to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't
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休 character breakdown

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)
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(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
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Characters with 休 as component

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red lacquer / to lacquer
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see 貔貅[pi2 xiu1], composite mythical animal (originally 貅 was the female)
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meaning uncertain, related to 戾[li4], to violate
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Words with 休

endlessly / ceaselessly
to get thoroughly drunk (idiom) / to get plastered
to fight to one's last gasp
without stopping to sleep or have a rest (idiom)
rest for now / stop (usually imperative form)
to request permission to resign from an official position (old)
Jiexiu, county-level city in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi
Jiexiu, county-level city in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[Jin4 zhong1], Shanxi
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

Sentences with 休

ya̅o
hóu
xiu̅
de
cha̅ng
kuáng
 
 
né
zha̅
sa̅n
tài
zi
lái
yě
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Not to be confused with 体 [ti3] body...

Matthias, 4 days ago