# words

id: 81a981c4b0cdb139273ff85c9ec0cae43346e2e8
simplified: AB制
traditional: AB制
pinyin: a b zhi4
english:
to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum)/(theater) a system where two actors take turns in acting the main role, with one actor replacing the other if either is unavailable


id: 1c1c3b037ee5018057ab07e271d36fbe37bd6308
simplified: CP
traditional: CP
pinyin: c p
english:
an imagined romantic relationship between two characters in fiction (or in real life) that one wishes for or fantasizes about (abbr. of "coupling")


id: 95543c47413b671d84430a25d4c043f93e697f88
simplified: C位
traditional: C位
pinyin: c wei4
english:
(neologism, c. 2015) (coll.) most prominent position (e.g. in a group photo of entertainers) (loanword from "carry" or "center" or "core")


id: 728957130b81e368a06fac68f0152b0a2c0f64e9
simplified: OK镜
traditional: OK鏡
pinyin: o k jing4
english:
OK Lens, orthokeratology contact lens that helps reshape the cornea in order to eliminate nearsightedness or myopia


id: d4c3dfb57290de3139295fd688ca0b60b0348976
simplified: OS
traditional: OS
pinyin: o s
english:
(in a soap opera or movie) voice-over that makes a character's unspoken thoughts audible to the audience


id: a64098a5a9538d126a2ed88b3d0d8506e7fa0baa
simplified: PU
traditional: PU
pinyin: p u
english:
the degree of suspicion that a woman might be unfaithful to her husband (abbr. for "paternity uncertainty")


id: 1ac84ba0deb31a3dcad2b0a5807b751a8e085d8b
simplified: Q
traditional: Q
pinyin: q
english:
cute (loanword)/(of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel)


id: 892c5e6ef0217e6e2b921946449f70df7dfb2525
simplified: □
traditional: □
pinyin: ging1
english:
uptight/obstinate/to awkwardly force oneself to do sth/(Taiwanese, POJ pr. [gēng], often written as ㄍㄧㄥ, no generally accepted hanzi form)


id: 5ff0e948f098b80976f8c4ac340f9a330cfe3651
simplified: 一
traditional: 一
pinyin: yi1
radicalSimplified: 一
radicalTraditional: 一
variants: 弌,壹
english:
one/1/single/a (article)/as soon as/entire/whole/all/throughout/"one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)/also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit


id: 940fc0041d8adbc5ebc23914fcb0a23dba5db412
simplified: 一一映射
traditional: 一一映射
pinyin: yi1 yi1 ying4 she4
english:
bijective map (i.e. map between sets in math. that is one-to-one and onto)/one-to-one correspondence


id: 7073e67f773bf27eec847649e679f1117feb9f28
simplified: 一下
traditional: 一下
pinyin: yi1 xia4
english:
(used after a verb) give it a go/to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)/one time/once/in a while/all of a sudden/all at once


id: 6513368efea3bdfe915a395cacf08476b67840fd
simplified: 一不做，二不休
traditional: 一不做，二不休
pinyin: yi1 bu4 zuo4 , er4 bu4 xiu1
english:
don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end/Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens./in for a penny, in for a pound


id: 8fed3b2e694b401e6c91b273d6613954ad9749a6
simplified: 一世
traditional: 一世
pinyin: yi1 shi4
english:
generation/period of 30 years/one's whole lifetime/lifelong/age/era/times/the whole world/the First (of numbered European kings)


id: 83c54b5794658ab5f3b5122fd5583cdce8f764d3
simplified: 一人得道，鸡犬升天
traditional: 一人得道，雞犬升天
pinyin: yi1 ren2 de2 dao4 , ji1 quan3 sheng1 tian1
english:
lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)/fig. to ride on sb else's success/Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too/Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it


id: 8b0ab78ae9f7bf8ba56cc7e8c93cea81e971c354
simplified: 一个巴掌拍不响
traditional: 一個巴掌拍不響
pinyin: yi1 ge5 ba1 zhang3 pai1 bu4 xiang3
english:
lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb)/fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute/it takes two to tango/it's difficult to achieve anything without support


id: 79fae7b1278fe773d90b48acc5822ade40e8d69e
simplified: 一个萝卜一个坑
traditional: 一個蘿蔔一個坑
pinyin: yi1 ge4 luo2 bo5 yi1 ge4 keng1
english:
lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)/fig. each person has his own position/each to his own/horses for courses/every kettle has its lid


id: 545447a24d251921d42c47d80e55de964bad458b
simplified: 一刀切
traditional: 一刀切
pinyin: yi1 dao1 qie1
english:
lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity/one solution fits a diversity of problems/one size fits all


id: f943575df6a58e3698fbb9e1f857b583ce4ebe41
simplified: 一分为二
traditional: 一分為二
pinyin: yi1 fen1 wei2 er4
english:
one divides into two/to be two-sided/there are two sides to everything/to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)


id: e0c0a826014ca5eacfb38ea5166499b71aa17e3e
simplified: 一反常态
traditional: 一反常態
pinyin: yi1 fan3 chang2 tai4
english:
complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic/entirely outside the norm/out of character


id: 202e0c589fe9795512f322b38ccbd8465bedc023
simplified: 一口吃个胖子
traditional: 一口吃個胖子
pinyin: yi1 kou3 chi1 ge5 pang4 zi5
english:
lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)/fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible/to be impatient for success


id: d59f158ed60c18933f1548b0795871911407143f
simplified: 一呼百诺
traditional: 一呼百諾
pinyin: yi1 hu1 bai3 nuo4
english:
one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call


id: 6e526ea3a343d72ec2598c6568cf7089904bed44
simplified: 一问三不知
traditional: 一問三不知
pinyin: yi1 wen4 san1 bu4 zhi1
english:
lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)/fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on/complete ignorance


id: a1f4f168200864f5d877926ef95d9e32aeab3e75
simplified: 一字千金
traditional: 一字千金
pinyin: yi1 zi4 qian1 jin1
english:
one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)/(in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect/each word is highly valued


id: 3f1ee9a3422042b6f9add5c9094ccc20629cd2e6
simplified: 一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
traditional: 一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰
pinyin: yi1 cun4 guang1 yin1 yi1 cun4 jin1 , cun4 jin1 nan2 mai3 cun4 guang1 yin1
english:
lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)/fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.


id: 6ff37c6a141fe65cab9aa02d812242068242d31a
simplified: 一带一路
traditional: 一帶一路
pinyin: yi1 dai4 yi1 lu4
english:
Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese government plan to provide finance and engineering expertise to build infrastructure across Eurasia and northeast Africa, unveiled in 2013


id: d86a50c6ddec2ca786fb8e7f1c093f175918ed54
simplified: 一手交钱，一手交货
traditional: 一手交錢，一手交貨
pinyin: yi1 shou3 jiao1 qian2 , yi1 shou3 jiao1 huo4
english:
lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)/fig. to pay for what you want in cash/simple and direct transaction


id: 8cc4439874477794a6df9f75c9bacbe90b87a844
simplified: 一掷千金
traditional: 一擲千金
pinyin: yi1 zhi4 qian1 jin1
english:
lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly/extravagant


id: ed09191dc5d4438b553e72de406f35fda6f84700
simplified: 一改故辙
traditional: 一改故轍
pinyin: yi1 gai3 gu4 zhe2
english:
complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction/a volte-face/to change old practices


id: 46613777c38aafc6ab5f3ad8be437b13806d54ec
simplified: 一败涂地
traditional: 一敗塗地
pinyin: yi1 bai4 tu2 di4
english:
failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly/a crushing defeat/beaten and in a hopeless position


id: 7fa1f84d6e67f2257ec5c78c6b815207c9a7c78c
simplified: 一是一，二是二
traditional: 一是一，二是二
pinyin: yi1 shi4 yi1 , er4 shi4 er4
english:
lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)/fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut/unequivocal


id: 8412344c1e0bb1f6c7f8d11fe9cb3043afc5cee2
simplified: 一暴十寒
traditional: 一暴十寒
pinyin: yi1 pu4 shi2 han2
english:
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp/sporadic effort/short attention span


id: c83302a89608c3b087de0630e0c533994b924b02
simplified: 一曝十寒
traditional: 一曝十寒
pinyin: yi1 pu4 shi2 han2
english:
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp/sporadic effort/lack of sticking power/short attention span


id: 32b3c3c8acc45ecd29e2c2ac4218366ba0ad801a
simplified: 一板一眼
traditional: 一板一眼
pinyin: yi1 ban3 yi1 yan3
english:
lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter/scrupulous attention to detail


id: 9f4c5fc17e2d8180205def5950491c8647044364
simplified: 一板三眼
traditional: 一板三眼
pinyin: yi1 ban3 san1 yan3
english:
lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail


id: 5ccf7b98626dadb7bb985ce10b82c0a84f36552b
simplified: 一枝独秀
traditional: 一枝獨秀
pinyin: yi1 zhi1 du2 xiu4
english:
lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)/fig. to be in a league of one's own/outstanding


id: 7c41168c4ce69566758d6d83085801f4de4f255b
simplified: 一柱擎天
traditional: 一柱擎天
pinyin: yi1 zhu4 qing2 tian1
english:
lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)/fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders


id: 8518fed70b5a13d48737f5f98172ee9a51556ac2
simplified: 一条绳上的蚂蚱
traditional: 一條繩上的螞蚱
pinyin: yi1 tiao2 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5
english:
lit. like locusts tied to one rope (idiom)/fig. in the same boat/in it together for better or worse/to sink or swim together


id: 9248ff412c5e9850dd4f0fa54a8a50336147611c
simplified: 一次生，两次熟
traditional: 一次生，兩次熟
pinyin: yi1 ci4 sheng1 , liang3 ci4 shu2
english:
unfamiliar at first but you get used to it/strangers are first meeting, but soon friends/an acquired taste


id: bbf2a5abddeb540e76f939722fe9529566ffbf0c
simplified: 一波未平，一波又起
traditional: 一波未平，一波又起
pinyin: yi1 bo1 wei4 ping2 , yi1 bo1 you4 qi3
english:
before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved/many twists and turns to a story/one thing after another


id: 3debb719e1d1e07ed1f9a4b52bd34e5c343e21ad
simplified: 一物降一物
traditional: 一物降一物
pinyin: yi1 wu4 xiang2 yi1 wu4
english:
lit. one object bests another object/every item has a weakness (idiom)/there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock


id: ea85ccf96647eabd8267b4e619e2206bbb2ec383
simplified: 一甲
traditional: 一甲
pinyin: yi1 jia3
english:
1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2], 榜眼[bang3 yan3], and 探花[tan4 hua1], respectively)


id: 451fb7a4c05d43af3edf28737bb0f9a1e1992bb7
simplified: 一窍不通
traditional: 一竅不通
pinyin: yi1 qiao4 bu4 tong1
english:
lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)/I don't understand a word (idiom)/it's all Greek to me


id: 945d8afe460a99f8507b819a85d27da92a7f3902
simplified: 一笔不苟
traditional: 一筆不苟
pinyin: yi1 bi3 bu4 gou3
english:
lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom)/fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly


id: 5363fb775022e892506c5f2a0d9c6a4d9afb6394
simplified: 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
traditional: 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥
pinyin: yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1
english:
lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)/fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch


id: 2ec2579dff94a5e561e2e2da3c7193ebfa44e605
simplified: 一丝不挂
traditional: 一絲不掛
pinyin: yi1 si1 bu4 gua4
english:
not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked/without a stitch of clothing/in one's birthday suit


id: 794f67974aa6794ae2e11adedb0c2e43446a2cd9
simplified: 一网打尽
traditional: 一網打盡
pinyin: yi1 wang3 da3 jin4
english:
lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)/fig. to scoop up the whole lot/to capture them all in one go


id: 489512c644ce0a40b351c284721679e327037fb5
simplified: 一落千丈
traditional: 一落千丈
pinyin: yi1 luo4 qian1 zhang4
english:
lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)/fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline/to take a dive


id: 0729961665ebc0b63c85957bc3e4e9cab7e72ccd
simplified: 一叶知秋
traditional: 一葉知秋
pinyin: yi1 ye4 zhi1 qiu1
english:
lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)/fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend/a straw in the wind


id: 7e849fd82b5359f59d1f3047eac433214bb67275
simplified: 一叶障目
traditional: 一葉障目
pinyin: yi1 ye4 zhang4 mu4
english:
lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)/fig. not seeing the wider picture/can't see the wood for the trees


id: a4c0993b38a5893c0ea2ddee4b90eb10b7f9ba86
simplified: 一览众山小
traditional: 一覽眾山小
pinyin: yi1 lan3 zhong4 shan1 xiao3
english:
(last line of the poem 望岳 by Tang poet Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3]) with one look I shall see all the smaller mountains down below (from the summit of Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1])/(fig.) awe-inspiring view from a very high place


id: e6ebf450848fb8290302bfc040d4565f0ce60c69
simplified: 一蹶不振
traditional: 一蹶不振
pinyin: yi1 jue2 bu4 zhen4
english:
one stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse/ruined at a stroke/unable to recover after a minor hitch


id: 2f97ed737f6284a57a22295b46b946e88ea849bd
simplified: 一退六二五
traditional: 一退六二五
pinyin: yi1 tui4 liu4 er4 wu3
english:
lit. 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule)/fig. to deny responsibility/to pass the buck/also written 一推六二五[yi1 tui4 liu4 er4 wu3]


id: f4cae6da44b116a8a0c65048706775e789bb422b
simplified: 一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
traditional: 一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯
pinyin: yi1 ke1 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 tang1
english:
lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)/fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch


id: b2780906816b3a737dd93a12b40da3b2fbbeedf7
simplified: 一鼻孔出气
traditional: 一鼻孔出氣
pinyin: yi1 bi2 kong3 chu1 qi4
english:
lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)/to sing from the same hymn sheet


id: e0dd3cb1de1c8113b964a8a324b0890d75745d7c
simplified: 丁
traditional: 丁
pinyin: ding1
radicalSimplified: 一
radicalTraditional: 一
english:
fourth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]/fourth in order/letter "D" or Roman "IV" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/ancient Chinese compass point: 195°/butyl/cubes (of food)/surname Ding


id: 59bd8c81c11c33a1e3a6271d940a536a870b9cf0
simplified: 丁基
traditional: 丁基
pinyin: ding1 ji1
english:
butyl group (chemistry)/Ding Ji (1917-1944), real name Li Baicen 李百岑, journalist based in Yanan, martyr of the revolution


id: 9573762add36a46c74224d8a51ef04051d153219
simplified: 丁玲
traditional: 丁玲
pinyin: ding1 ling2
english:
Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party


id: 5076bf53d038d21eee4b0e05e8aa813a69830c26
simplified: 丁青
traditional: 丁青
pinyin: ding1 qing1
english:
Dêngqên county, Tibetan: Steng chen rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet


id: 5274b72fa84d7f0c44a7c2f104bdcd1dbaa4e4fc
simplified: 丁韪良
traditional: 丁韙良
pinyin: ding1 wei3 liang2
english:
William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University


id: 4faea13b87c60bd6cd53cae95e5b9936c419bdef
simplified: 七七事变
traditional: 七七事變
pinyin: qi1 qi1 shi4 bian4
english:
Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 7th July 1937, regarded as the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争[Kang4 Ri4 Zhan4 zheng1]


id: a2dc0e413ff41ab9fcfc5b5d275430990fa102a5
simplified: 七事
traditional: 七事
pinyin: qi1 shi4
english:
the Seven Duties of a sovereign, namely: offering sacrifice 祭祀, giving audience 朝覲|朝觐, administering jointly 會同|会同, receiving guests 賓客|宾客, running army 軍旅|军旅, attending to farm work 田役, mourning ceremonial 喪荒|丧荒


id: d211cbe57bd60eec05e64745d1694fa584894d95
simplified: 七国集团
traditional: 七國集團
pinyin: qi1 guo2 ji2 tuan2
english:
G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)


id: 823cc83d2d6c473a2ce16599c71499ad3504926b
simplified: 七夕
traditional: 七夕
pinyin: qi1 xi1
english:
double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month/girls' festival/Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting


id: 39249dfe9a8ab0e7e2c6b3d5a0c071491ce71b5c
simplified: 七夕节
traditional: 七夕節
pinyin: qi1 xi1 jie2
english:
Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month/girls' festival/Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting


id: 8b283690d16ee72ea706d1a0e3ad1d45978afa3d
simplified: 七情
traditional: 七情
pinyin: qi1 qing2
english:
seven emotional states/seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy 喜[xi3], anger 怒[nu4], anxiety 憂|忧[you1], thought 思[si1], grief 悲[bei1], fear 恐[kong3], fright 驚|惊[jing1]/seven relations


id: 96744bc35a5fd3557902303953d500e1e0e6b569
simplified: 七曜
traditional: 七曜
pinyin: qi1 yao4
english:
the seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)


id: 30fa7b894e20a38687b1694c125f59529124583b
simplified: 七里香
traditional: 七里香
pinyin: qi1 li3 xiang1
english:
orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata)/"chicken butt", popular Taiwan snack on a stick, made of marinated "white cut chicken" butt


id: b2120f287c71a4af5a4d942600c3bca8f9391438
simplified: 七魄
traditional: 七魄
pinyin: qi1 po4
english:
seven mortal forms in Daoism, representing carnal life and desires/contrasted with 三魂 three immortal souls


id: 83ca02ed50b2559900dc564d5c116cd2de69e383
simplified: 三人行，必有我师
traditional: 三人行，必有我師
pinyin: san1 ren2 xing2 , bi4 you3 wo3 shi1
english:
lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)/you have sth to learn from everyone


id: 4da69a418d3f222b4218c88a8afc2c28ffe379d6
simplified: 三仇
traditional: 三仇
pinyin: san1 chou2
english:
animosity or resentment towards three groups (the bureaucrats, the wealthy, and the police) due to perceived abuse of power


id: cfeeaa11919f43e5861cba951fb00264d69194a5
simplified: 三伏
traditional: 三伏
pinyin: san1 fu2
english:
three periods forming the hottest periods of summer, from mid-July to mid-August, namely: 初伏 (mid-July), 中伏 (late July to early August), 末伏 (mid-August)


id: ca2c1c9cf04df34b9a9dd7d17b3cf6dbb5de9edc
simplified: 三侠五义
traditional: 三俠五義
pinyin: san1 xia2 wu3 yi4
english:
Sanxia wuyi (lit. Three knight-errants and five righteous one), novel edited from stories of late Qing dynasty pinghua 評話|评话 master storyteller Shi Yukun 石玉昆


id: 5d452ef409d8f2c3023e6186712ea4a9b7a0992b
simplified: 三个世界
traditional: 三個世界
pinyin: san1 ge5 shi4 jie4
english:
the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America


id: 03ec53c88c1265c23c1ecfb8dd7980d3caa996a8
simplified: 三个代表
traditional: 三個代表
pinyin: san1 ge4 dai4 biao3
english:
the Three Represents enunciated by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民 as the duty of the Chinese Communist party in 2001, namely: to represent productivity of an advanced society, forward progress of advanced culture and the fundamental interests of the people


id: bdb44ed2fb0cc39607b59edbd73bc3ef34fc7265
simplified: 三个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮
traditional: 三個臭皮匠，勝過一個諸葛亮
pinyin: san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 , sheng4 guo4 yi1 ge4 zhu1 ge3 liang4
english:
variant of 三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮|三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮[san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 , sai4 guo4 yi1 ge4 Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]


id: d2e481bceac2b389d8c8ade8afb2160b98372ae4
simplified: 三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮
traditional: 三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮
pinyin: san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 , sai4 guo4 yi1 ge4 zhu1 ge3 liang4
english:
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom/wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual


id: a6812d96f74f869710dca111e62bdead88491bde
simplified: 三公经费
traditional: 三公經費
pinyin: san1 gong1 jing1 fei4
english:
"three public expenditures" of the PRC government, i.e. air travel, food and entertainment, and public vehicles


id: e82fa16b258169816d45230512ddf164d0600668
simplified: 三十八度线
traditional: 三十八度線
pinyin: san1 shi2 ba1 du4 xian4
english:
38th parallel/dividing line agreed at Yalta between US and Soviet zones of influence in Korea, now the DMZ between North and South Korea


id: dd3685dd8450e8ce9b7b667e680c7551f8b481cb
simplified: 三十六计
traditional: 三十六計
pinyin: san1 shi2 liu4 ji4
english:
The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction/all the possible schemes and stratagems


id: 82061bc0d1f1d179b1b5945703676eb9989e3efb
simplified: 三国
traditional: 三國
pinyin: san1 guo2
english:
Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history/several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2] in 658


id: cdcb93658d4146d98071e4877bf44013c96cfe0b
simplified: 三国史记
traditional: 三國史記
pinyin: san1 guo2 shi3 ji4
english:
History of Three Kingdoms (Korean: Samguk Sagi), the oldest extant Korean history, compiled under Kim Busik 金富軾|金富轼[Jin1 Fu4 shi4] in 1145. The three kingdoms are Goguryeo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2], Baekje 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4], Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1 luo2].


id: 5f8b2a4dbe8c2202844b2b07918a2a5a96ba67d7
simplified: 三国志
traditional: 三國志
pinyin: san1 guo2 zhi4
english:
History of the Three Kingdoms, fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Chen Shou 陳壽|陈寿[Chen2 Shou4] in 289 during Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[Jin4 chao2], 65 scrolls


id: 09f88957170a5ff8ee37dafee6875bfb492b4ba0
simplified: 三国演义
traditional: 三國演義
pinyin: san1 guo2 yan3 yi4
english:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature/a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, consistently portraying Liu Bei's Shu Han 劉備|刘备, 蜀漢|蜀汉 as virtuous heroes and Cao Cao's Wei 曹操, 魏 as tyrannical villains


id: 64e5efcd7d720852d9ce1878d2f292e0993360be
simplified: 三围
traditional: 三圍
pinyin: san1 wei2
english:
BWH, abbr. for a woman's three measurements, namely: bust 胸圍|胸围[xiong1 wei2], waist 腰圍|腰围[yao1 wei2] and hip 臀圍|臀围[tun2 wei2]


id: 05cbdc2d6072bfb3f1095c5a20f391203bbef54f
simplified: 三大纪律八项注意
traditional: 三大紀律八項注意
pinyin: san1 da4 ji4 lu:4 ba1 xiang4 zhu4 yi4
english:
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime


id: 08cff7fa6096d462524992aa6af34e2bd43484b8
simplified: 三天不打，上房揭瓦
traditional: 三天不打，上房揭瓦
pinyin: san1 tian1 bu4 da3 , shang4 fang2 jie1 wa3
english:
three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)/spare the rod, spoil the child


id: c7a0451eb32fc1762307e5a4eac4e5bc1d75e726
simplified: 三天打鱼，两天晒网
traditional: 三天打魚，兩天曬網
pinyin: san1 tian1 da3 yu2 , liang3 tian1 shai4 wang3
english:
lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb)/fig. not to persevere in doing sth/to do sth by fits and starts


id: 7c8622f339b0f28c727a18c06fa711cb30b86e62
simplified: 三字经
traditional: 三字經
pinyin: san1 zi4 jing1
english:
(slang) swearword/four-letter word/Three Character Classic, 13th century reading primer consisting of Confucian tenets in lines of 3 characters


id: 4883b73dcc2e4d459731d2236c1474f66abc0d30
simplified: 三家村
traditional: 三家村
pinyin: san1 jia1 cun1
english:
lit. village of three households/name of essay column in Beijing newspaper from 1961-1966, written by Deng Tuo 鄧拓|邓拓, Wu Han 吳晗|吴晗 and Liao Mosha 廖沫沙, criticized as anti-party during the Cultural Revolution


id: e1c576e042fab368bbc8cae5955a89a1ae92bdfe
simplified: 三宝
traditional: 三寶
pinyin: san1 bao3
english:
the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching), and the Sangha 僧 (his monastic order)


id: d360025adb86fbef9f73d64455640dcdd1a40b8f
simplified: 三峡
traditional: 三峽
pinyin: san1 xia2
english:
Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2]/Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan


id: cd430941ae4f8b26a501803a7ab92a6866a79f56
simplified: 三废
traditional: 三廢
pinyin: san1 fei4
english:
three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水|废水[fei4 shui3], exhaust gas 廢氣|废气[fei4 qi4], industrial slag 廢渣|废渣[fei4 zha1]


id: 6169c82ada039919ff07a5d8421590fab40e441a
simplified: 三弦
traditional: 三弦
pinyin: san1 xian2
english:
sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra


id: ff379f696154081ae6ef39c87ab51be1674069d7
simplified: 三从四德
traditional: 三從四德
pinyin: san1 cong2 si4 de2
english:
Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功


id: ac57113b66fa721c729456608d64ebd063429e07
simplified: 三教九流
traditional: 三教九流
pinyin: san1 jiao4 jiu3 liu2
english:
the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists)/fig. people from all trades (often derog.)


id: 644df12a7b3a76d3a95c4bb7c30b2302d7ef5980
simplified: 三旬九食
traditional: 三旬九食
pinyin: san1 xun2 jiu3 shi2
english:
lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)/fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation/in dire straits


id: 8a3fc78eaa77a64fd7602535d355ee72a7052587
simplified: 三星
traditional: 三星
pinyin: san1 xing1
english:
three major stars of the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation/the belt of Orion/three spirits 福[fu2], 祿|禄[lu4], and 壽|寿[shou4] associated with the Three Stars 參宿|参宿[Shen1 xiu4] Chinese constellation/Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 xian4], Taiwan/Samsung (South Korean electronics company)


id: 782c85e4d5c321a3cac9030a25222a88c879fd4c
simplified: 三曹
traditional: 三曹
pinyin: san1 cao2
english:
the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers


id: b95f7ad065f784df07ca4fea8a20067e0d44537a
simplified: 三江并流
traditional: 三江並流
pinyin: san1 jiang1 bing4 liu2
english:
Three Parallel Rivers National Park, in mountainous northwest Yunnan World Heritage protected area: the three rivers are Nujian 怒江 or Salween, Jinsha 金沙江 or upper reaches of Changjiang and Lancang 澜沧江 or Mekong


id: 0aebc6047a3a47da15b9800c6341eb903f0eda08
simplified: 三江平原
traditional: 三江平原
pinyin: san1 jiang1 ping2 yuan2
english:
Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] or Amur, Songhua 松花江[Song1 hua1 jiang1], Ussuri 烏蘇里江|乌苏里江[Wu1 su1 li3 jiang1]


id: e12cb007e605861fd6839b2d64ce910bab89ae26
simplified: 三江源
traditional: 三江源
pinyin: san1 jiang1 yuan2
english:
Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River


id: f7c5ce904207c797e0ee9ef2ecb97af49430f0ae
simplified: 三浦梅园
traditional: 三浦梅園
pinyin: san1 pu3 mei2 yuan2
english:
MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Origin of value 價原|价原[Jia4 yuan2]


id: a0733453b8fb5c5168e98f152f1b0ebfd59324cf
simplified: 三焦
traditional: 三焦
pinyin: san1 jiao1
english:
(TCM) the three truncal cavities (thoracic, abdominal and pelvic), known as the "triple heater" or "San Jiao"


id: 587240ad251ad0db32f9d943f39d96884a537e29
simplified: 三皇
traditional: 三皇
pinyin: san1 huang2
english:
Three Sovereigns, between Gods and Emperors in third millennium BC/usually listed as Suiren 燧人[Sui4 ren2], Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1], trapping and writing, Shennong or Farmer God 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2]


id: 0fff2a2258dd823c9624179da095b6d7d2e75995
simplified: 三皇五帝
traditional: 三皇五帝
pinyin: san1 huang2 wu3 di4
english:
three sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] and five emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] of myth and legend/the earliest system of Chinese historiography


id: 731977f552d6e7472a6629f6682b93a4774ea824
simplified: 三穗
traditional: 三穗
pinyin: san1 sui4
english:
Sansui county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou


id: 54b0a4895fb6b1900ddea76adb67d32d98ee24d4
simplified: 三纲五常
traditional: 三綱五常
pinyin: san1 gang1 wu3 chang2
english:
three principles and five virtues (idiom)/the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)


id: 29a39cae3647431fd0c749bb2029eaa5a893776e
simplified: 三茶六饭
traditional: 三茶六飯
pinyin: san1 cha2 liu4 fan4
english:
lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes/to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)


id: f40bf28ef4f54fbf9356712fc6ce554bdc277e08
simplified: 三藏
traditional: 三藏
pinyin: san1 zang4
english:
Tripitaka (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645/same as 玄奘


id: ce5ac590e4975463510bfe2077e0e328e4113f97
simplified: 三苏
traditional: 三蘇
pinyin: san1 su1
english:
the Three Su father and sons/refers to northern Song literati Su Xun 蘇洵|苏洵, Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 and Su Zhe 蘇轍|苏辙


id: 9bc27c00bc7724e903ca567647249b03f29cfa38
simplified: 三号电池
traditional: 三號電池
pinyin: san1 hao4 dian4 chi2
english:
C size battery (PRC)/AA battery (Taiwan)/see 二號電池|二号电池 (C battery in Taiwan) and 五號電池|五号电池 (AA battery in PRC)


id: 5aa1cec20e9e75e3ee7a50b2951dd2c3e93f9c4a
simplified: 三足乌
traditional: 三足烏
pinyin: san1 zu2 wu1
english:
three-legged Golden Crow that lives in the sun (in northeast Asian and Chinese mythology)/Korean: samjog'o


id: fa11d05e61ffcf01bd4263035c390b841860b5c8
simplified: 三军
traditional: 三軍
pinyin: san1 jun1
english:
(in former times) upper, middle and lower army/army of right, center and left/(in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force


id: 1ff0819e0a7df1b6c9eb0b7655e0252c999c2df9
simplified: 三都水族自治县
traditional: 三都水族自治縣
pinyin: san1 du1 shui3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
english:
Sandu Shuizu autonomous county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qian2 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou


id: e58dfc1433c9f35f858af08177d14e2322681d9e
simplified: 三重
traditional: 三重
pinyin: san1 chong2
english:
treble/Sanchong or Sanch'ung city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan/Mie Prefecture in central Japan


id: 787f4203588f867dfb4d8fee3d7f17b1a82ed035
simplified: 三铁
traditional: 三鐵
pinyin: san1 tie3
english:
triathlon (Tw)/(athletics) throwing events excluding the hammer throw (i.e. discus, javelin and shot put)


id: ec1928634c56cd07600f130ed38fb53bc7a5d8fb
simplified: 三项
traditional: 三項
pinyin: san1 xiang4
english:
three items/three events/three terms/tri-/trinomial, ternary (math.)/triathlon (abbr. for 三項全能|三项全能)


id: 7b4666eac05b824d071c28a873d1790dce8852a9
simplified: 三头六臂
traditional: 三頭六臂
pinyin: san1 tou2 liu4 bi4
english:
lit. to have three heads and six arms (idiom)/fig. to possess remarkable abilities/a being of formidable powers


id: dedbaae2163cbc8e53a5081f2aff287140f2ec24
simplified: 三顾茅庐
traditional: 三顧茅廬
pinyin: san1 gu4 mao2 lu2
english:
lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage/cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times


id: ef1285bac0f819e826e630f9f90ee109e23e898b
simplified: 三马同槽
traditional: 三馬同槽
pinyin: san1 ma3 tong2 cao2
english:
three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Si1 ma3 Yi4] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof


id: be3f719bd7f17bf6809d953c43293c364f16c2ee
simplified: 三魂七魄
traditional: 三魂七魄
pinyin: san1 hun2 qi1 po4
english:
three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man


id: 4880ef1174a787bfe1142d1a21a83b313296ff21
simplified: 三鹿集团
traditional: 三鹿集團
pinyin: san1 lu4 ji2 tuan2
english:
Sanlu Group, Chinese state-owned dairy products company involved in the 2008 melamine poisoning scandal


id: b69cb7b9ed4d812e365ba3ebb3ce39802c900406
simplified: 上
traditional: 上
pinyin: shang4
radicalSimplified: 一
radicalTraditional: 一
variants: 丄
english:
on top/upon/above/upper/previous/first (of multiple parts)/to climb/to get onto/to go up/to attend (class or university)


id: 032acf792542d9da08896f0eae1acb858d8bfc76
simplified: 上位
traditional: 上位
pinyin: shang4 wei4
english:
seat of honor/person in a high-ranking position/to be promoted to a more senior role/(genetics) epistatic


id: 9aa20f7afff3591ae58b9cb1c912b4aee2a5acd1
simplified: 上天
traditional: 上天
pinyin: shang4 tian1
english:
Heaven/Providence/God/the day before/the sky above/to fly to the sky/to take off and fly into space/to die/to pass away


id: dd0b02f063a92b7228eae5b5850c9aa028b25ac1
simplified: 上天入地
traditional: 上天入地
pinyin: shang4 tian1 ru4 di4
english:
lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)/fig. to go to great lengths/to search heaven and earth


id: 0290fd74c1835545a40faade109de3ba03983c07
simplified: 上天无路，入地无门
traditional: 上天無路，入地無門
pinyin: shang4 tian1 wu2 lu4 , ru4 di4 wu2 men2
english:
lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)/fig. to be at the end of one's rope/to be trapped in a hopeless situation


id: bb27fb1847c41d494f50e644b8314e755f0dc029
simplified: 上山下乡
traditional: 上山下鄉
pinyin: shang4 shan1 xia4 xiang1
english:
to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers)/forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals


id: e914c7704cd973a267dc47ab423ac453dfb9b231
simplified: 上方宝剑
traditional: 上方寶劍
pinyin: shang4 fang1 bao3 jian4
english:
imperial sword (giving bearer plenipotentiary powers)/imperial Chinese version of 007 licensed to kill


id: 1bf15d934edbe2cdb9261a0e58a807abda54dbd2
simplified: 上有天堂，下有苏杭
traditional: 上有天堂，下有蘇杭
pinyin: shang4 you3 tian1 tang2 , xia4 you3 su1 hang2
english:
lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Su1 Hang2] below (idiom)/fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven


id: 1b975aee9f49a68d1347877298eb91d2190793bc
simplified: 上有政策，下有对策
traditional: 上有政策，下有對策
pinyin: shang4 you3 zheng4 ce4 , xia4 you3 dui4 ce4
english:
The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)


id: 6079c23acb4ddc5bc9be18f57432916ac20799cf
simplified: 上有老下有小
traditional: 上有老下有小
pinyin: shang4 you3 lao3 xia4 you3 xiao3
english:
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)/fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children/sandwich generation


id: 3c672b399d4b314e520940f4fb6e7d8aad9f0d5f
simplified: 上梁不正下梁歪
traditional: 上梁不正下梁歪
pinyin: shang4 liang2 bu4 zheng4 xia4 liang2 wai1
english:
lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices


id: ffe9aff9ea9766d90c46d5fb162aa96ba4fd6d93
simplified: 上榜
traditional: 上榜
pinyin: shang4 bang3
english:
to appear on the public roll of successful examinees (i.e. pass an exam)/to make the list/(of a song) to hit the charts


id: 57b210b67b78ccbd25f4094c39d6867e86ab233d
simplified: 上水
traditional: 上水
pinyin: shang4 shui3
english:
upper reaches (of a river)/to go upstream/to add some water/to water (a crop etc)/Sheung Shui (area in Hong Kong)


id: 3ded6a1bc67c937e476a8580f13d0e5684f99280
simplified: 上网
traditional: 上網
pinyin: shang4 wang3
english:
to go online/to connect to the Internet/(of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet/(tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net


id: f82b354729b4ace84690387c7b04f930e4b95812
simplified: 上行
traditional: 上行
pinyin: shang4 xing2
english:
(of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital)/(of river boats) to go against the current/to submit (a document) to higher authorities


id: 4848f16475ed786ecff26506917ba6608bb6f246
simplified: 上门
traditional: 上門
pinyin: shang4 men2
english:
to drop in/to visit/to lock a door/(of a shop) to close/to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family


id: 03e0f5eb8c3fd7e4dc5ab6a5053fee502da33b09
simplified: 上头
traditional: 上頭
pinyin: shang4 tou2
english:
(of alcohol) to go to one's head/(old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun/(of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time


id: 619d96840d61e73997b9bc27085b0b9ed63936ae
simplified: 下
traditional: 下
pinyin: xia4
radicalSimplified: 一
radicalTraditional: 一
variants: 丅
english:
down/downwards/below/lower/later/next (week etc)/second (of two parts)/to decline/to go down/to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)/measure word to show the frequency of an action


id: ed35f79d1dd33dd6a2da725f1e34aabf87ebdfad
simplified: 下来
traditional: 下來
pinyin: xia4 lai5
english:
to come down/(after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.)/(indicates continuation from the past towards us)/to be harvested (of crops)/to be over (of a period of time)/to go among the masses (said of leaders)


id: 9938bb10a19c105f2634af82d559be7b7ae40b0f
simplified: 下场
traditional: 下場
pinyin: xia4 chang3
english:
to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc)/to take part in some activity/to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)


id: 1e13065c714776708a4eed327753f6de448b3463
simplified: 下士
traditional: 下士
pinyin: xia4 shi4
english:
lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)


id: 94455256fbbc16552c23c2a413b1142145692777
simplified: 下水
traditional: 下水
pinyin: xia4 shui3
english:
downstream/to go into the water/to put into water/to launch (a ship)/fig. to fall into bad ways/to lead astray/to go to pot


id: fda80a06a22a4ec72b8d8eeba9a79bce5f32da33
simplified: 下海
traditional: 下海
pinyin: xia4 hai3
english:
to go out to sea/to enter the sea (to swim etc)/(fig.) to take the plunge (e.g. leave a secure job, or enter prostitution etc)


id: ea8be6a3af16fedd8c086baa38fb33e4749580be
simplified: 下台
traditional: 下臺
pinyin: xia4 tai2
english:
to go off the stage/to fall from position of prestige/to step down (from office etc)/to disentangle oneself/to get off the hook


id: 0152ac4241941bd79b29d37c9a723a380c2004d6
simplified: 下行
traditional: 下行
pinyin: xia4 xing2
english:
(of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital)/(of river boats) to travel downstream/to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels/(of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom


id: 06e898d393002575c692fdb4963b05554591a2be
simplified: 下里巴人
traditional: 下里巴人
pinyin: xia4 li3 ba1 ren2
english:
folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]/popular art forms (cf. 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[yang2 chun1 bai2 xue3], highbrow art forms)


id: ee5ccbf2d4876e9de1796ab93ad18e8d7245269a
simplified: 不以人废言
traditional: 不以人廢言
pinyin: bu4 yi3 ren2 fei4 yan2
english:
not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers


id: 1eca3391838ee66498d7c4edf03b0290f8aea5a1
simplified: 不以词害志
traditional: 不以詞害誌
pinyin: bu4 yi3 ci2 hai4 zhi4
english:
don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say


id: 1c4f389c51b97c34aea84b6b21d88d135f5dd5ea
simplified: 不依不饶
traditional: 不依不饒
pinyin: bu4 yi1 bu4 rao2
english:
not to overlook, nor spare (idiom); unwilling to forgive/to treat severely without listening to excuses


id: 2ae676e467b5295669a88974d185c62a6bdeb298
simplified: 不入虎穴，焉得虎子
traditional: 不入虎穴，焉得虎子
pinyin: bu4 ru4 hu3 xue2 , yan1 de2 hu3 zi3
english:
How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.


id: a34d5a8dd82405535401eac5973ba0c2b858fbb3
simplified: 不分伯仲
traditional: 不分伯仲
pinyin: bu4 fen1 bo2 zhong4
english:
lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent/nothing to choose between them


id: e7bc1673438a19068528c7c69eb2b27b49ab6858
simplified: 不分彼此
traditional: 不分彼此
pinyin: bu4 fen1 bi3 ci3
english:
to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)/to share everything/to be on very intimate terms


id: d050f8c1e1dc77ee1502422f5d5bc922c1e801b5
simplified: 不到长城非好汉
traditional: 不到長城非好漢
pinyin: bu4 dao4 chang2 cheng2 fei1 hao3 han4
english:
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal


id: 47a3bb8ee530133006117005798ffd6a3b37a589
simplified: 不到黄河心不死
traditional: 不到黃河心不死
pinyin: bu4 dao4 huang2 he2 xin1 bu4 si3
english:
lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)/fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal/to keep going while some hope is left


id: 8329e143b51e9d335a2d26b36a4f5053971b84a8
simplified: 不可同日而语
traditional: 不可同日而語
pinyin: bu4 ke3 tong2 ri4 er2 yu3
english:
lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath/incomparable


id: c69c5aaf717fb19801a1f8d776b43589f0e353cb
simplified: 不可抗力
traditional: 不可抗力
pinyin: bu4 ke3 kang4 li4
english:
unpredictable eventuality/unpreventable/unavoidable/impossible to overcome/nothing can be done about it/act of God/force majeure


id: 31025255f9a6f444d727fea6bc677adef0a8f78f
simplified: 不可知论
traditional: 不可知論
pinyin: bu4 ke3 zhi1 lun4
english:
agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable


id: d594359e443e2512802d9b917fed9626174b0d1a
simplified: 不吝珠玉
traditional: 不吝珠玉
pinyin: bu4 lin4 zhu1 yu4
english:
lit. do not begrudge gems of wisdom (idiom, humble expr.); fig. Please give me your frank opinion./Your criticism will be most valuable.


