to smile broadly(literary) to break into a broad smile; to laugh heartily; literally to loosen one's jaw from laughter
- 支颐 zhīyí to rest one's chin on one's handto support one's chin or cheek with a hand, often while sitting in thought
- 颐指 yízhǐ to command with a lookto arrogantly order others around by using facial expressions or movements of the chin rather than speaking
- 妙语解颐 miàoyǔjiěyí to crack a smile at a witty remarkTo describe witty or humorous speech that makes people break into a smile or laugh heartily.
- 伙颐 huǒyí very many(literary) very many; numerous
- 夥颐 huǒyí wow!(literary) an exclamation of surprise or admiration (originally used by peasants in the Han dynasty upon seeing a palace)
- 期颐 qīyí centenarian(literary) the age of one hundred; a person who is one hundred years old or older
- 期颐之寿 qīyízhīshòu one hundred years old(literary) an age of one hundred years; great longevity
- 目使颐令 mùshǐyílìng to command with looksto order others about using only eye movements and chin gestures; used to describe an extremely arrogant and haughty manner
- 颐性养寿 yíxìngyǎngshòu to take care of one's spirit and healthto maintain one's life force and physical well-being in order to live a long life
- 颐指风使 yízhǐfēngshǐ arrogant and bossyto order people about by pointing with the chin or using facial gestures; to be overbearing
- 颐神 yíshén to rest one's mindto care for one's mental health; to keep one's spirit calm and peaceful
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- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH