verb #22,888

Meanings

  1. 1 to open up
  2. 2 to develop (land)
  3. 3 to refute
  4. 4 penal law (classical)

Examples

Tāmen pì chū yī kuài kòngdì zuòwéi càiyuán.
They cleared a patch of land to use as a vegetable garden.
Pì yáo shì fángzhǐ xūjiǎ xìnxī chuánbō de zhòngyào shǒuduàn.
Refuting rumors is an important means of preventing the spread of false information.

Tips

usage
(pì) is most commonly seen in compounds: 开辟 (kāipì, to open up), (pìyáo, to refute a rumor), (pìxié, to ward off evil). Do not confuse with (bì, to avoid) which sounds similar.

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