id: a47890fc460b71bd8582f6401068507d0a6b32de
simplified: 不含糊
traditional: 不含糊
pinyin: bu4 han2 hu5
english:
unambiguous/unequivocal/explicit/prudent/cautious/not negligent/unafraid/unhesitating/really good/extraordinary


id: 33dd249b27d4207a36c16bca3ff7e9c4f51bc129
simplified: 不啻天渊
traditional: 不啻天淵
pinyin: bu4 chi4 tian1 yuan1
english:
no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely/worlds apart/the gap couldn't be bigger


id: 7e8c3e49fb6cf27b4bcd3a47482c6d8655650a2f
simplified: 不孝有三，无后为大
traditional: 不孝有三，無後為大
pinyin: bu4 xiao4 you3 san1 , wu2 hou4 wei2 da4
english:
There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3])


id: 8f0274a1789368aeede5c9e4743ed3cb1515f142
simplified: 不怕不识货，只怕货比货
traditional: 不怕不識貨，只怕貨比貨
pinyin: bu4 pa4 bu4 shi2 huo4 , zhi3 pa4 huo4 bi3 huo4
english:
lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)/fig. goods' (or person's) true value can only be determined through comparison


id: ee5a307a9d239eb10326123679d9740117906186
simplified: 不怕官，只怕管
traditional: 不怕官，只怕管
pinyin: bu4 pa4 guan1 , zhi3 pa4 guan3
english:
lit. it is not an official to be feared, but a person in direct control over sb (proverb)/fig. to be obliged to comply with people in authority


id: 1195ac0a2d8f7bf04798b155c07af8b646e59cf5
simplified: 不打不相识
traditional: 不打不相識
pinyin: bu4 da3 bu4 xiang1 shi2
english:
lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship/no discord, no concord


id: f3153e0d87fb2314d11a5e0ea8a3ceab6e801cb0
simplified: 不是一家人不进一家门
traditional: 不是一家人不進一家門
pinyin: bu4 shi4 yi1 jia1 ren2 bu4 jin4 yi1 jia1 men2
english:
people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)/marriages are predestined/people marry because they share common traits


id: 0815dff3d319e7b32fd811b02967b90b25a2c759
simplified: 不会
traditional: 不會
pinyin: bu4 hui4
english:
improbable/unlikely/will not (act, happen etc)/not able/not having learned to do sth/(coll.) (Tw) don't mention it/not at all


id: 2dfe9398bf77c99935b832e9eda4c1538b09cd03
simplified: 不服
traditional: 不服
pinyin: bu4 fu2
english:
not to accept sth/to want to have sth overruled or changed/to refuse to obey or comply/to refuse to accept as final/to remain unconvinced by/not to give in to


id: 51a9de1b0e3d69eaa06a3da7ab7a2aa36054eed5
simplified: 不求有功，但求无过
traditional: 不求有功，但求無過
pinyin: bu4 qiu2 you3 gong1 , dan4 qiu2 wu2 guo4
english:
lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom)/fig. to take a risk-averse approach


id: 7f1e846b3366a4999becb692b90a0eb63647eff1
simplified: 不求甚解
traditional: 不求甚解
pinyin: bu4 qiu2 shen4 jie3
english:
lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview/not bothered with the details/superficial/content with shallow understanding


id: 5577b1a6d4f799fbd71f763726ae5175232ea5af
simplified: 不减当年
traditional: 不減當年
pinyin: bu4 jian3 dang1 nian2
english:
(of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit/to be as (good, vigorous etc) as ever


id: ec2ef5df0a1e84abf5fd3ded270a32aa203df7a7
simplified: 不痛不痒
traditional: 不痛不癢
pinyin: bu4 tong4 bu4 yang3
english:
lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what/fig. not getting to any matter of substance/scratching the surface/superficial/perfunctory


id: 16fdeb5b17d7e2d0a7a009da488cc9692aa70bc0
simplified: 不知好歹
traditional: 不知好歹
pinyin: bu4 zhi1 hao3 dai3
english:
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)/not to know what's good for one/unable to recognize others' good intentions


id: 88611eda0d54eac298157e48ea2b47ae590aaeb9
simplified: 不知轻重
traditional: 不知輕重
pinyin: bu4 zhi1 qing1 zhong4
english:
lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things/naive/doesn't know who's who/no sense of priorities


id: bab2cfebded5210f4cc50c76cf24981dfe077cc8
simplified: 不闻不问
traditional: 不聞不問
pinyin: bu4 wen2 bu4 wen4
english:
not to hear, not to question (idiom)/to show no interest in sth/uncritical/not in the least concerned


id: 6a1956ddffcba56f66406cfc2c909caa8a7e0e0c
simplified: 不见不散
traditional: 不見不散
pinyin: bu4 jian4 bu4 san4
english:
lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom)/fig. Be sure to wait!/See you there!


id: e91e5c0716a908abe458885666e49b70126b0de8
simplified: 不见兔子不撒鹰
traditional: 不見兔子不撒鷹
pinyin: bu4 jian4 tu4 zi5 bu4 sa1 ying1
english:
you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)/one doesn't act without some incentive


id: 211aefdf369c81d4079fe11f36edc804b5712d1e
simplified: 不见棺材不落泪
traditional: 不見棺材不落淚
pinyin: bu4 jian4 guan1 cai5 bu4 luo4 lei4
english:
lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)/fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality


id: 05b37f58268447798c2d19f28922891a62eb4ddc
simplified: 不识时务
traditional: 不識時務
pinyin: bu4 shi2 shi2 wu4
english:
to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances/not amenable to reason


id: 1a08941f13cb152c911abebab0dd1b1b449e5a01
simplified: 不让须眉
traditional: 不讓鬚眉
pinyin: bu4 rang4 xu1 mei2
english:
(idiom) to compare favorably with men in terms of ability, bravery etc/to be a match for men/lit. not conceding to men (beard and eyebrows)


id: de4aa3d1598b71a57b0d17fbf0f52e8759f10895
simplified: 不逮捕特权
traditional: 不逮捕特權
pinyin: bu4 dai4 bu3 te4 quan2
english:
the right of immunity from arrest afforded by the Taiwan ROC Constitution, for the duration of meetings, unless caught actually committing a crime, to members of the National Assembly, the Legislative Yuan, or a supervisory committee


id: 67aa79dc60c5a181e04bb19c5eccfdf9b7ef6b67
simplified: 不过
traditional: 不過
pinyin: bu4 guo4
english:
only/merely/no more than/but/however/anyway (to get back to a previous topic)/cannot be more (after adjectival)


id: 8388698ed8259de944f7ff472c3c145890466b6f
simplified: 不避斧钺
traditional: 不避斧鉞
pinyin: bu4 bi4 fu3 yue4
english:
not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom)/not afraid of dying in combat/not afraid of being executed


id: f32e3788cf6094abf04a83bd190b64ddee5b57e3
simplified: 丑
traditional: 丑
pinyin: chou3
radicalSimplified: 一
radicalTraditional: 一
english:
clown/2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox/ancient Chinese compass point: 30°/surname Chou


id: ac4833e6b3bca29409c37543a7a9992b818b4512
simplified: 且末
traditional: 且末
pinyin: qie3 mo4
english:
Cherchen nahiyisi or Qiemo county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang


id: 83684f94b665accecadc1aebbbd1a4ac88706cc6
simplified: 且末遗址
traditional: 且末遺址
pinyin: qie3 mo4 yi2 zhi3
english:
ruins of Cherchen, Qarqan or Chiemo, archaeological site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang


id: 7fd312d3dddefb4ee4748ccc3f4643cd2e25b484
simplified: 世宗
traditional: 世宗
pinyin: shi4 zong1
english:
Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented


id: 23ddd5dfa274d667c9eabbc76717479a6bcb0926
simplified: 世界屋脊
traditional: 世界屋脊
pinyin: shi4 jie4 wu1 ji3
english:
the roof of the world/usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]


id: 64b614ec04f2da82b4a49cdad96bb82bc6016958
simplified: 世说新语
traditional: 世說新語
pinyin: shi4 shuo1 xin1 yu3
english:
A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆[Liu2 Yi4 qing4]


id: f3d22045a56b16eab05901316f8610b3499b5bf0
simplified: 丘北
traditional: 丘北
pinyin: qiu1 bei3
english:
Qiubei county in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州[Wen2 shan1 Zhuang4 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan


id: 468a7e07e231741fdd66e2bc4096d4aef9997a53
simplified: 丙
traditional: 丙
pinyin: bing3
radicalSimplified: 一
radicalTraditional: 一
english:
third of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]/third in order/letter "C" or Roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/ancient Chinese compass point: 165°/propyl


id: 5d6048a000ff82f9045f6234caf41be36df671e2
simplified: 并行不悖
traditional: 並行不悖
pinyin: bing4 xing2 bu4 bei4
english:
to run in parallel without hindrance/not mutually exclusive/two processes can be implemented without conflict


id: 21adbd4a671d101a365c891bb03f64612130abe1
simplified: 中
traditional: 中
pinyin: zhong1
radicalSimplified: 丨
radicalTraditional: 丨
variants: 塚
english:
within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during/(dialect) OK/all right/China/Chinese/surname Zhong


id: 4fa8d701c07956fc5a72846b373bc9f9a31eb757
simplified: 中伏
traditional: 中伏
pinyin: zhong1 fu2
english:
last ten days of July and first ten days of August, the second of 三伏 sān fú, three hottest periods of the year


id: c3bd3bb0a21a4088e8edec607008460886c1b70a
simplified: 中俄伊犁条约
traditional: 中俄伊犁條約
pinyin: zhong1 e2 yi1 li2 tiao2 yue1
english:
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights


id: c8596df731e6be060442238591f19d78efc14a74
simplified: 中共中央
traditional: 中共中央
pinyin: zhong1 gong4 zhong1 yang1
english:
Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會|中国共产党中央委员会[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4]


id: be5dfe9a9f835cec4021a8f97937362a5a5d0319
simplified: 中共中央组织部
traditional: 中共中央組織部
pinyin: zhong1 gong4 zhong1 yang1 zu3 zhi1 bu4
english:
Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, which oversees appointments of Party members to official positions throughout China/abbr. to 中組部|中组部[Zhong1 zu3 bu4]


id: da5c6667614304617c81e0b476f607ce287565ac
simplified: 中共中央办公厅
traditional: 中共中央辦公廳
pinyin: zhong1 gong4 zhong1 yang1 ban4 gong1 ting1
english:
General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC, responsible for technical and logistical matters relating to the Central Committee/abbr. to 中辦|中办[Zhong1 Ban4]


id: 0178504f02d7edafed460594f806ee6bd0227ef5
simplified: 中南海
traditional: 中南海
pinyin: zhong1 nan2 hai3
english:
Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council


id: 19a8cfe253c8289165d038b1b20c7c583f6cf12d
simplified: 中原
traditional: 中原
pinyin: zhong1 yuan2
english:
Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei


id: cc337af748efe0004cb69342e637fe7884384f87
simplified: 中古
traditional: 中古
pinyin: zhong1 gu3
english:
medieval/Middle Ages/Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties/Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English)/used/second-hand/Sino-Cuban/China-Cuba


id: 48e3a257207cbbfda1a59d62583881cdb478b966
simplified: 中和
traditional: 中和
pinyin: zhong1 he2
english:
to neutralize/to counteract/neutralization (chemistry)/Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan


id: e652a53ced5579b043be8d7300dd8e3e343e7a51
simplified: 中国传媒大学
traditional: 中國傳媒大學
pinyin: zhong1 guo2 chuan2 mei2 da4 xue2
english:
Communication University of China (CUC), the highest institute of radio, film and television education in China


id: fe8e188b27a2734666812021311cb681c93c097a
simplified: 中国同盟会
traditional: 中國同盟會
pinyin: zhong1 guo2 tong2 meng2 hui4
english:
Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912


id: 45b1cb8f952ca188bdb157f0c6b23f0f2a924aa6
simplified: 中国政法大学
traditional: 中國政法大學
pinyin: zhong1 guo2 zheng4 fa3 da4 xue2
english:
China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, with undergraduate campus at Changping 昌平[Chang1 ping2], and graduate campus in Haidian district 海澱區|海淀区[Hai3 dian4 qu1]


id: 77d7d0c02d38c5cc8a16a47311a8177a24ca73ba
simplified: 中国海
traditional: 中國海
pinyin: zhong1 guo2 hai3
english:
the China Seas (the seas of the Western Pacific Ocean, around China: Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea)


id: e3aaaf014a3d5be7a79658df18849c64262382c7
simplified: 中国航天工业公司
traditional: 中國航天工業公司
pinyin: zhong1 guo2 hang2 tian1 gong1 ye4 gong1 si1
english:
China Aerospace Corporation, forerunner of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) 中國航天科技集團公司|中国航天科技集团公司


id: a3080cb863538cea035ce8582b8aeabeba3df7d9
simplified: 中国制造2025
traditional: 中國製造2025
pinyin: zhong1 guo2 zhi4 zao4 er4 ling2 er4 wu3
english:
Made in China 2025, strategic plan to upgrade Chinese industry especially in high-tech areas, approved by China's State Council in 2015


id: 1900bfe62f6b6e274973e40580250c190c6e24b9
simplified: 中场
traditional: 中場
pinyin: zhong1 chang3
english:
middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times)/midfield/mid-court (in sports)/half-time/intermission half-way through a performance


id: 38b477037cfc8aa574be31a67c51db0be2fae526
simplified: 中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室
traditional: 中央人民政府駐香港特別行政區聯絡辦公室
english: Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
pinyin:
zhong1 yang1 ren2 min2 zheng4 fu3 zhu4 xiang1 gang3 te4 bie2 xing2 zheng4 qu1 lian2 luo4 ban4 gong1 shi4


id: cd31f49e130ac7bee932611b1a4a203a8ee7262b
simplified: 中央宣传部
traditional: 中央宣傳部
pinyin: zhong1 yang1 xuan1 chuan2 bu4
english:
Central Propaganda Section/abbr. for 中國共產黨中央委員會宣傳部|中国共产党中央委员会宣传部[Zhong1 guo2 Gong4 chan3 dang3 Zhong1 yang1 Wei3 yuan2 hui4 Xuan1 chuan2 bu4]/Central Propaganda Department (of the Chinese communist party)


id: 2e2b5861c0ef5fbcf3b0d6a72d7e8f8f6dc95728
simplified: 中央直辖市
traditional: 中央直轄市
pinyin: zhong1 yang1 zhi2 xia2 shi4
english:
municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision/province level city/also called directly governed city


id: f69e4a93697effc4ae39713e92f5ecde260c37e4
simplified: 中央党校
traditional: 中央黨校
pinyin: zhong1 yang1 dang3 xiao4
english:
Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933


id: c58b21a4cb8424b493367790b6bf8f8ff158353d
simplified: 中山
traditional: 中山
pinyin: zhong1 shan1
english:
refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen/Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace/Nakayama (Japanese surname)


id: f8cbd5d5a54d23d01a5fe1173fb2ca32f0095f93
simplified: 中山公园
traditional: 中山公園
pinyin: zhong1 shan1 gong1 yuan2
english:
Zhongshan Park, the name of numerous parks in China, honoring Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1]


id: 3e9ae24b49c01397ea340a549dbcea8ecf9ef288
simplified: 中山区
traditional: 中山區
pinyin: zhong1 shan1 qu1
english:
Zhongshan or Chungshan district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan/Zhongshan district of Dalian 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 shi4], Liaoning/Chungshan district of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan


id: cc29c74f46658b6445d5259e13de2612cc750a41
simplified: 中山大学
traditional: 中山大學
pinyin: zhong1 shan1 da4 xue2
english:
Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou)/Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung)/Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists


id: eeafe7dab3def148a3e8c16e81ae765751fe4926
simplified: 中山市
traditional: 中山市
pinyin: zhong1 shan1 shi4
english:
Zhongshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 sheng3] in south China, close to Dr Sun Yat-sen's birthplace


id: 29ffcd287e627a82cecfad342971ee5eff4352fa
simplified: 中山成彬
traditional: 中山成彬
pinyin: zhong1 shan1 cheng2 bin1
english:
NAKAYAMA Nariaki (1943-), right-wing Japanese cabinet minister and prominent denier of Japanese war crimes


id: 814f3963d9396e352709b7db907a9608365aa107
simplified: 中庸
traditional: 中庸
pinyin: zhong1 yong1
english:
golden mean (Confucianism)/(literary) (of person) mediocre/ordinary/the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1]


id: 6d4aaaf2fb6052d5729fe314ff487fb43ab77819
simplified: 中生代
traditional: 中生代
pinyin: zhong1 sheng1 dai4
english:
Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪)


id: 48b08c5558b974e547b9f7eb06c51b89fecc7988
simplified: 中甸
traditional: 中甸
pinyin: zhong1 dian4
english:
Gyeltang or Gyalthang town and county, former name of Shangri-La county 香格里拉縣|香格里拉县[Xiang1 ge2 li3 la1 xian4] in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[Di2 qing4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Yunnan


id: ce9101ecb3476e14df598c89a48e415697c46615
simplified: 中纪委
traditional: 中紀委
pinyin: zhong1 ji4 wei3
english:
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), organization within the CCP which investigates corruption and other wrongdoing among Party cadres/abbr. for 中共中央紀律檢查委員會|中共中央纪律检查委员会


id: 64f92787a60db71597800ea961118e7fc5a6a11d
simplified: 中听
traditional: 中聽
pinyin: zhong1 ting1
english:
pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news)/to one's liking/music to one's ears/Taiwan pr. [zhong4 ting1]


id: df093fbfea679ddd066cfb1822b81f6d11439118
simplified: 中兴新村
traditional: 中興新村
pinyin: zhong1 xing1 xin1 cun1
english:
Chung-hsing New Village, model town in Nantou County, west-central Taiwan, administrative seat of the Taiwan Provincial Government


id: 6cd28ea96c2eb566a01d627e02fefd330645ab97
simplified: 中华字海
traditional: 中華字海
pinyin: zhong1 hua2 zi4 hai3
english:
Zhonghua Zihai, the most comprehensive Chinese character dictionary with 85,568 entries, compiled in 1994


id: fd25cc40a3cc4241f7da554300c44c691ebc6fac
simplified: 中华台北
traditional: 中華臺北
pinyin: zhong1 hua2 tai2 bei3
english:
Chinese Taipei, name for Taiwan to which the PRC and Taiwan agreed for the purpose of participation in international events


id: 44c2c56f900702d764975501dba9762cd3f764e5
simplified: 中苏解决悬案大纲协定
traditional: 中蘇解決懸案大綱協定
pinyin: zhong1 su1 jie3 jue2 xuan2 an4 da4 gang1 xie2 ding4
english:
the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China


id: b62bd6b5588dbea99aee8a37a571624d4aba778a
simplified: 中财
traditional: 中財
pinyin: zhong1 cai2
english:
Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing/abbr. for 中央財經大學|中央财经大学[Zhong1 yang1 Cai2 jing1 Da4 xue2]


id: cc04abeb198d23c81dc80b0e544360ccfbf0670b
simplified: 中越战争
traditional: 中越戰爭
pinyin: zhong1 yue4 zhan4 zheng1
english:
the Sino-Vietnamese War, fought between the PRC and Vietnam in 1979/also known as the Third Indochina War


id: ce4e94d0cd91ca4c6683599f1cfe883826bfae9e
simplified: 中办
traditional: 中辦
pinyin: zhong1 ban4
english:
General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC/abbr. for 中共中央辦公廳|中共中央办公厅[Zhong1 gong4 Zhong1 yang1 Ban4 gong1 ting1]


id: 8d00303f93b494cae2ba685a090abebf968da96b
simplified: 中关村
traditional: 中關村
pinyin: zhong1 guan1 cun1
english:
Zhongguancun neighborhood of Beijing, containing Peking University, famous for electronics shops and bookstores


id: 9453d49c4fa18161058cf94f0382a3251b71a752
simplified: 串
traditional: 串
pinyin: chuan4
radicalSimplified: 丨
radicalTraditional: 丨
variants: 串
english:
to string together/to skewer/to connect wrongly/to gang up/to rove/string/bunch/skewer/classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of/to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus)/to move across


id: 4b23282bf62538e06adefc183ba3319d24d04fdc
simplified: 丹寨
traditional: 丹寨
pinyin: dan1 zhai4
english:
Danzhai county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou


id: f61fdb0ebd451e852041653fca14cbf52701dbf6
simplified: 丹巴
traditional: 丹巴
pinyin: dan1 ba1
english:
Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)


id: e7992e9613ea35c8527f7166625c10427290cf6f
simplified: 丹巴县
traditional: 丹巴縣
pinyin: dan1 ba1 xian4
english:
Danba county (Tibetan: rong brag rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)


id: b72a89e2046885d0d12e47d9ded62c04bed82dd0
simplified: 丹瑞
traditional: 丹瑞
pinyin: dan1 rui4
english:
General Than Shwe (1933-), Myanmar army officer and politician, leader of the military junta 1992-2011


id: b29d0eed7f3d877aca138a7615a139e7e08517d2
simplified: 丹霞
traditional: 丹霞
pinyin: dan1 xia2
english:
Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Shao2 guan1], Guangdong/Danxia landform (red conglomerate and sandstone)


id: 7b5768d34753155b0b4ad125b5de9333387a9a84
simplified: 主
traditional: 主
pinyin: zhu3
radicalSimplified: 丶
radicalTraditional: 丶
english:
owner/master/host/individual or party concerned/God/Lord/main/to indicate or signify/trump card (in card games)


id: 782b6fc135dde4077eeb842cbbcc5520c0ca1ff4
simplified: 主动
traditional: 主動
pinyin: zhu3 dong4
english:
to take the initiative/to do sth of one's own accord/spontaneous/active/opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]/drive (of gears and shafts etc)


id: 521053d77b10ca010968c0786efa46b329c24dfd
simplified: 主持
traditional: 主持
pinyin: zhu3 chi2
english:
to take charge of/to manage or direct/to preside over/to uphold/to stand for (justice etc)/to host (a TV or radio program etc)/(TV) anchor


id: 43378763126f5034db09d1d8afeedfe754bd2e89
simplified: 主流
traditional: 主流
pinyin: zhu3 liu2
english:
main stream (of a river)/fig. the essential point/main viewpoint of a matter/mainstream (culture etc)


id: 0d4e9e7847a0f87e2051905485a8f0af5bff340b
simplified: 主宾谓
traditional: 主賓謂
pinyin: zhu3 bin1 wei4
english:
subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)


id: 77530f540c69a416274999c2401acd20ec041f8b
simplified: 久慕
traditional: 久慕
pinyin: jiu3 mu4
english:
lit. I've admired you for a long time (honorific)./I've been looking forward to meeting you./It's an honor to meet you at last.


id: d23d9231150db5d060d93567d16244eca3521db1
simplified: 久慕盛名
traditional: 久慕盛名
pinyin: jiu3 mu4 sheng4 ming2
english:
I've admired your reputation for a long time (idiom); I've been looking forward to meeting you./It's an honor to meet you at last.


id: a4e4c148d8699b549d4770a392e6cbba2de3570c
simplified: 久治
traditional: 久治
pinyin: jiu3 zhi4
english:
Jigzhi or Jiuzhi county (Tibetan: gcig sgril rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[Guo3 luo4 zhou1], Qinghai (formerly in Sichuan)


id: 52da0b8ccaac9d2e1914d4ccaa9d45c2707f1cd5
simplified: 幺
traditional: 么
pinyin: yao1
radicalSimplified: 幺
radicalTraditional: 丿
variants: 么,幺
english:
youngest/most junior/tiny/one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military)/one or ace on dice or dominoes/variant of 吆[yao1], to shout/surname Yao


id: 87a5bfbf4bc275b140398d1c05d0fa8e138bfead
simplified: 之乎者也
traditional: 之乎者也
pinyin: zhi1 hu1 zhe3 ye3
english:
lit. 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions


id: 0c8527fa5b590e856650c4ae46b2cacfde5eb4ef
simplified: 乎
traditional: 乎
pinyin: hu1
radicalSimplified: 丿
radicalTraditional: 丿
english:
(classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in/at/from/because/than/(classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)


id: c06551aa796a5f60ea06b63d217b9923a77d9076
simplified: 乖
traditional: 乖
pinyin: guai1
radicalSimplified: 丿
radicalTraditional: 丿
english:
(of a child) obedient, well-behaved/clever/shrewd/alert/perverse/contrary to reason/irregular/abnormal


id: e5d548c2d9a995bd3ea063e48e627b373b093468
simplified: 乘
traditional: 乘
pinyin: cheng2
radicalSimplified: 丿
radicalTraditional: 丿
variants: 乗
english:
to ride/to mount/to make use of/to avail oneself of/to take advantage of/to multiply (math.)/Buddhist sect or creed/surname Cheng


id: 0957ab7ff6f6de5d56a55f3af8a6ad46fca31479
simplified: 乙
traditional: 乙
pinyin: yi3
radicalSimplified: 乙
radicalTraditional: 乙
english:
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]/second in order/letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1])/ethyl/bent/winding/radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)/ancient Chinese compass point: 105°


id: aed237b4c880cd52c0c4f7510dae075d92f712c2
simplified: 九一八事变
traditional: 九一八事變
pinyin: jiu3 yi1 ba1 shi4 bian4
english:
the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria/also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变


id: 5a38e40b0b2d9435242e58c216b8ebdc4298854e
simplified: 九二共识
traditional: 九二共識
pinyin: jiu3 er4 gong4 shi2
english:
1992 Consensus, statement issued after 1992 talks between PRC and Taiwan representatives, asserting that there is only one China


id: 5b856d1bf00b65dcc0118e89ef7632563153df8e
simplified: 九份
traditional: 九份
pinyin: jiu3 fen4
english:
Jiufen (or Jioufen or Chiufen), mountainside town in north Taiwan, former gold mining town, used as the setting for two well-known movies


id: eae4aaa9be9c91443a61b12e06c00e99282303d9
simplified: 九尾龟
traditional: 九尾龜
pinyin: jiu3 wei3 gui1
english:
nine-tailed turtle of mythology/The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang Chunfan 張春帆|张春帆


id: c6d02e3f8e7e0a472c18310e89858ba50a5355f7
simplified: 九州
traditional: 九州
pinyin: jiu3 zhou1
english:
division of China during earliest dynasties/fig. ancient China/Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands


id: 87a36e3a73b2f4fb516d3ed9a97394e1d5e8afac
simplified: 九流
traditional: 九流
pinyin: jiu3 liu2
english:
the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1]


id: e9de8db984c81c2456de83da80eb603a3d23e097
simplified: 九龙县
traditional: 九龍縣
pinyin: jiu3 long2 xian4
english:
Jiulong county (Tibetan: brgyad zur rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)


id: 64af6cfb101b65c955e204762f58665c05a596ca
simplified: 也有今天
traditional: 也有今天
pinyin: ye3 you3 jin1 tian1
english:
(coll.) to get one's just deserts/to serve sb right/to get one's share of (good or bad things)/every dog has its day


id: 5c111f2b126cdba55e13a9ad3fa36c60689c4168
simplified: 乶
traditional: 乶
pinyin: fu3
radicalSimplified: 乙
radicalTraditional: 乙
english:
phonetic pol, used in Korean place name/see Polha 乶下[Fu3 xia4], Korean place name in former Hamgyeongdo Province 咸鏡道|咸镜道[Xian2 jing4 dao4]


id: 3b23927a94b7b5f8b358764c6661e641eb10214d
simplified: 乾
traditional: 乾
pinyin: qian2
radicalSimplified: 乙
radicalTraditional: 乙
variants: 亁
english:
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven/male principle/☰/ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)/surname Qian


id: e81f0cb7a770045e32025d8e0a3ff1e0813da9c1
simplified: 乾嘉三大家
traditional: 乾嘉三大家
pinyin: qian2 jia1 san1 da4 jia1
english:
Three great poets of the Qianlong and Jiaqing era (1735-1820), namely: Yuan Mei 袁枚, Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨 and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼


id: 785f0e41288389648fc289f6b6598eec08ca65b1
simplified: 干物女
traditional: 乾物女
pinyin: gan1 wu4 nu:3
english:
single girl who is not interested in relationships, living a lackadaisical life (loanword from Japanese "himono onna")


id: c8aec9bf3269ff00fc3e489d2a7f651912250594
simplified: 干货
traditional: 乾貨
pinyin: gan1 huo4
english:
dried food (including dried fruits, mushrooms and seafoods such as shrimp and abalone)/(fig.) (coll.) knowledge presented in readily assimilable form/just what you want to know: no more, no less (no 水分[shui3 fen1])


id: 942ff0b045d3b9dc102bae5cf35de7f3c805eaed
simplified: 乾陵
traditional: 乾陵
pinyin: qian2 ling2
english:
Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天


id: 84cfe578571ca6ac1c064361e346b62c1bf0b4db
simplified: 乾隆
traditional: 乾隆
pinyin: qian2 long2
english:
Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bao3 Qin1 wang2], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hong2 li4], reigned 1735-1799


id: 1b0a3f8a6943072c7b1b5165f7e2f2941c4a651c
simplified: 乱
traditional: 亂
pinyin: luan4
radicalSimplified: 乙
radicalTraditional: 乙
variants: 亂,乱
english:
in confusion or disorder/in a confused state of mind/disorder/upheaval/riot/illicit sexual relations/to throw into disorder/to mix up/indiscriminate/random/arbitrary


id: f600cd76eb4f01288850db9f9b045d50ffd6f01c
simplified: 乱码
traditional: 亂碼
pinyin: luan4 ma3
english:
mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding)


id: c7e4fe3d72573f61df4994d13be7e204ec005fe5
simplified: 亅
traditional: 亅
pinyin: jue2
radicalSimplified: 亅
radicalTraditional: 亅
english:
"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6)/see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]


id: 2d3a2e685931662ee1333feee03870955f557ec6
simplified: 了断
traditional: 了斷
pinyin: liao3 duan4
english:
to bring to a conclusion/to settle (a dispute)/to do away with (oneself)/to break off (a relationship)/resolution (of a problem)


id: d6bca86fa748f8d5c51686109ad4ba0e775dcefd
simplified: 事不过三
traditional: 事不過三
pinyin: shi4 bu4 guo4 san1
english:
a thing should not be attempted more than three times (idiom)/don't repeat the same mistake again and again/bad things don't happen more than three times


id: 526cbd93299bab9c60a40058914a52702997d42f
simplified: 事儿
traditional: 事兒
pinyin: shi4 r5
english:
one's employment/business/matter that needs to be settled/(northern dialect) (of a person) demanding/trying/troublesome/erhua variant of 事[shi4]/CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]


id: f3b761f8be17c21e3c35343c0f22157cb5795fff
simplified: 事半功倍
traditional: 事半功倍
pinyin: shi4 ban4 gong1 bei4
english:
half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results/a stitch in time saves nine


id: 3406852f94143279b2cc124a43e28722250ed183
simplified: 事在人为
traditional: 事在人為
pinyin: shi4 zai4 ren2 wei2
english:
the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort/With effort, one can achieve anything.


id: 75e3078518a2f35293a3df7893dcf780b41beb43
simplified: 事业
traditional: 事業
pinyin: shi4 ye4
english:
undertaking/project/activity/(charitable, political or revolutionary) cause/publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation/career/occupation/CL:個|个[ge4]


id: a44ff9f7e77a54d0ba58750c6755a9884541d55b
simplified: 事无巨细
traditional: 事無巨細
pinyin: shi4 wu2 ju4 xi4
english:
lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom)/fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance


id: 62bd526bf3b2cce0b0ebd98815427253ce87ce19
simplified: 二一添作五
traditional: 二一添作五
pinyin: er4 yi1 tian1 zuo4 wu3
english:
lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning)/to share fairly between two parties/to go fifty-fifty


id: 5ee2c4d3f2f4f1f476f8ff8bae9bf156de8cfd7f
simplified: 二伏
traditional: 二伏
pinyin: er4 fu2
english:
same as 中伏[zhong1 fu2], last ten days of July and first ten days of August, the second of 三伏[san1 fu2], three hottest periods of the year


id: 27c3e83858313fe3c611a64a8cf7303daf0e584e
simplified: 二元论
traditional: 二元論
pinyin: er4 yuan2 lun4
english:
dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)


id: cd5ae86f127ce8a73ca6a6bfa6e6dfb8ab9c33c5
simplified: 二刻拍案惊奇
traditional: 二刻拍案驚奇
pinyin: er4 ke4 pai1 an4 jing1 qi2
english:
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]


id: f58ddf5490ddf43299e694190a7f2845228faf10
simplified: 二十四史
traditional: 二十四史
pinyin: er4 shi2 si4 shi3
english:
the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century/fig. a long and complicated story


id: 5a90c9851bdfafceba930674cf3d754429b472bb
simplified: 二十四节气
traditional: 二十四節氣
pinyin: er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5
english:
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods


id: 55d593bb9e19fc42a10dd876584a7ad46a29cd4c
simplified: 二十年目睹之怪现状
traditional: 二十年目睹之怪現狀
pinyin: er4 shi2 nian2 mu4 du3 zhi1 guai4 xian4 zhuang4
english:
The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[Wu2 Jian3 ren2]


id: 8d42edc63f0cdb8dc01d19db3bb3d396bfd6f59f
simplified: 二奶专家
traditional: 二奶專家
pinyin: er4 nai3 zhuan1 jia1
english:
"mercenary expert", a person who is supposedly an independent expert, but receives payment for making comments favorable to a particular entity


id: 6b8944fcee4835add88a78461783e4d5925a036f
simplified: 二次革命
traditional: 二次革命
pinyin: er4 ci4 ge2 ming4
english:
second revolution/campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords


id: 5243700f77cd6390009b9fa861b411385b781690
simplified: 二毛子
traditional: 二毛子
pinyin: er4 mao2 zi5
english:
lit. secondary foreigner/(derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion)/(coll.) westernized Chinese person/(derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood/(slang) Ukraine/German shepherd dog/(dialect) two-year-old goat


id: d79ebef84e080c998c9827900a63cbec7f86d7ba
simplified: 二氯苯胺苯乙酸钠
traditional: 二氯苯胺苯乙酸鈉
pinyin: er4 lu:4 ben3 an4 ben3 yi3 suan1 na4
english:
diclofenac sodium (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller)/also called voltaren 扶他林


id: b11bf087f66990ec94064893d35a9a8a1a140225
simplified: 二黄
traditional: 二黃
pinyin: er4 huang2
english:
one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera/Peking opera/also written 二簧[er4 huang2]/see also 西皮[xi1 pi2]


id: 95b01b6d0550ca0b55e03c6423bcc7cb67aa416b
simplified: 互助
traditional: 互助
pinyin: hu4 zhu4
english:
to help each other/Huzhu Tuzu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[Hai3 dong1 di4 qu1], Qinghai


id: b0cf2ce3d9ea3f41f59c554fd113fb4bc6ee59f4
simplified: 互相推诿
traditional: 互相推諉
pinyin: hu4 xiang1 tui1 wei3
english:
mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other/passing the buck to and fro/each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other


id: 108c8c6536b76f487ed5e8f1c4992b8f67330193
simplified: 互通有无
traditional: 互通有無
pinyin: hu4 tong1 you3 wu2
english:
mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)/to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls/to reciprocate with material assistance/scratch each other's back


id: 8e1456c8280c96f6b72d8077767d1904f81806e3
simplified: 五七干校
traditional: 五七幹校
pinyin: wu3 qi1 gan4 xiao4
english:
May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution)/abbr. for 五七幹部學校|五七干部学校[wu3 qi1 gan4 bu4 xue2 xiao4]


id: b1a5e53025d281956facd321387fd5e02b796ddf
simplified: 五七干部学校
traditional: 五七幹部學校
pinyin: wu3 qi1 gan4 bu4 xue2 xiao4
english:
May 7 Cadre School (forcing educated people into re-education and peasant labor during Cultural Revolution)/abbr. to 五七幹校|五七干校


id: 558e3b9a2898e606c2639dcd441beb15ea9c9db9
simplified: 五代
traditional: 五代
pinyin: wu3 dai4
english:
Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China


id: cd5eb89cd2a5264aae2bca7064c3a045962b335a
simplified: 五代史
traditional: 五代史
pinyin: wu3 dai4 shi3
english:
History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[Xue1 Ju1 zheng4] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 150 scrolls


id: 37a543b8e8f2fb6f87c07bd2e3a06924da9b7a18
simplified: 五伦
traditional: 五倫
pinyin: wu3 lun2
english:
the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)


id: 396be3b133eb93d7b9b52980f6361e2cb9c59d77
simplified: 五刑
traditional: 五刑
pinyin: wu3 xing2
english:
imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]/Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]


id: bf3db6a9acbcd4e7e8a4dba5ba45ebf320995d20
simplified: 五劳七伤
traditional: 五勞七傷
pinyin: wu3 lao2 qi1 shang1
english:
(TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)


id: b2eb70e49b8a6bad779bffc931f3c41f9590339d
simplified: 五十步笑百步
traditional: 五十步笑百步
pinyin: wu3 shi2 bu4 xiao4 bai3 bu4
english:
the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)/the pot calls the kettle black


id: 6b6dd3f811baab933c58742e8d2c0e97b10ee586
simplified: 五卅运动
traditional: 五卅運動
pinyin: wu3 sa4 yun4 dong4
english:
anti-imperialist movement of 30th May 1925, involving general strike esp. in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong etc


id: 367aad543e675807344c91adc0bd8220139cf502
simplified: 五口通商
traditional: 五口通商
pinyin: wu3 kou3 tong1 shang1
english:
the five treaty ports forced on Qing China by the 1842 treaty of Nanjing 南京條約|南京条约 that concluded the First Opium War, namely: Guangzhou 廣州|广州, Fuzhou 福州, Ningbo 寧波|宁波, Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门 and Shanghai 上海


id: 9d2fca434de8b1a10c751ee9bc8642103693aa57
simplified: 五四
traditional: 五四
pinyin: wu3 si4
english:
fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles


id: ff54ddbd789ba887a695c430e7d00dc890a15501
simplified: 五四爱国运动
traditional: 五四愛國運動
pinyin: wu3 si4 ai4 guo2 yun4 dong4
english:
May Fourth Movement/Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles


id: 0b1a583f7155c8000cdc4f4ad5e2d58373936632
simplified: 五大名山
traditional: 五大名山
pinyin: wu3 da4 ming2 shan1
english:
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan


id: e453ed17b9c6635f53bea0f28d2d3667b5423bb0
simplified: 五家渠
traditional: 五家渠
pinyin: wu3 jia1 qu2
english:
Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang


id: ecce6df76af8e3832bc5e1b87facd439a52baf31
simplified: 五峰
traditional: 五峰
pinyin: wu3 feng1
english:
abbr. for 五峰土家族自治縣|五峰土家族自治县[Wu3 feng1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4], Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei/Wufeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan


id: fc9c5da8985d19e36b003dbdc44220b7c1e6661f
simplified: 五峰县
traditional: 五峰縣
pinyin: wu3 feng1 xian4
english:
abbr. for 五峰土家族自治縣|五峰土家族自治县[Wu3 feng1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4], Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County in Hubei


id: a9b0ebc5db26684ca93d87a6001e8c8c24eeb950
simplified: 五岭
traditional: 五嶺
pinyin: wu3 ling3
english:
the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺|大庾岭[Da4 yu3 ling3], Dupang 都龐嶺|都庞岭[Du1 pang2 ling3], Qitian 騎田嶺|骑田岭[Qi2 tian2 ling3], Mengzhu 萌渚嶺|萌渚岭[Meng2 zhu3 ling3] and Yuecheng 越城嶺|越城岭[Yue4 cheng2 ling3]


id: 2c48d3d28f0cb7ea46a8a2e3fe3fe8f570c53b54
simplified: 五帝
traditional: 五帝
pinyin: wu3 di4
english:
Five Emperors from legendary times/possibly tribal leaders before the historiographers got working on them/usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] and four of his sons Zhuan Xu 顓頊|颛顼[Zhuan1 Xu1], Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4], Tang Yao 唐堯|唐尧[Tang2 Yao2], Yu Shun 虞舜[Yu2 Shun4]


id: 668e1a7aa0d5868a924253ef2c06e02ad862e9bb
simplified: 五常
traditional: 五常
pinyin: wu3 chang2
english:
five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信/five cardinal relationships of Confucianism (between ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, brothers, friends)/five phases of Chinese philosophy: water 水, fire 火, wood 木, metal 金, earth 土/Wuchang county level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang


