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Character Decomposition
置=罒+直
Etymology
net
Meanings
to install
to place
to put
to buy
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Words with 置 252 total
to purchase购置gòu zhìto put放置fàng zhìto invert倒置dào zhìto set up; to establish · facilities · (government) agency; authority建置jiàn zhìto throw away · to discard弃置qì zhìto leave in place; to set aside (for further use); to retain · to detain (a suspect or offender) · (medicine) indwelling留置liú zhìto deploy · to allocate · configuration · allocation配置pèi zhìto buy · to acquire · to add to one's possessions添置tiān zhìposition · place · seat · CL: gè位置wèi zhi
Idioms with 置 44 total Chain
lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect · to stress the incidental over the fundamental · to put the cart before the horse本末倒置běn mò dào zhìperemptory · not to be denied · not brooking argument不容置辩bù róng zhì biànnot allow others to butt in · not allow to cut in (or into) · not allow to interrupt (one's speech) · brook no intervention不容置喙bù róng zhì huìunquestionable不容置疑bù róng zhì yídecline to comment · not express an opinion · be noncommittal · hedge不置可否bù zhì kě fǒuto handle easily (idiom); effortless措置裕如cuò zhì yù rú
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