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一气之下 (yī qì zhī xià): meaning and stroke order

一气之下 (yī qì zhī xià) means in a fit of pique, in a fury.

一气之下

Simplified
一气之下
Traditional
一氣之下
Pinyin
yī qì zhī xià

Stroke order of 一气之下

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

气

  • qì gas; air; smell
  • 4 strokes
  • Traditional form: 氣

Stroke by stroke

之

  • zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

下

  • xià down; downwards
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 一气之下

  1. yī qì zhī xià Traditional 一氣之下
    • in a fit of pique
    • in a fury

Radicals of the characters

一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke
气
Radical 气 (Kangxi radical 84) · 4 strokes
之
Radical 丿 (Kangxi radical 4) · 4 strokes
下
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 3 strokes · 一 on top, 卜 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

一气之下 in our stories

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  • 白素贞一气之下，调动江里的虾兵蟹将，引来滔天的洪水，淹向金山寺。这就是有名的“水漫金山”。

    Bái Sùzhēn yíqìzhīxià diàodòng jiāng lǐ de xiābīngxièjiàng yǐnlái tāotiān de hóngshuǐ yān xiàng Jīnshān Sì zhè jiùshì yǒumíng de shuǐmànjīnshān

    In her fury Bai Suzhen summoned the shrimp soldiers and crab generals of the river and brought a towering flood against Jinshan Temple. This is the famous "Flooding of Jinshan".

    From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 一气之下

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).