id: 84146533109f062149180e98aa7089bf3569ed38
simplified: 五权宪法
traditional: 五權憲法
pinyin: wu3 quan2 xian4 fa3
english:
Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan/The five courts or 院[yuan4] are 行政院[xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive yuan, 立法院[li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative yuan, 司法院[si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial yuan, 考試院|考试院[kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination yuan, 監察院|监察院[jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control yuan


id: b6f4017b70e287b58264984e471bd7ae6a7bfdfa
simplified: 五毛
traditional: 五毛
pinyin: wu3 mao2
english:
fifty cents (0.5 RMB)/(fig.) paltry sum of money/(abbr. for 五毛黨|五毛党[wu3 mao2 dang3]) hired Internet commenter


id: b7b66a8e18989841093dcfcc4ba522bc16523f06
simplified: 五凉
traditional: 五涼
pinyin: wu3 liang2
english:
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|後凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)


id: 6952a052ad007f367f26497c7a6f1660479a2679
simplified: 五福临门
traditional: 五福臨門
pinyin: wu3 fu2 lin2 men2
english:
lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death)/(an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)


id: 7dd20d86651e62cefd6653143c40a706cc9941ca
simplified: 五谷
traditional: 五穀
pinyin: wu3 gu3
english:
five crops, e.g. millet 粟[su4], soybean 豆[dou4], sesame 麻[ma2], barley 麥|麦[mai4], rice 稻[dao4] or other variants/all crops/all grains/oats, peas, beans and barley


id: c40e6a23e86edbf539b5161da2e0530d149316a0
simplified: 五笔
traditional: 五筆
pinyin: wu3 bi3
english:
abbr. of 五筆字型|五笔字型, five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983


id: cc994220dbff5ddc0075546951909c09608508f4
simplified: 五笔字型
traditional: 五筆字型
pinyin: wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2
english:
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983


id: 3a03cf76521bb0a88096c35f6113fbf99327ef4a
simplified: 五笔字形
traditional: 五筆字形
pinyin: wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2
english:
Chinese character input method for entering characters by numbered strokes/variant of 五筆字型|五笔字型[wu3 bi3 zi4 xing2]


id: ae77c1186f33402067a959f1dfedcc61541b1c73
simplified: 五等爵位
traditional: 五等爵位
pinyin: wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4
english:
five orders of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]


id: b88f5dc693c998817d804bece3573ac624a078e9
simplified: 五经
traditional: 五經
pinyin: wu3 jing1
english:
the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]


id: 284e3a54cf1e5120fcbcf77eb92cbf3bb3848178
simplified: 五胡
traditional: 五胡
pinyin: wu3 hu2
english:
Five non-Han people, namely: Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2], Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1], Jie 羯[Jie2], Di 氐[Di1], Qiang 羌[Qiang1], esp. in connection with the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 五胡十六國|五胡十六国[Wu3 hu2 Shi2 liu4 guo2]


id: efbdde36ccadecc786aed759c6f2142909ce7b48
simplified: 五脏
traditional: 五臟
pinyin: wu3 zang4
english:
five viscera of TCM, namely: heart 心[xin1], liver 肝[gan1], spleen 脾[pi2], lungs 肺[fei4] and kidneys 腎|肾[shen4]


id: 1a8f07ef3128e48588980f69763b4117152f096f
simplified: 五台山
traditional: 五臺山
pinyin: wu3 tai2 shan1
english:
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西[Shan1 xi1], one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊[Wen2 shu1]


id: 695951f6eda4430389499bce3e1364a681c6073e
simplified: 五花大绑
traditional: 五花大綁
pinyin: wu3 hua1 da4 bang3
english:
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck/to truss up


id: fdc02d9faee081b88c3110bef7694a9001824368
simplified: 五苓散
traditional: 五苓散
pinyin: wu3 ling2 san3
english:
wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM)/poria five powder/Hoelen five powder/five ling powder


id: 9d1c391503286f3c9824342c5bac7ac23d909a8f
simplified: 五虎将
traditional: 五虎將
pinyin: wu3 hu3 jiang4
english:
Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠


id: 7f4d727cadefae16205958d90b123bf1f336a7f1
simplified: 五言绝句
traditional: 五言絕句
pinyin: wu3 yan2 jue2 ju4
english:
poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line


id: d6de1c3ff5b4508ad4f943954e172a987e826f1a
simplified: 五讲四美三热爱
traditional: 五講四美三熱愛
pinyin: wu3 jiang3 si4 mei3 san1 re4 ai4
english:
the five emphases, four beauties and three loves (PRC policy introduced in 1981, including emphasis on manners, beauty of language and love of socialism)


id: ff47c06c41c9470de4a36cb0a4ad7d6547666624
simplified: 五院
traditional: 五院
pinyin: wu3 yuan4
english:
Five yuan or courts that formed the government of the Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen's constitution, namely: 行政院[xing2 zheng4 yuan4] Executive yuan, 立法院[li4 fa3 yuan4] Legislative yuan, 司法院[si1 fa3 yuan4] Judicial yuan, 考試院|考试院[kao3 shi4 yuan4] Examination yuan, 監察院|监察院[jian1 cha2 yuan4] Control yuan


id: ed8852408ccb69de6b758b6ec840b1882ad05814
simplified: 五音
traditional: 五音
pinyin: wu3 yin1
english:
five notes of pentatonic scale, roughly do, re, mi, sol, la/five classes of initial consonants of Chinese phonetics, namely: 喉音[hou2 yin1], 牙音[ya2 yin1], 舌音[she2 yin1], 齒音|齿音[chi3 yin1], 唇音[chun2 yin1]


id: 3048e5922fc662c0a00baf78d9e55f184a6ae015
simplified: 五香
traditional: 五香
pinyin: wu3 xiang1
english:
five spice seasoned/incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty)


id: 4a897ec38b6d5713a30a59349ba771e3b518838f
simplified: 五鬼闹判
traditional: 五鬼鬧判
pinyin: wu3 gui3 nao4 pan4
english:
Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells


id: f8b1e2621f1b3b5e722f26e11575fa29fb1ffc19
simplified: 井冈山
traditional: 井岡山
pinyin: jing3 gang1 shan1
english:
Jinggangshan county level city in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi/Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region


id: aa557cc61802b9b2c4463786acf83451050d2339
simplified: 亚哈
traditional: 亞哈
pinyin: ya4 ha1
english:
Ahab (9th c. BC), King of Israel, son of Omri and husband of Jezebel, prominent figure in 1 Kings 16-22


id: c2066efe99e2a23bfcb06865cba18e9c12173577
simplified: 亚洲绶带
traditional: 亞洲綬帶
pinyin: ya4 zhou1 shou4 dai4
english:
(bird species of China) Asian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)/also called 壽帶|寿带[shou4 dai4]


id: d5c134201cdd637d99328559631f65756cdb68ed
simplified: 亚当·斯密
traditional: 亞當·斯密
pinyin: ya4 dang1 · si1 mi4
english:
Adam Smith (1723-1790), Scottish ethical philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Wealth of Nations 國富論|国富论


id: ef558fc3bab520dace0ac07afdf4793894154f9a
simplified: 亚罗号
traditional: 亞羅號
pinyin: ya4 luo2 hao4
english:
the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War)


id: 742ebc779b80e11e5c86fd548900c62532be4398
simplified: 亚西尔·阿拉法特
traditional: 亞西爾·阿拉法特
pinyin: ya4 xi1 er3 · a1 la1 fa3 te4
english:
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat


id: ec2834b1b72eb880a6202da7af467d5990969a27
simplified: 亡羊补牢
traditional: 亡羊補牢
pinyin: wang2 yang2 bu3 lao2
english:
lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)/fig. to act belatedly/better late than never/to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted


id: 751e6b3a306d94e816dc63731beac7f941f12cc9
simplified: 交
traditional: 交
pinyin: jiao1
radicalSimplified: 亠
radicalTraditional: 亠
english:
to hand over/to deliver/to pay (money)/to turn over/to make friends/to intersect (lines)/variant of 跤[jiao1]


id: ab6ee629d88debae97f6449d99ab3b4d5881e88e
simplified: 交代
traditional: 交代
pinyin: jiao1 dai4
english:
to hand over/to explain/to make clear/to brief (sb)/to account for/to justify oneself/to confess/(coll.) to finish


id: 2b275b099ec5df1affbc929b84e212e6a4655407
simplified: 交汇
traditional: 交彙
pinyin: jiao1 hui4
english:
variant of 交匯|交汇/to flow together/confluence (of rivers, airflow, roads)/(international) cooperation


id: 96aa96d8f76dc1d423378377cfbf9dbd5d5dd5fc
simplified: 交往
traditional: 交往
pinyin: jiao1 wang3
english:
to associate (with)/to have contact (with)/to hang out (with)/to date/(interpersonal) relationship/association/contact


id: 732ca71a101a5da85973eafbb3a5de617ea0b5e1
simplified: 交拜
traditional: 交拜
pinyin: jiao1 bai4
english:
to bow to one another/to kneel and kowtow to one another/formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony


id: db5465a60fb24be0635a9fa884a448063f745cd3
simplified: 交接
traditional: 交接
pinyin: jiao1 jie1
english:
(of two things) to come into contact/to meet/to hand over to/to take over from/to associate with/to have friendly relations with/to have sexual intercourse


id: e8b03fcbdffab4f475592aa60d5d3339a8492702
simplified: 交通大学
traditional: 交通大學
pinyin: jiao1 tong1 da4 xue2
english:
abbr. for 上海交通大學|上海交通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學|西安交通大学 Xia'an Jiaotong University, 國立交通大學|国立交通大学 National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc


id: 166496337f07fec752157d373a7ee06f0765f7a8
simplified: 亥
traditional: 亥
pinyin: hai4
radicalSimplified: 亠
radicalTraditional: 亠
english:
12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar/ancient Chinese compass point: 330°


id: 8c2b4fde30f07d642ace09e0321e6f2bda11c462
simplified: 亨利五世
traditional: 亨利五世
pinyin: heng1 li4 wu3 shi4
english:
Henry V (1387-1422), English warrior king, victor of Agincourt/History of Henry V by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4]


id: f02ec6ed041f76fe7d368927bf0fe9e28b7768b1
simplified: 亨德尔
traditional: 亨德爾
pinyin: heng1 de2 er3
english:
Handel (name)/George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-born Baroque composer, naturalized British in 1727


id: 91dc88194b2433978f36c70b04e2080e3c1e10f4
simplified: 京
traditional: 京
pinyin: jing1
radicalSimplified: 亠
radicalTraditional: 亠
variants: 亰
english:
capital city of a country/big/algebraic term for a large number (old)/artificial mound (old)/abbr. for Beijing/surname Jing/Jing ethnic minority


id: 271d9fdc55f8376335869190b41fa0336167ccf3
simplified: 京二胡
traditional: 京二胡
pinyin: jing1 er4 hu2
english:
jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera/also called 京胡


id: c61626591217315bc0ea264f63e4fdc54201eb4c
simplified: 京畿
traditional: 京畿
pinyin: jing1 ji1
english:
capital city and its surrounding area/Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, surrounding Seoul and Incheon, capital Suweon City 水原市[Shui3 yuan2 shi4]


id: cc4b4a35801bf096889866bac0e94df4f098f1f4
simplified: 京畿道
traditional: 京畿道
pinyin: jing1 ji1 dao4
english:
Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, surrounding Seoul and Incheon, capital Suweon City 水原市[Shui3 yuan2 shi4]


id: 66bb64cec8d45f1b78591057bc8d3c62fe91be76
simplified: 京胡
traditional: 京胡
pinyin: jing1 hu2
english:
jinghu, a smaller, higher-pitched erhu 二胡 (two-stringed fiddle) used to accompany Chinese opera/also called 京二胡


id: 57fd1e6e6eeb5a9aafcdef210bd9c4546e88d576
simplified: 亮相
traditional: 亮相
pinyin: liang4 xiang4
english:
to strike a pose (Chinese opera)/(fig.) to make a public appearance/to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc)/(of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc


id: f1f095108bfce4446636401e69bba55d97141c65
simplified: 人不可貌相
traditional: 人不可貌相
pinyin: ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4
english:
you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)/you can't judge a book by its cover/often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]


id: 5d3e7cab7acd05a7f1df137704e9c27d829b890d
simplified: 人不为己，天诛地灭
traditional: 人不為己，天誅地滅
pinyin: ren2 bu4 wei4 ji3 , tian1 zhu1 di4 mie4
english:
Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you./Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.


id: 025183c63f5c7d5a6f3d47a8f6b98414d7e18371
simplified: 人之初，性本善
traditional: 人之初，性本善
pinyin: ren2 zhi1 chu1 , xing4 ben3 shan4
english:
man at birth is fundamentally good in nature/the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1]


id: afcbbfa622df1a336570ec6d60260a1a3daeaa53
simplified: 人云亦云
traditional: 人云亦云
pinyin: ren2 yun2 yi4 yun2
english:
to say what everyone says (idiom)/to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view/to follow the herd


id: d00e9a308dd8553b15ab6104e23c76befc4009cb
simplified: 人杰地灵
traditional: 人傑地靈
pinyin: ren2 jie2 di4 ling2
english:
illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son


id: 4f4563cccaa14b11e22faaffb5f6bfea50357e91
simplified: 人去楼空
traditional: 人去樓空
pinyin: ren2 qu4 lou2 kong1
english:
the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)/the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind/the place is deserted/the birds have flown


id: 399f806cc28bd32dd83713651777dd00d251324f
simplified: 人大
traditional: 人大
pinyin: ren2 da4
english:
(Chinese) National People's Congress (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quan2 guo2 Ren2 min2 Dai4 biao3 Da4 hui4])/Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Da4 xue2])


id: f8af1f7d44a8d3757ac67f5c95b25c54b9fb36d3
simplified: 人家
traditional: 人家
pinyin: ren2 jia1
english:
household/dwelling/family/sb else's house/household business/house of woman's husband-to-be/CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1]


id: 51948476102131a03d46210bba2ca4b90ba1f5bc
simplified: 人往高处走，水往低处流
traditional: 人往高處走，水往低處流
pinyin: ren2 wang3 gao1 chu4 zou3 , shui3 wang3 di1 chu4 liu2
english:
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)/one should constantly strive to make progress


id: 8e4b6ffbae48f7ae289399a90d55969468001d78
simplified: 人怕出名猪怕壮
traditional: 人怕出名豬怕壯
pinyin: ren2 pa4 chu1 ming2 zhu1 pa4 zhuang4
english:
lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)/fig. fame has its price


id: 10420535613eb4a3a8707ba66fa388d9d5138478
simplified: 人有失手，马有失蹄
traditional: 人有失手，馬有失蹄
pinyin: ren2 you3 shi1 shou3 , ma3 you3 shi1 ti2
english:
lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)/fig. everyone makes mistakes/even the best fall down sometimes


id: 8bfdee797a5f24df6274c238292ae583624f67c5
simplified: 人民公社化
traditional: 人民公社化
pinyin: ren2 min2 gong1 she4 hua4
english:
collectivization of agriculture (disastrous policy of communist Russia around 1930 and China in the 1950s)


id: 88439f35aff0ca645bac47caac951b0d88000ae7
simplified: 人为财死，鸟为食亡
traditional: 人為財死，鳥為食亡
pinyin: ren2 wei4 cai2 si3 , niao3 wei4 shi2 wang2
english:
lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)/fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich


id: 5ce34899fc833aaf9bf7214a6f73a4e57275e8b8
simplified: 人无远虑，必有近忧
traditional: 人無遠慮，必有近憂
pinyin: ren2 wu2 yuan3 lu:4 , bi4 you3 jin4 you1
english:
He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects)./Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.


id: 3d017479b8018a48876f660037771387b52124e9
simplified: 人精
traditional: 人精
pinyin: ren2 jing1
english:
sophisticate/man with extensive experience/child prodigy/Wunderkind (i.e. brilliant child)/spirit within a person (i.e. blood and essential breath 血氣|血气 of TCM)


id: 57810837e199ab3bcd5a3b21964c58cd7dbf298e
simplified: 人肉
traditional: 人肉
pinyin: ren2 rou4
english:
to crowdsource information about sb or sth (abbr. for 人肉搜索[ren2 rou4 sou1 suo3])/human (used attributively, as in 人肉盾牌[ren2 rou4 dun4 pai2], human shield)


id: 8ee223fc6b385f766faec68583b94b056e59490c
simplified: 人肉搜索引擎
traditional: 人肉搜索引擎
pinyin: ren2 rou4 sou1 suo3 yin3 qing2
english:
human flesh search engine/a large-scale collective effort to find details about a person or event (Internet slang)


id: 6e1bbf401bd86ab50d27c66bdf8e658368649a28
simplified: 人设
traditional: 人設
pinyin: ren2 she4
english:
the design of a character (in games, manga etc) (abbr. for 人物設定|人物设定)/(fig.) (a celebrity or other public figure's) image in the eyes of the public/public persona


id: f38db51614464360eb8f6605045db7b3def269ea
simplified: 人道
traditional: 人道
pinyin: ren2 dao4
english:
human sympathy/humanitarianism/humane/the "human way", one of the stages in the cycle of reincarnation (Buddhism)/sexual intercourse


id: 99043320cf6495745eabdfc4aa3612a47813eaba
simplified: 人间喜剧
traditional: 人間喜劇
pinyin: ren2 jian1 xi3 ju4
english:
La Comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克[Ba1 er3 zha1 ke4]


id: 46fe33efedb70566c02a608e6d4fcadf84fd448f
simplified: 人间地狱
traditional: 人間地獄
pinyin: ren2 jian1 di4 yu4
english:
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive/fig. having an uncomfortable time


id: de6525b165537be3d0776a067970ec6d67c34f7a
simplified: 人非生而知之者，孰能无惑
traditional: 人非生而知之者，孰能無惑
pinyin: ren2 fei1 sheng1 er2 zhi1 zhi1 zhe3 , shu2 neng2 wu2 huo4
english:
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?/We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈)


id: 7262f1a33c7c3f5c42c1dc5c176904753f5b9361
simplified: 人头
traditional: 人頭
pinyin: ren2 tou2
english:
person/number of people/(per) capita/(a person's) head/(Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account)


id: bf0f9261837867942f423c56d5105affd6c1a8c4
simplified: 人头蛇身
traditional: 人頭蛇身
pinyin: ren2 tou2 she2 shen1
english:
human head, snake's body/cf Nüwa 女娲氏[Nu:3 wa1 shi4] and Fuxi 伏羲氏[Fu2 Xi1 shi4] in some versions of mythology


id: c7fe170c0d64fc972e352622212a6328eb8922b0
simplified: 仁德
traditional: 仁德
pinyin: ren2 de2
english:
benevolent integrity/high mindedness/Jente township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan


id: 9bde7db3e6d985af7b2e29078bbc9e4414c589cf
simplified: 仁爱
traditional: 仁愛
pinyin: ren2 ai4
english:
benevolence/charity/compassion/Renai or Jenai district of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan/Renai or Jenai township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan


id: c920e5c48ff1b880e4ac5a9c6e133bbef2e9fd4d
simplified: 仁义道德
traditional: 仁義道德
pinyin: ren2 yi4 dao4 de2
english:
compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues/mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical


id: 4aeca40f6d66718b9cbd9ad713b5ed5a0e479607
simplified: 今古文
traditional: 今古文
pinyin: jin1 gu3 wen2
english:
Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]


id: 0725266759f2b482c86eec6f5d6dd805e9f80c10
simplified: 介之推
traditional: 介之推
pinyin: jie4 zhi1 tui1
english:
Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明 (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated


id: 80756d53f52b83c26c75f3b7292e786df69c9b7d
simplified: 仕
traditional: 仕
pinyin: shi4
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
to serve as an official/an official/the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4]


id: 6cafdda1391e50b24c88ff615969866db30670f2
simplified: 他
traditional: 他
pinyin: ta1
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
variants: 她,牠
english:
he or him/(used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant)/(used before sb's name for emphasis)/(used as a meaningless mock object)/other/another


id: d064fabb59838ccbdafb60bc6e43965993d3a616
simplified: 他山之石可以攻玉
traditional: 他山之石可以攻玉
pinyin: ta1 shan1 zhi1 shi2 ke3 yi3 gong1 yu4
english:
lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside/to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively


id: 283b30b9117c1c650cab173da0019cf86cb5eb61
simplified: 付之度外
traditional: 付之度外
pinyin: fu4 zhi1 du4 wai4
english:
to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)/to do sth without considering the risks/to leave out of consideration


id: cf966442006b60751a39f77bfca27a83290e6cd9
simplified: 代
traditional: 代
pinyin: dai4
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
to substitute/to act on behalf of others/to replace/generation/dynasty/age/period/(historical) era/(geological) eon


id: 73773f5fcdcee96547d0591188a602aee337b290
simplified: 代步
traditional: 代步
pinyin: dai4 bu4
english:
to get around using a conveyance (car, bicycle, sedan chair etc)/to ride (or drive)/means of transportation


id: 36de2e88c6c5e1434fbb8244dcc1483190d44996
simplified: 代理
traditional: 代理
pinyin: dai4 li3
english:
to act on behalf of sb in a responsible position/to act as an agent or proxy/surrogate/(computing) proxy


id: e7e88a01589cc93075a3ffc1adce6d0f8573d8b6
simplified: 代表
traditional: 代表
pinyin: dai4 biao3
english:
representative/delegate/CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]/to represent/to stand for/on behalf of/in the name of


id: 65a322a3295c1cb9aa50692a9d92b68e00cbd8b2
simplified: 令
traditional: 令
pinyin: ling4
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
variants: 令
english:
to order/to command/an order/warrant/writ/to cause/to make sth happen/virtuous/honorific title/season/government position (old)


id: 1943b9c8a991a08ac0fd3f871a8ebdcb6bc5cfa2
simplified: 令狐德棻
traditional: 令狐德棻
pinyin: ling2 hu2 de2 fen1
english:
Linghu Defen (583-666), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Zhou of the Northern dynasties 周書|周书


id: 632956c1e853a8437f0b7b8f7197a4ec5bda1ce3
simplified: 令箭
traditional: 令箭
pinyin: ling4 jian4
english:
arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority)/fig. instructions from one's superiors


id: ef6e28c2e58629577989ff24e9bc829ede263fde
simplified: 令行禁止
traditional: 令行禁止
pinyin: ling4 xing2 jin4 zhi3
english:
lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions/to ensure strictly obedience


id: 5a1dadcff85d6512de29e46d2eebdd5008ba7110
simplified: 以
traditional: 以
pinyin: yi3
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
variants: 㠯
english:
to use/by means of/according to/in order to/because of/at (a certain date or place)/abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]


id: 374198dec3cd784d86cbc13ea5972f7d93fdebf4
simplified: 以上
traditional: 以上
pinyin: yi3 shang4
english:
that level or higher/that amount or more/the above-mentioned/(used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.


id: 8e5513ac446bd36aa4ddfb1dc8635fe02c26a300
simplified: 以人废言
traditional: 以人廢言
pinyin: yi3 ren2 fei4 yan2
english:
to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on preference between advisers rather than the merits of the case


id: 43f8b37b3c5861225dc4194b9f882c71e757275e
simplified: 以其人之道，还治其人之身
traditional: 以其人之道，還治其人之身
pinyin: yi3 qi2 ren2 zhi1 dao4 , huan2 zhi4 qi2 ren2 zhi1 shen1
english:
to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game/to give sb a taste of his own medicine


id: 1328b23e727413f07709fabfe5e4e599f96ee24c
simplified: 以利亚敬
traditional: 以利亞敬
pinyin: yi3 li4 ya4 jing4
english:
Eliakim (name, Hebrew: God will raise up)/Eliakim, servant of the Lord in Isaiah 22:20/Eliakim, son of Abiud and father of Azor in Matthew 1:13


id: 86d1cb8919d8aee1add2e3afd559a470eb80eacd
simplified: 以卵击石
traditional: 以卵擊石
pinyin: yi3 luan3 ji1 shi2
english:
lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible/to invite disaster by overreaching oneself


id: 1dfafa1cf1fc9ecbfff1905761c48fa0126ff6b7
simplified: 以夷制夷
traditional: 以夷制夷
pinyin: yi3 yi2 zhi4 yi2
english:
to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)/Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)


id: 61899bef1424dea9e5089c08c8ced164739c79fa
simplified: 以子之矛，攻子之盾
traditional: 以子之矛，攻子之盾
pinyin: yi3 zi3 zhi1 mao2 , gong1 zi3 zhi1 dun4
english:
lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner/fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices/hoist with his own petard


id: 7ef42ddf4751e3aeae7ac3412870d4be7bf05256
simplified: 以毒攻毒
traditional: 以毒攻毒
pinyin: yi3 du2 gong1 du2
english:
to cure ills with poison (TCM)/to fight evil with evil/set a thief to catch a thief/to fight fire with fire


id: f01b728943069585657c989b12a65bf4136c6d9e
simplified: 以为
traditional: 以為
pinyin: yi3 wei2
english:
to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)


id: bfacf777857f95b9ac891e08a130902db0e2d12e
simplified: 以眼还眼
traditional: 以眼還眼
pinyin: yi3 yan3 huan2 yan3
english:
an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him/to give sb a taste of his own medicine


id: 433b88013041ce629f6fc381508e5f28660afada
simplified: 以眼还眼，以牙还牙
traditional: 以眼還眼，以牙還牙
pinyin: yi3 yan3 huan2 yan3 , yi3 ya2 huan2 ya2
english:
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)/fig. to use the enemy's methods against him/to give sb a taste of his own medicine


id: f764f6c23f1de0a2f2d0d191863052faf467c420
simplified: 以言代法，以权压法
traditional: 以言代法，以權壓法
pinyin: yi3 yan2 dai4 fa3 , yi3 quan2 ya1 fa3
english:
to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior/Might makes right.


id: ecdd6baf2c37a4c5fd5ec10b884bc621d5db26c4
simplified: 仰光
traditional: 仰光
pinyin: yang3 guang1
english:
Yangon (Rangoon), main city of south Myanmar (Burma), the national capital until November 2005, when the capital moved to Naypyidaw 内比都 or Pyinmana 彬馬那 彬马那


id: d0c9e2021c16821ef1a71e91c779d845b144cf16
simplified: 仰屋兴叹
traditional: 仰屋興嘆
pinyin: yang3 wu1 xing1 tan4
english:
to stare at the ceiling in despair/to find no way out/nothing you can do about it/at the end of one's wits


id: 84eba6d9d1a6c66a4efa2989ce85b84a61ca5b0a
simplified: 仰屋著书
traditional: 仰屋著書
pinyin: yang3 wu1 zhu4 shu1
english:
lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book


id: 846251f4bfa52fafe2a358985f3dd931a50337b8
simplified: 任
traditional: 任
pinyin: ren4
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
variants: 仼
english:
to assign/to appoint/to take up a post/office/responsibility/to let/to allow/to give free rein to/no matter (how, what etc)/classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)


id: 1f4eaa8475360710bff76f357bd9f4e7c524d181
simplified: 任人唯贤
traditional: 任人唯賢
pinyin: ren4 ren2 wei2 xian2
english:
to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity


id: 365c9368f771eb1a43ab9d9295ee197e45fbe6e8
simplified: 任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台
traditional: 任憑風浪起，穩坐釣魚臺
pinyin: ren4 ping2 feng1 lang4 qi3 , wen3 zuo4 diao4 yu2 tai2
english:
lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation/a cool head in a crisis


id: 159fb15d0d0040d21d5e7a65beff1d6d94cf0557
simplified: 任重道远
traditional: 任重道遠
pinyin: ren4 zhong4 dao4 yuan3
english:
a heavy load and a long road/fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7)


id: bc9f18d1ed61d1b7b9e781a4f544c429870a9623
simplified: 伊
traditional: 伊
pinyin: yi1
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she")/second person singular pronoun ("you")/(May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she")/(Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning/that (preceding a noun)/surname Yi/abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4], Iraq/abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3], Iran


id: 1f69057194863bad3ce2fcfd68a77795fcb9822a
simplified: 伊宁
traditional: 伊寧
pinyin: yi1 ning2
english:
Yining city and county or Ghulja nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang


id: 8b053c462a2ffeff3558089271a7889ef93fb1ac
simplified: 伊宁县
traditional: 伊寧縣
pinyin: yi1 ning2 xian4
english:
Yining county or Ghulja nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang


id: b39aa09e5938503c5402421c4c3411eb08b7613a
simplified: 伊斯曼
traditional: 伊斯曼
pinyin: yi1 si1 man4
english:
Eastman (name)/George Eastman (1854-1932), US inventor and founder of Kodak 柯達|柯达[Ke1 da2]/Max F. Eastman (1883-1969), US socialist writer, subsequently severe critic of USSR


id: 0d67234ff6d7ccc14651560b9df054b1a8a938ed
simplified: 伊犁
traditional: 伊犁
pinyin: yi1 li2
english:
the Ili river basin around Turpan in Xinjiang/abbr. for 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture


id: 0238df5f3b8ff9383d7f29f3db924bed3faad9ea
simplified: 伊萨卡
traditional: 伊薩卡
pinyin: yi1 sa4 ka3
english:
Ithaca, Island state of Greece, the home of Odysseus 奧迪修斯|奥迪修斯/Ithaca NY, location of Cornell University 康奈爾|康奈尔


id: 3eb93b771fb9b3136fd8681861cc32b5c8c35a20
simplified: 伊藤博文
traditional: 伊藤博文
pinyin: yi1 teng2 bo2 wen2
english:
ITŌ Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japanese Meiji restoration politician, prime minister on four occasions, influential in Japanese expansionism in Korea, assassinated in Harbin


id: 95ae8a6acaa2ebc97c8fb1dec0b4f3ba0f0fabcd
simplified: 伊金霍洛
traditional: 伊金霍洛
pinyin: yi1 jin1 huo4 luo4
english:
Ejin Horo banner (Ejen Khoruu khoshuu) in Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mongolia


id: 619758ac5d0cce1f38ef4fcc554280e275353d08
simplified: 伍子胥
traditional: 伍子胥
pinyin: wu3 zi3 xu1
english:
Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician in Wu/famous as destitute refugee begging in Wu town, cf 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫


id: 37f94ebd909d0fc87266672c1c3274abe3b7f929
simplified: 伏
traditional: 伏
pinyin: fu2
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
to lean over/to fall (go down)/to hide (in ambush)/to conceal oneself/to lie low/hottest days of summer/to submit/to concede defeat/to overcome/to subdue/volt/surname Fu


id: 282ed3b478552afc07def08e38989fd3c91275d2
simplified: 伏牛山
traditional: 伏牛山
pinyin: fu2 niu2 shan1
english:
Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qin2 ling3 shan1 mai4], Shaanxi


id: 3d949245d9cd9830faef171ee7d786a82dcb474e
simplified: 伏羲
traditional: 伏羲
pinyin: fu2 xi1
english:
Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing


id: 63d1b7ae76001e1e1ae8e1908ba5eae421650781
simplified: 伏羲氏
traditional: 伏羲氏
pinyin: fu2 xi1 shi4
english:
Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing


id: c86770064169a135dc61c4ee2f6aea3b62e9dc3c
simplified: 伐柯
traditional: 伐柯
pinyin: fa2 ke1
english:
(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax/fig. to follow a principle/fig. to act as matchmaker


id: c8a7d6d03cec5ff0cde37f7e11091c6062443472
simplified: 伯
traditional: 伯
pinyin: bo2
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
father's elder brother/senior/paternal elder uncle/eldest of brothers/respectful form of address/Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]


id: 64dd88b255302b38a8ed6000cfe944e2d24e3f55
simplified: 伯母
traditional: 伯母
pinyin: bo2 mu3
english:
wife of father's elder brother/aunt/(polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)/CL:個|个[ge4]


id: 5b44a49af7f515a296cb5117b5dbac799b95077e
simplified: 伯里克利
traditional: 伯里克利
pinyin: bo2 li3 ke4 li4
english:
Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war


id: d4644446e1b6f54ae9aa1bd22d3a99bb0d22d0eb
simplified: 伯颜
traditional: 伯顏
pinyin: ba4 yan2
english:
Bayan (name)/Bayan of the Baarin (1236-1295), Mongol Yuan general under Khubilai Khan, victorious over the Southern Song 1235-1239/Bayan of the Merkid (-1340), Yuan dynasty general and politician


id: b7e625abe372c2a794728c11f6717b79eb56e229
simplified: 伴舞
traditional: 伴舞
pinyin: ban4 wu3
english:
to be a dancing partner to sb/to perform as a backup dancer/taxi dancer (hired dancing partner)/escort


id: beb30e86ff033a7e148b1a14fd9060b0eb6f99e6
simplified: 似曾相识
traditional: 似曾相識
pinyin: si4 ceng2 xiang1 shi2
english:
déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)/seemingly familiar/apparently already acquainted


id: 67b167fc920c4dbb7aaeea5cabda8c43b4697078
simplified: 伽师
traditional: 伽師
pinyin: jia1 shi1
english:
Peyzivat nahiyisi (Peyziwat county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang


id: d86052c6aca4541e2dd520bb6b9aad4a665fedc4
simplified: 伽罗华
traditional: 伽羅華
pinyin: jia1 luo2 hua4
english:
Évariste Galois (1811-1832), famous French mathematical prodigy and unsuccessful duelist/also written 伽羅瓦|伽罗瓦


id: d765200540f0238f5bccf7c4b8c4753ee1a3da41
simplified: 布雷顿森林
traditional: 佈雷頓森林
pinyin: bu4 lei2 dun4 sen1 lin2
english:
Bretton woods conference in 1944 of allied powers, regulating world exchange rates and setting up IMF and world bank


id: 79dd19fc360aa48c5cef031d2ccb2d6ea3fc656e
simplified: 位
traditional: 位
pinyin: wei4
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
position/location/place/seat/classifier for people (honorific)/classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)/(physics) potential


id: 2e361ec26be2776ec68cac892690c55fa8bea2f8
simplified: 低保
traditional: 低保
pinyin: di1 bao3
english:
subsistence allowance/welfare (abbr. for 城市居民最低生活保障[cheng2 shi4 ju1 min2 zui4 di1 sheng1 huo2 bao3 zhang4])


id: d97a408ff99b1ae1a1abf4de02f2937566a9ea0a
simplified: 低端人口
traditional: 低端人口
pinyin: di1 duan1 ren2 kou3
english:
low-paid workers in industries that offer jobs for the unskilled/derogatory-sounding abbr. for 低端產業從業人口|低端产业从业人口


id: 33b3b4c1e4a5013af56d6247fe040d7df6f2c0f9
simplified: 住
traditional: 住
pinyin: zhu4
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
to live/to dwell/to stay/to reside/to stop/(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)


id: 142b8937fc665ad07215c2b672b76b10dd7c35df
simplified: 住建部
traditional: 住建部
pinyin: zhu4 jian4 bu4
english:
Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the PRC (MOHURD)/abbr. for 住房和城鄉建設部|住房和城乡建设部[Zhu4 fang2 he2 Cheng2 xiang1 Jian4 she4 bu4]


id: 3390cfe9523a256f529e949d35bce3d03289fc0a
simplified: 何不食肉糜
traditional: 何不食肉糜
pinyin: he2 bu4 shi2 rou4 mi2
english:
lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di4] when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat)/fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight


id: 8436356261a614c5416541337aae5e25cbeedbdb
simplified: 何鲁晓夫
traditional: 何魯曉夫
pinyin: he2 lu3 xiao3 fu1
english:
Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971), secretary-general of Soviet communist party 1953-1964/also written 赫魯曉夫|赫鲁晓夫


id: b8e7b0def08e1e98f228fcdbf6eb89505472593d
simplified: 佚
traditional: 佚
pinyin: yi4
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
lost/missing/forsaken/dissolute/(of a woman) beautiful/fault/offense/hermit/variant of 逸[yi4]/surname Yi


id: 68123390920f8164b3238fd379137f1e25185467
simplified: 佛朗哥
traditional: 佛朗哥
pinyin: fo2 lang3 ge1
english:
Franco (name)/Generalissimo Francisco Franco Bahamonde (1892-1975), Spanish dictator and head of state 1939-1975


id: a9514f5e9689793168043225094bae121d537ed2
simplified: 佛爷
traditional: 佛爺
pinyin: fo2 ye5
english:
Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2])/His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee)/Buddha/God/emperor/in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]


id: e5e6fa26c22fa1afdb29a0837f98876f5e81857a
simplified: 佛系
traditional: 佛系
pinyin: fo2 xi4
english:
(neologism c. 2017) (coll.) chill about everything (typically used to describe young people who don't buy into aspirational society)


id: dae3a88f980b238d9a8c9ab4459e12abc8d4d2e7
simplified: 作主
traditional: 作主
pinyin: zuo4 zhu3
english:
to decide/to make decisions/to take responsibility (for deciding)/to be in charge/to give sb justice


id: 767d5036e5e8e3c4b423f937800fc0c6bab65bd8
simplified: 作出
traditional: 作出
pinyin: zuo4 chu1
english:
to put out/to come up with/to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)/to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)/to draw (conclusion)/to deliver (speech, judgment)/to devise (explanation)/to extract


id: 0da6a7aaf8b66d552ac22698fdded53f599e90ee
simplified: 作怪
traditional: 作怪
pinyin: zuo4 guai4
english:
(of a ghost) to make strange things happen/to act up/to act behind the scenes/to make mischief/odd/to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)


id: c32630eb3ecde6fa8e9d402fb63e95d118636ffb
simplified: 作为
traditional: 作為
pinyin: zuo4 wei2
english:
one's conduct/deed/activity/accomplishment/achievement/to act as/as (in the capacity of)/qua/to view as/to look upon (sth as)/to take sth to be


id: 09c08433b4ebcdc17921338bb93780ea9fc19ce9
simplified: 作用
traditional: 作用
pinyin: zuo4 yong4
english:
to act on/to affect/action/function/activity/impact/result/effect/purpose/intent/to play a role/corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization/CL:個|个[ge4]


id: 99d42498bc25f8e70ac90d6df059a47e0583c131
simplified: 作茧自缚
traditional: 作繭自縛
pinyin: zuo4 jian3 zi4 fu4
english:
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising/hoist by his own petard


id: 9081b821db31169975df502d139ca6b08f2d4e3b
simplified: 作鸟兽散
traditional: 作鳥獸散
pinyin: zuo4 niao3 shou4 san4
english:
lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)/fig. to head off in various directions/to flee helter-skelter


id: fa62c3c250811ed017ebeae97c3e885aaf953941
simplified: 你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
traditional: 你走你的陽關道，我過我的獨木橋
pinyin: ni3 zou3 ni3 de5 yang2 guan1 dao4 , wo3 guo4 wo3 de5 du2 mu4 qiao2
english:
lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)/fig. you go your way, I'll go mine/you do it your way, I'll do it mine


id: e6f6afc1a4aabf394dfa74dbcaa673495445dfe1
simplified: 佩洛西
traditional: 佩洛西
pinyin: pei4 luo4 xi1
english:
Nancy Pelosi (1940-), US Democrat politician from California, speaker of US House of Representatives from 2007


id: 1b80f272996826d10fa42f2a3facd75433412df1
simplified: 佩兰
traditional: 佩蘭
pinyin: pei4 lan2
english:
orchid/fragrant thoroughwort/(botany) Eupatorium fortunei/Herba Eupatorii (used in Chinese medicine)


id: f9183ab9c6a6f7573e9ed902a1d7e94233c6d934
simplified: 佳木斯
traditional: 佳木斯
pinyin: jia1 mu4 si1
english:
Kiamusze or Jiamusi prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China


id: 7b821ef05a74b5fa6d9d73723c432e4f6c06d8af
simplified: 使役
traditional: 使役
pinyin: shi3 yi4
english:
to use (an animal or servant)/working (animal)/(beast) of burden/causative form of verbs (esp. in grammar of Japanese, Korean etc)


id: 642ce0d7c7f7c40fa4f59c7e19d926dd8127494f
simplified: 来日方长
traditional: 來日方長
pinyin: lai2 ri4 fang1 chang2
english:
the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later/We'll cross that bridge when we get there


id: a6e652118f06f164bb2aebd40877f06bbfff9ba6
simplified: 来者不善，善者不来
traditional: 來者不善，善者不來
pinyin: lai2 zhe3 bu4 shan4 , shan4 zhe3 bu4 lai2
english:
He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom)./Be careful not to trust foreigners./Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!


id: 5b6c8184e79dcacf44715b7f2c4407333cbe3d2b
simplified: 来电
traditional: 來電
pinyin: lai2 dian4
english:
incoming telegram or telephone call/your telegram, telephone call, or message/to send a telegram or make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker)/to have instant attraction to sb/to have chemistry with sb/to come back (of electricity, after an outage)


id: e9c4d9a1d53cd70f0b013edd3043bc137873beee
simplified: 来凤
traditional: 來鳳
pinyin: lai2 feng4
english:
Laifeng county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei


id: 4321e6a6023280382df206d4d9bce47312cb5881
simplified: 例题
traditional: 例題
pinyin: li4 ti2
english:
problem or question solved for illustrative purposes in the classroom/practice question (used in preparation for an exam)/sample question


id: 0b832c50c9cd015fe2c356870cdb623e378ade72
simplified: 供石
traditional: 供石
pinyin: gong1 shi2
english:
scholar's rock (one of the naturally-eroded, fantastically-shaped rocks put on display indoors or in gardens in China)


id: 7f9bcabd872104209290e022aef25eb288f3d29a
simplified: 依样画葫芦
traditional: 依樣畫葫蘆
pinyin: yi1 yang4 hua4 hu2 lu5
english:
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)/fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality


id: fc40f67aa84fd30b8a8e56e5711d2a4d99a7769f
simplified: 依亲
traditional: 依親
pinyin: yi1 qin1
english:
(Tw) to be in the care of one's relatives/to be dependent on a relative/to draw on family connections


id: 4562bdef1d8b29fbd90ba1756957877770323da0
simplified: 侯
traditional: 侯
pinyin: hou2
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]/nobleman or high official/surname Hou


id: 65189e7a95a462cadf5dbb3eaec05c5a6dc6b169
simplified: 侯赛因
traditional: 侯賽因
pinyin: hou2 sai4 yin1
english:
Husain or Hussein (name)/Hussein (c. 626-680), Muslim leader whose martyrdom is commemorated at Ashura/Saddam Hussein al Tikriti (1937-2006), dictator of Iraq 1979-2003


id: 58c0869665bd7c2685c058577c6f92d5614a086f
simplified: 侯门似海
traditional: 侯門似海
pinyin: hou2 men2 si4 hai3
english:
lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea/there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)


id: 7354229efd4bb55a1a2e8fc077e63429727c9799
simplified: 侵入
traditional: 侵入
pinyin: qin1 ru4
english:
to make (military) incursions/to invade/to intrude into/to trespass/to gain unauthorized access (computing)


id: 00a216c4a9ad7a30d890513ccd5c8698ffaeccc9
simplified: 侵限
traditional: 侵限
pinyin: qin1 xian4
english:
intrusion/perimeter breach/(esp.) (of a person or a foreign object) to breach the perimeter surrounding railway tracks


id: a83498e4ebd967d92bdde1d83f6eb02492e34c8b
simplified: 便
traditional: 便
pinyin: bian4
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
variants: 便
english:
plain/informal/suitable/convenient/opportune/to urinate or defecate/equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then/in that case/even if/soon afterwards


id: 6e02e6ee174b1d3c1760915b6fed1852d1f153d0
simplified: 便是
traditional: 便是
pinyin: bian4 shi4
english:
(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)/precisely/exactly/even/if/just like/in the same way as


id: 405a52dc7b50d7ffc3b105c044492a00495d759e
simplified: 促使
traditional: 促使
pinyin: cu4 shi3
english:
to induce/to promote/to urge/to impel/to bring about/to provoke/to drive (sb to do sth)/to catalyze/to actuate/to contribute to (some development)


id: c0ce6ad79510c29bfa2743ddd4cf15a4efbc263e
simplified: 俗世奇人
traditional: 俗世奇人
pinyin: su2 shi4 qi2 ren2
english:
Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 馮驥才|冯骥才[Feng2 Ji4 cai2]


id: bce58970fc568c3930c69c317d39170a19c0ac80
simplified: 俘获
traditional: 俘獲
pinyin: fu2 huo4
english:
to capture (enemy property or personnel)/capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus)


id: 6f4ed262d99eb9270a46579761fe85181a27a91d
simplified: 保
traditional: 保
pinyin: bao3
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
to defend/to protect/to keep/to guarantee/to ensure/Bulgaria/Bulgarian/abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4]


id: 7a03460a34d9a1a48d81047285fd1858276e5e19
simplified: 保固
traditional: 保固
pinyin: bao3 gu4
english:
to undertake to rectify any deficiencies in the quality of a building, product or service/warranty/guarantee


id: 677fd63ba74c5f16e60c5630b8f4a9afe27b40e7
simplified: 保安
traditional: 保安
pinyin: bao3 an1
english:
to ensure public security/to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production)/public security/security guard


id: 38792e3889a2dc646c8fc22e2c8c9255f53c672f
simplified: 保尔森
traditional: 保爾森
pinyin: bao3 er3 sen1
english:
Paulson or Powellson (name)/Henry (Hank) Paulson (1946-), US banker, US Treasury Secretary from 2006


id: 0a2a035b5fba52177d2f150b28eb7a90dae2a4c0
simplified: 保留
traditional: 保留
pinyin: bao3 liu2
english:
to retain/to continue to have/to preserve/to maintain/to reserve/reservations/to hold back (approval or acceptance)


id: 214d3cf5c7a6ddda13653229dce623b503328056
simplified: 保监会
traditional: 保監會
pinyin: bao3 jian1 hui4
english:
China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC), abbr. for 中國保險監督管理委員會|中国保险监督管理委员会[Zhong1 guo2 Bao3 xian3 Jian1 du1 Guan3 li3 Wei3 yuan2 hui4]


id: ba87aa0e3fba18b4dfb9f3d8bdeac137150477e4
simplified: 保研
traditional: 保研
pinyin: bao3 yan2
english:
to recommend sb for postgraduate studies/to admit for postgraduate studies without taking the entrance exam


id: 33105ca3c093191b0ac56d01488c2be02051a196
simplified: 保靖
traditional: 保靖
pinyin: bao3 jing4
english:
Baojing county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1]


id: 5d930930f6e289ca1126e999c42f6cf88ce8e808
simplified: 保驾
traditional: 保駕
pinyin: bao3 jia4
english:
(in former times) to escort the emperor (or other important personage)/(nowadays) to escort sb (usually jocular)


id: d870400c0920b4deec39b5528fde05f99ceaee9f
simplified: 信
traditional: 信
pinyin: xin4
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
variants: 伩
english:
letter/mail/CL:封[feng1]/to trust/to believe/to profess faith in/truthful/confidence/trust/at will/at random


id: 01796aae23977f526876018c29395df22558567b
simplified: 信义
traditional: 信義
pinyin: xin4 yi4
english:
good faith/honor/trust and justice/Xinyi or Hsinyi district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan/Xinyi or Hsini district of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan/Xinyi or Hsini township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nan2 tou2 xian4], central Taiwan


id: e4a77f7142d53a98b04c6394cc46e5e2d0adb42e
simplified: 信义区
traditional: 信義區
pinyin: xin4 yi4 qu1
english:
Xinyi or Hsinyi district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan/Hsini district of Keelung City 基隆市[Ji1 long2 shi4], Taiwan


id: 2f0bfef4867a8fe0312e9563f5234560c3348a9b
simplified: 修
traditional: 修
pinyin: xiu1
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
to decorate/to embellish/to repair/to build/to write/to cultivate/to study/to take (a class)/surname Xiu


id: d946d8438a06f1fd3c31a3ab41cc9aac8f84519f
simplified: 修好
traditional: 修好
pinyin: xiu1 hao3
english:
to repair (sth broken)/to restore (sth damaged)/to establish friendly relations with/(literary) to do meritorious deeds


id: c1503bba651f91357e84f3d08c9ca38d2c47000f
simplified: 修成正果
traditional: 修成正果
pinyin: xiu1 cheng2 zheng4 guo3
english:
to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight/to obtain a positive outcome after sustained efforts/to come to fruition


id: 91bc4f718f961ef2158cf1fe330a6eb9f9ebf5af
simplified: 修整
traditional: 修整
pinyin: xiu1 zheng3
english:
to spruce up/to renovate/to tend (a garden)/to groom (one's hair)/to finish (a rough surface)/to trim (a lawn)/to touch up (a photo)


id: 5b39256b03a3cf76e4cc3d9529268e0695ea82d8
simplified: 修昔底德陷阱
traditional: 修昔底德陷阱
pinyin: xiu1 xi1 di3 de2 xian4 jing3
english:
Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)


id: 44d7c5bff0318224541608744e77995845a59710
simplified: 俯就
traditional: 俯就
pinyin: fu3 jiu4
english:
to deign/to condescend/to yield to (entreaties)/to submit to (sb)/(polite) to deign to accept (a post)


id: 7f9c5933b32177020d7fd906f2a06ce06f773f96
simplified: 俯拾皆是
traditional: 俯拾皆是
pinyin: fu3 shi2 jie1 shi4
english:
lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)/fig. extremely common/easily available


id: 4cfc47ea090ef6f98a594e3162761e4f968edee1
simplified: 俾斯麦
traditional: 俾斯麥
pinyin: bi3 si1 mai4
english:
Bismarck (name)/Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, Minister-President of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890


id: fedd66a25d1878ed55206f0fbcbe5c9bdbeb3c22
simplified: 俾昼作夜
traditional: 俾晝作夜
pinyin: bi3 zhou4 zuo4 ye4
english:
to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour


id: 5690234d8e7f5f637378713211330e2e2e822d99
simplified: 仓颉
traditional: 倉頡
pinyin: cang1 jie2
english:
Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and creator of Chinese writing/Cangjie input method (computing)


id: c92e76e40c05f08ef65d36bda8f4dc0cb9da3be7
simplified: 个旧
traditional: 個舊
pinyin: ge4 jiu4
english:
Gejiu, county level city in Yunnan, capital of Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous county 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州[Hong2 he2 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]


id: f82523e2016fcc73667761fdfba4316598bb118f
simplified: 个旧市
traditional: 個舊市
pinyin: ge4 jiu4 shi4
english:
Gejiu, county level city in Yunnan, capital of Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous county 紅河哈尼族彞族自治州|红河哈尼族彝族自治州


id: daad00e42110a7cfd97f9c41d2812f8d103d32e4
simplified: 倍足类
traditional: 倍足類
pinyin: bei4 zu2 lei4
english:
Diplopoda (arthropod class with a pair of legs on each segment, including centipedes and millipedes)


id: 499aa380bf34c2872de062a2d5f9db16d10e3dce
simplified: 倒
traditional: 倒
pinyin: dao3
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
to fall/to collapse/to lie horizontally/to overthrow/to fail/to go bankrupt/to change (trains or buses)/to move around/to resell at a profit


id: ff200b9724316d6636ba1b588ef185d8aa0764dc
simplified: 倒
traditional: 倒
pinyin: dao4
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
to place upside down/to invert/to pour/to throw out/to move backwards/however/actually/as a matter of fact/contrary to expectation


id: bb2db321eb1ff8f6f6be0553619c4c59db3b968d
simplified: 倒吊蜡烛
traditional: 倒吊蠟燭
pinyin: dao4 diao4 la4 zhu2
english:
Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)


id: 54121cc3afe23d57753f5fb238831129a1df5560
simplified: 倒吸一口凉气
traditional: 倒吸一口涼氣
pinyin: dao4 xi1 yi1 kou3 liang2 qi4
english:
to gasp (with amazement or shock etc)/to feel a chill run down one's spine/to have one's hairs stand on end


id: 429884ea21d00aa02a6e09ecfc7c560939d43fa6
simplified: 倒扁
traditional: 倒扁
pinyin: dao3 bian3
english:
Taiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] in 2006 over corruption allegations


id: 1314e9d57c85d2095f86eaaed83f7419ef20c58c
simplified: 倒打一耙
traditional: 倒打一耙
pinyin: dao4 da3 yi1 pa2
english:
lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack/to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)


id: fe911b30967fc6a18414f7fa5e74f583472be5f8
simplified: 倒挂
traditional: 倒掛
pinyin: dao4 gua4
english:
lit. to hang upside down/fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods)/to borrow more than one can ever repay


id: 450b10a44e2bb3ab6f6529a092f4718c97bc2e29
simplified: 倒数
traditional: 倒數
pinyin: dao4 shu3
english:
to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)/to count down/from the bottom (lines on a page)/from the back (rows of seats)


id: 9954c47cd88f67945e6039b0a3fd72ae84e5d8d0
simplified: 倒行逆施
traditional: 倒行逆施
pinyin: dao4 xing2 ni4 shi1
english:
to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong/to try to turn back history/a perverse way of doing things


id: 4850b07a8c24cb79b055ee3e550666ea78fc27d8
simplified: 倚天屠龙记
traditional: 倚天屠龍記
pinyin: yi3 tian1 tu2 long2 ji4
english:
Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] and its screen adaptations


id: 67ab68b50833a47c6360a6548a042b64574e6b23
simplified: 借刀杀人
traditional: 借刀殺人
pinyin: jie4 dao1 sha1 ren2
english:
to lend sb a knife to kill sb/to get sb else to do one's dirty work/to attack using the strength of another (idiom)


id: 5bf17b60ddb12c9fb383be688ce7c38505a4d835
simplified: 借尸还魂
traditional: 借屍還魂
pinyin: jie4 shi1 huan2 hun2
english:
lit. reincarnated in sb else's body (idiom); fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise


id: 3d260895427115e425f2e2f1613ee97ef872583b
simplified: 借花献佛
traditional: 借花獻佛
pinyin: jie4 hua1 xian4 fo2
english:
lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property/plagiarism


id: 3f6645d9729f332a3b09007a7f426e6e28e40486
simplified: 借镜
traditional: 借鏡
pinyin: jie4 jing4
english:
(Tw) to draw on (others' experience)/to learn from (how others do things)/lesson to be learned (by observing others)


id: f9d8d77655eb2b59799cdbaa6833d078e6bd0937
simplified: 借鉴
traditional: 借鑒
pinyin: jie4 jian4
english:
to draw on (others' experience)/to learn from (how others do things)/lesson to be learned (by observing others)


id: aed8cc25ebe0ecbd1a6f05810bc348f1e6f1920f
simplified: 倪嗣冲
traditional: 倪嗣沖
pinyin: ni2 si4 chong1
english:
Ni Sichong (1868-1924), general closely linked to Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 during his unsuccessful 1915 bid for Empire


id: bdccb517d38581edb022ac16f0d48a95bd4d2f22
simplified: 倪桂珍
traditional: 倪桂珍
pinyin: ni2 gui4 zhen1
english:
Ni Guizhen or Ni Kwei-Tseng (1869 - 1931), mother of Song Ailing 宋藹齡|宋蔼龄[Song4 Ai3 ling2], Song Qingling 宋慶齡|宋庆龄[Song4 Qing4 ling2] and Song Meiling 宋美齡|宋美龄[Song4 Mei3 ling2]


id: 1b96861cac549ce5ee917148d268af62216e2f37
simplified: 假借
traditional: 假借
pinyin: jia3 jie4
english:
to make use of/to use sth as pretext/under false pretenses/under the guise of/masquerading as/lenient/tolerant/loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/character acquiring meanings by phonetic association/also called phonetic loan


id: 1c811bda37f56e78a09fe4704e04bdad9f5ff2d6
simplified: 假借字
traditional: 假借字
pinyin: jia3 jie4 zi4
english:
loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/character acquiring meanings by phonetic association/also called phonetic loan


id: 559902ecbe43a071b67ad8612e32276ec095e38f
simplified: 假借义
traditional: 假借義
pinyin: jia3 jie4 yi4
english:
the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")


id: f8ddff599f2caac5dbabf29728fa70f27610cd1d
simplified: 假公济私
traditional: 假公濟私
pinyin: jia3 gong1 ji4 si1
english:
official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position


id: 4530d45db8e8d751fe224573c9f667f04d5762d5
simplified: 假分数
traditional: 假分數
pinyin: jia3 fen1 shu4
english:
improper fraction (with numerator ≥ denominator, e.g. seven fifths)/see also: proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4] and mixed number 帶分數|带分数[dai4 fen1 shu4]


id: 2445308f5cfee639f55419b6cbaae984399a343a
simplified: 假名
traditional: 假名
pinyin: jia3 ming2
english:
false name/pseudonym/alias/pen name/the Japanese kana scripts/hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2]


id: c94e685fd0501552622fbf12247207e815a7cd07
simplified: 假掰
traditional: 假掰
pinyin: gei1 bai1
english:
(Tw) affected/pretentious/to put on a display of histrionics/(loanword from Taiwanese, POJ pr. [ké-pai])


id: c309d7902d03290a06cf8df002b682a9aef68eb2
simplified: 假途灭虢
traditional: 假途滅虢
pinyin: jia3 tu2 mie4 guo2
english:
lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner


id: af2ced0448ba372ae952e94ec68ae472624afbd4
simplified: 假道伐虢
traditional: 假道伐虢
pinyin: jia3 dao4 fa2 guo2
english:
to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo/to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)


id: 7cabb2bb4db9a6b13b7b822fb6043f108e279d28
simplified: 偏
traditional: 偏
pinyin: pian1
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
to lean/to slant/oblique/prejudiced/to deviate from average/to stray from the intended line/stubbornly/contrary to expectations/left-hand side of a split Chinese character, often the key or radical


id: 4fc29fd1a6027baa0550f8a4b4b7cad7ce403e49
simplified: 偏偏
traditional: 偏偏
pinyin: pian1 pian1
english:
(indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately/as it happened/(indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly/contrarily/against reason/(indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely/only/of all people


id: cdd5b821f627366588ab6ad33a9e3046b1fe5bf6
simplified: 偏安
traditional: 偏安
pinyin: pian1 an1
english:
content to hold a small part of the territory/fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground/forced to move away


id: d4b024e22e8e71bd6b4a12d5acf46324b874ef80
simplified: 做
traditional: 做
pinyin: zuo4
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
english:
to do/to make/to produce/to write/to compose/to act as/to engage in/to hold (a party)/to be/to become/to function (in some capacity)/to serve as/to be used for/to form (a bond or relationship)/to pretend/to feign/to act a part/to put on appearance


id: 7a38ab1025410cdb317c2346e91d431c77b70efb
simplified: 做一天和尚撞一天钟
traditional: 做一天和尚撞一天鐘
pinyin: zuo4 yi1 tian1 he2 shang5 zhuang4 yi1 tian1 zhong1
english:
lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)/fig. to do one's job mechanically/to hold a position passively


id: 283a87fb6f8d80f45ba619acd0fb5355e1f06ddd
simplified: 停摆
traditional: 停擺
pinyin: ting2 bai3
english:
(of a pendulum) to stop swinging/(of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt/to be suspended/to be canceled/shutdown/(sports) lockout


id: 613ad95d577f4334396b00378a679df1f04dc2bf
simplified: 停机
traditional: 停機
pinyin: ting2 ji1
english:
(of a machine) to stop/to shut down/to park a plane/to finish shooting (a TV program etc)/to suspend a phone line/(of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit


id: bb621947b511f7516febca3c085a6610cf219ba5
simplified: 停航
traditional: 停航
pinyin: ting2 hang2
english:
to stop running (of flight of shipping service)/to suspend service (flight, sailing)/to interrupt schedule


id: 01637f6186320db77ccf892d77fb0f6d2d1b1654
simplified: 侧刀旁
traditional: 側刀旁
pinyin: ce4 dao1 pang2
english:
name of "knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到, 利, 别 etc/see also 刂[dao1]


id: 606c1b6ad49b619907c9f75570aa2b8512ee7f37
simplified: 侦破
traditional: 偵破
pinyin: zhen1 po4
english:
to investigate (as detective)/to solve (crime)/to uncover (a plot)/to sniff out/to break in and analyze/detective work/to scout


id: 9fea6bf242e79732aae75ea4772ca100cf5d37e9
simplified: 偶像剧
traditional: 偶像劇
pinyin: ou3 xiang4 ju4
english:
idol drama/drama series in which the actors are chosen for their preexisting popularity with young viewers


id: 90b3eb8eafecb636d5124af96f575701a614a718
simplified: 偷梁换柱
traditional: 偷梁換柱
pinyin: tou1 liang2 huan4 zhu4
english:
lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column/to replace the original with a fake/to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)


id: b2b0c320f6171bf0a2c03a7b3e5aeeaddf097bf7
simplified: 偷渡
traditional: 偷渡
pinyin: tou1 du4
english:
illegal immigration/to stowaway (on a ship)/to steal across the international border/to run a blockade


id: e136a6434d7e81afcb6f67cd8aeaa335d5d63160
simplified: 偷鸡不成蚀把米
traditional: 偷雞不成蝕把米
pinyin: tou1 ji1 bu4 cheng2 shi2 ba3 mi3
english:
lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)/fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off/to go for wool and come back shorn


id: 930bb7eddc14cbdc1b5d27ca27e3d3c3b7ca9048
simplified: 伪装
traditional: 偽裝
pinyin: wei3 zhuang1
english:
to pretend to be (asleep etc)/to disguise oneself as/pretense/disguise/(military) to camouflage/camouflage


id: 610ba297979326b6289c77f57890e92d621de2e7
simplified: 傍
traditional: 傍
pinyin: bang4
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
variants: 旁
english:
near/approaching/to depend on/(slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb/Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]


id: df43772d18d1f1a8b59d24cd8c8d63627716d7b3
simplified: 杰弗里·乔叟
traditional: 傑弗里·喬叟
pinyin: jie2 fu2 li3 · qiao2 sou3
english:
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集[Kan3 te4 bo2 lei2 Gu4 shi4 Ji2]


id: bbefbc46cc0de6fb900fe93c6bd67cf1284e45d9
simplified: 傲娇
traditional: 傲嬌
pinyin: ao4 jiao1
english:
(coll.) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside (loanword from Japanese "tsundere")


id: 1e581289c82652b2e5b6d7b791bb074e62a4bc6c
simplified: 传承
traditional: 傳承
pinyin: chuan2 cheng2
english:
to pass on (to future generations)/passed on (from former times)/a continued tradition/an inheritance


id: d59beb2d239ac8cde36c47203712f1674ee25905
simplified: 传质
traditional: 傳質
pinyin: chuan2 zhi4
english:
(chemistry) mass transfer (as observed in processes like evaporation, distillation and membrane filtration)


id: 3ea15ffd351f2f29f368e9a167348c7ff3830512
simplified: 倾国倾城
traditional: 傾國傾城
pinyin: qing1 guo2 qing1 cheng2
english:
lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)/fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful/also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qing1 cheng2 qing1 guo2]


id: 1d89a95b8c5ca83f079692aa05c840f195ec5dcc
simplified: 倾城倾国
traditional: 傾城傾國
pinyin: qing1 cheng2 qing1 guo2
english:
lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)/fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful


id: eb12dbace6915bf467de29d06f555ebc4d70a8c2
simplified: 倾角
traditional: 傾角
pinyin: qing1 jiao3
english:
dip/angle of dip (inclination of a geological plane down from horizontal)/tilt (inclination of ship from vertical)


id: 7eaab26854bf113f2035dd2de4f6d489caa67b65
simplified: 像
traditional: 像
pinyin: xiang4
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 人
variants: 象
english:
to resemble/to be like/to look as if/such as/appearance/image/portrait/image under a mapping (math.)


id: df4946ef600014ae37ad37f1bc95fb0aad16d6cb
simplified: 价原
traditional: 價原
pinyin: jia4 yuan2
english:
Kagen or the Origin of Value by MIURA Baien 三浦梅園|三浦梅园[San1 pu3 Mei2 yuan2], pioneering study of economics comparable to Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations 國富論|国富论[Guo2 fu4 lun4]


id: 59ca0e0a72053c793909bda650212ed9d59585b5
simplified: 儒勒·凡尔纳
traditional: 儒勒·凡爾納
pinyin: ru2 le4 · fan2 er3 na4
english:
Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories, author of Around the World in Eighty Days 八十天环绕地球


id: 39b9ca19e738dbb24ed75ed5ac6e99fec94d30c5
simplified: 儒家
traditional: 儒家
pinyin: ru2 jia1
english:
Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)


id: 431a39da38f48d8b9f7da635839e76564c7d20df
simplified: 儒林外史
traditional: 儒林外史
pinyin: ru2 lin2 wai4 shi3
english:
The Scholars, Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吳敬梓|吴敬梓[Wu2 Jing4 zi3], an extended satire on the Imperial Examination system


id: 96a9dedfa7821a5014026a7f06690951d5f66e79
simplified: 尽
traditional: 儘
pinyin: jin3
radicalSimplified: 尸
radicalTraditional: 人
variants: 盡
english:
to the greatest extent/(when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme/to be within the limits of/to give priority to


id: e5c0b79b962bec7d681920f36c83c4c5003fda83
simplified: 尽管
traditional: 儘管
pinyin: jin3 guan3
english:
despite/although/even though/in spite of/unhesitatingly/do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc)/(go ahead and do it) without hesitating


id: 8ae0822eea0e9a8da78f88a010f51cac760b1e6b
simplified: 优孟
traditional: 優孟
pinyin: you1 meng4
english:
You Meng, famous court jester during the reign of King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王[Chu3 Zhuang1 wang2], known for his intelligence and sharp tongue


id: 3e60e778efc11276411dc158f6079e19bafeedc0
simplified: 儿
traditional: 儿
pinyin: ren2
radicalSimplified: 儿
radicalTraditional: 儿
english:
variant of 人[ren2]/"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc


id: 16064c1371661bb36c83528ab4d338bc1bf07436
simplified: 元
traditional: 元
pinyin: yuan2
radicalSimplified: 儿
radicalTraditional: 儿
english:
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)/first/original/primary/fundamental/constituent/part/era (of a reign)/meta- (prefix)/(math.) argument/variable/(Tw) (geology) eon/surname Yuan/the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)


id: 0e7d52bb77a1bfce3a343d09b21be4eefa1c86e1
simplified: 元世祖
traditional: 元世祖
pinyin: yuan2 shi4 zu3
english:
lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294


id: 756e34eed9c3d7baecf06dbb0dabc85e6f6aecb3
simplified: 元史
traditional: 元史
pinyin: yuan2 shi3
english:
History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Song Lian 宋濂[Song4 Lian2] in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls


id: d692a1ec335272649d67b1e7bad309489d415fd9
simplified: 元宵
traditional: 元宵
pinyin: yuan2 xiao1
english:
Lantern Festival/night of the 15th of the first lunar month/see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4]/sticky rice dumplings


id: 38d41ab86cde8015797c667ad40eeadb5c47484f
simplified: 元宵节
traditional: 元宵節
pinyin: yuan2 xiao1 jie2
english:
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar


id: 8a863fbb0d2d273ea9cfaa8946338bfa4434585d
simplified: 元宝
traditional: 元寶
pinyin: yuan2 bao3
english:
a silver or gold ingot/mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship)/a name for ancient currency/a rare genius/Yuanbao district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[Dan1 dong1 shi4], Liaoning


id: 320b9cf9c16a40715a83006e2b24cebfe6501579
simplified: 元曲四大家
traditional: 元曲四大家
pinyin: yuan2 qu3 si4 da4 jia1
english:
Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1], Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖[Zheng4 Guang1 zu3], Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远[Ma3 Zhi4 yuan3] and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴[Bai2 Pu3]


id: 497c62a1a4756fe07d0a4fbe47d0a1900b0d28d6
simplified: 元诗四大家
traditional: 元詩四大家
pinyin: yuan2 shi1 si4 da4 jia1
english:
the four masters of Yuan poetry, namely 虞集[Yu2 Ji2], 範梈|范梈[Fan4 Peng1], 楊載|杨载[Yang2 Zai4] and 揭傒斯[Jie1 Xi1 si1]


id: 27e4dea2c4f24ee939456cf7c148898b81db982c
simplified: 元谋县
traditional: 元謀縣
pinyin: yuan2 mou2 xian4
english:
Yuanmou county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan


id: 79d44af73b1a8d6cc0d138974e140364cd54b805
simplified: 兄弟
traditional: 兄弟
pinyin: xiong1 di4
english:
brothers/younger brother/CL:個|个[ge4]/I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)/brotherly/fraternal


id: e542927c5545c749239ff8e355f3b95a05697b90
simplified: 充塞
traditional: 充塞
pinyin: chong1 se4
english:
congestion/to block/to congest/to crowd/to choke/to cram/to fill up/to stuff/to take up all the space


id: a893407fbe94d88b854dec54b6015c99b67f789d
simplified: 先下手为强
traditional: 先下手為強
pinyin: xian1 xia4 shou3 wei2 qiang2
english:
strike first and gain the upper hand (idiom, martial arts term); Making the first move is an advantage.


id: c0b95951e08075299352a1c11166a2b9e6d85a02
simplified: 先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐
traditional: 先天下之憂而憂，後天下之樂而樂
pinyin: xian1 tian1 xia4 zhi1 you1 er2 you1 , hou4 tian1 xia4 zhi1 le4 er2 le4
english:
The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 範仲淹|范仲淹


id: bae842985cd2731494b58ca90a5ca17b5fe152c3
simplified: 先王
traditional: 先王
pinyin: xian1 wang2
english:
former kings/former emperors/in Confucian writing, refers esp. to the sage rulers Yao 堯|尧[Yao2], Shun 舜[Shun4], Yu 禹[Yu3], Tang 湯|汤[Tang1] and the kings of Zhou


id: 5bec0c9282105ab6cb3dbe39940ead95a1fc074e
simplified: 先礼后兵
traditional: 先禮後兵
pinyin: xian1 li3 hou4 bing1
english:
peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence/jaw-jaw is better than war-war


id: edd296ae6ed3c3785445da560ad693087a2d2181
simplified: 光大
traditional: 光大
pinyin: guang1 da4
english:
splendid/magnificent/abbr. for 中國光大銀行|中国光大银行[Zhong1 guo2 Guang1 da4 Yin2 hang2], China Everbright Bank


id: df87007073bfa29f4857ed52e867a7c0902cd4c0
simplified: 光州
traditional: 光州
pinyin: guang1 zhou1
english:
Guangzhou, old name for Huangchuan 潢川[Huang2 chuan1] in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan/Gwangju Metropolitan City, capital of South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道[Quan2 luo2 nan2 dao4], South Korea


id: 026d25cf401db1c09fd8c9da3650c40c401aad5f
simplified: 光州广域市
traditional: 光州廣域市
pinyin: guang1 zhou1 guang3 yu4 shi4
english:
Gwangju Metropolitan City, capital of South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道[Quan2 luo2 nan2 dao4], South Korea


id: b21bc8528a7c4366413117e7770b80a36543a933
simplified: 光复
traditional: 光復
pinyin: guang1 fu4
english:
to recover (territory or power)/the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945/Guangfu or Kuangfu township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 Xian4], east Taiwan


id: 9a7d1aa9678d631a47cee36eaea01661ee99dba8
simplified: 光明正大
traditional: 光明正大
pinyin: guang1 ming2 zheng4 da4
english:
(of a person) honorable/not devious/(of a behavior) fair and aboveboard/without tricks/openly/(of a situation) out in the open


id: 41d48121130695fd7f6737db540d22292eec59ee
simplified: 光明节
traditional: 光明節
pinyin: guang1 ming2 jie2
english:
Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar)/also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡


id: 0d9f454a2c5e19c1fe0961d9198348916827a8f4
simplified: 光棍节
traditional: 光棍節
pinyin: guang1 gun4 jie2
english:
Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day


id: 23f274b8395c912df96c27408d81df9bf80a1a9b
simplified: 光说不练
traditional: 光說不練
pinyin: guang1 shuo1 bu4 lian4
english:
all talk and no action (idiom)/to preach what one does not practice/same as 光說不做|光说不做[guang1 shuo1 bu4 zuo4]


id: 652342e283bc002c9533b3302d164401373f956a
simplified: 光风霁月
traditional: 光風霽月
pinyin: guang1 feng1 ji4 yue4
english:
lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom)/period of peace and prosperity/noble and benevolent character


id: 3192667b88bb689556e405fd87ffb6d6d8d99079
simplified: 克勒
traditional: 克勒
pinyin: ke4 le4
english:
Keller or Köhler (name)/Horst Köhler (1943-), German economist and CDU politician, head of the IMF 2000-2004, president of Germany 2004-2010


id: 05112263021ffe5c646e031c2f4afd420924092c
simplified: 克孜尔尕哈
traditional: 克孜爾尕哈
pinyin: ke4 zi1 er3 ga3 ha1
english:
Kizilgaha (Uighur: red-mouthed crow or border sentry), site of famous fire beacon tower and cliff caves in Kuchar county 庫車|库车, Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang


id: 31387db904457e043e4879e9152f60dedb6feb04
simplified: 克己复礼
traditional: 克己復禮
pinyin: ke4 ji3 fu4 li3
english:
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties/(any number of possible translations)


id: baa74b6f2838e875b3579e4a33d8d20b0e4fa372
simplified: 克林顿
traditional: 克林頓
pinyin: ke4 lin2 dun4
english:
Clinton (name)/Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, President 1993-2001/Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician


id: accc991e33bdb40ec30061dbf89f10cb6711eb47
simplified: 兑
traditional: 兌
pinyin: dui4
radicalSimplified: 儿
radicalTraditional: 儿
variants: 兌,兑
english:
to cash/to exchange/to add (liquid)/to blend/one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing swamp/☱/surname Dui


id: 05ed5b49119d5b61576f1bc9552ea6c9fa4acf72
simplified: 免
traditional: 免
pinyin: mian3
radicalSimplified: 儿
radicalTraditional: 儿
english:
to excuse sb/to exempt/to remove or dismiss from office/to avoid/to avert/to escape/to be prohibited


id: 7ced0fc6f685987371f52dcf80f24ef58c33850a
simplified: 免受
traditional: 免受
pinyin: mian3 shou4
english:
to avoid suffering/to prevent (sth bad)/to protect against (damage)/immunity (from prosecution)/freedom (from pain, damage etc)/exempt from punishment


id: e915752b1a1170c0da80a89edcce2144aa86c899
simplified: 儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫
traditional: 兒不嫌母醜，狗不嫌家貧
pinyin: er2 bu4 xian2 mu3 chou3 , gou3 bu4 xian2 jia1 pin2
english:
a son won't abandon his mother for being ugly, just as a dog won't abandon its owner for being poor (proverb)


id: e5db331bc7c1376e2fcd065321516760e03f81a8
simplified: 兔子不吃窝边草
traditional: 兔子不吃窩邊草
pinyin: tu4 zi5 bu4 chi1 wo1 bian1 cao3
english:
A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.


id: 17eb36780af5bf50a8bdecc107ef1f8f22cc7621
simplified: 兔死狐悲
traditional: 兔死狐悲
pinyin: tu4 si3 hu2 bei1
english:
lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress


id: 9ea229deb3599b92d31a9e995dde8c0aac90e8f0
simplified: 兔死狗烹
traditional: 兔死狗烹
pinyin: tu4 si3 gou3 peng1
english:
lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)/fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose


id: 1d5eab6b510be591b5d28c0323ee6d9476ffa6ba
simplified: 兜
traditional: 兜
pinyin: dou1
radicalSimplified: 儿
radicalTraditional: 儿
english:
pocket/bag/to wrap up or hold in a bag/to move in a circle/to canvas or solicit/to take responsibility for/to disclose in detail/combat armor (old)


id: 967a85a27a5f608ba2534722392403ed1794996a
simplified: 入
traditional: 入
pinyin: ru4
radicalSimplified: 入
radicalTraditional: 入
english:
to enter/to go into/to join/to become a member of/to confirm or agree with/abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1]


id: d6d5ddc6a7867a6f2d798fceb9c77c3030cdaa94
simplified: 入境问俗
traditional: 入境問俗
pinyin: ru4 jing4 wen4 su2
english:
When you enter a country, enquire about the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do/When in Rome, do as the Romans do


id: fc8e90b724bbc23e1b67e23f0a1b32e8ef17e9a8
simplified: 入境随俗
traditional: 入境隨俗
pinyin: ru4 jing4 sui2 su2
english:
When you enter a country, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do/When in Rome, do as the Romans do


id: 2ffa8377d0ffc54db2e4d6748084ac184e9bbc3b
simplified: 入戏
traditional: 入戲
pinyin: ru4 xi4
english:
(of an actor) to inhabit one's role/to become the character/(of an audience) to get involved in the drama


id: e898d5ab7ad20b3fb035f4eaad5ae7d5952180bc
simplified: 入乡随俗
traditional: 入鄉隨俗
pinyin: ru4 xiang1 sui2 su2
english:
When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do/When in Rome, do as the Romans do


id: e47a40947f1690b6118a243ddd8696c6eb62d6dc
simplified: 内参
traditional: 內參
pinyin: nei4 can1
english:
restricted document, available only to certain individuals such as high-ranking Party officials (abbr. for 內部參考|内部参考)/(literary) palace eunuch


id: 98bf53ec25344beb095e41225d10697d1ee80372
simplified: 内在超越
traditional: 內在超越
pinyin: nei4 zai4 chao1 yue4
english:
inner transcendence (perfection through one's own inner moral cultivation, as in Confucianism, for example)


id: 48f848a0bb920c54f9033add2d2751c0a89a6cc7
simplified: 内地
traditional: 內地
pinyin: nei4 di4
english:
inland/interior/hinterland/mainland China (PRC excluding Hong Kong and Macau, but including islands such as Hainan)/Japan (used in Taiwan during Japanese colonization)


id: 7a859ca5316203e8bfb0eb0581812042cba2b10a
simplified: 内场
traditional: 內場
pinyin: nei4 chang3
english:
inner area (of a place that has an outer area)/the kitchen of a restaurant (as opposed to the dining area)/infield (baseball etc)/(Chinese opera) the area behind the table on the stage


id: a0b7d458bfa72a8451ba456fffa98b9c0693bdeb
simplified: 内塔尼亚胡
traditional: 內塔尼亞胡
pinyin: nei4 ta3 ni2 ya4 hu2
english:
Netanyahu (name)/Benjamin Netanyahu (1949-), Israeli Likud politician, prime minister 1996-1999 and from 2009


id: 504f7a220d39bd639c708398a1399b4a734c4940
simplified: 内定
traditional: 內定
pinyin: nei4 ding4
english:
to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later/to decide behind closed doors/all cut and dried


id: 554eedd0a555b854d12acb2fe5f65f9abf616091
simplified: 内插
traditional: 內插
pinyin: nei4 cha1
english:
to install (hardware) internally (rather than plugging it in as a peripheral)/(math.) to interpolate/interpolation


id: 850524fd9f048abeff2042560360c609488c7e28
simplified: 内比都
traditional: 內比都
pinyin: nei4 bi3 du1
english:
Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw, jungle capital of Myanmar (Burma) since November 2005, 300 km north of Rangoon and 300 km south of Mandalay/formerly called Pyinmana 彬馬那|彬马那


id: 2deb864d03f87dd689ca4a4f01672b4f1ee79542
simplified: 内科医生
traditional: 內科醫生
pinyin: nei4 ke1 yi1 sheng1
english:
medical doctor/physician who works primarily by administering drugs, as opposed to surgeon 外科醫生|外科医生[wai4 ke1 yi1 sheng1]


id: 55bd46c4758e4d217bbf5f3e79a98e54fef58350
simplified: 内经
traditional: 內經
pinyin: nei4 jing1
english:
abbr. for 黃帝內經|黄帝内经[Huang2 di4 Nei4 jing1], The Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon, medical text c. 300 BC


id: ed79c7b516d54c396116622144e2e69e967a4bec
simplified: 内耗
traditional: 內耗
pinyin: nei4 hao4
english:
internal friction/internal dissipation of energy (in mechanics)/fig. waste or discord within an organization


id: 454a03516a705dd8401c7893113126544ad5d557
simplified: 内蒙古
traditional: 內蒙古
pinyin: nei4 meng3 gu3
english:
Inner Mongolia/abbr. for 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1], Inner Mongolia autonomous region


id: 2294cab792b35b3526e147927bae19d27344683d
simplified: 内蒙古自治区
traditional: 內蒙古自治區
pinyin: nei4 meng3 gu3 zi4 zhi4 qu1
english:
Inner Mongolia autonomous region, abbr. 內蒙古|内蒙古[Nei4 meng3 gu3], capital Hohhot 呼和浩特市[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4]


id: 47f480fa4a24d58fe7ca7487f456e65de40f8643
simplified: 内贾德
traditional: 內賈德
pinyin: nei4 jia3 de2
english:
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian fundamentalist politician, president of Iran 2005-2013/abbr. for 艾哈邁迪內賈德|艾哈迈迪内贾德


id: c492b2110d493ea8c12db8b59cf1ddf00c66bc1d
simplified: 全场
traditional: 全場
pinyin: quan2 chang3
english:
everyone present/the whole audience/across-the-board/unanimously/whole duration (of a competition or match)


id: 0c68bb5aecdb4091dd7edb24130dbcd236a586bc
simplified: 全球卫星导航系统
traditional: 全球衛星導航系統
pinyin: quan2 qiu2 wei4 xing1 dao3 hang2 xi4 tong3
english:
Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS/abbr. to 格洛納斯|格洛纳斯


id: a98976e14fba02eeda8a65f75652e6b4a1910d3e
simplified: 全罗道
traditional: 全羅道
pinyin: quan2 luo2 dao4
english:
Jeolla or Cholla Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Jeolla Province 全羅北道|全罗北道[Quan2 luo2 bei3 dao4] and South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道[Quan2 luo2 nan2 dao4]


id: 8564068c0faacc9f2e5a41c7efd4ddd85e6e2d6f
simplified: 两
traditional: 兩
pinyin: liang3
radicalSimplified: 一
radicalTraditional: 入
variants: 両,兩,两
english:
two/both/some/a few/tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)


id: 5452fe6931aa4c49a9bb91bca422f4b19bc4b062
simplified: 两全其美
traditional: 兩全其美
pinyin: liang3 quan2 qi2 mei3
english:
to satisfy rival demands (idiom)/to get the best of both worlds/to have it both ways/to have one's cake and eat it too


id: 4c994047ac8bf5b31559f85586bfc59aac882cb2
simplified: 两弹一星
traditional: 兩彈一星
pinyin: liang3 dan4 yi1 xing1
english:
(China's achievements of) producing an atomic bomb (1964) and hydrogen bomb (1967) and launching a satellite into space (1970)


id: 3318a3bae3f0ae33c4819a1aa090ea4d78081982
simplified: 两德
traditional: 兩德
pinyin: liang3 de2
english:
two Germanies/refers to German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)


id: ed7cbf998773ce3f84e022da79bbf3af9095462c
simplified: 两肋插刀
traditional: 兩肋插刀
pinyin: liang3 lei4 cha1 dao1
english:
lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)/fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it


id: 2585a85e8a77a3ec7201a54bc9bfee476537623d
simplified: 两袖清风
traditional: 兩袖清風
pinyin: liang3 xiu4 qing1 feng1
english:
lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom); having clean hands/uncorrupted/unsoiled by corrupt practices


id: 7c35218e3987091c9c70e880ba8f0d27a15b0c4d
simplified: 八二三炮战
traditional: 八二三砲戰
pinyin: ba1 er4 san1 pao4 zhan4
english:
bombardment of Kinmen by PRC forces that started August 23rd 1958, also called second Taiwan strait crisis


id: a81428a1bd8285e6813126bd5d5d28ac405e3f67
simplified: 八仙过海，各显神通
traditional: 八仙過海，各顯神通
pinyin: ba1 xian1 guo4 hai3 , ge4 xian3 shen2 tong1
english:
lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)/fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities


id: a2c15afcc2fc5cd18ca606e4e924c97e4cf4490a
simplified: 八大元老
traditional: 八大元老
pinyin: ba1 da4 yuan2 lao3
english:
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CPC, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2], 陳雲|陈云[Chen2 Yun2], 李先念[Li3 Xian1 nian4], 彭真[Peng2 Zhen1], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[Yang2 Shang4 kun1], 薄一波[Bo2 Yi1 bo1], 王震[Wang2 Zhen4], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[Song4 Ren4 qiong2]/abbr. to 八老[Ba1 lao3]


id: 689e601bd011617a503be9d0bd06fb2b36616fd7
simplified: 八字方针
traditional: 八字方針
pinyin: ba1 zi4 fang1 zhen1
english:
the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by 李富春[Li3 Fu4 chun1] in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高|调整、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"/a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan


id: 77d36bd5e90983dbccb4f43ba1005a3ec94393d9
simplified: 八字没一撇
traditional: 八字沒一撇
pinyin: ba1 zi4 mei2 yi1 pie3
english:
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)/fig. things have not even begun to take shape/no sign of success yet


id: 84bf36036d319d57d6c3af535eeddb2ac9de664a
simplified: 八岐大蛇
traditional: 八岐大蛇
pinyin: ba1 qi2 da4 she2
english:
Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)


id: b2612638e6d958e19a52b9a3c8d3f0553948851c
simplified: 八旗
traditional: 八旗
pinyin: ba1 qi2
english:
Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty


id: 9d8325c8ffcb462436fb56e8eb35477284335063
simplified: 八冲
traditional: 八沖
pinyin: ba1 chong1
english:
eight surges (a group of eight acupoints in Chinese acupuncture, namely PC-9, TB-1, HT-9 and LV-3, bilaterally)


id: 705a236b40ac97e710e733d5c856d024b451a2cd
simplified: 八美乡
traditional: 八美鄉
pinyin: ba1 mei3 xiang1
english:
Bamei or Bamay township in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan


id: 02d94100412ad43881a38c374554d9a89f0d9b8a
simplified: 八苦
traditional: 八苦
pinyin: ba1 ku3
english:
the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)


id: 0c0c382f5e4abb4b9ece620ab161f6d3c8b21365
simplified: 八万大藏经
traditional: 八萬大藏經
pinyin: ba1 wan4 da4 zang4 jing1
english:
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in Haeinsa 海印寺[Hai3 yin4 si4] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea


id: 8c96d8f89b4f0cb5105d6cec958a36c9ff9e5f0f
simplified: 八角街
traditional: 八角街
pinyin: ba1 jiao3 jie1
english:
Barkhor street, central business area and pilgrim circuit around Jokhang temple in Lhasa, Tibet/same as 八廓街[Ba1 kuo4 Jie1]


id: 0558da7b8c048a8f47e30699a73f5e4736a8e063
simplified: 八路军
traditional: 八路軍
pinyin: ba1 lu4 jun1
english:
Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)


id: 01e0575cc6cdd6988967638a12d18fe49f6986c0
simplified: 八音
traditional: 八音
pinyin: ba1 yin1
english:
music/(used in advertising instrumental tuition)/(archaic) musical instruments made of eight different materials (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹)


id: 5e949dff0f54aa8349f6d099dd5ae59973a0dcbb
simplified: 公
traditional: 公
pinyin: gong1
radicalSimplified: 八
radicalTraditional: 八
english:
public/collectively owned/common/international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)/make public/fair/just/Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]/honorable (gentlemen)/father-in-law/male (animal)


id: 5f7ec2aaa00cf04251e03d29e30bb746188bfd9d
simplified: 公孙龙
traditional: 公孫龍
pinyin: gong1 sun1 long2
english:
Gongsun Long (c. 325-250 BC), leading thinker of the School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)


id: 023e2aecbaf4c10125a753f05f29b87d7abd85c3
simplified: 公检法
traditional: 公檢法
pinyin: gong1 jian3 fa3
english:
public security authorities, acronym from 公安局[gong1 an1 ju2], 檢察院|检察院[jian3 cha2 yuan4] and 法院[fa3 yuan4]


id: 993dec2c2bb256cefb96edd6c0b918d91cb0fb16
simplified: 公知
traditional: 公知
pinyin: gong1 zhi1
english:
public intellectual (sometimes used derogatorily)/abbr. for 公共知识分子|公共知識分子 [gong1 gong4 zhi1 shi5 fen4 zi3]


id: a5aee0a826e9c839021767d15cd0398e7f8f7cfc
simplified: 公羊传
traditional: 公羊傳
pinyin: gong1 yang2 zhuan4
english:
Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history, probably written by multiple authors during Han dynasty, same as 公羊春秋[Gong1 yang2 Chun1 qiu1]


id: 118edddad88b517826f5eb9400282d8899db1fe9
simplified: 公羊春秋
traditional: 公羊春秋
pinyin: gong1 yang2 chun1 qiu1
english:
Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history, probably written during Han dynasty, same as 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4]


id: 24cd8eb82533bb1aa360e2a72b127a5c8de7e43a
simplified: 公车
traditional: 公車
pinyin: gong1 che1
english:
bus/abbr. for 公共汽車|公共汽车[gong1 gong4 qi4 che1]/car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc)/abbr. for 公務用車|公务用车[gong1 wu4 yong4 che1]


id: 6eba88205384aecc9ce7726f3e7da273cde22ee6
simplified: 公馆
traditional: 公館
pinyin: gong1 guan3
english:
residence (of sb rich or important)/mansion/Gongguan or Kungkuan township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan


id: ca7b976c786eba5736186efce3d76da8f7b3cf42
simplified: 六合
traditional: 六合
pinyin: liu4 he2
english:
the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down)/the whole country/the universe/everything under the sun


id: 6f2cc239156af9a936045c56280cd64d61d9e5df
simplified: 六家
traditional: 六家
pinyin: liu4 jia1
english:
Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司馬談|司马谈[Si1 ma3 Tan2] (儒家[Ru2 jia1], 道家[Dao4 jia1], 陰陽|阴阳[yin1 yang2], 法家[Fa3 jia1], 名家[Ming2 jia1], and 墨家[Mo4 jia1])


id: 1b3e481a63257d1b0fecf83993c0e1d3fbfca242
simplified: 六书
traditional: 六書
pinyin: liu4 shu1
english:
Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)


id: d0766455c9ddfa249cf2be5ce558ffbd2e7055bf
simplified: 六朝四大家
traditional: 六朝四大家
pinyin: liu4 chao2 si4 da4 jia1
english:
Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興|曹不兴[Cao2 Bu4 xing1], Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之|顾恺之[Gu4 Kai3 zhi1], Lu Tanwei 陸探微|陆探微[Lu4 Tan4 wei1] and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇|张僧繇[Zhang1 Seng1 you2]


id: 82ad9ee88d777f88fd0fad47f5ea599e0620fe45
simplified: 六淫
traditional: 六淫
pinyin: liu4 yin2
english:
(TCM) six excesses causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕|湿[shi1], dryness 燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3]


id: b83d2dbf82594155bedf4641de31f33fa800d507
simplified: 六神
traditional: 六神
pinyin: liu4 shen2
english:
the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心[xin1], lungs 肺[fei4], liver 肝[gan1], kidneys 腎|肾[shen4], spleen 脾[pi2] and gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3])


id: 726d295f7fa57b1ed54ec25a98bd3b9106f754b0
simplified: 六经
traditional: 六經
pinyin: liu4 jing1
english:
Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]


id: 8dfb0f7789b58ecac7410492e6974658748286ed
simplified: 六腑
traditional: 六腑
pinyin: liu4 fu3
english:
(TCM) six bowels (hollow organs), namely: gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3], stomach 胃[wei4], large intestine 大腸|大肠[da4 chang2], small intestine 小腸|小肠[xiao3 chang2], triple heater 三焦[san1 jiao1], bladder 膀胱[pang2 guang1]


id: 63599d2bac363b19d9bf7172c286c290160b08f7
simplified: 六艺
traditional: 六藝
pinyin: liu4 yi4
english:
the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[li3] (禮儀|礼仪[li3 yi2]), music 樂|乐[yue3] (音樂|音乐[yin1 yue4]), archery 射[she4] (射箭[she4 jian4]), charioteering 御[yu4] (駕車|驾车[jia4 che1]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shu1] (識字|识字[shi2 zi4]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shu4] (計算|计算[ji4 suan4])/another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]


id: 064dc4c2e4395a35106a855a0eaed1aef5c583fb
simplified: 六亲
traditional: 六親
pinyin: liu4 qin1
english:
six close relatives, namely: father 父[fu4], mother 母[mu3], older brothers 兄[xiong1], younger brothers 弟[di4], wife 妻[qi1], male children 子[zi3]/one's kin


id: 918f3e7d716e8326d18c6295fb2cf8ee824795a6
simplified: 六亲不认
traditional: 六親不認
pinyin: liu4 qin1 bu4 ren4
english:
not recognizing one's family (idiom); self-centered and not making any allowances for the needs of one's relatives


id: 90a19d854a56bd47834a82343b937c6f2c2cc692
simplified: 六邪
traditional: 六邪
pinyin: liu4 xie2
english:
(TCM) six unhealthy influences causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕|湿[shi1], dryness 燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3]


id: 38fc62e4e70cb0ece15b89682957b3b1ef155924
simplified: 六韬
traditional: 六韜
pinyin: liu4 tao1
english:
“Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]


id: 55ecd6da37839c1a403b06fbd7dac4dd396e147d
simplified: 六韬三略
traditional: 六韜三略
pinyin: liu4 tao1 san1 lu:e4
english:
"Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略[San1 lu:e4], two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]


id: 763faa436f2fa0f01465fe8ea0d36e240a5b5d1e
simplified: 兮兮
traditional: 兮兮
pinyin: xi1 xi1
english:
(particle used to exaggerate certain adjectives, in particular 神經兮兮|神经兮兮, 髒兮兮|脏兮兮, 可憐兮兮|可怜兮兮, and 慘兮兮|惨兮兮)


id: d0495f537046cf9b9fd51008d013afd8f17cba19
simplified: 共
traditional: 共
pinyin: gong4
radicalSimplified: 八
radicalTraditional: 八
english:
common/general/to share/together/total/altogether/abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party


id: dce122d4fe2a603361244e062d6bc14c02de3eef
simplified: 共同纲领
traditional: 共同綱領
pinyin: gong4 tong2 gang1 ling3
english:
common program/formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan


id: 55d633665db0c35d6a0da063dc0db426e8d2160a
simplified: 共和县
traditional: 共和縣
pinyin: gong4 he2 xian4
english:
Gonghe county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai


id: d74ffc45d3203f9e19f46b7f5c9a951816974b12
simplified: 共产国际
traditional: 共產國際
pinyin: gong4 chan3 guo2 ji4
english:
Communist International or Comintern (1919-1943), also known as the Third International 第三國際|第三国际[Di4 san1 Guo2 ji4]


id: 487626f0dafe258bdafeff5defc1661896a2d81b
simplified: 兵来将挡，水来土掩
traditional: 兵來將擋，水來土掩
pinyin: bing1 lai2 jiang4 dang3 , shui3 lai2 tu3 yan3
english:
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action/to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation


id: 8cd92fa6782cfdc78b21d66e44485d2da233f956
simplified: 兵家
traditional: 兵家
pinyin: bing1 jia1
english:
military strategist in ancient China/military commander/soldier/the School of the Military, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)


id: 32abff3011f3e7cb8a1e908bf4b120803a32578e
simplified: 兵精粮足
traditional: 兵精糧足
pinyin: bing1 jing1 liang2 zu2
english:
elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces/preparations for war are in an advanced state


id: 1533a795d062b728671b5d4ee57402cc87293c97
simplified: 兵马未动，粮草先行
traditional: 兵馬未動，糧草先行
pinyin: bing1 ma3 wei4 dong4 , liang2 cao3 xian1 xing2
english:
before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers/an army marches on its stomach


id: 9ce0d310bdfab2ab1bd9ae0615556a3a610982fb
simplified: 具
traditional: 具
pinyin: ju4
radicalSimplified: 八
radicalTraditional: 八
english:
tool/device/utensil/equipment/instrument/talent/ability/to possess/to have/to provide/to furnish/to state/classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies


id: 8f709d3894b18169ba4279866acb13bd8cca2299
simplified: 典
traditional: 典
pinyin: dian3
radicalSimplified: 八
radicalTraditional: 八
english:
canon/law/standard work of scholarship/literary quotation or allusion/ceremony/to be in charge of/to mortgage or pawn


id: 2addb49ec51580f464056e9c50f96503d15053c8
simplified: 兼爱
traditional: 兼愛
pinyin: jian1 ai4
english:
"universal love", principle advocated by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], stressing that people should care for everyone equally


id: f87978de9006e1fa66240312205626b711e66fd5
simplified: 兼顾
traditional: 兼顧
pinyin: jian1 gu4
english:
to attend simultaneously to two or more things/to balance (career and family, family and education etc)


id: da13dd5429757a7f0baf838e3c5e64abe50a32cd
simplified: 冂
traditional: 冂
pinyin: jiong1
radicalSimplified: 冂
radicalTraditional: 冂
variants: 坰,冋
english:
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用, 同, 网 etc/see also 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]


id: cb100dea9a965a3e29e0fcf89a01e2e4ad65e97b
simplified: 册府元龟
traditional: 冊府元龜
pinyin: ce4 fu3 yuan2 gui1
english:
Prime tortoise of the record bureau, Song dynasty historical encyclopedia of political essays, autobiography, memorials and decrees, compiled 1005-1013 under Wang Qinruo 王欽若|王钦若 and Yang Yi 楊億|杨亿, 1000 scrolls


id: 335c5f832ee24b49a13f7eed58018f8c5fd771e2
simplified: 再
traditional: 再
pinyin: zai4
radicalSimplified: 冂
radicalTraditional: 冂
english:
again/once more/re-/second/another/then (after sth, and not until then)/no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis)


id: 620dee0eb0f0c32e63a16ada7a59831f05d7474b
simplified: 再拜
traditional: 再拜
pinyin: zai4 bai4
english:
to bow again/to bow twice (gesture of respect in former times)/(in letters, an expression of respect)


id: d62443729205adb07c79efe9377f2e66e93a76ef
simplified: 再造
traditional: 再造
pinyin: zai4 zao4
english:
to give a new lease of life/to reconstruct/to reform/to rework/to recycle/to reproduce (copies, or offspring)/restoration/restructuring


id: 42cbab294b3800283c3fadb893f73606f03e9675
simplified: 冏卿
traditional: 冏卿
pinyin: jiong3 qing1
english:
Minister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding/same as 太僕寺卿|太仆寺卿[Tai4 pu2 si4 qing1]


id: d5d51339e72afd37c5d8638b4b5213aec3eac8ae
simplified: 冏寺
traditional: 冏寺
pinyin: jiong3 si4
english:
same as 太僕寺|太仆寺[Tai4 pu2 si4], Court of imperial stud, office originally charged with horse breeding


id: 21fa9cccc039c4f77c715e35d0e35d713b2dd0de
simplified: 冒
traditional: 冒
pinyin: mao4
radicalSimplified: 冂
radicalTraditional: 冂
variants: 
english:
to emit/to give off/to send out (or up, forth)/to brave/to face/reckless/to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc)/to feign/(literary) to cover/surname Mao


id: b39b73fc1372446c7ef3c4720ad9d3b03e73e24c
simplified: 冕宁
traditional: 冕寧
pinyin: mian3 ning2
english:
Mianning county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan


id: 5de4524be429b8fd82c9600655d551b87558b44a
simplified: 冖
traditional: 冖
pinyin: mi4
radicalSimplified: 冖
radicalTraditional: 冖
english:
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 军, 写, 冠 etc/see also 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4]/see also 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]


id: 7c829e030c8e37c8f8eeb8a06f2d8dfc6483744f
simplified: 冤有头，债有主
traditional: 冤有頭，債有主
pinyin: yuan1 you3 tou2 , zhai4 you3 zhu3
english:
for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom)/when settling disputes one should not involve third parties


id: bab396b03f882746968630e43a8ae4e945801354
simplified: 冫
traditional: 冫
pinyin: bing1
radicalSimplified: 冫
radicalTraditional: 冫
variants: 氷,冰
english:
"ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15), occurring in 冰, 决, 次/see also 兩點水|两点水[liang3 dian3 shui3]


id: ec6a39fe055d5fb31eb6bd1b8aa35da0407580d7
simplified: 冬笋
traditional: 冬筍
pinyin: dong1 sun3
english:
winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)


id: 81ae0e063ae9194864300b0499a2f3da7c158f02
simplified: 冰
traditional: 冰
pinyin: bing1
radicalSimplified: 冫
radicalTraditional: 冫
variants: 氷,冫
english:
ice/CL:塊|块[kuai4]/to chill sth/(of an object or substance) to feel cold/(of a person) cold/unfriendly/(slang) methamphetamine


id: 9a6dca88e3491787c301351f0ce03e4d7cacc27f
simplified: 冰壶秋月
traditional: 冰壺秋月
pinyin: bing1 hu2 qiu1 yue4
english:
jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure/flawless person


id: ee46295faced06272193ef54dd2e770ef80318d7
simplified: 冰炭不言，冷热自明
traditional: 冰炭不言，冷熱自明
pinyin: bing1 tan4 bu4 yan2 , leng3 re4 zi4 ming2
english:
ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words


id: 70c6003d1c504746859636f089d500fcf108d02e
simplified: 冰皮月饼
traditional: 冰皮月餅
pinyin: bing1 pi2 yue4 bing3
english:
snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing)


id: ec9bf9fcfbc169e4b170600aa37afc5d5ae6461d
simplified: 冰释
traditional: 冰釋
pinyin: bing1 shi4
english:
to dispel (enmity, misunderstandings etc)/to vanish (of misgivings, differences of opinion)/thaw (in relations)


id: b65b49615b99235cccbaba56865fecc356ea4261
simplified: 冷宫
traditional: 冷宮
pinyin: leng3 gong1
english:
(in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor/(fig.) the doghouse/a state of disfavor


id: 9bcbe1c0a556bd14147ad906f9c8d50aead98bd2
simplified: 冷湖
traditional: 冷湖
pinyin: leng3 hu2
english:
Lenghu county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai


id: 43f2ddd7fd78df4083bf9d22aee2ca4765d5a6ad
simplified: 冷笑
traditional: 冷笑
pinyin: leng3 xiao4
english:
to sneer/to laugh grimly/grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc)/bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile


id: eebec1c5946eb9e0aa67be679bd40e409aa5adc3
simplified: 冼星海
traditional: 冼星海
pinyin: xian3 xing1 hai3
english:
Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱


id: e31a766239cd8b63a9e07205960f0f08315c7c58
simplified: 冻容
traditional: 凍容
pinyin: dong4 rong2
english:
"youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old


id: 0d08ef1303bfd035ab6dfa09764fda4cbd8959e2
simplified: 凛
traditional: 凜
pinyin: lin3
radicalSimplified: 冫
radicalTraditional: 冫
variants: 懔
english:
cold/to shiver with cold/to tremble with fear/afraid/apprehensive/strict/stern/severe/austere/awe-inspiring/imposing/majestic


id: 5f543078035a1d8da66ec9b85c0ad5b2f3e40a56
simplified: 凡
traditional: 凡
pinyin: fan2
radicalSimplified: 几
radicalTraditional: 几
variants: 凢,凣
english:
ordinary/commonplace/mundane/temporal/of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels)/every/all/whatever/altogether/gist/outline/note of Chinese musical scale


id: 34f910f42584af9632840c901aed85ce756977ad
simplified: 凯里
traditional: 凱里
pinyin: kai3 li3
english:
Kaili city in Guizhou, capital of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州


id: baa356d07895ca623e61dcc8caaa5a81cdf3bd50
simplified: 出
traditional: 出
pinyin: chu1
radicalSimplified: 凵
radicalTraditional: 凵
variants: 岀
english:
to go out/to come out/to occur/to produce/to go beyond/to rise/to put forth/to happen/(used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)/classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc


id: 743616f1168b98d890e1b730f1a50644ebe27552
simplified: 出乎
traditional: 出乎
pinyin: chu1 hu1
english:
due to/to stem from/to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc)/to go against (expectations)


id: 5d9e43fd55a20ddce64c0440c3e5817e367945bd
simplified: 出其不意，攻其不备
traditional: 出其不意，攻其不備
pinyin: chu1 qi2 bu4 yi4 , gong1 qi2 bu4 bei4
english:
to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])


id: ee2715965b2a98bbef1a70c3ef1ed98e3a1c751b
simplified: 出场
traditional: 出場
pinyin: chu1 chang3
english:
(of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform/(of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete/(fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product)/(of an examinee etc) to leave the venue


id: 6d16c77fbdf7f26f433d2d1790eec114522bc736
simplified: 出局
traditional: 出局
pinyin: chu1 ju2
english:
to send off (player for a foul)/to knock out (i.e. to beat in a knock-out tournament)/to eliminate/to call out/to kill off/to pull out of (a competition)/to retire (a runner in baseball)/out (i.e. man out in baseball)


id: 0278d36f00d3d90b3d86e2a30f34bcc555b30ea4
simplified: 出山
traditional: 出山
pinyin: chu1 shan1
english:
to leave the mountain (of a hermit)/to come out of obscurity to a government job/to take a leading position


id: 247b90e5ec000ef0d29fc6603a918509605ddb2b
simplified: 出戏
traditional: 出戲
pinyin: chu1 xi4
english:
(of an actor) to disengage from the performance (e.g. after the show ends)/(of an audience) to lose interest in the performance


id: 73e4f3379ffdf21dd2d6935a609e517963bf0f33
simplified: 出格
traditional: 出格
pinyin: chu1 ge2
english:
to overstep the bounds of what is proper/to take sth too far/(of a measuring device) to go off the scale


id: c644b98552712ff5826b50df38e5b8dfb62ab415
simplified: 出水芙蓉
traditional: 出水芙蓉
pinyin: chu1 shui3 fu2 rong2
english:
as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy)


id: 2672ce410570698d1fdd1c5d1b8275ed891dc3ea
simplified: 出没
traditional: 出沒
pinyin: chu1 mo4
english:
to come and go/to roam about (mostly unseen)/(of a ghost) to haunt (a place)/(of a criminal) to stalk (the streets)/(of the sun) to rise and set


id: 8937a258842017b88bd63e119f60e571afa056eb
simplified: 出尔反尔
traditional: 出爾反爾
pinyin: chu1 er3 fan3 er3
english:
old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word/to blow hot and cold/to contradict oneself/inconsistent


id: a553b60bee183c0e066bee599e19c191e732515c
simplified: 出生入死
traditional: 出生入死
pinyin: chu1 sheng1 ru4 si3
english:
from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water/brave/willing to risk life and limb


id: 2fa87e5af69c684f1980dbaf4bb0230cf0f0d92b
simplified: 出笼
traditional: 出籠
pinyin: chu1 long2
english:
just out of the steamer basket 蒸籠|蒸笼/to appear (of products, publications, sometimes derog., "lots of shoddy material is appearing nowadays")


id: 4ca7abfffa839fda65cad886a45da5666fb41883
simplified: 出线
traditional: 出線
pinyin: chu1 xian4
english:
(sports) to go out of bounds/to go over the line/to qualify for the next round of competition/(Tw) (fig.) to make the grade/to achieve success


id: 2a4e912e4ea12d757a2fbe1d8bdfd01125f59f7e
simplified: 出脱
traditional: 出脫
pinyin: chu1 tuo1
english:
to manage to sell/to dispose of sth (by selling)/to get property off one's hands/to find excuses (to get off a charge)/to extricate sb (from trouble)/to vindicate/to become prettier (of child)


id: 3c82b2c1af9894ee3c72c9bb1726290ecf223f4b
simplified: 出台
traditional: 出臺
pinyin: chu1 tai2
english:
to officially launch (a policy, program etc)/to appear on stage/to appear publicly/(of a bar girl) to leave with a client


id: 5d8aa4ee7c28121a014c3a94aaf618816d51e697
simplified: 出货
traditional: 出貨
pinyin: chu1 huo4
english:
to take money or valuables out of storage/to recover/to ship goods/to extract (chemicals from solution)


id: e00c0349a67a4d5410462edd052fbbf7c54f8769
simplified: 出轨
traditional: 出軌
pinyin: chu1 gui3
english:
derailment (railway accident)/to leave the rails/fig. to overstep bounds/fig. to have an extramarital affair


id: f45c2676038e566cffff2b5901731e9cbecadbb9
simplified: 出头
traditional: 出頭
pinyin: chu1 tou2
english:
to get out of a predicament/to stick out/to take the initiative/remaining odd fraction after a division/a little more than


id: 65827c6a6eb143800dba2d2909ce8f756a07afd4
simplified: 函谷关
traditional: 函谷關
pinyin: han2 gu3 guan1
english:
Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)


id: 3db24a045a3fe33b488bcaab75a2ca23ed01070c
simplified: 刀
traditional: 刀
pinyin: dao1
radicalSimplified: 刀
radicalTraditional: 刀
variants: 刂
english:
knife/blade/single-edged sword/cutlass/CL:把[ba3]/(slang) dollar (loanword)/classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)/classifier for knife cuts or stabs/surname Dao


id: f1ace238aca979ee9b6a02b819e864832853186b
simplified: 刀枪不入
traditional: 刀槍不入
pinyin: dao1 qiang1 bu4 ru4
english:
lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom)/fig. invulnerable/untouchable/thick-skinned/impervious to criticism


id: 69d5394f03fc6d1a8713cdb65169721e6f25b556
simplified: 刁斗
traditional: 刁斗
pinyin: diao1 dou3
english:
soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)


id: 7ead68b47bc680727293c120a2a4532f480433ec
simplified: 刂
traditional: 刂
pinyin: dao1
radicalSimplified: 刀
radicalTraditional: 刀
variants: 刀
english:
"knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18)/see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2]/see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]


id: 5c1dccc26f99350192230cccf6deb839d9ecd8cd
simplified: 分
traditional: 分
pinyin: fen1
radicalSimplified: 刀
radicalTraditional: 刀
variants: 份
english:
to divide/to separate/to distribute/to allocate/to distinguish (good and bad)/part or subdivision/fraction/one tenth (of certain units)/unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm/minute (unit of time)/minute (angular measurement unit)/a point (in sports or games)/0.01 yuan (unit of money)


id: 3027389524ddf0853f9311b94aa30317ff3262d6
simplified: 分久必合，合久必分
traditional: 分久必合，合久必分
pinyin: fen1 jiu3 bi4 he2 , he2 jiu3 bi4 fen1
english:
lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4])/fig. things are constantly changing


id: bf9cd66f4b52e326aa47b61f328cf6a971612260
simplified: 分布
traditional: 分佈
pinyin: fen1 bu4
english:
to scatter/to distribute/to be distributed (over an area etc)/(statistical, geographic) distribution


id: f354a7a67ac46b04e7082a259ee19d28c3a3cbc1
simplified: 分列
traditional: 分列
pinyin: fen1 lie4
english:
to divide into rows/to identify subcategories/to break down into constituent parts/breakdown/disaggregation


id: 265b53978e9083d47f99181b62d53d457caade51
simplified: 分别
traditional: 分別
pinyin: fen1 bie2
english:
to part or leave each other/to distinguish/difference/in different ways/differently/separately or individually


id: 00519482817e1affbeab6f020e55f3ecd977e3d0
simplified: 分手代理
traditional: 分手代理
pinyin: fen1 shou3 dai4 li3
english:
"break-up agent", person who acts for sb who wishes to terminate a relationship but does not have the heart to do so


id: 3cebaf91a0be20737f71c795c346451f75b18514
simplified: 分租
traditional: 分租
pinyin: fen1 zu1
english:
(of a landlord) to rent out one or more parts of a property/(of a tenant) to sublet one or more parts of a property/(agriculture) sharecropping


id: a6607b41e18e7a6639c73fcd18e6f69b781744db
simplified: 分灶吃饭
traditional: 分竈吃飯
pinyin: fen1 zao4 chi1 fan4
english:
"meals prepared at separate stoves", slogan of the program of fiscal decentralization that began in the 1980s in the PRC


id: 5ac93ecc1fa1dd2a567bf09567d9ef133cc2ca24
simplified: 分立
traditional: 分立
pinyin: fen1 li4
english:
to establish as separate entities/to divide (a company etc) into independent entities/discrete/separate/separation (of powers etc)


id: d88ed5ff5d5cc84d6685943c299478991d728303
simplified: 分野
traditional: 分野
pinyin: fen1 ye3
english:
dividing line between distinct realms/boundary/field-allocation (in Chinese astrology, the association between celestial regions and corresponding terrestrial realms)


id: b9cdd9e4b54951a125ca68d82f3c017cd0c02761
simplified: 分餐
traditional: 分餐
pinyin: fen1 can1
english:
separate meals/to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table)


id: 62c781505ed2476b25a373b918b61e309d2da676
simplified: 切
traditional: 切
pinyin: qie4
radicalSimplified: 刀
radicalTraditional: 刀
variants: 切
english:
definitely/absolutely (not)/(scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right./Tut!/to grind/close to/eager/to correspond to/see also 反切[fan3 qie4]


id: 7cee0483e6463a867af2f1dc2a146407c3dcf559
simplified: 切中时弊
traditional: 切中時弊
pinyin: qie4 zhong4 shi2 bi4
english:
to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target/to hit the nub of the matter


id: 30a45c19560f8acebb59d0b5fd9dd984ae5da647
simplified: 切中时病
traditional: 切中時病
pinyin: qie4 zhong4 shi2 bing4
english:
to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home/to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)


id: c7ee2b39e66b82a854e4105e5a4ddf3ae8b7d687
simplified: 切中要害
traditional: 切中要害
pinyin: qie4 zhong4 yao4 hai4
english:
to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)/fig. to hit where it hurts/fig. to hit home/an argument that hits the nail on the head


id: d306f816036bcab7d57ab0effd3f3d22b85f803b
simplified: 切入
traditional: 切入
pinyin: qie1 ru4
english:
to cut into/to incise/to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc)/cut (offensive moves in basketball)


id: 8be6a2a5299383a842e105530d3b710e464e2d8b
simplified: 切切
traditional: 切切
pinyin: qie4 qie4
english:
urgently/eagerly/worried/(urge sb to) be sure to/it is absolutely essential to (follow the above instruction)


id: 1f339bfe5279372a5504158c826e1a1081b2176f
simplified: 切韵
traditional: 切韻
pinyin: qie4 yun4
english:
see 反切[fan3 qie4]/Qieyun, the first Chinese rime dictionary from 601 AD, containing 11,500 single-character entries


id: 1800f65503f72c5914f0bb0b7739083edd90f87c
simplified: 刈包
traditional: 刈包
pinyin: gua4 bao1
english:
popular Taiwan snack, similar to a hamburger, steamed bun stuffed with pork, pickled vegetables, peanut powder and cilantro


id: c681b6ba8421e230664a77b494dea93ea0893d03
simplified: 刑天
traditional: 刑天
pinyin: xing2 tian1
english:
Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]


id: 2103d3c7ce24c058d8ec5d1fb79d816c369266f7
simplified: 划算
traditional: 划算
pinyin: hua2 suan4
english:
to calculate/to weigh (pros and cons)/to view as profitable/worthwhile/value for money/cost-effective


id: 763eb83fa069cbc752a9e3b6d1891f727b757159
simplified: 列夫·托尔斯泰
traditional: 列夫·托爾斯泰
pinyin: lie4 fu1 · tuo1 er3 si1 tai4
english:
Tolstoy (name)/Count Lev Nikolayevich Tostoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平


id: bc1b53562419e3dd6618d86f0e0bd7bfbb54424f
simplified: 列子
traditional: 列子
pinyin: lie4 zi3
english:
Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国/Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋 (3rd century AD)


id: 7dfc4b56f2bba34ddfa8b5c16da7ae0f0df35a4b
simplified: 初出茅庐
traditional: 初出茅廬
pinyin: chu1 chu1 mao2 lu2
english:
venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)/young and inexperienced/novice/greenhorn


id: a6c8fbc205f04c9639f54cb3485999c53e9be748
simplified: 初刻拍案惊奇
traditional: 初刻拍案驚奇
pinyin: chu1 ke4 pai1 an4 jing1 qi2
english:
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), first of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初|凌蒙初[Ling2 Meng2 chu1]


id: 0f6ce73938d2d367f7137c2367a1b67da92da01c
simplified: 初唐四杰
traditional: 初唐四傑
pinyin: chu1 tang2 si4 jie2
english:
the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang, namely Wang Bo 王勃[Wang2 Bo2], Yang Jiong 楊炯|杨炯[Yang2 Jiong3], Lu Zhaolin 盧照鄰|卢照邻[Lu2 Zhao4 lin2], and Luo Binwang 駱賓王|骆宾王[Luo4 Bin1 wang2]


id: fb144b3e2cfb3fb957820c4e27bfee00714b1894
simplified: 初心
traditional: 初心
pinyin: chu1 xin1
english:
(one's) original intention, aspiration etc/(Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would)


id: c9db6a7582ab62d78d6c50b6e66cb8db4cbaa09b
simplified: 初露头角
traditional: 初露頭角
pinyin: chu1 lu4 tou2 jiao3
english:
lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent/first sign of emerging talent/budding genius


id: cf245666860f0c995c2fc0132647c41789fab56c
simplified: 判读
traditional: 判讀
pinyin: pan4 du2
english:
to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc)/to analyze data (from a chip, a black box etc)


id: 03f964ced26b951db3b13e9a751b6da803ea4a0d
simplified: 别
traditional: 別
pinyin: bie2
radicalSimplified: 刀
radicalTraditional: 刀
english:
to leave/to depart/to separate/to distinguish/to classify/other/another/don't ...!/to pin/to stick (sth) in/surname Bie


id: de57d212f76d5599c790d683046ee95b37571870
simplified: 别树一帜
traditional: 別樹一幟
pinyin: bie2 shu4 yi1 zhi4
english:
lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner/to stand out/to develop one's own school/to have attitude of one's own


id: de7da0d1c0137de8cf219da2c3547f2103113abe
simplified: 利他能
traditional: 利他能
pinyin: li4 ta1 neng2
english:
Ritalin (brand name)/methylphenidate (stimulant drug used to treat ADHD)/also written 利他林[Li4 ta1 lin2]


id: 5a338626444e592730313b057c57f154b0901caa
simplified: 利川
traditional: 利川
pinyin: li4 chuan1
english:
Lichuan county level city in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei


id: 1101214a9e3e5c3fce5d23e79a27ce53019563cb
simplified: 利马窦
traditional: 利馬竇
pinyin: li4 ma3 dou4
english:
Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China/erroneous spelling of 利瑪竇|利玛窦


id: bc46531200df44682a4364c4a797423ea2fb0745
simplified: 刮目相看
traditional: 刮目相看
pinyin: gua1 mu4 xiang1 kan4
english:
to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth/to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)


id: 94ce62d40a812e2de6b2080bbae1400a3dac5ff3
simplified: 到
traditional: 到
pinyin: dao4
radicalSimplified: 刀
radicalTraditional: 刀
english:
to (a place)/until (a time)/up to/to go/to arrive/(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)


id: e0efb9f4b40072b2bd9895e04ad1d42daab582d0
simplified: 制式
traditional: 制式
pinyin: zhi4 shi4
english:
standardized/standard (service, method etc)/regulation (clothing etc)/formulaic/(telecommunications etc) system/format (e.g. the PAL or NTSC systems for TV signals)


id: 5970ba646740e91013a6169fad6111fbd0a18e25
simplified: 制服
traditional: 制服
pinyin: zhi4 fu2
english:
to subdue/to check/to bring under control/(in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status/uniform (army, party, school etc)/livery (for company employees)/CL:套[tao4]


id: 0819dab758a4020e547f2b023ef23a897fe91396
simplified: 刷新
traditional: 刷新
pinyin: shua1 xin1
english:
to renovate/to refurbish/to refresh (computer window)/to write a new page (in history)/to break (a record)


id: 5e62c17309eb112a3c094389b046816ef5c12dee
simplified: 券
traditional: 券
pinyin: quan4
radicalSimplified: 刀
radicalTraditional: 刀
english:
bond (esp. document split in two, with each party holding one half)/contract/deed (i.e. title deeds)/ticket/voucher/certificate


id: 43bd23a2a4a930768d98fd3923c5ce64a20d9bf1
simplified: 刻舟求剑
traditional: 刻舟求劍
pinyin: ke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4
english:
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances


id: b7967a3b2b36cb838828ab382aa9f8756b2f8d7e
simplified: 刻苦耐劳
traditional: 刻苦耐勞
pinyin: ke4 ku3 nai4 lao2
english:
to bear hardships and work hard (idiom); assiduous and long-suffering/hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity


id: 869fa6c6305761c3ba7d63dcdd1a3e500f40e68e
simplified: 刻鹄类鹜
traditional: 刻鵠類鶩
pinyin: ke4 hu2 lei4 wu4
english:
to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)/to fail utterly in trying to copy something/to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result


id: 57f4a127ec6e22ff5e2fea35feec844ece3fbc63
simplified: 则
traditional: 則
pinyin: ze2
radicalSimplified: 刀
radicalTraditional: 刀
english:
(conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but/then/standard/norm/principle/to imitate/to follow/classifier for written items


id: 3fc807f11148ca2acb49b5061bad2b946d139e90
simplified: 削足适履
traditional: 削足適履
pinyin: xue1 zu2 shi4 lu:3
english:
to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed)/impractical or inelegant solution


id: 2b6b71ecbf606dd3de572438886f3610c0ddeb23
simplified: 克
traditional: 剋
pinyin: ke4
radicalSimplified: 儿
radicalTraditional: 刀
variants: 尅
english:
variant of 克[ke4]/to subdue/to overthrow/to restrain/Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God


id: 31693f17f91015967f3f81d9cf062535a0b056a4
simplified: 克己奉公
traditional: 剋己奉公
pinyin: ke4 ji3 feng4 gong1
english:
self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication/to serve the public interest wholeheartedly


id: c2a672644da1794aa7e4027c53f8997a8423fedb
simplified: 前
traditional: 前
pinyin: qian2
radicalSimplified: 刀
radicalTraditional: 刀
english:
front/forward/ahead/first/top (followed by a number)/future/ago/before/BC (e.g. 前293年)/former/formerly


