Chinese word dictionary

逼肖

bī xiào · to bear a close resemblance to; to be the very image of

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Word information

Simplified逼肖

Traditional逼肖

Pinyinbī xiào

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

逼bī

to bother, to pressure; to compel, to force

肖xiào

to resemble, to look like; to be like

How to learn 逼肖

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Words with the same characters

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生肖shēngxiào

one of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]; animal from the Chinese zodiac

逼bī

to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄[bi1]; variant of 逼[bi1]; to compel; to pressure

逼近bījìn

to press on towards; to close in on; to approach; to draw near

逼迫bīpò

to force; to compel; to coerce

逼真bīzhēn

lifelike; true to life; distinctly; clearly

不肖búxiào

(literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate; unworthy