离 lí
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禸 — rump
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
离奇
líqí
bizarre; strange; extraordinary
Characters in this word
奇 qí
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这起失踪案情节离奇，警方至今没有公布完整线索。 Zhè qǐ shīzōng àn qíngjié líqí, jǐngfāng zhìjīn méiyǒu gōngbù wánzhěng xiànsuǒ. This disappearance case has a bizarre sequence of events, and the police still have not released the full clues.
- 这个故事太离奇了，我很难相信。 Zhège gùshi tài líqí le, wǒ hěn nán xiāngxìn. This story is too bizarre; I find it hard to believe.
- 他讲了一个离奇的梦，梦里自己变成了一条会飞的鱼。 Tā jiǎng le yí ge líqí de mèng, mèng lǐ zìjǐ biànchéng le yì tiáo huì fēi de yú. He told of a bizarre dream in which he turned into a flying fish.
Related words
- 离 lí from (distance)
- 离开 líkāi to leave
- 离婚 líhūn to divorce
- 距离 jùlí distance
- 离不开 líbùkāi cannot do without
- 分离 fēnlí to separate; to part
- 脱离 tuōlí to break away from; to leave
- 悲欢离合 bēihuānlíhé joys and sorrows; partings and reunions
- 撤离 chèlí to evacuate; to withdraw from
- 隔离 gélí to isolate; to separate; to quarantine
- 离谱儿 lípǔr outrageous; absurd; unreasonable
- 偏离 piānlí to deviate from; to depart from