id: 9fc239f9ccc95b457c784b17597094300fed4cce
simplified: 前不着村，后不着店
traditional: 前不著村，後不著店
pinyin: qian2 bu4 zhao2 cun1 , hou4 bu4 zhao2 dian4
english:
lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)/fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere/to be in a predicament


id: 5f9645e7c9078733ad034d920ba97f11a71adff9
simplified: 前仆后继
traditional: 前仆後繼
pinyin: qian2 pu1 hou4 ji4
english:
one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades/advancing wave upon wave


id: de0fe8b95c1cf860eee2bddb12c416472ba01910
simplified: 前怕狼后怕虎
traditional: 前怕狼後怕虎
pinyin: qian2 pa4 lang2 hou4 pa4 hu3
english:
lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom); fig. needless fears/scare mongering/reds under the beds


id: f7d3dd8cbe40cdae33c5e92de8df54428da09b6a
simplified: 前方高能
traditional: 前方高能
pinyin: qian2 fang1 gao1 neng2
english:
(slang) Something awesome is about to happen! (originally, in a Japanese space battleship anime, it meant "Danger! High energy up ahead!" — a warning to either prepare for battle or take evasive action)


id: 73553ac38f4e1023676687a576b318c39c5245d7
simplified: 前汉书
traditional: 前漢書
pinyin: qian2 han4 shu1
english:
History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls


id: 5e6744c2d4ca33936cdd66c56868c14a6a225abd
simplified: 前台
traditional: 前臺
pinyin: qian2 tai2
english:
stage/proscenium/foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.)/front desk/reception desk/(computing) front-end/foreground


id: a4fa83f3fe2be6515d8002de9fcd497cc278b561
simplified: 前车之覆，后车之鉴
traditional: 前車之覆，後車之鑒
pinyin: qian2 che1 zhi1 fu4 , hou4 che1 zhi1 jian4
english:
lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor/learn from past mistake/once bitten twice shy


id: c08c60b4296bb97ca9c74e28ba8cf90d51742fd3
simplified: 前郭镇
traditional: 前郭鎮
pinyin: qian2 guo1 zhen4
english:
Qian Gorlos township, capital of Qian Gorlos Mongol autonomous county 前郭爾羅斯蒙古族自治縣|前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县, Songyuan, Jilin


id: 445b752d69544b76bd928c0bf8b143a935be3d3e
simplified: 前门
traditional: 前門
pinyin: qian2 men2
english:
front door/main entrance/honest and upright approach (as opposed to 後門|后门, back-door or under the counter)/Qianmen subway station on Beijing Subway Line 2


id: cc3f89be24654b6f7a6a5402d34807e5415a3751
simplified: 前门打虎，后门打狼
traditional: 前門打虎，後門打狼
pinyin: qian2 men2 da3 hu3 , hou4 men2 da3 lang2
english:
to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another


id: d59452709f9ce80d511872f389d0a53580c9b120
simplified: 刚察
traditional: 剛察
pinyin: gang1 cha2
english:
Gangcha county (Tibetan: rkang tsha rdzong) in Haibei Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海北藏族自治州[Hai3 bei3 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai


id: e48802a31366dbf94402bd42fff70809d8bf6c16
simplified: 剪
traditional: 剪
pinyin: jian3
radicalSimplified: 刀
radicalTraditional: 刀
variants: 翦
english:
scissors/shears/clippers/CL:把[ba3]/to cut with scissors/to trim/to wipe out or exterminate/surname Jian


id: e6a7dfaf5bf073f661d3b1c70c1f088e4337a6aa
simplified: 副
traditional: 副
pinyin: fu4
radicalSimplified: 刀
radicalTraditional: 刀
english:
secondary/auxiliary/deputy/assistant/vice-/abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb/classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions


id: f38b3d17a3cbca0d13b62b45abb2dd55b3fca790
simplified: 割鸡焉用牛刀
traditional: 割雞焉用牛刀
pinyin: ge1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1
english:
lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)/fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter/also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]


id: a9edc726a8aff8f1219420f68e024081d7f9b3f8
simplified: 创练
traditional: 創練
pinyin: chuang4 lian4
english:
to form and train (a military unit)/to create and practice (a martial art)/to train oneself (by real-life experience)


id: 42f0d104d8a405850cc47d10d61e98ee32b14549
simplified: 划过
traditional: 劃過
pinyin: hua2 guo4
english:
(of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky)/(of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky)


id: 4576e93e1ee6048ac329104d2ed20f6df8143d83
simplified: 刘伯温
traditional: 劉伯溫
pinyin: liu2 bo2 wen1
english:
Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius/also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基


id: 5161c9f55374bf10fd45d1bba99ecd18fccb06ae
simplified: 刘备
traditional: 劉備
pinyin: liu2 bei4
english:
Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty


id: 6db7ae16b13d1228b983141de74b4ae5bc955e15
simplified: 刘光第
traditional: 劉光第
pinyin: liu2 guang1 di4
english:
Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898


id: 0cf2a53d4bfedabf4567a408d1081c5c0fbf2ae3
simplified: 刘厚总
traditional: 劉厚總
pinyin: liu2 hou4 zong3
english:
Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英|项英 during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事变


id: 15b7cf7b2bb62b304ca519c27cbbd6ec64ecaf1f
simplified: 刘基
traditional: 劉基
pinyin: liu2 ji1
english:
Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫|刘伯温 (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius


id: 5f4a269244029d48712b867ec9a54fceef0981f7
simplified: 刘姥姥进大观园
traditional: 劉姥姥進大觀園
pinyin: liu2 lao3 lao5 jin4 da4 guan1 yuan2
english:
Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens/(of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings


id: 50e5a01c118437e8ff4288d487ce03fa2231fee5
simplified: 刘安
traditional: 劉安
pinyin: liu2 an1
english:
Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子[Huai2 nan2 zi5]


id: 2ee78b7411d7080fbe132faeb203bde18f7eda2b
simplified: 刘昫
traditional: 劉昫
pinyin: liu2 xu4
english:
Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five Dynasties 後晉|后晋, compiled History of Early Tang Dynasty 舊唐書|旧唐书


id: f7574091547c84c20140f7beecf7946f509d9818
simplified: 刘晓波
traditional: 劉曉波
pinyin: liu2 xiao3 bo1
english:
Liu Xiaobo (1955-2017), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章[Ling2 ba1 Xian4 zhang1], Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010


id: b57e1c3904e3332c83b6ce38a7f231d9a7b51061
simplified: 刘松龄
traditional: 劉松齡
pinyin: liu2 song1 ling2
english:
Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein (1703-1774), Slovenian Jesuit missionary, astronomer and mathematician, spent 35 years at Emperor Qianlong's court


id: 1d572b13dec16f8fe48bf963f622e7ac677908ae
simplified: 刘毅
traditional: 劉毅
pinyin: liu2 yi4
english:
Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316)/Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420)


id: d6f1da19afb3e28f501f4d917dde61319658701e
simplified: 刘渊
traditional: 劉淵
pinyin: liu2 yuan1
english:
Liu Yuan, warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋, founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢|成汉 (304-347)


id: f447206a13aba8283194cf5915e0165972a2483f
simplified: 刘义庆
traditional: 劉義慶
pinyin: liu2 yi4 qing4
english:
Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[Shi4 shuo1 Xin1 yu3]


id: a6b100f8a72c03b56551c052261951b1817f60a5
simplified: 刘裕
traditional: 劉裕
pinyin: liu2 yu4
english:
Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝[Song4 Wu3 di4]


id: 812c01bef800169ff2d728b8def8419605d8bde2
simplified: 刘贵今
traditional: 劉貴今
pinyin: liu2 gui4 jin1
english:
Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue


id: 6d5cd69a8f258ec03423f8a583221372a71f9c24
simplified: 刘宾雁
traditional: 劉賓雁
pinyin: liu2 bin1 yan4
english:
Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer


id: 7bb20ad1519a344b5cbb51ea30bb23f68ec08e96
simplified: 刘邦
traditional: 劉邦
pinyin: liu2 bang1
english:
Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC)


id: bb130ef4ebebd125063a496ed3f82fe067b6653a
simplified: 刘云山
traditional: 劉雲山
pinyin: liu2 yun2 shan1
english:
Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC career politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, from 2002 head of party Central Propaganda Section 中央宣传部


id: e6bbce3d23a786b07acb625afda267b1397f8b67
simplified: 剑河
traditional: 劍河
pinyin: jian4 he2
english:
Jianhe county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou


id: 35ae587d4ee81121fb592c89950bc726aad5cd2c
simplified: 剑走偏锋
traditional: 劍走偏鋒
pinyin: jian4 zou3 pian1 feng1
english:
the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom)/fig. unexpected winning move/unconventional gambit/Jian Zoupianfeng, pseudonym of prolific modern novelist


id: 821f5cb7931c59be6b8949e99ef4b8e624d5b3cc
simplified: 力不从心
traditional: 力不從心
pinyin: li4 bu4 cong2 xin1
english:
less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish/the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak


id: feb01d5a9c9fa0ece4fcb3cc20e65de4d5333cce
simplified: 功败垂成
traditional: 功敗垂成
pinyin: gong1 bai4 chui2 cheng2
english:
to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure/to fall at the last hurdle/snatching defeat from the jaws of victory


id: 29c2d003ee0f68405aea861089354278f1d51dcf
simplified: 功亏一篑
traditional: 功虧一簣
pinyin: gong1 kui1 yi1 kui4
english:
lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful/to fail through lack of a final effort/to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)


id: e2a65604ebd26458bf603dcbcc5b1e261023b392
simplified: 加
traditional: 加
pinyin: jia1
radicalSimplified: 力
radicalTraditional: 力
english:
to add/plus/(used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)/to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb)/to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)/abbr. for Canada 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]/surname Jia


id: eb9c6f3e49a4cfc0b9f76eb348f073c95a7d0e4c
simplified: 加以
traditional: 加以
pinyin: jia1 yi3
english:
in addition/moreover/(used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)/to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb)/to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)


id: 79e75f85e6fddd9d4dbc52daf7564ea8f534e044
simplified: 加格达奇
traditional: 加格達奇
pinyin: jia1 ge2 da2 qi2
english:
Jiagedaqi district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, in northwest Heilongjiang and northeast Inner Mongolia


id: 5635e5c34f6523ed080f618e7e6e04d89a0188f6
simplified: 加油
traditional: 加油
pinyin: jia1 you2
english:
to add oil/to top up with gas/to refuel/to accelerate/to step on the gas/(fig.) to make an extra effort/to cheer sb on


id: 4aaf027eb48133b7c716d50a5f5b947fb004a17a
simplified: 加码
traditional: 加碼
pinyin: jia1 ma3
english:
to ratchet up/to raise (expectations etc)/to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc)/to up the ante/(computing) to encode


id: 012ebf4363f97e8b1ac0f5dce7995a47a259f768
simplified: 加索尔
traditional: 加索爾
pinyin: jia1 suo3 er3
english:
Gasol (name)/Pau Gasol (1980-), Spanish professional basketball player (NBA)/Marc Gasol (1985-), Spanish professional basketball player (NBA)


id: ed842119083240da9ab1f44d2ae5057ba764e33a
simplified: 加盖
traditional: 加蓋
pinyin: jia1 gai4
english:
to seal (with official stamp)/to stamp/fig. to ratify/to put lid on (cooking pot)/to cap/to build an extension or additional storey


id: 0bc9c4ec9bbd6d352f44880437031f19a3fcc383
simplified: 加重
traditional: 加重
pinyin: jia1 zhong4
english:
to make heavier/to emphasize/(of an illness etc) to become more serious/to aggravate (a bad situation)/to increase (a burden, punishment etc)


id: bb1f1079ef337950b140a2028cd7fcacf3f18458
simplified: 助纣为虐
traditional: 助紂為虐
pinyin: zhu4 zhou4 wei2 nu:e4
english:
lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom)/fig. to take the side of the evildoer/giving succor to the enemy


id: 8589134845deb16ef14fafb6be666a44c836e417
simplified: 勃列日涅夫
traditional: 勃列日涅夫
pinyin: bo2 lie4 ri4 nie4 fu1
english:
Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1966-1982


id: c9a92540dc80a8c1e772ffaefcf838fa9c5e66bb
simplified: 勃固山脉
traditional: 勃固山脈
pinyin: bo2 gu4 shan1 mai4
english:
Pegu Yoma (mountain range) of south central Myanmar (Burma), separating Irrawaddy and Sittang basins


id: efa377b80b91fb44c92cbab1790dc8926d89aa25
simplified: 勐海
traditional: 勐海
pinyin: meng3 hai3
english:
Menghai county in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture 西雙版納傣族自治州|西双版纳傣族自治州[Xi1 shuang1 ban3 na4 Dai3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan


id: c6eba9ce7c7592e9e007bdc8e59f8579214fd476
simplified: 勐腊
traditional: 勐臘
pinyin: meng3 la4
english:
Mengla county in Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture 西雙版納傣族自治州|西双版纳傣族自治州[Xi1 shuang1 ban3 na4 Dai3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan


id: d185181630d6fadfb4ff8ed2b323214c039b469d
simplified: 勒
traditional: 勒
pinyin: le4
radicalSimplified: 力
radicalTraditional: 力
variants: 勒
english:
to rein in/to compel/to force/to carve/to engrave/(literary) to command/to lead/bridle/(physics) abbr. for 勒克斯[le4 ke4 si1], lux


id: 0136d0ecc649e7e9dbaf48c2140390d049cf177a
simplified: 勒威耶
traditional: 勒威耶
pinyin: le4 wei1 ye1
english:
Urbain Le Verrier (1811-1877), French mathematician and astronomer who predicted the position of Neptune


id: 5becff3841e43a7ad06e52af97e13dfb57f2071c
simplified: 动
traditional: 動
pinyin: dong4
radicalSimplified: 力
radicalTraditional: 力
english:
(of sth) to move/to set in movement/to displace/to touch/to make use of/to stir (emotions)/to alter/abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb


id: 553b1ca659659a1889a54195631bfcb73dcf4f29
simplified: 动物庄园
traditional: 動物莊園
pinyin: dong4 wu4 zhuang1 yuan2
english:
Animal Farm (1945), novel and famous satire on communist revolution by George Orwell 喬治·奧威爾|乔治·奥威尔[Qiao2 zhi4 · Ao4 wei1 er3]/also translated 動物農場|动物农场[Dong4 wu4 Nong2 chang3]


id: e362095815332a7b46b12d7a7777b66fadb21afc
simplified: 动物农场
traditional: 動物農場
pinyin: dong4 wu4 nong2 chang3
english:
Animal Farm (1945), novel and famous satire on communist revolution by George Orwell 喬治·奧威爾|乔治·奥威尔[Qiao2 zhi4 · Ao4 wei1 er3]


id: b5a314cc31f3464d558f5af56fc8f567eff712a9
simplified: 胜
traditional: 勝
pinyin: sheng4
radicalSimplified: 肉
radicalTraditional: 力
english:
victory/success/to beat/to defeat/to surpass/victorious/superior to/to get the better of/better than/surpassing/superb (of vista)/beautiful (scenery)/wonderful (view)/(Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear/equal to (a task)


id: a01921769b2f892fad3949eb067a7813f750e927
simplified: 劳
traditional: 勞
pinyin: lao2
radicalSimplified: 力
radicalTraditional: 力
variants: 勞,勞,劳
english:
to toil/labor/laborer/to put sb to trouble (of doing sth)/meritorious deed/to console (Taiwan pr. [lao4] for this sense)


id: 16af29d35355a0ea0f51cec815cbe55fcbed44e7
simplified: 劳燕分飞
traditional: 勞燕分飛
pinyin: lao2 yan4 fen1 fei1
english:
the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)/(usually of a couple) to part from each other


id: 5b9e0b23f29cecf560b088273a23f0174bb17dce
simplified: 势
traditional: 勢
pinyin: shi4
radicalSimplified: 力
radicalTraditional: 力
english:
power/influence/potential/momentum/tendency/trend/situation/conditions/outward appearance/sign/gesture/male genitals


id: ccf32e8bb709ce8872e786b9baab86627f9f5e8f
simplified: 勤王
traditional: 勤王
pinyin: qin2 wang2
english:
to serve the king diligently/to save the country in times of danger/to send troops to rescue the king


id: 7ef25e6d6be3f3afef9b661074f3c85f1a5e16cd
simplified: 勾
traditional: 勾
pinyin: gou1
radicalSimplified: 勹
radicalTraditional: 勹
variants: 句
english:
to attract/to arouse/to tick/to strike out/to delineate/to collude/variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook/surname Gou


id: bbbafe65d994bcd9c52f6adbbf7c2a5eb6464b3c
simplified: 勿忘国耻
traditional: 勿忘國恥
pinyin: wu4 wang4 guo2 chi3
english:
Never forget national humiliation, refers to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria


id: 64a2543bd69df837e28f5cd9e9ef113ca361ef06
simplified: 包
traditional: 包
pinyin: bao1
radicalSimplified: 勹
radicalTraditional: 勹
variants: 勹
english:
to cover/to wrap/to hold/to include/to take charge of/to contract (to or for)/package/wrapper/container/bag/to hold or embrace/bundle/packet/CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]/surname Bao


id: b52cc55ca9450bbee7f1303d6baf4330a945da8c
simplified: 包公
traditional: 包公
pinyin: bao1 gong1
english:
Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty


id: 17fddab446228bfb33a84e42bb24c7ba0abeafc3
simplified: 包工
traditional: 包工
pinyin: bao1 gong1
english:
to undertake to perform work within a time limit and according to specifications/to contract for a job/contractor


id: 32ce875d06a7b71a73166b788e9ee96cec789cb9
simplified: 包待制
traditional: 包待制
pinyin: bao1 dai4 zhi4
english:
Bao Daizhi, "Edict Attendant Bao", fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty


id: 913d387f60b3588a7477fa8b12b3d461ba17471c
simplified: 包房
traditional: 包房
pinyin: bao1 fang2
english:
compartment (of train, ship etc)/private room at restaurant/rented room for karaoke/hotel room rented by the hour


id: c6ddc161e5c773fae8e068ba49139164af9e6c26
simplified: 包拯
traditional: 包拯
pinyin: bao1 zheng3
english:
Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty/modern day metaphor for an honest politician


id: 4c8ddc185bc7f7d863e3e671b6a1fc9c347c3538
simplified: 包青天
traditional: 包青天
pinyin: bao1 qing1 tian1
english:
Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty


id: 249082a2f587f6fe4d62b16b620aedb811217b93
simplified: 包龙图
traditional: 包龍圖
pinyin: bao1 long2 tu2
english:
Bao Longtu, ”Bao of the Dragon Image”, fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty


id: 4335acbada4b1c11efa3fed357a5f1473641c5ac
simplified: 匈奴
traditional: 匈奴
pinyin: xiong1 nu2
english:
Xiongnu, a people of the Eastern Steppe who created an empire that flourished around the time of the Qin and Han dynasties


id: af04818c8e70e45e3e416551966cc33c84874bf3
simplified: 化工
traditional: 化工
pinyin: hua4 gong1
english:
chemical industry, abbr. of 化學工業|化学工业[hua4 xue2 gong1 ye4]/chemical engineering, abbr. of 化學工程|化学工程[hua4 xue2 gong1 cheng2]


id: 2f87b685a0cb3e5e9e7a5738cd3dec33487ce27f
simplified: 化干戈为玉帛
traditional: 化干戈為玉帛
pinyin: hua4 gan1 ge1 wei2 yu4 bo2
english:
lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)/fig. to turn hostility into friendship


id: 0756068af8a4a598d847283af2a4441752447bae
simplified: 化解
traditional: 化解
pinyin: hua4 jie3
english:
to dissolve/to resolve (contradictions)/to dispel (doubts)/to iron out (difficulties)/to defuse (conflicts)/to neutralize (fears)


id: 51df03fb792e083640d969f5e6e30fc5300e2d0d
simplified: 北京人
traditional: 北京人
pinyin: bei3 jing1 ren2
english:
Beijing resident/Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4], Beijing


id: e7c8ef375883dfe424f1de4473beae2ec8e7f44e
simplified: 北京咳
traditional: 北京咳
pinyin: bei3 jing1 ke2
english:
"Beijing cough", respiratory problems caused by dry and polluted Beijing air, typically experienced by non-acclimated foreigners who would otherwise have no such problems


id: aabe067ccbd8c747a384dcb771fd2e51a5687dd8
simplified: 北京市
traditional: 北京市
pinyin: bei3 jing1 shi4
english:
Beijing/capital of People's Republic of China/one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhi2 xia2 shi4]


id: ffc25e6ec46839fc4fd846ad6583f4698d2b4059
simplified: 北京猿人
traditional: 北京猿人
pinyin: bei3 jing1 yuan2 ren2
english:
Peking ape-man/Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4] in 1921


id: ab32fa4d9f1cd2882f66b34cbdbe9b5883a85658
simplified: 北京瘫
traditional: 北京癱
pinyin: bei3 jing1 tan1
english:
"Beijing slouch", sitting posture said to be adopted esp. by Beijingers, popularized by 葛優|葛优[Ge3 You1]


id: 0a6a4964a3a48decd13bc21a022013cc52d69e6f
simplified: 北京语言学院
traditional: 北京語言學院
pinyin: bei3 jing1 yu3 yan2 xue2 yuan4
english:
Beijing Language Institute/former name of 北京語言大學|北京语言大学[Bei3 jing1 Yu3 yan2 Da4 xue2] Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)


id: 0cfa91c29ae9ca84334bf0078ce6d2f3a9f315b2
simplified: 北伐
traditional: 北伐
pinyin: bei3 fa2
english:
the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords


id: 492b35368a150ca3690b6e6b18d6d083d301dd51
simplified: 北叟失马
traditional: 北叟失馬
pinyin: bei3 sou3 shi1 ma3
english:
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)/fig. a blessing in disguise/it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good


id: 7985cd0a00da63fa5ce402b02cbd7e8d04e75b70
simplified: 北史
traditional: 北史
pinyin: bei3 shi3
english:
History of the Northern Dynasties, fifteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿[Li3 Yan2 shou4] in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 100 scrolls


id: 119851296885f0b0bf69b28855a8b47827340bdb
simplified: 北宋四大部书
traditional: 北宋四大部書
pinyin: bei3 song4 si4 da4 bu4 shu1
english:
Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华


id: 13fc0b338434646c3c800a8a04adb3982dd58bf7
simplified: 北方民族大学
traditional: 北方民族大學
pinyin: bei3 fang1 min2 zu2 da4 xue2
english:
Northern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia (former Northwestern Second College for Nationalities)


id: 0a0a76fb15539e152d5b42b034c85c512195af87
simplified: 北汽
traditional: 北汽
pinyin: bei3 qi4
english:
Beijing Automobile Works (BAW)/abbr. for 北京汽車製造廠有限公司|北京汽车制造厂有限公司[Bei3 jing1 Qi4 che1 Zhi4 zao4 chang3 You3 xian4 Gong1 si1]


id: 652cd1e965b1712ec9b7b0a37bb2185fb1854457
simplified: 北洋政府
traditional: 北洋政府
pinyin: bei3 yang2 zheng4 fu3
english:
the Warlord government of Northern China that developed from the Qing Beiyang army 北洋軍閥|北洋军阀 after the Xinhai revolution of 1911


id: 2b323d65de31d62f101386222b9e8a8a60fdff5a
simplified: 北洋军
traditional: 北洋軍
pinyin: bei3 yang2 jun1
english:
north China army, a modernizing Western-style army set up during late Qing, and a breeding ground for the Northern Warlords after the Qinghai revolution


id: e6c0f4d5c85ef827c19296ddae5ca8a4d1481631
simplified: 北海
traditional: 北海
pinyin: bei3 hai3
english:
Beihai, park in Beijing to the northwest of the Forbidden City/the North Sea (Europe)/Beihai prefecture-level city and seaport in Guangxi/Bohai Sea/Lake Baikal


id: 8badaf7b8bd4b5d84dc9bdfe2f45dbcbf9eebbfa
simplified: 北汉
traditional: 北漢
pinyin: bei3 han4
english:
Han of the Five dynasties (951-979), one of ten kingdoms during the Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms period (907-960)


id: b91438fc81e0a12568800df0b13bdef3efcab208
simplified: 北竿
traditional: 北竿
pinyin: bei3 gan1
english:
Peikan Island, one of the Matsu Islands/Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4], Taiwan


id: 0aaf9c960d20186aab4e03bea24da36e35130bb4
simplified: 北约
traditional: 北約
pinyin: bei3 yue1
english:
NATO/abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织[Bei3 Da4 xi1 Yang2 Gong1 yue1 Zu3 zhi1], North Atlantic Treaty Organization


id: 672ba5d6af25c5bfc08606065b4c4e1f683d98b4
simplified: 北领地
traditional: 北領地
pinyin: bei3 ling3 di4
english:
Northern Territory, sparsely populated federal territory extending from center to north of Australia


id: 084a1ebe647ebe4431d07d115e84e0a27d9e8e86
simplified: 北齐书
traditional: 北齊書
pinyin: bei3 qi2 shu1
english:
History of Qi of the Northern Dynasties, eleventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Li Baiyao 李百藥|李百药[Li3 Bai3 yao4] in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls


id: bc8f1ed059cac6df6f83d777cb44b4febf32142e
simplified: 匹
traditional: 匹
pinyin: pi3
radicalSimplified: 匸
radicalTraditional: 匸
variants: 疋
english:
classifier for horses, mules etc/Taiwan pr. [pi1]/ordinary person/classifier for cloth: bolt/horsepower


id: d10169d5bfaf88ff9ac2731524a24c9a41e3037e
simplified: 匾
traditional: 匾
pinyin: bian3
radicalSimplified: 匸
radicalTraditional: 匸
english:
horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall/shallow round woven bamboo basket


id: aea9286407aa1699663598a9ec2a42ff3a701067
simplified: 区位
traditional: 區位
pinyin: qu1 wei4
english:
location/geographical position/position on a grid or spreadsheet, where 區|区 denotes the row and 位 the column


id: cefb105232e9c3440f194eb25b2405bc8b646899
simplified: 十三经
traditional: 十三經
pinyin: shi2 san1 jing1
english:
the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼[Zhou1 li3], Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4], Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4], The Analects 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经[Xiao4 jing1], Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3]


id: 7d9450129edac935e3fc3ab8b57f41bc64a617be
simplified: 十二地支
traditional: 十二地支
pinyin: shi2 er4 di4 zhi1
english:
the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)


id: ae3664c70d15fa3fde9fc95b8d2541de6dd5b549
simplified: 十二宫
traditional: 十二宮
pinyin: shi2 er4 gong1
english:
the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[Bai2 yang2], Taurus 金牛[Jin4 niu2], Gemini 雙子|双子[Shuang1 zi3], Cancer 巨蟹[Ju4 xie4], Leo 獅子|狮子[Shi1 zi3], Virgo 室女[Shi4 nu:3], Libra 天秤[Tian1 cheng4], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[Tian1 xie1], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[Ren2 ma3], Capricorn 摩羯[Mo2 jie2], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[Bao3 ping2], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[Shuang1 yu2]


id: a010046355e26c464218cf6a9e58a92cdfe5ef87
simplified: 十二支
traditional: 十二支
pinyin: shi2 er4 zhi1
english:
the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)


id: 02c14e572348fc479d2a1a464f484b3b4a3385e8
simplified: 十六国春秋
traditional: 十六國春秋
pinyin: shi2 liu4 guo2 chun1 qiu1
english:
history of the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 by Cui Hong 崔鴻|崔鸿, written towards the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏, 100 scrolls


id: 8066f806ab3102f40efc592ed69c22a14f7c8f5a
simplified: 十天干
traditional: 十天干
pinyin: shi2 tian1 gan1
english:
the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)


id: 7c03ba80590ef00e2ea275539bccd50a5b815e7e
simplified: 十字花科
traditional: 十字花科
pinyin: shi2 zi4 hua1 ke1
english:
Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals)


id: 038273a69f363e3570e981efcee8687bac102ef5
simplified: 十干
traditional: 十干
pinyin: shi2 gan1
english:
same as 天干/the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)


id: 885212fe44407082b46350cbad0eb43a5c4126c3
simplified: 十年树木，百年树人
traditional: 十年樹木，百年樹人
pinyin: shi2 nian2 shu4 mu4 , bai3 nian2 shu4 ren2
english:
It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.


id: 9b22328bc59085ac2fd85ee593357facd2b0ca0a
simplified: 十日谈
traditional: 十日談
pinyin: shi2 ri4 tan2
english:
Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1]


id: d9f9a1cf9633c74f036ef592b21cd0c5250804dc
simplified: 十面埋伏
traditional: 十面埋伏
pinyin: shi2 mian4 mai2 fu2
english:
Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece)/House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2])


id: 436251607a5150fbd70aa94553c71f3ae8149a60
simplified: 千千万万
traditional: 千千萬萬
pinyin: qian1 qian1 wan4 wan4
english:
lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers/innumerable/thousands upon thousands


id: dc732796c06a7f0d9fc85bc0d59fb9430e4405dd
simplified: 千岛湖
traditional: 千島湖
pinyin: qian1 dao3 hu2
english:
Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959


id: e1eb29f906325dc5067de97685331e89dc34bdcc
simplified: 千虑一得
traditional: 千慮一得
pinyin: qian1 lu:4 yi1 de2
english:
a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.


id: 8b0aa5dc31ab694fd2fdbbf6bcf510743e1f844a
simplified: 千篇一律
traditional: 千篇一律
pinyin: qian1 pian1 yi1 lu:4
english:
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive/once you've seen one, you've seen them all


id: 577f0ca8026feb582476e1ae3eb4d54a12bc0f8f
simplified: 千军万马
traditional: 千軍萬馬
pinyin: qian1 jun1 wan4 ma3
english:
magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower/all the King's horses and all the King's men


id: 23c82bb65e55c5c6686e736f7199874e10423c04
simplified: 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴
traditional: 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴
pinyin: qian1 li3 zhi1 di1 , kui4 yu2 yi3 xue2
english:
an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)/huge damage may result from a moment's negligence


id: 5a6129eda29ad6b0d3470e26473454303b51c78c
simplified: 千里之行，始于足下
traditional: 千里之行，始於足下
pinyin: qian1 li3 zhi1 xing2 , shi3 yu2 zu2 xia4
english:
lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step/fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one


id: d678ace88303512a3915ef4d43e7df933eb26119
simplified: 千里寄鹅毛
traditional: 千里寄鵝毛
pinyin: qian1 li3 ji4 e2 mao2
english:
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it/also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛


id: 4ba08dca1e06ce173d49f865faa3f92b8960f680
simplified: 千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重
traditional: 千里送鵝毛，禮輕人意重
pinyin: qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2 , li3 qing1 ren2 yi4 zhong4
english:
goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.


id: c2d7bfafabf1e0358d56854ad8fdb9630ed48e53
simplified: 千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重
traditional: 千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重
pinyin: qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2 , li3 qing1 qing2 yi4 zhong4
english:
goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.


id: d91e617dd10d6c00521edd4ae4d33d8f26f1e2fc
simplified: 千里马常有，而伯乐不常有
traditional: 千里馬常有，而伯樂不常有
pinyin: qian1 li3 ma3 chang2 you3 , er2 bo2 le4 bu4 chang2 you3
english:
lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (idiom)/fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it


id: fe35daa1c36aaa115b5d377010deb6320cf55815
simplified: 千里鹅毛
traditional: 千里鵝毛
pinyin: qian1 li3 e2 mao2
english:
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it/also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2]


id: 7ac41d91e8b9e2edf535ad112ce18fef761ffabc
simplified: 千金
traditional: 千金
pinyin: qian1 jin1
english:
thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold/money and riches/(honorific) invaluable (support)/(honorific) daughter


id: 188c502eee30d1208436dd635435e85663793d4e
simplified: 千金方
traditional: 千金方
pinyin: qian1 jin1 fang1
english:
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈[Sun1 Si1 miao3]


id: e80fa3e46f8be9e2fada27864f304ef00d3ecab0
simplified: 升
traditional: 升
pinyin: sheng1
radicalSimplified: 十
radicalTraditional: 十
variants: 昇
english:
to ascend/to rise to the rank of/to promote/to hoist/liter/measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dou3]


id: a664aaab95797e477a484e121dce6d7e71921a99
simplified: 升堂入室
traditional: 升堂入室
pinyin: sheng1 tang2 ru4 shi4
english:
lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)/fig. to gradually attain proficiency/to attain a higher level


id: 425779860ef8e8c457df8d09c29fc05d5c6e7c9e
simplified: 午
traditional: 午
pinyin: wu3
radicalSimplified: 十
radicalTraditional: 十
english:
7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse/ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)


id: ce1f903138666bd2a3d8a8eff3d37fdec0945dc6
simplified: 半壁江山
traditional: 半壁江山
pinyin: ban4 bi4 jiang1 shan1
english:
half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands)/vast swathe of territory


id: d2630c743553bd0c507ca6e6d254dc4804922a3e
simplified: 半封建半殖民地
traditional: 半封建半殖民地
pinyin: ban4 feng1 jian4 ban4 zhi2 min2 di4
english:
semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)


id: 0a725130329935df9c2c9941147444502139daef
simplified: 半桶水
traditional: 半桶水
pinyin: ban4 tong3 shui3
english:
(coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited/superficial/half-baked/sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth)/dabbler


id: 1ca44c9890977add7181b5d15a4228c0469da748
simplified: 半死
traditional: 半死
pinyin: ban4 si3
english:
half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc)/(tired) to death/(terrified) out of one's wits/(beaten) to within an inch of one's life/(knock) the daylights out of sb


id: df09694c92d5c1cc171cd9f74bfc4de6ba73600a
simplified: 半瓶水响叮当
traditional: 半瓶水響叮噹
pinyin: ban4 ping2 shui3 xiang3 ding1 dang1
english:
lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)/fig. empty vessels make the most noise/one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest


id: 61d97c4c4374ecf0da431c2eefaa7c3c1710d80b
simplified: 半路杀出个程咬金
traditional: 半路殺出個程咬金
pinyin: ban4 lu4 sha1 chu1 ge4 cheng2 yao3 jin1
english:
lit. Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy (saying)/fig. sb shows up unexpectedly and disrupts the plan/sb whose presence is regarded as irksome


id: 5767c4f7cd4c97f60bea75f713cef67601bc4fee
simplified: 卐
traditional: 卐
pinyin: wan4
radicalSimplified: 十
radicalTraditional: 十
variants: 卍
english:
swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, later adopted by Nazi Germany


id: 0105b804d3f7ece74c7863a4d222fe41d4359893
simplified: 卑之，毋甚高论
traditional: 卑之，毋甚高論
pinyin: bei1 zhi1 , wu2 shen4 gao1 lun4
english:
my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion/what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary


id: c0b2c017378d4a97661f993448f54427025e4752
simplified: 卓尼
traditional: 卓尼
pinyin: zhuo2 ni2
english:
Jonê or Zhuoni county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu


id: 838a659eb762fb47fc5635b2a0ec414d2e381a27
simplified: 协商会议
traditional: 協商會議
pinyin: xie2 shang1 hui4 yi4
english:
consultative conference (political venue during early communist rule)/consultative meeting/deliberative assembly


id: 1325f46e7099bf5f6d7e0444abdeb5a9995899bf
simplified: 南京
traditional: 南京
pinyin: nan2 jing1
english:
Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏/capital of China at different historical periods


id: 07def874e1962d042bc1c70e86896b5e883315df
simplified: 南汇
traditional: 南匯
pinyin: nan2 hui4
english:
Nanhui former district of Shanghai, now in Pudong New District 浦東新區|浦东新区[Pu3 dong1 xin1 qu1], Shanghai


id: 86e79fdd701be248fdfbaab99b7e9080249041eb
simplified: 南史
traditional: 南史
pinyin: nan2 shi3
english:
History of the Southern Dynasties, fourteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿[Li3 Yan2 shou4] in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 80 scrolls


id: 93e87c1aaecd972d735496871cdecbf10718752f
simplified: 南宁
traditional: 南寧
pinyin: nan2 ning2
english:
Nanning prefecture level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区


id: 6157c5bc6babe3a48aa1c3a37b92e27d0d752014
simplified: 南宁市
traditional: 南寧市
pinyin: nan2 ning2 shi4
english:
Nanning prefecture level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1] in south China


id: 51c86dc58d1d7bc9989e51e925c12301279fd209
simplified: 南山区
traditional: 南山區
pinyin: nan2 shan1 qu1
english:
Nanshan district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong/Nanshan district of Hegang city 鶴崗|鹤岗[He4 gang3], Heilongjiang


id: 8af3e9f74de18de322e64f4c3b6a27ad7c341cd7
simplified: 南山矿区
traditional: 南山礦區
pinyin: nan2 shan1 kuang4 qu1
english:
Nanshan mining district, old name of Dabancheng district 達坂城區|达坂城区[Da2 ban3 cheng2 qu1] of Urumqi city, Xinjiang


id: 6680ba1e139cfab71085c718c235055c8b31ea23
simplified: 南岳
traditional: 南嶽
pinyin: nan2 yue4
english:
Nanyue district of Hengyang city 衡陽市|衡阳市[Heng2 yang2 shi4], Hunan/Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]


id: 71a4f4ec2a8fc4954c0ad0b8b8931dad7458171e
simplified: 南市区
traditional: 南市區
pinyin: nan2 shi4 qu1
english:
Nanshi District, former district of Shanghai, merged into Huangpu District 黃浦區|黄浦区[Huang2 pu3 qu1] in 2000


id: 945d8fde26ce8de37bbbdf83b7184a3a0764c07d
simplified: 南昌
traditional: 南昌
pinyin: nan2 chang1
english:
Nanchang prefecture level city and capital of Jiangxi province 江西省 in southeast China/also Nanchang county


id: 7e8b31aa4fa89d2e673012a18f3186dc5adbfba3
simplified: 南昌起义
traditional: 南昌起義
pinyin: nan2 chang1 qi3 yi4
english:
Nanchang Uprising, 1st August 1927, the beginning of military revolt by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War


id: 03ddfffb60fafa9dbe22fb1224f557944f2f83b8
simplified: 南沙
traditional: 南沙
pinyin: nan2 sha1
english:
Nansha Islands/Spratly Islands/Nansha district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 shi4], Guangdong


id: 1c55eae9e9277280ae128e6c49ca6f4b6c67adf0
simplified: 南海子
traditional: 南海子
pinyin: nan2 hai3 zi5
english:
Nanhaizi, name used to refer to various places, including 草海[Cao3 hai3], 南苑[Nan2 yuan4] and the Nanhaizi Wetland in Baotou, Inner Mongolia


id: e3e98d2fa78a2eaaf956615ac25db202d913b395
simplified: 南涧彝族自治县
traditional: 南澗彞族自治縣
pinyin: nan2 jian4 yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
english:
Nanjian Yizu autonomous county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan


id: e876a06b334e1b50f422017a7d10a3c63bee483e
simplified: 南澳
traditional: 南澳
pinyin: nan2 ao4
english:
Nan'ao County in Shantou 汕頭|汕头[Shan4 tou2], Guangdong/Nan'ao township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 xian4], Taiwan/abbr. for 南澳大利亞州|南澳大利亚州[Nan2 ao4 da4 li4 ya4 zhou1], South Australia


id: b81032f59044c8eceeb642d1cbea166a0808fd0f
simplified: 南竿
traditional: 南竿
pinyin: nan2 gan1
english:
Nankan Island, one of the Matsu Islands/Nankan or Nangan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4], Taiwan


id: 0ce15d399ee8af2fd574e8dd8082162640e70f60
simplified: 南竿乡
traditional: 南竿鄉
pinyin: nan2 gan1 xiang1
english:
Nankan or Nangan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan


id: 93e872bd3f98c23d44e7ccb3d023c1e2750a925f
simplified: 南箕北斗
traditional: 南箕北斗
pinyin: nan2 ji1 bei3 dou3
english:
the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use


id: e7ec7ca5939f11a97348cd068dc909c4af7d0ddf
simplified: 南苑
traditional: 南苑
pinyin: nan2 yuan4
english:
Nanyuan or "Southern Park", an imperial hunting domain during the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, now the site of Nanhaizi Park in the south of Beijing


id: 7fd36d6ec44c0ad100ec4ab538b9f34edb1873bb
simplified: 南华
traditional: 南華
pinyin: nan2 hua2
english:
south or southern China/South China/Nanhua county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan


id: 002ac48d2c2ab95bac62b9eb9a651127f859ec5c
simplified: 南华县
traditional: 南華縣
pinyin: nan2 hua2 xian4
english:
Nanhua county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan


id: a41787616c5ecf6fa85ccf5a5d041475bc11ad1c
simplified: 南诏国
traditional: 南詔國
pinyin: nan2 zhao4 guo2
english:
Nanzhao, 8th and 9th century kingdom in Yunnan, at times allied with Tang against Tibetan Tubo pressure


