奇迹

• Pinyin: qí jì
• Hanzi breakdown: 奇 = 大 + 可 (remarkable); 迹 = 辶 + 亦 (trace/footprint/achievement)

Meaning

Miracle; wonder. A remarkable and seemingly impossible event or achievement that surpasses normal expectation.

Used for extraordinary achievements in medicine, engineering, economics, or personal resilience. Covers both secular (economic miracle) and spiritual/religious contexts. A powerful and emotive word.

Examples

1. 医生们创造了奇迹，将这名重伤患者从生死边缘成功救了回来。 The doctors worked a miracle, successfully pulling this severely injured patient back from the brink of death.
2. 中国几十年来的高速经济增长被誉为世界发展史上的奇迹。 China’s rapid economic growth over recent decades has been praised as a miracle in the history of global development.
3. 她历经重重磨难仍坚持完成了学业，堪称人生中的奇迹。 She endured immense hardship yet still persisted and finished her education—truly a miracle in her life.

Usage Guide

Context: medicine, achievement, social

Tone: admiring

Do Say

• 这座古城能够完好保存至今，堪称建筑史上的奇迹。(The fact that this ancient city has survived intact to this day can only be called an architectural miracle.)
• 他确诊重病后依然坚持工作了十五年，真是个奇迹。(He continued working for fifteen years after being diagnosed with a serious illness — it truly was a miracle.)

Don't Say

• 这道菜真是奇迹 — 奇迹 is reserved for remarkable life events or achievements; use 太好吃了/绝了 for food praise

Origin & History

奇 (remarkable/extraordinary) + 迹 (trace/mark/achievement)

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal