儿戏
ér xì
Pinyin

Definition

儿戏
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ér xì
  1. child's play
  2. trifling matter

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一会儿
yī huì r5
  1. 1 a moment
  2. 2 a while
  3. 3 in a moment
  4. 4 now...now...
  5. 5 also pr. [yī huǐ r5]
事儿
shì r5
  1. 1 one's employment
  2. 2 business
  3. 3 matter that needs to be settled
  4. 4 (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding
  5. 5 trying
  6. 6 troublesome
  7. 7 erhua variant of 事[shì]
  8. 8 CL:件[jiàn],樁|桩[zhuāng]
今儿
jīn r5
  1. 1 (coll.) today
儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
儿童
ér tóng
  1. 1 child
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
哪儿
nǎ r5
  1. 1 where?
  2. 2 wherever
  3. 3 anywhere
女儿
nu:3 ér
  1. 1 daughter
幼儿园
yòu ér yuán
  1. 1 kindergarten
  2. 2 nursery school
戏
xì
  1. 1 trick
  2. 2 drama
  3. 3 play
  4. 4 show
  5. 5 CL:齣|出[chū],場|场[chǎng],臺|台[tái]
男儿
nán ér
  1. 1 a (real) man
  2. 2 boy
  3. 3 son
游戏
yóu xì
  1. 1 game
  2. 2 CL:場|场[chǎng]
  3. 3 to play
一块儿
yī kuài r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yī kuài]
一点儿
yī diǎn r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 一點|一点[yī diǎn]
乞儿
qǐ ér
  1. 1 beggar
干女儿
gān nu:3 ér
  1. 1 adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
人儿
rén r5
  1. 1 figurine
份儿
fèn r5
  1. 1 degree
  2. 2 extent
  3. 3 allotted share
个儿
gè r5
  1. 1 size
  2. 2 height
  3. 3 stature
倍儿
bèi r5
  1. 1 very
  2. 2 much (Beijing dialect)
倍儿棒
bèi r5 bàng
  1. 1 (dialect) awesome
  2. 2 excellent

Idioms (10)

三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
  1. 1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
  3. 3 no sign of success yet
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo
  1. 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
咬人狗儿不露齿
yǎo rén gǒu r5 bù lù chǐ
  1. 1 lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
唱对台戏
chàng duì tái xì
  1. 1 to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb
  2. 2 to get into confrontation
男儿有泪不轻弹
nán ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán
  1. 1 real men do not easily cry (idiom)
看人下菜碟儿
kàn rén xià cài dié r5
  1. 1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
  2. 2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
视同儿戏
shì tóng ér xì
  1. 1 to regard sth as a plaything (idiom); to consider unimportant
  2. 2 to view as trifling
逢场作戏
féng chǎng zuò xì
  1. 1 lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun
  2. 2 to play along according to local conditions

Sample Sentences

那也得有个必要的了解吧！再怎么说，婚姻也是一辈子的大事，岂能儿戏！
nà yě děi yǒu gè bìyào de liǎojiě ba ！zài zěnme shuō ，hūnyīn yě shì yībèizi de dàshì ，qǐnéng érxì ！
Well that's why it's necessary to understand one another! Not only that, but marriage is a lifetime decision - it's not a game!
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