xī​shì

rare

  • created reference approved 希世 → 稀世 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    希世 xī​shì

    稀世 xī​shì

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 希世 · xī​shì · rare — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    希世

    xī​shì

    rare

    (literary) extremely rare in the world; also written as [[稀世|稀世|xi1 shi4]]

    希 (literal) → 希 · xī · rare 世 (literal) → 世 · shì · world

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 希世 · xī​shì · to conform — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    希世

    xī​shì

    to conform

    (literary) to seek to please or conform to the ways of the world; to play to the crowd

    希, 世

    希 (literal) → 希 · xī · to hope 世 (literal) → 世 · shì · world

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense