居
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- 1. (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
Words Containing 居
to live in peace and work happily (idiom)
to settle (in some city, country etc)
to reside
resident; inhabitant
apartment building
unexpectedly
lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom)
neighbor
human habitat
Xianju county in Taizhou 台州[tāi zhōu], Zhejiang
Xianju county in Taizhou 台州[tāi zhōu], Zhejiang
regarding oneself as number one in terms of leadership, seniority or status
to be located at
to live
to live far away from one's native place
to separate (married couple)
not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
to choose a home
indigenous
to live together
to hoard and profiteer
écu (French coin, discontinued by the end of the 18th century)
foreigner's certificate of residence
rare commodity worth hoarding
to cohabit with a lover illicitly
to live in widowhood (formal)
Anju district of Suining city 遂寧市|遂宁市[suì níng shì], Sichuan
Anju district of Suining city 遂寧市|遂宁市[suì níng shì], Sichuan
housing project for low-income urban residents
settler
settlement
livable
to live in a foreign place
home; residence
furniture store
to live away from home
hermit crab
to make one's home in
to live as a widow
positioned between (two parties)
centered alignment (typography)
inhabitant
to occupy a high position (in administration)
current address
to inhabit
inhabitant
residence permit
to claim credit for oneself
satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others
to observe the ritual mourning
to be in the majority
to hoard
neighbourhood committee
to remain widowed (formal)
dwelling
to think of danger in times of safety
to secure a position
room
to live at home
Juchao district of Chaohu city 巢湖[cháo hú], Anhui
Juchao district of Chaohu city 巢湖市[cháo hú shì], Anhui
Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区[chāng píng qū]
to harbor (evil) intentions
to harbor evil intentions (idiom)
What's (he) up to?
harboring unfathomable motives (idiom)
to have sinister motives
residence
(literary) to follow the right path
residential area
consumer price index CPI
residential area
to be without a fixed residence (idiom)
residence
right of abode (law)
residence permit
see 居里[jū lǐ]
Maria Skłodowska-Curie or Marie Curie (1867-1934), Nobel laureate in both physics (1903) and chemistry (1911)
housing
menstruation
to live
dwelling place
izakaya (a kind of traditional Japanese pub)
curie (Ci) (loanword)
see 居禮夫人|居礼夫人[jū lǐ fū ren]
positioned between (two parties)
leading
(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
Cyrus (name)
Cyrus the Great (ca. 600-530 BC), the founder of the Persian Empire and the conqueror of Babylon
Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
the pupil surpasses the master
residence
former residence
(of a group of people) to live scattered over an area
new residence
to stay away from home
motorhome
houses
mixed ethnic area
permanent resident
permanent residency
permanent residency permit
to live in exile
to have a housewarming party
to live alone
monazite
a local person
B&Q (DIY and home improvement retailer)
Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet
(PRC law) residential surveillance
former residence
to migrate
to live in a cave
cave man
to live together (in a large group or flock)
head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent
to live together (as husband and wife)
to inhabit a region (esp. ethnic group)
inhabited land
trial separation
to consider oneself as
former home
pauper's thatched hut
Xue Juzheng (912-981), Song historian and compiler of History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史
humble abode
to live in seclusion
(of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment
everyday life
lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom)
living room
living room
to vault
to withdraw to the second line of duty
to move (from one residence to another)
immigration
Lazzaro Cattaneo (1560-1640), Italian Jesuit missionary in China
to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement
The Burrow (Harry Potter)
next-door neighbor
to live in seclusion
community
cohabitation (of different populations or races)
area of mixed habitation
to stand above
to live as a widower
torii (gateway of a Shinto shrine) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 鳥居 \torii\)