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颐yí
  1. (literary) chin; jaw; (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect

    trad. 頤

Also written 頤【yí】

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伙颐huǒ yí

variant of 夥頤|夥颐[huo3 yi2]

夥颐huǒ yí

(literary) very many; wow! (an exclamation of surprise and admiration)

朵颐duǒ yí

(literary) to munch

程颐Chéng Yí

Cheng Yi (1033-1107), Song neo-Confucian scholar

解颐jiě yí

to smile; to laugh

颐养yí yǎng

to nourish; to nurture; to strengthen

颐指yí zhǐ

to order with the chin; to indicate what one wants by facial gesture

周敦颐Zhōu Dūn yí

Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-Confucian scholar

颐和园Yí hé yuán

Summer Palace in Beijing

大快朵颐dà kuài duǒ yí

(idiom) to eat with great relish; to feast on (sth)

颐养天年yí yǎng tiān nián

lit. to nurture one's years (idiom); fig. to enjoy one's later years

颐性养寿yí xìng yǎng shòu

to take care of one's spirit and keep fit (idiom)

颐指气使yí zhǐ qì shǐ

lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture; arrogant and bossy

颐指风使yí zhǐ fēng shǐ

lit. to order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture; arrogant and bossy

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