异端

異端

yìduān

noun #18,290

Meanings

1 heresy
2 heterodoxy

Characters

different; strange

end; beginning; proper

Examples

HSK 5

他的观点被视为异端。

Tā de guāndiǎn bèi shìwéi yìduān.

His views were regarded as heresy.

HSK 6

在中世纪，异端思想会受到惩罚。

Zài zhōngshìjì, yìduān sīxiǎng huì shòudào chéngfá.

In the Middle Ages, heretical thoughts would be punished.

Tips

history

In Confucian tradition, 异端 originally referred to any school of thought outside orthodox Confucianism. Mencius famously attacked 异端 as a threat to social order.

Stroke Order

异 yì

端 duān