Keyword
that
- those
- the other
- Frequency
- #1427
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
bǐ100%
Mnemonic
彳 (step) gives the meaning and 皮 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
彼此
each other; one another
彼得
Peter (name)
圣彼得堡
Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)
彼
that; those; (one) another
彼岸
the other shore; (Buddhism) paramita
彼时
at that time
此起彼伏
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession; no sooner one subsides, the next arises; repeating continuously; occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
圣彼得
Saint Peter
彼得堡
Petersburg (place name); Saint Petersburg, Russia
知己知彼
know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法 (SūnzǐBīngfǎ))
彼尔姆
Perm, Russian city in the Urals
彼得格勒
Petrograd (former name of Saint Petersburg 圣彼得堡 (Shèngbǐdébǎo))
顾此失彼
lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom); fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once; cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other
不分彼此
to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom); to share everything; to be on very intimate terms
彼拉多
Pilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story)
此起彼落
to rise and fall in succession (idiom); repeating continuously
此消彼长
(idiom) one declines while the other flourishes; one loses out when the other one gains (as in a trade-off or a zero-sum game)
非此即彼
either this or that; one or the other
蒙彼利埃
Montpellier (French town)
彼岸花
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis
彼得罗维奇
Petrovich (name)
厚此薄彼
to favour one and discriminate against the other
彼此彼此
(idiom) you and me both; that makes two of us
知彼知己
to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")