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Definitions

  1. 1. that
  2. 2. those
  3. 3. (one) another

Example Sentences

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他們 此相愛嗎?
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 803782)

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Words Containing 彼

此消彼长
cǐ xiāo bǐ zhǎng

(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)

彼拉多
bǐ lā duō

Pilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story)

彼得
bǐ dé

Peter (name)

知己知彼,百战不殆
zhī jǐ zhī bǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài

know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ])

此起彼落
cǐ qǐ bǐ luò

to rise and fall in succession (idiom)

圣彼得堡
shèng bǐ dé bǎo

Saint Petersburg (city in Russia)

彼岸花
bǐ àn huā

red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)

此起彼伏
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú

up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession

彼倡此和
bǐ chàng cǐ hé

to chorus sb else's lead (idiom); to chime in in agreement

彼此
bǐ cǐ

each other; one another

彼得罗维奇
bǐ dé luó wéi qí

Petrovich (name)

非此即彼
fēi cǐ jí bǐ

either this or that

阿彼雅
ā bǐ yǎ

Abijah (biblical name)

彼得后书
bǐ dé hòu shū

Second Epistle of Peter (in New Testament)

彼岸
bǐ àn

the other shore

顾此失彼
gù cǐ shī bǐ

lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom)

此伏彼起
cǐ fú bǐ qǐ

see 此起彼伏[cǐ qǐ bǐ fú]

彼唱此和
bǐ chàng cǐ hé

to chorus sb else's lead (idiom); to chime in in agreement

不分彼此
bù fēn bǐ cǐ

to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)

知彼知己
zhī bǐ zhī jǐ

to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\)

知彼知己,百战不殆
zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài

knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\)

知己知彼
zhī jǐ zhī bǐ

know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ])

辣彼
là bǐ

rabbi (loanword)

卡特彼勒公司
kǎ tè bǐ lè gōng sī

Caterpillar Inc.

圣彼得
shèng bǐ dé

Saint Peter

彼得里皿
bǐ dé lǐ mǐn

Petri dish

蒙彼利埃
méng bǐ lì āi

Montpellier (French town)

彼时
bǐ shí

at that time

彼得堡
bǐ dé bǎo

Petersburg (place name)

彼得潘
bǐ dé pān

Peter Pan, the novel character

彼一时此一时
bǐ yī shí cǐ yī shí

that was one thing, and this is another

爱彼迎
ài bǐ yíng

Airbnb

彼得前书
bǐ dé qián shū

First Epistle of Peter (in New Testament)

彼此彼此
bǐ cǐ bǐ cǐ

you and me both; that makes two of us

彼尔姆
bǐ ěr mǔ

Perm, Russian city in the Urals

厚此薄彼
hòu cǐ bó bǐ

to favour one and discriminate against the other

布拉德·彼特
bù lā dé · bǐ tè

William Bradley \Brad\ Pitt (1963-), US actor and film producer