Word: 席 (xí)

席 dictionary entry

xí: 席 woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc; 蓆 woven mat (variant of 席[xi2]); 席 surname Xi

Full dictionary entry for 席

Example sentences using 席

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无酒不成席

wú jiǔ bùchéng xí

without wine there is no banquet
满堂儿女，当不得半席夫妻

mǎntáng érnǚ, dāng bùdé bàn xí fūqī

a hall full of children is not worth half a mat of husband and wife
该党在议会中占了三十席。

Gāi dǎng zài yìhuì zhōng zhànle sānshí xí.

The party holds thirty seats in the parliament.
赶集早进城，赶席早入棚

gǎnjí zǎo jìnchéng, gǎn xí zǎo rù péng

going to the market, enter town early; going to a banquet, get into the tent early