id: 148b7c6756c78d5c7b7afc1e9a7d99e5bbb48703
simplified: 南齐书
traditional: 南齊書
pinyin: nan2 qi2 shu1
english:
History of Qi of the Southern Dynasties, seventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Xiao Zixian 蕭子顯|萧子显[Xiao1 Zi3 xian3] in 537 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 59 scrolls


id: 6dd8ea44e73980164af71bbdd34a62ac9f30badd
simplified: 博古
traditional: 博古
pinyin: bo2 gu3
english:
Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash


id: 8ebfd1bf95f78d285c2088ba6c5c3cf70af21533
simplified: 博士买驴
traditional: 博士買驢
pinyin: bo2 shi4 mai3 lu:2
english:
lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point/idiom mocking scholastic pomposity


id: e557272f3db24be1c0c4da47a210f39eb6aa964b
simplified: 博斯沃思
traditional: 博斯沃思
pinyin: bo2 si1 wo4 si1
english:
Bosworth (name)/Stephen Bosworth (1939-), US academic and diplomat, special representative for policy on North Korea from 2009


id: c8f6526c19b5e80f631527ab2beadc7ebfd401d1
simplified: 博乐
traditional: 博樂
pinyin: bo2 le4
english:
Börtala Shehiri, county level city in Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州, Xinjiang


id: 464f3790b26133a405d571034fb8142d7866a1e7
simplified: 博乐市
traditional: 博樂市
pinyin: bo2 le4 shi4
english:
Börtala Shehiri of Bole City, county level city in Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州, Xinjiang


id: 72e875ac4630301105286231d1b43a02591ca808
simplified: 博湖
traditional: 博湖
pinyin: bo2 hu2
english:
Bohu county, Baghrash nahiyisi or Bohu county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang


id: 614dad6f3d7aa80458c75d0fc4d69c860d627fdd
simplified: 博而不精
traditional: 博而不精
pinyin: bo2 er2 bu4 jing1
english:
extensive but not refined (idiom); to know something about everything/jack-of-all-trades, master of none


id: 0be7637085876934b8c3c313822e7d16cc4762cb
simplified: 卡
traditional: 卡
pinyin: ka3
radicalSimplified: 卜
radicalTraditional: 卜
english:
to stop/to block/(computing) (coll.) slow/(loanword) card/CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]/truck (from "car")/calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3])/cassette


id: 3706b6c902299271114a58c5c683156f1385160d
simplified: 卡斯特罗
traditional: 卡斯特羅
pinyin: ka3 si1 te4 luo2
english:
Castro (name)/Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-), Cuban revolutionary leader, prime minister 1959-1976, president 1976-2008


id: 41679724e18f3257769d58e1e605b0b818d55a60
simplified: 卡秋莎
traditional: 卡秋莎
pinyin: ka3 qiu1 sha1
english:
Katyusha (name)/name of a Russian wartime song/nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII/also written 喀秋莎


id: 5c13ed8f4a2d3b40796b78e1ef864941d62083fe
simplified: 卡西米尔效应
traditional: 卡西米爾效應
pinyin: ka3 xi1 mi3 er3 xiao4 ying4
english:
Casimir effect (attraction between two parallel metal plates due to quantum mechanical vacuum effects)


id: d90b1ad24bebe3bd3af2249f3f7f6f36a135d5b3
simplified: 卡门
traditional: 卡門
pinyin: ka3 men2
english:
Carmen (name)/Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美[Mei2 li3 mei3]


id: 845eefac2f14a1c78c9a0cb5ccce083090957ba6
simplified: 卦
traditional: 卦
pinyin: gua4
radicalSimplified: 卜
radicalTraditional: 卜
english:
divinatory diagram/one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]/one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]


id: 3ff8f863f6d1b379f66241ca2ffda44beb0842e7
simplified: 卯
traditional: 卯
pinyin: mao3
radicalSimplified: 卩
radicalTraditional: 卩
variants: 戼
english:
mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)/4th earthly branch: 5-7 a.m., 2nd solar month (6th March-4th April), year of the Rabbit/ancient Chinese compass point: 90° (east)/variant of 鉚|铆[mao3]/to exert one's strength


id: 02f36643712ffe46a1a5c2cf38eb7fdba4180b8b
simplified: 印
traditional: 印
pinyin: yin4
radicalSimplified: 卩
radicalTraditional: 卩
english:
to print/to mark/to engrave/a seal/a print/a stamp/a mark/a trace/image/surname Yin/abbr. for 印度[Yin4 du4]


id: 66583e59119c6d191498709c93af83510c65486c
simplified: 印地安
traditional: 印地安
pinyin: yin4 di4 an1
english:
(Tw) (American) Indian/native American/indigenous peoples of the Americas/also written 印第安[Yin4 di4 an1]


id: 593861ab6a89c2ae7e9ffbea2b42efe6e923b227
simplified: 印支半岛
traditional: 印支半島
pinyin: yin4 zhi1 ban4 dao3
english:
Indochina (abbr. for colonial term 印度支那半島|印度支那半岛[Yin4 du4 zhi1 na4 Ban4 dao3])/now written 中南半島|中南半岛[Zhong1 nan2 Ban4 dao3]


id: 09e11dd52abb0da4c0161b4f0fe3c8ef8d77184e
simplified: 印江
traditional: 印江
pinyin: yin4 jiang1
english:
Yinjiang Tujia and Hmong autonomous county in Tongren prefecture 銅仁地區|铜仁地区[Tong2 ren2 di4 qu1], Guizhou


id: 32fd13ea1b7ce20059860ffecac3accb57962109
simplified: 危而不持
traditional: 危而不持
pinyin: wei1 er2 bu4 chi2
english:
national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue


id: 98eeff36aea52e27b8debb00553e9f13ebfccc30
simplified: 即
traditional: 即
pinyin: ji2
radicalSimplified: 卩
radicalTraditional: 卩
variants: 卽
english:
namely/that is/i.e./prompt/at once/at present/even if/prompted (by the occasion)/to approach/to come into contact/to assume (office)/to draw near


id: c173034c826088905efcf62f98ec9e20b00eaf23
simplified: 卷土重来
traditional: 卷土重來
pinyin: juan3 tu3 chong2 lai2
english:
lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)/fig. to regroup and come back even stronger/to make a comeback


id: 76cd147b39a6d9b916daf3fd1e2c3a849b023960
simplified: 卸磨杀驴
traditional: 卸磨殺驢
pinyin: xie4 mo4 sha1 lu:2
english:
lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom)/to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful


id: 9510d1c65999d08a5753d47934db1334699ddd85
simplified: 卸肩儿
traditional: 卸肩兒
pinyin: xie4 jian1 r5
english:
lit. a weight off one's shoulders/fig. to resign a post/to lay down a burden/to be relieved of a job


id: f6dd7790eb15a74b46e3c6e89e8a4eb50207ee80
simplified: 卿
traditional: 卿
pinyin: qing1
radicalSimplified: 卩
radicalTraditional: 卩
english:
high ranking official (old)/term of endearment between spouses (old)/(from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old)/honorific (old)


id: f25dde87d5acf54748e8857129816938555d21f6
simplified: 厚生省
traditional: 厚生省
pinyin: hou4 sheng1 sheng3
english:
Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan) (replaced in 2001 by 厚生勞動省|厚生劳动省[Hou4 sheng1 Lao2 dong4 sheng3])


id: 7205b5853ba79e71cf04d6c91ca0c46c7467a99c
simplified: 厚积薄发
traditional: 厚積薄發
pinyin: hou4 ji1 bo2 fa1
english:
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)/good preparation is the key to success/to be well prepared


id: 114d9003818daa87bfefcfc5902636519c47d2b4
simplified: 厚养薄葬
traditional: 厚養薄葬
pinyin: hou4 yang3 bo2 zang4
english:
generous care but a thrifty funeral/to look after one's parents generously, but not waste money on a lavish funeral


id: 29e7280272b4f3b442110565edea5690cb76928d
simplified: 厉害
traditional: 厲害
pinyin: li4 hai5
english:
difficult to deal with/difficult to endure/ferocious/radical/serious/terrible/violent/tremendous/awesome


id: 56368854a02deb9610cb542e1fd7426720416a6a
simplified: 去
traditional: 去
pinyin: qu4
radicalSimplified: 厶
radicalTraditional: 厶
english:
to go/to go to (a place)/(of a time etc) last/just passed/to send/to remove/to get rid of/to reduce/to be apart from in space or time/to die (euphemism)/to play (a part)/(when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth/(after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)/(used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)


id: a9e325b056cf26a00e5127fabc1519f2bc74fa1a
simplified: 参
traditional: 參
pinyin: can1
radicalSimplified: 厶
radicalTraditional: 厶
variants: 參,叅,薓
english:
to take part in/to participate/to join/to attend/to counsel/unequal/varied/irregular/uneven/not uniform/abbr. for 參議院|参议院 Senate, Upper House


id: 33ce1ad36dc40be843147e5c8aaab4b60dfcda00
simplified: 参校
traditional: 參校
pinyin: can1 jiao4
english:
to proofread/to revise one or more editions of a text using an authoritative edition as a source book/to editorially revise a text


id: 361156a98762eb518a67fa7521dc59aad8309d4a
simplified: 又想当婊子又想立牌坊
traditional: 又想當婊子又想立牌坊
pinyin: you4 xiang3 dang1 biao3 zi5 you4 xiang3 li4 pai2 fang1
english:
lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)/fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation/to want to have one's cake and eat it too


id: e0c10f5822fe289e1fb437661064946f3128ddc2
simplified: 又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
traditional: 又要馬兒跑，又要馬兒不吃草
pinyin: you4 yao4 ma3 r5 pao3 , you4 yao4 ma3 r5 bu4 chi1 cao3
english:
lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)/fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too


id: b20fa1012430d5852073233834d7234c9a832bd5
simplified: 及时处理，事半功倍
traditional: 及時處理，事半功倍
pinyin: ji2 shi2 chu3 li3 , shi4 ban4 gong1 bei4
english:
timely handling doubles the effect and halves the effort/the right approach saves effort and leads to better results/a stitch in time saves nine


id: 2acbf604885bfcdccad7d58fa05aa0e992ce2d05
simplified: 及时行乐
traditional: 及時行樂
pinyin: ji2 shi2 xing2 le4
english:
to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future/make merry while you can/carpe diem


id: eee8cf752167c27479be0b4604c600e310306e55
simplified: 友谊商店
traditional: 友誼商店
pinyin: you3 yi4 shang1 dian4
english:
Friendship Store, PRC state-run store originally intended for foreigners, diplomats etc, specializing in selling imported Western goods and quality Chinese crafts


id: 5a4227a2be2a8fb02f6c5b9e74f3a8104a482015
simplified: 友谊地久天长
traditional: 友誼地久天長
pinyin: you3 yi4 di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2
english:
Auld Lang Syne, Scottish song with lyrics by Robert Burns 羅伯特·伯恩斯|罗伯特·伯恩斯[Luo2 bo2 te4 · Bo2 en1 si1], sung to mark the start of a new year or as a farewell/also rendered 友誼萬歲|友谊万岁[You3 yi4 wan4 sui4] or 友誼天長地久|友谊天长地久[You3 yi4 tian1 chang2 di4 jiu3]


id: 28090782447c2c4f2625a8fd58d8172c3e8e6670
simplified: 反
traditional: 反
pinyin: fan3
radicalSimplified: 又
radicalTraditional: 又
english:
contrary/in reverse/inside out or upside down/to reverse/to return/to oppose/opposite/against/anti-/to rebel/to use analogy/instead/abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system


id: c24c1d82b1ad365131627e3d013847734889a44c
simplified: 反串
traditional: 反串
pinyin: fan3 chuan4
english:
(Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty/(modern) to play a transvestite role/to masquerade as an opponent


id: 225885852c3257d9fcccf4b18f8aaa4fbac6b510
simplified: 反切
traditional: 反切
pinyin: fan3 qie4
english:
traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone


id: c7bd5ff68aaabdae940648bdfcb0b6a4d9193a87
simplified: 反弹
traditional: 反彈
pinyin: fan3 tan2
english:
to bounce/to bounce back/to boomerang/to ricochet/rebound (of stock market etc)/bounce/backlash/negative repercussions


id: d13b6ed90322aab2cea1970695cbbee3136b8642
simplified: 反正一样
traditional: 反正一樣
pinyin: fan3 zheng4 yi1 yang4
english:
whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference/six of one and half a dozen of the other/as broad as it is long


id: 28cf9e6d130eda42045c31bebba1570276befbfa
simplified: 反清
traditional: 反清
pinyin: fan3 qing1
english:
anti-Qing/refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4]


id: 0a37b67a829f4f805dbb9d4c43fc07ca7981f8bc
simplified: 反白
traditional: 反白
pinyin: fan3 bai2
english:
reverse type (white on black)/reversed-out (graphics)/highlighting (of selected text on a computer screen)


id: eaa27a1118c5a4c96483165f33a50162f33a6132
simplified: 反裘负刍
traditional: 反裘負芻
pinyin: fan3 qiu2 fu4 chu2
english:
lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom)/fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work/fig. to act stupidly


id: 7eb3532120cf92afdd3e38c143de023556b70199
simplified: 反转
traditional: 反轉
pinyin: fan3 zhuan3
english:
reversal/inversion/to reverse/to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)


id: a30ec08d24506ad596be239d2d278b9d3992ee5d
simplified: 取其精华，去其糟粕
traditional: 取其精華，去其糟粕
pinyin: qu3 qi2 jing1 hua2 , qu4 qi2 zao1 po4
english:
take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan)/keep what is good, discard the rest/You need to be selective when studying./In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.


id: 2dcce06ebcbf65f290f525ae0dc1f4cb206d693d
simplified: 取巧
traditional: 取巧
pinyin: qu3 qiao3
english:
quick fix/opportune short cut (around a difficulty)/cheap trick (to get what one wants)/to pull a fast one


id: 7960f03ab8a78219345321ceb2cd4e213be07283
simplified: 取景框
traditional: 取景框
pinyin: qu3 jing3 kuang4
english:
rectangular frame used to view a scene (made out of cardboard etc, or formed by the thumbs and forefingers)/viewfinder/viewing frame


id: cf7cd673943ac649b20d2649cee102102bdcae5e
simplified: 取经
traditional: 取經
pinyin: qu3 jing1
english:
to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures/to learn by studying another's experience


id: 426d73fd12eceab52dcd53f75a69f6e919a349d5
simplified: 取长补短
traditional: 取長補短
pinyin: qu3 chang2 bu3 duan3
english:
lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)/to use this in place of that/what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts


id: 4a2d6d213ca6118ec08725cc94250450abe531e9
simplified: 受任
traditional: 受任
pinyin: shou4 ren4
english:
appointment (to a job)/to be appointed (to high office)/to accept an appointment/entrusted with responsibilities/same as 授任


id: 06ac6bcbb5a9cac254ade90faa69d343c12b3619
simplified: 受命于天
traditional: 受命于天
pinyin: shou4 ming4 yu2 tian1
english:
to become Emperor by the grace of Heaven/to "receive the Mandate of Heaven" (traditional English translation)


id: cf2b8be2dba0b903df415eaf92b3edf8294b0b70
simplified: 受聘
traditional: 受聘
pinyin: shou4 pin4
english:
hired (for employment)/invited (e.g. to lecture)/engaged (for a task)/(in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family


id: ca220e78a3cb8bedb043423f295787f197cc1095
simplified: 口
traditional: 口
pinyin: kou3
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
mouth/classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)/classifier for bites or mouthfuls


id: 21bb4f83c3203ed6fee8163fbfe5f3a763ed7cab
simplified: 口吻
traditional: 口吻
pinyin: kou3 wen3
english:
tone of voice/connotation in intonation/accent (regional etc)/snout/muzzle/lips/protruding portion of an animal's face


id: 8526f707876729cd1d2cd5de54afb1315c52e83b
simplified: 口子
traditional: 口子
pinyin: kou3 zi5
english:
hole/opening/cut/gap/gash/my husband or wife/classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc)/precedent


id: 600570914e4c313f4a94d36b4c17b9246f5b5883
simplified: 口风
traditional: 口風
pinyin: kou3 feng1
english:
meaning behind the words/what sb really means to say/one's intentions as revealed in one's words/tone of speech


id: 2fb544ae4a1f2b1cc84a6b9f66a5fbbdde175006
simplified: 古丈
traditional: 古丈
pinyin: gu3 zhang4
english:
Guzhang county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1]


id: f28e59047a695bbf4c77aae27481dc1b89e71a73
simplified: 古今小说
traditional: 古今小說
pinyin: gu3 jin1 xiao3 shuo1
english:
Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2], collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话[bai2 hua4] tales published in 1620


id: 0b7fd6be3909674b6607ba5ded1d36db611439f1
simplified: 古今韵会举要
traditional: 古今韻會舉要
pinyin: gu3 jin1 yun4 hui4 ju3 yao4
english:
"Summary of the Collection of Rhymes Old and New", supplemented and annotated Yuan dynasty version of the no-longer-extant late Song or early Yuan "Collection of Rhymes Old and New" 古今韻會|古今韵会


id: b0b84c8a7f3ac949d1d72b3e359c65845a880265
simplified: 古文
traditional: 古文
pinyin: gu3 wen2
english:
old language/the Classics/Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose/Classical Chinese as a school subject


id: 78a8746480074cef34b07ee656533dd94dda6b6b
simplified: 古文观止
traditional: 古文觀止
pinyin: gu3 wen2 guan1 zhi3
english:
Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty


id: f95df3cb5e2eb1555db8505a985794c911070a70
simplified: 古文运动
traditional: 古文運動
pinyin: gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4
english:
cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song


id: 0cca202e2638b32136bbd057e1aa03012ccde6bb
simplified: 古根罕喷气推进研究中心
traditional: 古根罕噴氣推進研究中心
pinyin: gu3 gen1 han3 pen1 qi4 tui1 jin4 yan2 jiu1 zhong1 xin1
english:
Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT, from 1926)/Guggenheim Jet Propulsion Center (from 1943)


id: ee38530e3879033026c6bf7ae532b1992d7ca9fb
simplified: 古尔邦节
traditional: 古爾邦節
pinyin: gu3 er3 bang1 jie2
english:
Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar


id: 9334e1e7a41df0d4e4f15165484af2cfa2f78f37
simplified: 古特雷斯
traditional: 古特雷斯
pinyin: gu3 te4 lei2 si1
english:
António Guterres (1949-), secretary-general of the United Nations (2017-), prime minister of Portugal (1995-2002)


id: a3cd8c703a5532ef2d5927ffe38c0e65ff9afffb
simplified: 古生代
traditional: 古生代
pinyin: gu3 sheng1 dai4
english:
Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪


id: 201a40ce0ccc9cfb274f00a9427ed30721db13d7
simplified: 古登堡
traditional: 古登堡
pinyin: gu3 deng1 bao3
english:
Gutenberg (name)/Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400-1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press/Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale


id: 303d1ec5c0fd1894afd1d52e7f844668eb5e8004
simplified: 古筝
traditional: 古箏
pinyin: gu3 zheng1
english:
zither or guzheng/large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] during Tang and Song times


id: acaff0c5a860aad19a0b52ab6701860f455e79af
simplified: 古董滩
traditional: 古董灘
pinyin: gu3 dong3 tan1
english:
Gudong desert or Antiques desert at Han dynasty Yangguan pass 陽關|阳关[Yang2 guan1], named after many Han dynasty archaeological discoveries


id: 76157e76b575e520822000c44a5c33e19c20998d
simplified: 句读
traditional: 句讀
pinyin: ju4 dou4
english:
pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)/punctuation/periods and commas/sentences and phrases


id: e8b0d00de6dbe5bb540e71ecbf09cada65192a57
simplified: 句逗
traditional: 句逗
pinyin: ju4 dou4
english:
punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used)/period 句號|句号 and comma 逗號|逗号/sentences and phrases


id: 15101dafe4d705648b23b86bbe5984f6dbd2d5e8
simplified: 另起炉灶
traditional: 另起爐灶
pinyin: ling4 qi3 lu2 zao4
english:
lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch/back to square one/to start of on a new path


id: ecc2d3d29ee7d37529d518167be069ccf2e19da5
simplified: 另辟蹊径
traditional: 另闢蹊徑
pinyin: ling4 pi4 xi1 jing4
english:
to take an alternate route (idiom)/to find an alternative/to take a different approach/to blaze a new trail


id: 541d034ba3a1017db233f391a35ae65186730a34
simplified: 叩头
traditional: 叩頭
pinyin: kou4 tou2
english:
to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)/also written 磕頭|磕头[ke1 tou2]


id: ba8df18b7410c9a84f5c6f7a0327f475be084129
simplified: 只管
traditional: 只管
pinyin: zhi3 guan3
english:
solely engrossed in one thing/just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest)/simply/by all means/please feel free/do not hesitate (to ask for sth)


id: 0ec210cda85000f64a123bf06d3483a89ac9c441
simplified: 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
traditional: 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針
pinyin: zhi3 yao4 gong1 fu5 shen1 , tie3 chu3 mo2 cheng2 zhen1
english:
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle./cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task/to study diligently


id: 8d4ceb128130ee599a6c76bde9972c506e002df9
simplified: 只见树木不见森林
traditional: 只見樹木不見森林
pinyin: zhi3 jian4 shu4 mu4 bu4 jian4 sen1 lin2
english:
unable to see the wood for the trees/fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture


id: ca3db24e936846369123c556b7d8a5719d350eea
simplified: 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯
traditional: 只許州官放火，不許百姓點燈
pinyin: zhi3 xu3 zhou1 guan1 fang4 huo3 , bu4 xu3 bai3 xing4 dian3 deng1
english:
only the official is allowed to light the fire/Gods may do what cattle may not/quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi


id: ad9f6600754a072086b98e8cee2651dab461b6f7
simplified: 叫板
traditional: 叫板
pinyin: jiao4 ban3
english:
to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)/(coll.) to challenge


id: 2574972bdc8e7845c2441602b89f9afbda8e5da7
simplified: 叮
traditional: 叮
pinyin: ding1
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
to sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc)/to say repeatedly/to urge insistently/to ask repeatedly/to stick to a point/(onom.) tinkling or jingling sound


id: 5f17ec9c424e336bf974eae6e5e288aff915c5a0
simplified: 台江县
traditional: 台江縣
pinyin: tai2 jiang1 xian4
english:
Taijiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou


id: 228db929055ee56ff496658cb5379a3da1ffcc7e
simplified: 台胞证
traditional: 台胞證
pinyin: tai2 bao1 zheng4
english:
Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents/Taiwan Compatriot Entry Permit/abbr. for 台灣居民來往大陸通行證|台湾居民来往大陆通行证[Tai2 wan1 Ju1 min2 Lai2 wang3 Da4 lu4 Tong1 xing2 zheng4]


id: d538a782141b998347f47ce367a18558d4d15f31
simplified: 史思明
traditional: 史思明
pinyin: shi3 si1 ming2
english:
Shi Siming (703-761), non-Han military man and colleague of An Lushan 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1], eventually conspirator with him in the 755-763 An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4] against the Tang dynasty


id: 15256007f8d49b868dc9907c0b11c5bf9cec7fd5
simplified: 史景迁
traditional: 史景遷
pinyin: shi3 jing3 qian1
english:
Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The search for modern China 追尋現代中國|追寻现代中国


id: 6bc245eeda33c98f9ee70ae66e95172955dce2ae
simplified: 史特劳斯
traditional: 史特勞斯
pinyin: shi3 te4 lao2 si1
english:
Strauss (name) (Tw)/Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Austrian composer/Richard Strauss (1864-1949), German composer


id: 959847558fbd2ae867ad2f348e0dcaddd9d21e3f
simplified: 史籀篇
traditional: 史籀篇
pinyin: shi3 zhou4 pian1
english:
Shizhoupian, early school primer in great seal script 大篆[da4 zhuan4], attributed to King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王[Zhou1 Xuan1 wang2] but probably dating from c. 500 BC


id: c10398c8466924e978e97b1a6d30c2bd8faba1e3
simplified: 史记
traditional: 史記
pinyin: shi3 ji4
english:
Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]


id: aa5eb4d18a6cfa19e976bce34775c794edaff82e
simplified: 司徒雷登
traditional: 司徒雷登
pinyin: si1 tu2 lei2 deng1
english:
John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first president of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China


id: 84277853c2ce894def9ffe0219aa962c99915421
simplified: 司马光
traditional: 司馬光
pinyin: si1 ma3 guang1
english:
Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴


id: 085f44e8e657e0f20a2dbd27b2f875611360807f
simplified: 司马法
traditional: 司馬法
pinyin: si1 ma3 fa3
english:
“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴[Si1 ma3 Rang2 ju1]


id: 821440a3d373cb3ca9dbe485a8aecfebf13eb1aa
simplified: 司马炎
traditional: 司馬炎
pinyin: si1 ma3 yan2
english:
Sima Yan (236-290), founding emperor of Jin dynasty 晋 after the Three Kingdoms period, reigned 265-290 as Emperor Wu of Jin 晉武帝


id: 9f5b6eedba34d68d41cf1984278178457accf444
simplified: 司马穰苴
traditional: 司馬穰苴
pinyin: si1 ma3 rang2 ju1
english:
Sima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi State 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2] and author of “Methods of Sima” 司馬法|司马法[Si1 ma3 Fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]


id: eaef5e0f9ce1ac71409dc80279c8be31d206f199
simplified: 司马迁
traditional: 司馬遷
pinyin: si1 ma3 qian1
english:
Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography


id: ef8f50f47d4bd2c148070fea7ebfc98105c1f885
simplified: 吃
traditional: 吃
pinyin: chi1
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 喫
english:
to eat/to consume/to eat at (a cafeteria etc)/to eradicate/to destroy/to absorb/to suffer/to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])


id: c1ca210ebdcdfddea1acf67d48b1e81faf4000c9
simplified: 吃不了兜着走
traditional: 吃不了兜著走
pinyin: chi1 bu5 liao3 dou1 zhe5 zou3
english:
lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom)/fig. you'll have to take the consequences


id: e38de5c7b901de2201c1eb5df4b414891913c30d
simplified: 吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短
traditional: 吃人家的嘴軟，拿人家的手短
pinyin: chi1 ren2 jia1 de5 zui3 ruan3 , na2 ren2 jia1 de5 shou3 duan3
english:
lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)/fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted


id: 46b8665de3d37a574d76fdada1b016e265550f31
simplified: 吃大户
traditional: 吃大戶
pinyin: chi1 da4 hu4
english:
to plunder the homes of the wealthy for food (in times of famine)/(of sb who has no income) to rely on others/to demand a "contribution" or "loan" from a business or wealthy individual


id: 057b7160bb6c871964521c126bf6406fe1516a27
simplified: 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人
traditional: 吃得苦中苦，方為人上人
pinyin: chi1 de2 ku3 zhong1 ku3 , fang1 wei2 ren2 shang4 ren2
english:
one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations (proverb)/no pain, no gain


id: e31d91418d280b68f36e987b7586739a2c8f917b
simplified: 吃案
traditional: 吃案
pinyin: chi1 an4
english:
(Tw) (of the police) to bury a crime (i.e. conceal the existence of a criminal case in order to improve crime-solving statistics or in return for a bribe etc)


id: 130f3524c59273d432e86c60ecf850e9e5929d9a
simplified: 吃瓜群众
traditional: 吃瓜群眾
pinyin: chi1 gua1 qun2 zhong4
english:
peanut gallery (esp. in online forums)/onlookers who are interested in the spectacle but don't have anything knowledgeable to say about it/(neologism c. 2016)


id: 41e995ca6fbba746bf559c456731a9eab8b260b2
simplified: 吃着碗里，看着锅里
traditional: 吃著碗裡，看著鍋裡
pinyin: chi1 zhe5 wan3 li3 , kan4 zhe5 guo1 li3
english:
lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)/not content with what one already has/(of men, typically) to have the wandering eye


id: 56b4130ba1ff6995893b2f663fc8353f96caf736
simplified: 吃亏
traditional: 吃虧
pinyin: chi1 kui1
english:
to suffer losses/to come to grief/to lose out/to get the worst of it/to be at a disadvantage/unfortunately


id: 5cb74c30bf43c170cda33871b3a8b21c02e2c353
simplified: 吃里爬外
traditional: 吃裡爬外
pinyin: chi1 li3 pa2 wai4
english:
to work against the interests of sb one derives support from/to double-cross one's employer/to bite the hand that feeds you


id: 7e2e5274821c65ca3a20d4c9b07a58a41acd12bb
simplified: 吃错药
traditional: 吃錯藥
pinyin: chi1 cuo4 yao4
english:
(lit.) to have taken the wrong medicine/(fig.) (of one's behavior etc) different than usual/abnormal


id: 149dbacf37350269856a6b71132ae4f9cbb2fcd4
simplified: 各拉丹冬山
traditional: 各拉丹冬山
pinyin: ge4 la1 dan1 dong1 shan1
english:
Mount Geladaindong or Geladandong in Qinghai (6621 m), the main peak of the Tanggula mountain range 唐古拉山脈|唐古拉山脉[Tang2 gu3 la1 shan1 mai4]


id: a52058faacb0eec6c6a3480de8bf8210057b5499
simplified: 吆喝
traditional: 吆喝
pinyin: yao1 he5
english:
to shout/to bawl/to yell (to urge on an animal)/to hawk (one's wares)/to denounce loudly/to shout slogans


id: 7d3a86fd93210e808882860bd3ee00b7f20497fd
simplified: 合
traditional: 合
pinyin: ge3
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 閤
english:
100 ml/one-tenth of a peck/measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗


id: fcd704aab48995de3c1a7506ea8fe95fff4f0030
simplified: 合
traditional: 合
pinyin: he2
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 閤
english:
to close/to join/to fit/to be equal to/whole/together/round (in battle)/conjunction (astronomy)/1st note of pentatonic scale/old variant of 盒[he2]


id: f74468c3410334378d245abaec4e693982e0b1b3
simplified: 合不拢嘴
traditional: 合不攏嘴
pinyin: he2 bu4 long3 zui3
english:
unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc/grinning from ear to ear/mouth agape/gobsmacked


id: 3367cf9921ae03699758212440f51fcf2b26a177
simplified: 合作市
traditional: 合作市
pinyin: he2 zuo4 shi4
english:
Hezuo county level city in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu


id: 761dd36c8067ba8fce8d60ca5f0329d1312ae3a6
simplified: 合四乙尺工
traditional: 合四乙尺工
pinyin: he2 si4 yi3 chi3 gong1
english:
names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la


id: 140184441fc0d44ddc5b19cfaa6d1adc01e7d8a8
simplified: 合手
traditional: 合手
pinyin: he2 shou3
english:
to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting)/to work with a common purpose/harmonious/convenient (to use)


id: 78f1d871db5b1a9bd869675c80ba1722bfd269b5
simplified: 合纵
traditional: 合縱
pinyin: he2 zong4
english:
Vertical Alliance, clique of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)


id: af0303796ace2607166b8fe615d6adade93841ba
simplified: 合纵连横
traditional: 合縱連橫
pinyin: he2 zong4 lian2 heng2
english:
Vertical and Horizontal Alliance, opposing stratagems devised by the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)


id: 00547c1ebf7187599f4da983089f63840432d219
simplified: 合义复词
traditional: 合義複詞
pinyin: he2 yi4 fu4 ci2
english:
compound word such as 教室[jiao4 shi4], 國家|国家[guo2 jia1], but unlike 玫瑰[mei2 gui1], whose meaning is related to the component hanzi


id: 6ab0d03c9b80839ecaa276e171730f98ac5036c3
simplified: 合体
traditional: 合體
pinyin: he2 ti3
english:
to combine/combination/composite character (i.e. a synonym of 合體字|合体字[he2 ti3 zi4])/(of clothes) to be a good fit


id: 7f4d7540157e7188ec4b81e1889f32d5ee4a4682
simplified: 合体字
traditional: 合體字
pinyin: he2 ti3 zi4
english:
a Chinese character formed by combining existing elements - i.e. a combined ideogram 會意|会意 or radical plus phonetic 形聲|形声


id: 05422b602dc3b4b2d3ddf1cd77f3a6c00c43832a
simplified: 吉安
traditional: 吉安
pinyin: ji2 an1
english:
Ji'an prefecture-level city in Jiangxi/also Ji'an County/Ji'an or Chi'an township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 Xian4], east Taiwan


id: 5862f2e86e2b0c841b45032f447524cc6715fa14
simplified: 吉木萨尔
traditional: 吉木薩爾
pinyin: ji2 mu4 sa4 er3
english:
Jimsar county or Jimisar nahiyisi in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州[Chang1 ji2 Hui2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang


id: 92dd7da540b9535e168b3e974b1e5241e2281166
simplified: 吉林
traditional: 吉林
pinyin: ji2 lin2
english:
Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 長春|长春/also Jilin prefecture-level city, Jilin province


id: fb1441519997a5fbd1c13e60c2455ccf76ef6258
simplified: 吉首
traditional: 吉首
pinyin: ji2 shou3
english:
Jishou county level city and capital of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州[Xiang1 xi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Henan


id: 1dcd8d10b77cbd5c2bfa705dd7063e9569f83f16
simplified: 同人
traditional: 同人
pinyin: tong2 ren2
english:
people from the same workplace or profession/co-worker/colleague/pop culture enthusiasts who create fan fiction etc


id: 6c1912c2a0dd9a3cbd2483e8a31be65423c68e15
simplified: 同仁
traditional: 同仁
pinyin: tong2 ren2
english:
variant of 同人[tong2 ren2]/Tongren county in Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[Huang2 nan2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai


id: 5f23c10cc4cf894870b6d04117965015d576772e
simplified: 同仁县
traditional: 同仁縣
pinyin: tong2 ren2 xian4
english:
Tongren county in Huangnan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 黃南藏族自治州|黄南藏族自治州[Huang2 nan2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai


id: 8fb51dbcb47b204fc000620aa987d1115a4edba6
simplified: 同床异梦
traditional: 同床異夢
pinyin: tong2 chuang2 yi4 meng4
english:
lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas/strange bedfellows/marital dissension


id: e3d2517e856dc86d7c88c5f0136d64468c1db44a
simplified: 同德
traditional: 同德
pinyin: tong2 de2
english:
Tongde county in Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai


id: 9f0b404529c9d13fac1a48f897efe4f495e213e3
simplified: 同房
traditional: 同房
pinyin: tong2 fang2
english:
(of a married couple) to have intercourse/(literary) to share the same room/of the same family branch


id: 036a8addb6eaed64d672be7d7306c25c114db61b
simplified: 同文馆
traditional: 同文館
pinyin: tong2 wen2 guan3
english:
the first modern Chinese library established in 1898 by William A.P. Martin 丁韙良|丁韪良, becoming the foundation for Peking University library


id: 883a1ea9ddad4563e1b9dd9692c98aa29dd548d0
simplified: 同日而语
traditional: 同日而語
pinyin: tong2 ri4 er2 yu3
english:
lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)


id: d3e7c10657336740ff1d8d08450157fa11ebdb7f
simplified: 同乐会
traditional: 同樂會
pinyin: tong2 le4 hui4
english:
social gathering at which those attending take it in turns to perform for the whole group (music, dancing or comedy etc)


id: f769cd9bb79148ba35f7fea9a063852fae569d79
simplified: 同归于尽
traditional: 同歸於盡
pinyin: tong2 gui1 yu2 jin4
english:
to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes/to take sb down with oneself/to end in mutual destruction


id: d15477d04fe1634b3c4a50c63fc654d4958c697d
simplified: 同甘共苦
traditional: 同甘共苦
pinyin: tong2 gan1 gong4 ku3
english:
shared delights and common hardships (idiom); to share life's joys and sorrows/for better or for worse


id: d53b1b0e34dfd7858ee48c128ee96435c99f00c7
simplified: 同舟共济
traditional: 同舟共濟
pinyin: tong2 zhou1 gong4 ji4
english:
cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests/obliged to collaborate towards common goals


id: cea4afc52b26596d0eef46e0cade2acbd3591814
simplified: 名不副实
traditional: 名不副實
pinyin: ming2 bu4 fu4 shi2
english:
the name does not reflect the reality (idiom); more in name than in fact/Reality does not live up to the name./Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.


id: bff6cd9d294cfa3acf3442b8750f6bbe22a42341
simplified: 名堂
traditional: 名堂
pinyin: ming2 tang5
english:
item (in a program of entertainments)/trick (act of mischief)/worthwhile result/accomplishment/sth significant but not immediately apparent/sth more than meets the eye


id: cae81d34e9232efc217fa4411dd9f9b0159d3623
simplified: 名家
traditional: 名家
pinyin: ming2 jia1
english:
renowned expert/master (of an art or craft)/School of Logicians of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), also called the School of Names


id: 0f7ac0f1a76c3fee86160d9e58c95a68c6943089
simplified: 名师出高徒
traditional: 名師出高徒
pinyin: ming2 shi1 chu1 gao1 tu2
english:
A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.


