夷 meaning in Chinese
Ⅰ形容词
[书面语] (平坦; 平安) smooth; safe 短语和例子
Ⅱ动词
[书面语]
1.(破坏建筑物) raze 短语和例子
2.(灭掉; 杀尽) exterminate; wipe out 短语和例子
Ⅲ名词
1.(中国古代称东方的民族) a name for ancient tribes in the east
2.(旧时泛指外国或外国人) foreign country; foreigner
3.(姓氏) a surname 短语和例子
Examples
- Will it not sink into noting but a cemetery ?
它不会夷为一片墓地？ - He runs his engine full again, riding exultantly .
他又开足发动机，夷然乘势而下。 - Other nations existed, but they were barbarians .
其它国家虽然存在，却都是蛮夷之邦。 - He nodded graciously to that stately half-hawaiian lady .
他向这位仪态大方的半夏威夷血统的女人优雅地行了礼。 - Other nations existed, but they were barbarian, of no consequence .
其他国家虽然存在，却都是蛮夷之邦，无足轻重。