集 jí
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 隹 — short-tailed bird
- Made of
- 隹 short-tailed bird 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
集思广益
jísīguǎngyì
to pool ideas and draw on collective wisdom
Characters in this word
思 sī
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
广 guǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
益 yì
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 皿 — dish, vessel
- Made of
- 水 water, liquid, lotion, juice 皿 dish, vessel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 遇到难题，大家一起讨论，集思广益才能找到办法。 Yùdào nántí, dàjiā yìqǐ tǎolùn, jísī guǎngyì cái néng zhǎodào bànfǎ. When facing a hard problem, we can only find a solution by discussing together and pooling ideas.
- 班会上，老师请同学们集思广益，为春游出主意。 Bānhuì shàng, lǎoshī qǐng tóngxuémen jísī guǎngyì, wèi chūnyóu chū zhǔyi. At the class meeting, the teacher asked everyone to pool ideas for the spring outing.
- 这家小餐馆的新菜单是大家集思广益的成果。 Zhè jiā xiǎo cānguǎn de xīn càidān shì dàjiā jísī guǎngyì de chéngguǒ. This small restaurant's new menu is the product of everyone pooling ideas.
Related words
- 集体 jítǐ group
- 集中 jízhōng to concentrate
- 集合 jíhé to gather
- 集团 jítuán business group
- 收集 shōují to collect
- 采集 cǎijí to collect, to gather
- 聚集 jùjí to gather
- 密集 mìjí to concentrate; dense
- 搜集 sōují to collect
- 筹集 chóují to raise; to collect
- 汇集 huìjí to collect; to gather together
- 集会 jíhuì to assemble; assembly; rally