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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.comply with; listen to; yield to
谁敢不依呢？
Who dare not comply?
劝他休息，可他怎么也不依。
No matter how I asked him to have a rest, he didn't listen.
不管我怎么劝，他还是不依。
No matter what I said, he just wouldn't listen.
- 2
v.lean on/against
他依墙站着。
He stands leaning against the wall.
依山傍水
surrounded by a mountain and a river
依偎
nestled
synonym
- 3
v.depend/rely on; count on
依附
attachment
依靠
depend on
命运相依
share a common fate
- 4
prep.according to; in the light of; judging by
依我看，这道题是错的。
In my view, this question is wrong.
依我的脾气，我早就生气了。
In my temper, I would have been angry.
依当时情况看，他逃不掉的。
It didn't look like he could get away with it as matters then stood.
Words and phrases with 依
- 依凭[word]rely on; evidence
- 依势凌弱[word]misuse the power of the strong to oppress the weak
- 依允[word]consent
- 依托[word]rely on; keep up a pretence
- 依从[word]comply with
- 依恋[word]be reluctant to leave
- 依旧[word]remain the same; still
- 依从性[word]compliance
- 依附[word]stick to; become an appendage to
- 依山傍水[idiom]be near the mountains and rivers
- 依草附木[idiom]attach oneself to others
- 依依惜别[idiom]part relunctantly from
- 依然如故[idiom]remain unchanged
- 依样葫芦[idiom]copy mechanically
- 依此类推[idiom]and so on and so forth
- 依然故我[idiom]continue to go one's own way as usual
- 依依不舍[idiom]be reluctant to part