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Character Decomposition
彼=彳+皮
Etymology
step
Meanings
that
those
(one) another
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Words with 彼 57 total
the other shore · (Buddhism) paramita彼岸bǐ àneach other; one another彼此bǐ cǐat that time彼时bǐ shíPeter (name)彼得Bǐ dé(loanword) rabbi辣彼là bǐred spider lily (Lycoris radiata) · cluster amaryllis彼岸花bǐ àn huāPetersburg (place name) · Saint Petersburg, Russia彼得堡Bǐ dé bǎoPeter Pan, the novel character彼得潘Bǐ dé PānPilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story)彼拉多Bǐ lā duōPerm, Russian city in the Urals彼尔姆Bǐ ěr mǔAirbnb爱彼迎Aì bǐ yíngSaint Peter圣彼得Shèng bǐ déAbijah (biblical name)阿彼雅A1 bǐ yǎup here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession · no sooner one subsides, the next arises · repeating continuously · occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)此起彼伏cǐ qǐ bǐ fúto rise and fall in succession (idiom) · repeating continuously此起彼落cǐ qǐ bǐ luòlit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom) · fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once · cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other顾此失彼gù cǐ shī bǐSaint Petersburg (city in Russia)圣彼得堡Shèng bǐ dé bǎoto know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")知彼知己zhī bǐ zhī jǐknow yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")知己知彼zhī jǐ zhī bǐto make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom) · to share everything · to be on very intimate terms不分彼此bù fēn bǐ cǐto favour one and discriminate against the other厚此薄彼hòu cǐ bó bǐFirst Epistle of Peter (in New Testament)彼得前书Bǐ dé qián shūSecond Epistle of Peter (in New Testament)彼得后书Bǐ dé Hòu shūPetrograd (former name of Saint Petersburg)彼得格勒Bǐ dé gé lè
Idioms with 彼 27 total Chain
(idiom) you and me both; that makes two of us彼此彼此bǐ cǐ bǐ cǐsee 此一時，，彼一时彼一时，此一时bǐ yī shí , cǐ yī shí(idiom) they are many, we are few; the enemy has superior numbers while our side is weak彼众我寡bǐ zhòng wǒ guǎto make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom) · to share everything · to be on very intimate terms不分彼此bù fēn bǐ cǐ
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