中西合璧 — Chinese idiom
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
Meaning
- harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements
Character by character
- 中Zhōngcentral; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target),
- 西Xīwest, western, westward
- 合héto combine, to join, to unite; to gather
- 璧bìa jade annulus
Idioms sharing a character
- 一矢中的 yī shǐ zhòng dì
- 一语中的 yī yǔ zhòng dì
- 中箭落马 zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
- 人中龙凤 rén zhōng lóng fèng
- 切中时弊 qiè zhòng shí bì
- 切中时病 qiè zhòng shí bìng
- 切中要害 qiè zhòng yào hài
- 古今中外 gǔ jīn zhōng wài
- 命中注定 mìng zhōng zhù dìng
- 问鼎中原 wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
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