休息 xiū xi rest / to rest syn 安息 ān xī to rest / to go to sleep / to rest in peace syn 偃息 yǎn xī (literary) to take a rest / (literary) to cease 秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn 辟 bì (literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn 舆 輿 yú (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn 倪 ní (literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause 攘 rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 硙硙 磑磑 ái ái (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up 寝 寢 qǐn (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest / (bound form) bedroom / (bound form) imperial tomb / (literary) to stop / to cease syn 息肩 xī jiān (literary) to put down one's burden / to rest / to stay (at an inn etc) 休沐 xiū mù (literary) a regular day off granted to officials in ancient times, for "rest and bathing" 斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn 勒 lè (literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn 俱 jù (literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn 聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn 虞 yú (literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn 怃 憮 wǔ (literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled 蒐 sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect 婵媛 嬋媛 chán yuán (literary) (of a woman) graceful / (literary) to be interwoven / (literary) to be emotionally involved 佹 guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden 奭 shì (literary) majestic / magnificent / (literary) rich, deep red / (literary) angry / furious 庶几 庶幾 shù jī (literary) similar / almost / (literary) if only / it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe / perhaps syn 其他 qí tā other / (sth or sb) else / the rest syn 在于 在於 zài yú to rest with / to lie in / to be due to (a certain attribute) / (of a matter) to be determined by / to be up to (sb) syn 其余 其餘 qí yú the rest / the others / remaining / remainder / apart from them syn 没错 沒錯 méi cuò that's right / sure! / rest assured! / that's good / can't go wrong syn 安心 ān xīn at ease / to feel relieved / to set one's mind at rest / to keep one's mind on sth syn 在乎 zài hu to rest with / to lie in / to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about syn 只管 zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth) syn 作息 zuò xī to work and rest syn 歇息 xiē xi to have a rest / to stay for the night / to go to bed / to sleep syn 休整 xiū zhěng to rest and reorganize (military) 马不停蹄 馬不停蹄 mǎ bù tíng tí unrelenting / without stopping to rest 诸如此类 諸如此類 zhū rú cǐ lèi things like this (idiom) / and so on / and the rest / etc syn 停歇 tíng xiē to stop for a rest syn 养神 養神 yǎng shén to rest / to recuperate / to regain composure 着落 著落 zhuó luò whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution syn 离休 離休 lí xiū to retire / to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres) syn 休憩 xiū qì to rest / to relax / to take a break syn 小憩 xiǎo qì to rest for a bit / to take a breather 长眠 長眠 cháng mián (euphemism) to rest eternally / to lie buried in (one's final resting place) syn 倚靠 yǐ kào to lean on / to rest against / to rely on / support / backing / back of a chair syn 高枕无忧 高枕無憂 gāo zhěn wú yōu to sleep peacefully (idiom) / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries syn 歇脚 歇腳 xiē jiǎo to stop on the way for a rest 休止符 xiū zhǐ fú rest (music) 老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn 兰花指 蘭花指 lán huā zhǐ hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended) syn 安枕 ān zhěn to sleep soundly / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries 息 xī breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn 干休 gān xiū to let matters rest 落 luò to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement syn 歇手 xiē shǒu to rest / to take a break syn 邮亭 郵亭 yóu tíng postal kiosk / (old) rest shelter for couriers 休 xiū to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't syn 歇 xiē to rest / to take a break / to stop / to halt / (dialect) to sleep / a moment / a short while syn 栖 棲 qī to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay syn 枕 zhěn (bound form) pillow / to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4]) syn 憩 qì to rest 案兵束甲 àn bīng shù jiǎ to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom) / to relax from fighting 案甲休兵 àn jiǎ xiū bīng to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom) / to relax from fighting 吃粮不管事 吃糧不管事 chī liáng bù guǎn shì to eat without working (idiom) / to take one's pay and not care about the rest 双宿双飞 雙宿雙飛 shuāng sù shuāng fēi lit. to rest and fly together (idiom) / fig. to live in each other's pockets / to be inseparable 一通百通 yī tōng bǎi tōng grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom) syn 呬 xì to rest 棳 zhuó small pillars that support the roof, those which rest on the main beam 一不做，二不休 yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū lit. either don't do it, or don't rest (idiom) / fig. if you do it at all, you may as well go the whole hog / in for a penny, in for a pound 不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门 不做虧心事，不怕鬼敲門 bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bù pà guǐ qiāo mén he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night / you can rest with a clear conscience 且休 qiě xiū rest for now / stop (usually imperative form) 入土为安 入土為安 rù tǔ wéi ān buried and at rest (idiom) / Resquiescat in pacem (RIP) syn 全休 quán xiū complete rest (after an illness) 劳逸 勞逸 láo yì work and rest 劳逸结合 勞逸結合 láo yì jié hé to strike a balance between work and rest (idiom) 取其精华，去其糟粕 取其精華，去其糟粕 qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan) / keep what is good, discard the rest / You need to be selective when studying. / In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas. 唞 dǒu to take a rest (Cantonese) 寝食难安 寢食難安 qǐn shí nán ān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled syn 师父领进门，修行在个人 師父領進門，修行在個人 shī fu lǐng jìn mén , xiū xíng zài gè rén the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink 平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊 平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門心不驚 píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bàn yè qiāo mén xīn bù jīng He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night. / Rest with a clear conscience. 心安神闲 心安神閑 xīn ān shén xián with one's heart at ease and one's spirit at rest (idiom) 憩息处 憩息處 qì xī chù rest area 歇气 歇氣 xiē qì to have a break / to rest 永眠 yǒng mián to pass away / to die / to rest eternally 百尺竿头，更尽一步 百尺竿頭，更盡一步 bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom) / fig. much accomplished, still some work to do / to continue to further successes / not to rest on one's laurels 腮托 sāi tuō chin rest (e.g. for a violin) 与世隔绝 與世隔絕 yǔ shì gé jué to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom) syn 莫不然 mò bù rán equally true for (all the rest) / the same thing applies (for everyone) 万安 萬安 wàn ān completely secure / a sure thing / rest assured 落栈 落棧 luò zhàn to make a rest stop at a hotel / to put sth into storage 静一静 靜一靜 jìng yī jìng to put sth to rest / calm down a bit! 龙龛手鉴 龍龕手鑒 lóng kān shǒu jiàn Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical 休息区 休息區 xiū xí qū rest area 公路运输工时与间修公约 公路運輸工時與間修公約 Convention concerning Hours of Work and Rest Periods in Road Transport 公路运输工时与间休公约 公路運輸工時與間休公約 Convention concerning the Regulation of Hours of Work and Rest Periods in Road Transport 工业企业中实行每周休息公约 工業企業中實行每周休息公約 Convention concerning the Application of the Weekly Rest in Industrial Undertakings 商业和办事处所每周休息公约 商業和辦事處所每周休息公約 Convention concerning Weekly Rest in Commerce and Offices 