id: 093649319036d34984a75b9186bd3dfe1b1fe104
simplified: 名正言顺
traditional: 名正言順
pinyin: ming2 zheng4 yan2 shun4
english:
in a way that justifies the use of the term/genuine/proper/in a way that conforms to logic/justifiable/appropriate/perfectly legitimate


id: 2b8bc5df7bf47b2a439aab42cc85ef51213d6d43
simplified: 名落孙山
traditional: 名落孫山
pinyin: ming2 luo4 sun1 shan1
english:
lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)/fig. to fail an exam/to fall behind (in a competition)


id: 4c5c148ab31d1f23c162abf66310fccd46443a3d
simplified: 名缰利锁
traditional: 名韁利鎖
pinyin: ming2 jiang1 li4 suo3
english:
lit. fettered by fame and locked up by riches (idiom); tied down by reputation and wealth/the victim of one's own success


id: 563a1b687783402e1177fc7cebe34aa3289947bc
simplified: 吐便当
traditional: 吐便當
pinyin: tu3 bian4 dang1
english:
(slang) (of a character) to reappear in a story line after having been supposedly killed off/cf. 領盒飯|领盒饭[ling3 he2 fan4]


id: 4c83c473edc625d7a38ee9725781b384b1d1d3c8
simplified: 吐故纳新
traditional: 吐故納新
pinyin: tu3 gu4 na4 xin1
english:
lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new


id: c1fb9fe9374bd90a85c0265a5bd340e994d47abd
simplified: 吐丝自缚
traditional: 吐絲自縛
pinyin: tu3 si1 zi4 fu4
english:
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising/hoist with his own petard


id: 88a862cf68a590395647d8719ac65bd269b5576f
simplified: 吐苦水
traditional: 吐苦水
pinyin: tu3 ku3 shui3
english:
to have bitter digestive fluids rising to the mouth/fig. to complain bitterly/to pour out one's sufferings


id: 9b5821f0c3be2f3cb348ed36551a77863a9bc60d
simplified: 向
traditional: 向
pinyin: xiang4
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 嚮
english:
towards/to face/to turn towards/direction/to support/to side with/shortly before/formerly/always/all along/surname Xiang


id: 7a9cce3585c6fb9618ed88b91b07829d141fc51d
simplified: 向阳
traditional: 向陽
pinyin: xiang4 yang2
english:
facing the sun/exposed to the sun/Xiangyang district of Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯[Jia1 mu4 si1], Heilongjiang/Xiangyang district of Hegang city 鶴崗|鹤岗[He4 gang3], Heilongjiang


id: a26d9cfe68f6944b9409a934035497e233c73ddb
simplified: 吖嗪
traditional: 吖嗪
pinyin: a1 qin2
english:
-azine/heterocyclic compound containing nitrogen in their ring such as pyridine 吡啶[bi3 ding4] C5H5N, pyrazine 噠嗪|哒嗪[da1 qin2] C4H4N2 or pyrimidine 嘧啶[mi4 ding4] C4H4N2


id: dcb8477646d2a1d4b8a141ba0f6965db515ac30b
simplified: 君子报仇，十年不晚
traditional: 君子報仇，十年不晚
pinyin: jun1 zi5 bao4 chou2 , shi2 nian2 bu4 wan3
english:
lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)/fig. revenge is a dish best served cold


id: 66ab64219e8a3b422c6183cb967a1dd44d6a559c
simplified: 君子远庖厨
traditional: 君子遠庖廚
pinyin: jun1 zi3 yuan4 pao2 chu2
english:
lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius)/fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen


id: 7ec8f6d62ff6004ef691fdbd39b94d53c4631a68
simplified: 吞吞吐吐
traditional: 吞吞吐吐
pinyin: tun1 tun1 tu3 tu3
english:
to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth/to speak and break off, then start again/to hold sth back


id: 58d044c91d52e9b610bb0c77bd75b43b8ac4d987
simplified: 吧
traditional: 吧
pinyin: ba1
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc)/to puff (on a pipe etc)/(onom.) bang/abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]


id: 653a0989dcdf3bc15bc50fd2a6fc0ecafef5aa67
simplified: 含蓄
traditional: 含蓄
pinyin: han2 xu4
english:
to contain/to hold/(of a person or style etc) reserved/restrained/(of words, writings) full of hidden meaning/implicit/veiled (criticism)


id: e529adcd5d6a16bd9b581d30da58d6a7be02be50
simplified: 吴
traditional: 吳
pinyin: wu2
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 呉
english:
surname Wu/area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai/name of states in Southern China at different historical periods


id: f7cc926e9b58f43145b7319c46015b37de4a65f4
simplified: 吴三桂
traditional: 吳三桂
pinyin: wu2 san1 gui4
english:
Wu Sangui (1612-1678), Chinese general who let the Manchus into China and helped them establish the Qing Dynasty, later leading a revolt against Qing in an effort to start his own dynasty


id: b9fb65c98c519d9838a69d9ba46dec7db74389c1
simplified: 吴下阿蒙
traditional: 吳下阿蒙
pinyin: wu2 xia4 a1 meng2
english:
General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)


id: 6e3d1cdc542e459fd5389d66c8909d8f15462f36
simplified: 吴仁宝
traditional: 吳仁寶
pinyin: wu2 ren2 bao3
english:
Wu Renbao (1928-2013), former CPC chief of Huaxi Village 華西村|华西村[Hua2 xi1 Cun1], responsible for turning it into a modern rich community


id: 99d420367d4aef78efc7aaeba232cd08994a74e3
simplified: 吴任臣
traditional: 吳任臣
pinyin: wu2 ren4 chen2
english:
Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South China 十國春秋|十国春秋


id: c9da7f7b09ddd0a660d53aa8f6a306a9a111bdc3
simplified: 吴国
traditional: 吳國
pinyin: wu2 guo2
english:
Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods)/Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms


id: eb71cb782ae9324cea343fb8a034927d595e686e
simplified: 吴子
traditional: 吳子
pinyin: wu2 zi3
english:
Wuzi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Wu Qi 吳起|吴起[Wu2 Qi3]


id: 8b54e2db4c41046edbcc4d6c7f5750a7a9016347
simplified: 吴孟超
traditional: 吳孟超
pinyin: wu2 meng4 chao1
english:
Wu Mengchao (1922-), Chinese medical scientist and surgeon specializing in liver and gallbladder disorders


id: ab77e2d79e98d17dba2cc4cfa0847e751bbf4a88
simplified: 吴市吹箫
traditional: 吳市吹簫
pinyin: wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1
english:
to beg while playing the xiao 箫 (mouth organ)/cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥, destitute refugee from Chu 楚, busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician


id: 556f4327d3fa7071c08c84eb7b9f4c4e27e9cad1
simplified: 吴晗
traditional: 吳晗
pinyin: wu2 han2
english:
Wu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, hounded to his death together with several members of his family during the cultural revolution


id: 0fb626f10a9af8eba2b739f048439e8f82e687f0
simplified: 吴王阖闾
traditional: 吳王闔閭
pinyin: wu2 wang2 he2 lu:2
english:
King Helu of Wu (-496 BC, reigned 514-496 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸/also called 吳王闔廬|吴王阖庐


id: 9933f7946631d21bbeb67344893621254fc71907
simplified: 吴起
traditional: 吳起
pinyin: wu2 qi3
english:
Wuqi county in Yan'an 延安[Yan2 an1], Shaanxi/Wu Qi (440-381 BC), military leader and politician of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), author of Wuzi 吳子|吴子[Wu2 zi3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]


id: 949f96245fa1cdebf4917da5ccfc20356c98966c
simplified: 吴越同舟
traditional: 吳越同舟
pinyin: wu2 yue4 tong2 zhou1
english:
Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals/to collaborate towards a common end/in the same boat together


id: 70647290b841c18229084c1f991fa78be7536d78
simplified: 吴越春秋
traditional: 吳越春秋
pinyin: wu2 yue4 chun1 qiu1
english:
History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔[Zhao4 Ye4], 10 extant scrolls


id: 09301579ed5b13618ffffc22e1b0258fb9566b4d
simplified: 吴趼人
traditional: 吳趼人
pinyin: wu2 jian3 ren2
english:
Wu Jianren (1867-1910), late Qing dynasty novelist, author of The strange state of the world witnessed over 20 years 二十年目睹之怪現狀|二十年目睹之怪现状


id: e32dcc9f7ab4d21f4268510553553c95338889b5
simplified: 吴头楚尾
traditional: 吳頭楚尾
pinyin: wu2 tou2 chu3 wei3
english:
lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together/head-to-tail/one thing starts where the other leaves off


id: e6ce74882c8cefe34058a1d10237b8f05e9cb2ce
simplified: 吸血鬼
traditional: 吸血鬼
pinyin: xi1 xue4 gui3
english:
leech/bloodsucking vermin/vampire (translated European notion)/fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers


id: 8eb480024f39a1ed139e37212882a41f250bbe16
simplified: 吹
traditional: 吹
pinyin: chui1
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 龡
english:
to blow/to play a wind instrument/to blast/to puff/to boast/to brag/to end in failure/to fall through


id: 73c24691b773fb47ec44a70f8c9024418054a950
simplified: 吹了
traditional: 吹了
pinyin: chui1 le5
english:
failed/busted/to have not succeeded/to have died/to have parted company/to have chilled (of a relationship)


id: 82d8399ffa9971957b4ed3c40a7e3069dd531eb8
simplified: 吹毛求疵
traditional: 吹毛求疵
pinyin: chui1 mao2 qiu2 ci1
english:
lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious/nitpick


id: 813c945e477cc7d3d1ba66e39df761b52229b501
simplified: 吹灯拔蜡
traditional: 吹燈拔蠟
pinyin: chui1 deng1 ba2 la4
english:
lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)/fig. to die/to bite the dust/to be over and done with


id: 0bc02a032c164977857888b7ec478d0e54a989e0
simplified: 吹箫
traditional: 吹簫
pinyin: chui1 xiao1
english:
to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ)/to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1]/to busk/virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1]/(slang) fellatio/blowjob


id: 91634f64202ac3230325cea8c8666fa3ef9f9e25
simplified: 吕不韦
traditional: 呂不韋
pinyin: lu:3 bu4 wei2
english:
Lü Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]


id: 305f9d77fcd4eae01a75aa77df88ddcf333cfece
simplified: 吕氏春秋
traditional: 呂氏春秋
pinyin: lu:3 shi4 chun1 qiu1
english:
lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor Lü Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2]


id: 8215bcb88c1daa86ef272c219441bd34789d661e
simplified: 呈
traditional: 呈
pinyin: cheng2
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
to present to a superior/memorial/petition/to present (a certain appearance)/to assume (a shape)/to be (a certain color)


id: e22a9f5f93d8a08acdcd38ee6c54b3cbcbb76181
simplified: 告谕
traditional: 告諭
pinyin: gao4 yu4
english:
(literary) to inform (the public)/to give clear instructions/public announcement (from higher authorities)


id: ff8e5de78271011033a33b364c581bca7efd1ab7
simplified: 呢
traditional: 呢
pinyin: ne5
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")/particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?")/particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?")/(at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action/particle indicating strong affirmation


id: 17d57abbac48d04ba66d06d2c225e4d499a41cfc
simplified: 周
traditional: 周
pinyin: zhou1
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 週
english:
to make a circuit/to circle/circle/circumference/lap/cycle/complete/all/all over/thorough/to help financially/surname Zhou/Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)


id: 4dbe05d7c4421bc30edb9aa4b8733afee6529e32
simplified: 周一岳
traditional: 周一嶽
pinyin: zhou1 yi1 yue4
english:
York Chow or Chow Yat-ngok (1947-), Hong Kong doctor and politician, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food since 2004


id: 81a13e89a0e32623165ac52e6288ab6a510c3f16
simplified: 周作人
traditional: 周作人
pinyin: zhou1 zuo4 ren2
english:
Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅, academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution


id: 7d0b1dfcf67423c03fb2e734145a3a9640ae5a96
simplified: 周公
traditional: 周公
pinyin: zhou1 gong1
english:
Duke of Zhou (11th c. BC), son of King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2], played an important role as regent in founding the Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], and is also known as the "God of Dreams"


id: ca504bc3eaa8056bae47d9fa0ce8da633ca7ea91
simplified: 周勃
traditional: 周勃
pinyin: zhou1 bo2
english:
Zhou Bo (?-169 BC), military man and politician at the Qin-Han transition, a founding minister of Western Han


id: d206a61c00b79a330097fa94393654058b9cd353
simplified: 周小川
traditional: 周小川
pinyin: zhou1 xiao3 chuan1
english:
Zhou Xiaochuan (1948-), PRC banker and politician, governor of People's Bank of China 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Yin2 hang2] from 2002


id: 496e2d06c24123ba602edd7e54fccd245932824f
simplified: 周成王
traditional: 周成王
pinyin: zhou1 cheng2 wang2
english:
King Cheng of Zhou (1055-1021 BC), reigned 1042-1021 BC as the 2nd king of Western Zhou 西周[Xi1 Zhou1], son of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2]


id: fc899acbc56914b7be2002f3b65ee1cebba821d4
simplified: 周文王
traditional: 周文王
pinyin: zhou1 wen2 wang2
english:
King Wen of Zhou state (c. 1152-1056 BC), reigned c. 1099-1056 BC as king of Zhou state, leading figure in building the subsequent Western Zhou dynasty, father of King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] the first Zhou dynasty king


id: e5e0a639f396ce132608670b567b4e8afab775ce
simplified: 周星驰
traditional: 周星馳
pinyin: zhou1 xing1 chi2
english:
Stephen Chow (1962-), Hong Kong actor, comedian, screenwriter and film director, known for his mo lei tau 無厘頭|无厘头[wu2 li2 tou2] movies


id: 1ff48e167aec3dd108387a3e78870a868f61e53e
simplified: 周书
traditional: 周書
pinyin: zhou1 shu1
english:
History of Zhou of the Northern Dynasties, twelfth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Linghu Defen 令狐德棻[Ling2 hu2 De2 fen1] in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls


id: 8916a81465aa9fc729c599755ae16bc924aa3843
simplified: 周有光
traditional: 周有光
pinyin: zhou1 you3 guang1
english:
Zhou Youguang (1906-2017), PRC linguist, considered the father of Hanyu Pinyin 漢語拼音|汉语拼音[Han4 yu3 Pin1 yin1]


id: c6ad3daf6c7584e942681ad8d04d9aca6d3c6f18
simplified: 周武王
traditional: 周武王
pinyin: zhou1 wu3 wang2
english:
King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發|姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC


id: 029695e57d61a367f6aa64302f7add83dc76e93d
simplified: 周武王姬发
traditional: 周武王姬發
pinyin: zhou1 wu3 wang2 ji1 fa1
english:
King Wu of Zhou, personal name Ji Fa, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 西周[Xi1 Zhou1] 1046-771 BC


id: 10e28ebda6d2ee1c57a5531d7ee446be67592bc7
simplified: 周济
traditional: 周濟
pinyin: zhou1 ji4
english:
help to the needy/emergency relief/charity/to give to poorer relative/(also 賙濟|赒济)/Zhou Ji (1781-1839), Qing writer and poet


id: fa9873c87b2687489a62c9f8e477697341fd4033
simplified: 周瑜
traditional: 周瑜
pinyin: zhou1 yu2
english:
Zhou Yu or Chou Yü (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff/in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang


id: f902560b1d59e4d9f4ccbefbe95032f0755e3aaa
simplified: 周瑜打黄盖
traditional: 周瑜打黃蓋
pinyin: zhou1 yu2 da3 huang2 gai4
english:
fig. with the connivance of both sides/fig. by mutual consent/cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操 before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰|赤壁之战[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 zhan4]


id: 704060c66f008817563f60f9267bab6092490cbb
simplified: 周瘦鹃
traditional: 周瘦鵑
pinyin: zhou1 shou4 juan1
english:
Zhou Shoujuan (1895-1968), writer, translator and art collector in Suzhou, a victim of the Cultural Revolution


id: 6c5308188a06796fce238b5cd14ac86da8bb9d9f
simplified: 周穆王
traditional: 周穆王
pinyin: zhou1 mu4 wang2
english:
King Mu, fifth king of Zhou, said to have lived to 105 and reigned 976-922 BC or 1001-947 BC, rich in associated mythology


id: 4e8a36fcc30c38f8e3a7578fafa49e7839fe6cd3
simplified: 周立波
traditional: 周立波
pinyin: zhou1 li4 bo1
english:
Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist/Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian


id: 0917241c1e29d7d7256b7fdddfb3a60f73bfe38b
simplified: 周髀算经
traditional: 周髀算經
pinyin: zhou1 bi4 suan4 jing1
english:
Zhou Bi Suan Jing, or Chou Pei Suan Ching, one of the oldest Chinese texts on astronomy and mathematics


id: a958c669e5c332e6d7408650e029c49ba1cb4080
simplified: 呼之欲出
traditional: 呼之欲出
pinyin: hu1 zhi1 yu4 chu1
english:
lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)/fig. on the verge of coming out into the open/(of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed/(of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed


id: 2d94241a20b9a10060c3e273d0fbe15484c6a7d8
simplified: 呼和浩特
traditional: 呼和浩特
pinyin: hu1 he2 hao4 te4
english:
Hohhot prefecture-level city, capital of Inner Mongolia autonomous region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]


id: 37481ce32f11991ee0da96ca4db834d2922e627f
simplified: 呼图壁
traditional: 呼圖壁
pinyin: hu1 tu2 bi4
english:
Hutubi county in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州[Chang1 ji2 Hui2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang


id: c06ab946e45b53e07f47d02f9af4494d52072331
simplified: 呼牛作马
traditional: 呼牛作馬
pinyin: hu1 niu2 zuo4 ma3
english:
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it/Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.


id: 6814569acd1162546c7377b99697c1e653285c3e
simplified: 咆哮
traditional: 咆哮
pinyin: pao2 xiao4
english:
to roar/to thunder/to snarl/to bluster (of wind, waves etc)/crashing waves (onom.)/to rage (of a person)


id: 2b151ef945709a5514446e498f46d700dfb1bc05
simplified: 和
traditional: 和
pinyin: he2
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 龢,咊
english:
and/together with/with/sum/union/peace/harmony/Taiwan pr. [han4] when it means "and" or "with"/surname He/Japanese (food, clothes etc)


id: e5919ba4d291d42a34452af1482c12360f874319
simplified: 和
traditional: 和
pinyin: he4
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 龢,咊
english:
to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence/to join in the singing/to chime in with others


id: cf83e6870be28ad7b1b9b1e71faea40988c83ee4
simplified: 和
traditional: 和
pinyin: huo4
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 龢,咊
english:
to mix (ingredients) together/to blend/classifier for rinses of clothes/classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs


id: dd8bb8a2877b1bb551f99fbf4dfbe961516fcb09
simplified: 和尚打伞，无法无天
traditional: 和尚打傘，無法無天
pinyin: he2 shang5 da3 san3 , wu2 fa3 wu2 tian1
english:
lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fa4] vs 法[fa3])/fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven/lawless


id: 7dcb0e6812663e784094c5fcc869edbcf8507897
simplified: 和布克赛尔县
traditional: 和布克賽爾縣
pinyin: he2 bu4 ke4 sai4 er3 xian4
english:
Hoboksar Mongol autonomous county or Qobuqsar Mongghul aptonom nahiyisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang


id: d6616c330c7243211af364e4aab7e1072a23134f
simplified: 和平
traditional: 和平
pinyin: he2 ping2
english:
peace/peaceful/Heping district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning/Hoping township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan


id: 2bb48b9f9310fb90d2907e60ae08d1e7ae4f47ca
simplified: 和平共处五项原则
traditional: 和平共處五項原則
pinyin: he2 ping2 gong4 chu3 wu3 xiang4 yuan2 ze2
english:
Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence/1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India


id: cd4bad06dbb95db67c87172bd19aa8499912f1c1
simplified: 和平区
traditional: 和平區
pinyin: he2 ping2 qu1
english:
Heping or Peace district (of many towns)/Heping district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tian1 jin1 shi4]/Heping district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning


id: 6ee2914ebc220cbcf83ddf7acff105c61c17b41c
simplified: 和政
traditional: 和政
pinyin: he2 zheng4
english:
Hezheng county in Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu


id: 2c25e577063ed8c4279e7d1141209ac1ec713f50
simplified: 和珅
traditional: 和珅
pinyin: he2 shen1
english:
Heshen (1746-1799), Manchu official of the Qing Dynasty who openly practiced various forms of corruption on a grand scale


id: 204be150cc878d888d331083a74718d1818121cc
simplified: 和硕
traditional: 和碩
pinyin: he2 shuo4
english:
Hoxud county, Xoshut nahiyisi or Heshuo county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang


id: da8d4afaf23f89d2eacc0b3658a0a17c06406ae8
simplified: 和硕县
traditional: 和碩縣
pinyin: he2 shuo4 xian4
english:
Hoxud or Heshuo county or Xoshut nahiyisi in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang


id: 0845ba60b3759a11134d52da9257089ed3bb81be
simplified: 和静
traditional: 和靜
pinyin: he2 jing4
english:
Xéjing nahiyisi or Hejing county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang


id: 62cc5070b8b83600e7bd88e9197653b1459bbf46
simplified: 咨文
traditional: 咨文
pinyin: zi1 wen2
english:
official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank)/report delivered by the head of gov. on affairs of state


id: 8bb66ed6b5fe88116b56c6e06cb4a2fefea1c0e4
simplified: 咩
traditional: 咩
pinyin: mie1
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 哶
english:
the bleating of sheep/final particle which transforms statements into questions that indicate doubt or surprise (Cantonese)


id: e1f332c52659f76f90ca736a196f9e3a8df9214d
simplified: 咪咪
traditional: 咪咪
pinyin: mi1 mi1
english:
oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc/(onom.) meow/kitty kitty!/Mimi (Western name)/tits (i.e. slang for breasts)


id: 5944f4fb2b6e89787957e0c9c2080cb26ad46c1b
simplified: 咬人狗儿不露齿
traditional: 咬人狗兒不露齒
pinyin: yao3 ren2 gou3 r5 bu4 lu4 chi3
english:
lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)/fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.


id: 080b433ffbfbfe5b98471bbf2601f6932f7044f0
simplified: 咬唇妆
traditional: 咬唇妝
pinyin: yao3 chun2 zhuang1
english:
bitten-lips look (darker lipstick applied on the inner part of the lips, and lighter on the outer part)


id: fd1884fde436683e89ffab4e776dc94fb16e0866
simplified: 咬紧牙关
traditional: 咬緊牙關
pinyin: yao3 jin3 ya2 guan1
english:
lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain/to bite the bullet


id: 5a19c383e1646f3702ab5e44632537d27d976c03
simplified: 咱们
traditional: 咱們
pinyin: zan2 men5
english:
we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to)/(dialect) I or me/(dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you/also pr. [za2 men5]


id: a0dbf559cfa1f61a0740feb74a712bdf55206466
simplified: 咸丰
traditional: 咸豐
pinyin: xian2 feng1
english:
reign name of Qing emperor (1850-1861)/Xianfeng county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei


id: 7ad32a16c85abacb581dbcf09c542174e017d35c
simplified: 咸丰县
traditional: 咸豐縣
pinyin: xian2 feng1 xian4
english:
Xianfeng county in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei


id: edc47d6ed94db930bce00ca3c4730d77502596f5
simplified: 咸镜
traditional: 咸鏡
pinyin: xian2 jing4
english:
Hamgyeongdo Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡北道|咸镜北道[Xian2 jing4 bei3 dao4] and South Hamgyeong Province 咸鏡南道|咸镜南道[Xian2 jing4 nan2 dao4] of North Korea


id: f532bf2a096070efa72f308dd00be4b2d5cb84cc
simplified: 哀
traditional: 哀
pinyin: ai1
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
sorrow/grief/pity/to grieve for/to pity/to lament/to condole/Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]


id: af36ccc1f1f24e9979a78179a06b14cc59480e30
simplified: 哀江南赋
traditional: 哀江南賦
pinyin: ai1 jiang1 nan2 fu4
english:
Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 mourning the passing of Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝


id: c1c1a9a387b57173446dc6d6a69c79fdf807c010
simplified: 哀莫大于心死
traditional: 哀莫大於心死
pinyin: ai1 mo4 da4 yu2 xin1 si3
english:
nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])/no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices/the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart/nothing is more wretched than apathy


id: 3a256800f3d3803df61f641f2f601edb60f2dc39
simplified: 哀鸿遍野
traditional: 哀鴻遍野
pinyin: ai1 hong2 bian4 ye3
english:
lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims/starving people fill the land


id: b3c5ed73f80a2d688fb5aa5c89bfde43fdf79c2b
simplified: 品
traditional: 品
pinyin: pin3
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
article/commodity/product/goods/kind/grade/rank/character/disposition/nature/temperament/variety/to taste sth/to sample/to criticize/to comment/to judge/to size up/fret (on a guitar or lute)


id: c05219b12967b8b06e5bdb7c03965cb11581ac30
simplified: 品味
traditional: 品味
pinyin: pin3 wei4
english:
to sample/to taste/to appreciate/one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc)/good taste


id: 2451381c875d8a63139d30b0726fcd6286b133a7
simplified: 品学兼优
traditional: 品學兼優
pinyin: pin3 xue2 jian1 you1
english:
excelling both in morals and studies (idiom); top marks for studies and for behavior (at school)/a paragon of virtue and learning


id: 8f05e84878f8766e290026f247605ff519a57ba2
simplified: 品相
traditional: 品相
pinyin: pin3 xiang4
english:
condition/physical appearance (of a museum piece, item of food produced by a chef, postage stamp etc)


id: 5b36d97a48c0cd635b8697a063f8e44159566239
simplified: 品质
traditional: 品質
pinyin: pin3 zhi4
english:
character/intrinsic quality (of a person)/quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)


id: 5c09d3245b470f279cec9e1826353e4c62cae186
simplified: 品头论足
traditional: 品頭論足
pinyin: pin3 tou2 lun4 zu2
english:
lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom); minute criticism of a woman's appearance/fig. to find fault in minor details/nitpicking/overcritical


id: 10b51ad82cb53f5376c1e6b6325821d8f1a1eb54
simplified: 哈
traditional: 哈
pinyin: ha1
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
(interj.) ha!/(onom. for laughter)/(slang) to be infatuated with/to adore/abbr. for 哈士奇[ha1 shi4 qi2], husky (dog)/abbr. for 哈薩克斯坦|哈萨克斯坦[Ha1 sa4 ke4 si1 tan3], Kazakhstan/abbr. for 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Harbin


id: 8853a98ecc3e3cb0ae909970f80e5798980afa27
simplified: 哈利法克斯
traditional: 哈利法克斯
pinyin: ha1 li4 fa3 ke4 si1
english:
Halifax (name)/Halifax city, capital of Nova Scotia, Canada/Halifax, town in West Yorkshire, England


id: de2ab5d74dba88df55516bfd6df58c1b5938e686
simplified: 哈努卡
traditional: 哈努卡
pinyin: ha1 nu3 ka3
english:
Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar)/also called 光明節|光明节 and 哈努卡節|哈努卡节


id: d452bb42310060ea2648dafdf2256f36084f033c
simplified: 哈努卡节
traditional: 哈努卡節
pinyin: ha1 nu3 ka3 jie2
english:
Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar)/also called 光明節|光明节 and simply 哈努卡


id: cf1d27b9152e7acbd73423df1adb47c8f0ad31c3
simplified: 哈尔滨
traditional: 哈爾濱
pinyin: ha1 er3 bin1
english:
Harbin, subprovincial city and capital of Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China


id: a8df99a60c4a45697ac5c497205e2b7f1727f607
simplified: 哥尼斯堡
traditional: 哥尼斯堡
pinyin: ge1 ni2 si1 bao3
english:
(until WWII) Königsberg, capital of East Prussia on the Baltic/(since WWII) Kaliningrad, Russian Republic


id: 628836c697d776cf88696d1f3487c1263ae01a7e
simplified: 哦
traditional: 哦
pinyin: o5
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 誐
english:
sentence-final particle that conveys informality, warmth, friendliness or intimacy/may also indicate that one is stating a fact that the other person is not aware of


id: cb15b5c6918e7b63dfb51600da268c166229dcc2
simplified: 哪里
traditional: 哪裏
pinyin: na3 li3
english:
where?/somewhere/anywhere/wherever/nowhere (negative answer to question)/humble expression denying compliment/also written 哪裡|哪里


id: 1fcee3365f0a3c854a3d653a390f362826ad8f65
simplified: 哪里
traditional: 哪裡
pinyin: na3 li3
english:
where?/somewhere/anywhere/wherever/nowhere (negative answer to question)/humble expression denying compliment


id: e6da46e1e327f3b311f3b1a2470d0b264476de45
simplified: 哭笑不得
traditional: 哭笑不得
pinyin: ku1 xiao4 bu4 de2
english:
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)/both funny and extremely embarrassing/between laughter and tears


id: b4d3613499b129fdef9a61908bfa2695e9c1504f
simplified: 呗
traditional: 唄
pinyin: bei5
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
modal particle indicating indicating lack of enthusiasm/modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way


id: caad53a8084db20203d1769ac12067c1c89516e1
simplified: 唐中宗
traditional: 唐中宗
pinyin: tang2 zhong1 zong1
english:
Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, reign name of fourth Tang emperor Li Zhe 李哲[Li3 Zhe2] (656-710), reigned 705-710


id: 63b3ae0fe2e1f0a6a2eb81dc957aa6bf47f83be9
simplified: 唐代宗
traditional: 唐代宗
pinyin: tang2 dai4 zong1
english:
Emperor Taizong of Tang (727-779), reign name of ninth Tang emperor Li Yu 李豫[Li3 Yu4], reigned 762-779


id: 72d96e523c2e0340aef14bea2d2d12ee3ad883e9
simplified: 唐伯虎
traditional: 唐伯虎
pinyin: tang2 bo2 hu3
english:
Tang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子


id: 6a97cfe75b1d555c88b958e14c5ac87120e0d9f8
simplified: 唐僖宗
traditional: 唐僖宗
pinyin: tang2 xi1 zong1
english:
Emperor Xizong of Tang, reign name of nineteenth Tang Emperor Li Xuan 李儇[Li3 Xuan1] (862-888), reigned 873-888


id: 9a265b060ce014c761ae8beb2dfc4a73f3674d7e
simplified: 唐初四大家
traditional: 唐初四大家
pinyin: tang2 chu1 si4 da4 jia1
english:
Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang/refers to Yu Shi'nan 虞世南[Yu2 Shi4 nan2], Ouyang Xun 陽歐詢|欧阳询[Ou1 yang2 Xun2], Chu Suiliang 褚遂良[Chu3 Sui4 liang2] and Xue Ji 薛稷[Xue1 Ji4]


id: b0d8380d556e9d80a4163138f5c60ef412b2e737
simplified: 唐哀帝
traditional: 唐哀帝
pinyin: tang2 ai1 di4
english:
Emperor Aidi of Tang, reign name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Li Zhu 李祝[Li3 Zhu4] (892-908), reigned 904-907


id: bbb4534868c8b976bb1e3927abb3cf04383eae4e
simplified: 唐尧
traditional: 唐堯
pinyin: tang2 yao2
english:
Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]


id: e4625293a3b3e5f14cd86096bc35c99cfbd7850c
simplified: 唐太宗
traditional: 唐太宗
pinyin: tang2 tai4 zong1
english:
Emperor Taizong of Tang, reign name of second Tang emperor Li Shimin 李世民[Li3 Shi4 min2] (599-649), reigned 626-649


id: 34a6b42821d3b068c6ea4c81958734f581f00c87
simplified: 唐太宗李卫公问对
traditional: 唐太宗李衛公問對
pinyin: tang2 tai4 zong1 li3 wei4 gong1 wen4 dui4
english:
"Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang", military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖[Li3 Jing4] and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]


id: f7176f702cdb49994271b26abba53957c5c9ed21
simplified: 唐宋八大家
traditional: 唐宋八大家
pinyin: tang2 song4 ba1 da4 jia1
english:
Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动, namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈, Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元, Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修, the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏, Wang Anshi 王安石, Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩


id: 0cc4aa27456293d4879d698a0c6b4794e8c3d92b
simplified: 唐宣宗
traditional: 唐宣宗
pinyin: tang2 xuan1 zong1
english:
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (810-859), reign name of seventeenth Tang emperor Li Chen 李忱[Li3 Chen2], reigned 846-859


id: 0cd699f52a8fdb239a88f941475728845ba1a020
simplified: 唐寅
traditional: 唐寅
pinyin: tang2 yin2
english:
Tang Bohu 唐伯虎 or Tang Yin (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子


id: d402c0fbb30203083eb3876bbaad9ae5a73c4c93
simplified: 唐德宗
traditional: 唐德宗
pinyin: tang2 de2 zong1
english:
Emperor Dezong of Tang (742-805), reign name of tenth Tang emperor Li Kuo 李适[Li3 Kuo4], reigned 779-805


id: d60a3fc815616b8977b96633dfc0492658c85203
simplified: 唐宪宗
traditional: 唐憲宗
pinyin: tang2 xian4 zong1
english:
Emperor Xianzong of Tang (778-820), reign name of twelfth Tang emperor Li Chun 李純|李纯[Li3 Chun2] reigned 805-820


id: e81d755463f9b2c567340afbaac6954a65ee3b1f
simplified: 唐懿宗
traditional: 唐懿宗
pinyin: tang2 yi4 zong1
english:
Emperor Yizong of Tang (833-873), reign name of eighteenth Tang emperor Li Cui 李漼[Li3 Cui3], reigned 859-873


id: d98f30ad1dc35371716282b43aee7a166d37cefa
simplified: 唐招提寺
traditional: 唐招提寺
pinyin: tang2 zhao1 ti2 si4
english:
Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin 鑒真和尚|鉴真和尚 and his last resting place


id: 63bac93fa49424ddcf1c11eb58652532539b6375
simplified: 唐敬宗
traditional: 唐敬宗
pinyin: tang2 jing4 zong1
english:
Emperor Jingzong of Tang (809-827), reign name of fourteenth Tang emperor 李湛[Li3 Zhan4], reigned 825-827


id: 4fc6ce7555b8fdc81a07072c7cb228b39f5de7f1
simplified: 唐文宗
traditional: 唐文宗
pinyin: tang2 wen2 zong1
english:
Emperor Wenzong of Tang (809-840), reign name of fifteenth Tang emperor 李昂[Li3 Ang2], reigned 827-840


id: 948d793f629755cd9851922c4d01f8fe72d4ee1c
simplified: 唐明皇
traditional: 唐明皇
pinyin: tang2 ming2 huang2
english:
Emperor Ming of Tang (685-762), also known as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1], reigned 712-756


id: e062a9e5268812f01ec445d5d315926e353fc41e
simplified: 唐昭宗
traditional: 唐昭宗
pinyin: tang2 zhao1 zong1
english:
Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, reign name of twentieth Tang emperor 李曄|李晔[Li1 Ye4] (867-904), reigned 888-904


id: 79a6b62a7b6921db81dc4b3007ad897d017764cf
simplified: 唐书
traditional: 唐書
pinyin: tang2 shu1
english:
same as 舊唐書|旧唐书[Jiu4 Tang2 shu1], History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫|刘昫[Liu2 Xu4] in 945 during Later Jin 後晉|后晋[Hou4 Jin4] of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls


id: e096d246c0d0b74e7789eab68e4a3d82bcb72925
simplified: 唐楼
traditional: 唐樓
pinyin: tang2 lou2
english:
tenement building, typically of 2-4 stories, with a shop on the ground floor and upper floors used for residential purposes (esp. in southern China)


id: 022ac7cbb1c08faf8daef1e5ec89c7b76f1d1bb3
simplified: 唐武宗
traditional: 唐武宗
pinyin: tang2 wu3 zong1
english:
Emperor Wuzong of Tang (814-846), reign name of sixteenth Tang emperor Li Chan 李瀍[Li3 Chan2], reigned 840-846


id: f787dc968b4af276e235dc3c792da49e07b86100
simplified: 唐殇帝
traditional: 唐殤帝
pinyin: tang2 shang1 di4
english:
Emperor Shang of Tang, reign name of fifth Tang emperor Li Chongmao 李重茂[Li3 Chong2 mao4] (c. 695-715), reigned 710


id: 9f4206d8744d9180b930355dc0e9fb6cf18db6a0
simplified: 唐玄宗
traditional: 唐玄宗
pinyin: tang2 xuan2 zong1
english:
Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇[Tang2 Ming2 huang2], reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基[Li3 Long1 ji1], reigned 712-756


id: 1379f853f916843553f7904b0f1e681879b07b8a
simplified: 唐睿宗
traditional: 唐睿宗
pinyin: tang2 rui4 zong1
english:
Emperor Ruizong of Tang, reign name of sixth Tang emperor Li Dan 李旦[Li3 Dan4] (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712


id: b8d4b50a27bb81a820fb902bcb3dc34f1fc8a8d2
simplified: 唐穆宗
traditional: 唐穆宗
pinyin: tang2 mu4 zong1
english:
Emperor Muzong of Tang (795-825), reign name of thirteenth Tang emperor 李恆|李恒[Li3 Heng2] reigned 821-825


id: da80d7af241ccf59cc01bd2beba86cdc162d7d5a
simplified: 唐肃宗
traditional: 唐肅宗
pinyin: tang2 su4 zong1
english:
Emperor Suzong of Tang (711-762), reign name of eighth Tang emperor Li Heng 李亨[Li3 Heng1], reigned 756-762


id: 71ae89458ef31d4c44fd9d3738cb22fc9ceb7824
simplified: 唐顺宗
traditional: 唐順宗
pinyin: tang2 shun4 zong1
english:
Emperor Shunzong of Tang (761-806), reign name of eleventh Tang emperor Li Song 李誦|李诵[Li3 Song4], reigned 805-806


id: 89ca53184d897ef1a8fd9b440c5ac4b79f468afe
simplified: 唐高宗
traditional: 唐高宗
pinyin: tang2 gao1 zong1
english:
Emperor Gaozong of Tang, reign name of third Tang emperor Li Zhi 李治[Li3 Zhi4] (628-683), reigned 649-683


id: 2bfba72cfb884952cd292262c0e39cb9267262dd
simplified: 唐高祖
traditional: 唐高祖
pinyin: tang2 gao1 zu3
english:
Emperor Gaozu of Tang, reign name of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 李淵|李渊[Li3 Yuan1] (566-635), reigned 618-626


id: e8f55cd283a3de809a61263d22ff7d6cb222995f
simplified: 唯意志论
traditional: 唯意志論
pinyin: wei2 yi4 zhi4 lun4
english:
voluntarism/metaphysical view, esp. due to Schopenhauer 叔本華|叔本华[Shu1 ben3 hua2], that the essence of the world is willpower


id: 3ff0f9598457de2d3dd6c5402223cb18d89db525
simplified: 唱和
traditional: 唱和
pinyin: chang4 he4
english:
antiphon (i.e. solo voice answered by chorus)/sung reply (in agreement with first voice)/to reply with a poem in the same rhythm


id: 77f08117867b2404a8e3add68ac7f3f98f380206
simplified: 唱空城计
traditional: 唱空城計
pinyin: chang4 kong1 cheng2 ji4
english:
lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)/fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness/(jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty/(of one's stomach) to be rumbling


id: 7fe31e6c1945946c4f70c982d27acafdfe4d99a1
simplified: 唾面自干
traditional: 唾面自乾
pinyin: tuo4 mian4 zi4 gan1
english:
to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek/to drain the cup of humiliation


id: 239a88ffcf064f764c6f63bd62020640464af5d7
simplified: 商
traditional: 商
pinyin: shang1
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
commerce/merchant/dealer/to consult/2nd note in pentatonic scale/quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)/Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)/surname Shang


id: 3f469557b61b0878e84a919d44d7203269d06032
simplified: 商汤科技
traditional: 商湯科技
pinyin: shang1 tang1 ke1 ji4
english:
SenseTime, artificial intelligence company focused on computer vision and deep learning technologies, founded in Hong Kong in 2014


id: 9911ef4a69a2c6d8c2caaaa39aa84145c027ad33
simplified: 商鞅
traditional: 商鞅
pinyin: shang1 yang1
english:
Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝|秦朝[Qin2 chao2]


id: ef2c46ade3e57ef750c7e3a6af3c74db0fe21bdd
simplified: 商鞅变法
traditional: 商鞅變法
pinyin: shang1 yang1 bian4 fa3
english:
Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination


id: c61af459d1a1072fdb2022023eea566f79267114
simplified: 问候
traditional: 問候
pinyin: wen4 hou4
english:
to give one's respects/to send a greeting/(fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)


id: 8dafda5a283968e8f0e15b549eb526866eab5bd4
simplified: 问名
traditional: 問名
pinyin: wen4 ming2
english:
to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride/one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family


id: f63cb49573019e263e8acb94d2ba22722e511650
simplified: 问客杀鸡
traditional: 問客殺雞
pinyin: wen4 ke4 sha1 ji1
english:
lit. asking guests whether or not to butcher a chicken for them (idiom)/fig. hypocritical show of affection (or hospitality)


id: c08cc497765261ae777a47221b37f56bd1797209
simplified: 哑巴吃黄莲
traditional: 啞巴吃黃蓮
pinyin: ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2
english:
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)/also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连/(often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])


id: 836e0c136c6ed8a76414f2782e616d21380429da
simplified: 哑巴吃黄连
traditional: 啞巴吃黃連
pinyin: ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2
english:
no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)/also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲/(often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1])


id: d72b666524b44028bec23a0a025d5e558727ba94
simplified: 哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
traditional: 啞巴吃黃連，有苦說不出
pinyin: ya3 ba5 chi1 huang2 lian2 , you3 ku3 shuo1 bu5 chu1
english:
to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)/unable to speak of one's bitter suffering/sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出


id: b4c99dd2fba42e2aee139611159dce9b75ae26bd
simplified: 启
traditional: 啟
pinyin: qi3
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 啓
english:
to open/to start/to initiate/to enlighten or awaken/to state/to inform/Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)


id: 719eb0fe568224b50e607e16836e2920b402c83d
simplified: 启海话
traditional: 啟海話
pinyin: qi3 hai3 hua4
english:
Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai


id: dff177adbed95f15cb6b4862ab5e848958564764
simplified: 启发
traditional: 啟發
pinyin: qi3 fa1
english:
to enlighten/to explain (a text etc)/to stimulate (a mental attitude)/enlightenment/revelation/motivation


id: 29274731b51e681e30a05b723f12adc162d5dc03
simplified: 启蒙
traditional: 啟蒙
pinyin: qi3 meng2
english:
to instruct the young/to initiate/to awake sb from ignorance/to free sb from prejudice or superstition/primer/enlightened/the Enlightenment/Western learning from the late Qing dynasty


id: 0688249ed426154533323097308657edcd70796c
simplified: 启蛰
traditional: 啟蟄
pinyin: qi3 zhe2
english:
Waking from Hibernation/old variant of 驚蟄|惊蛰[Jing1 zhe2], Insects Wake, 3rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气[er4 shi2 si4 jie2 qi5] 6th-20th March


id: df47cec757932246749400c644de15a8af52eec5
simplified: 啦
traditional: 啦
pinyin: la5
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation/particle placed after each item in a list of examples


id: 62bd60948bc74107866cc70292ed73f02612074e
simplified: 喀喇沁
traditional: 喀喇沁
pinyin: ka1 la3 qin4
english:
Harqin (Mongol: guard)/Harqin banner or Kharchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia/also Harqin Left Mongol autonomous county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳, Liaoning


id: 4d105c0b7730ae507be8803b353a0ba0d87b184c
simplified: 喀秋莎
traditional: 喀秋莎
pinyin: ka1 qiu1 sha1
english:
Katyusha (name)/name of a Russian wartime song/nickname of a rocket launcher used by the Red Army in WWII


id: 8c951e921ec89b3c9ace5866b7111eb3916b68c4
simplified: 善始善终
traditional: 善始善終
pinyin: shan4 shi3 shan4 zhong1
english:
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth/to carry things through/I started, so I'll finish.


id: b332553c7467bca1c8a2a37f7d86ebaabe3722b5
simplified: 善财难舍
traditional: 善財難捨
pinyin: shan4 cai2 nan2 she3
english:
to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity/skinflint/miserly


id: 9f428fba3923c1a7f1247ac61a084b21a46ef206
simplified: 喇沙
traditional: 喇沙
pinyin: la3 sha1
english:
laksa, spicy noodle soup of Southeast Asia/La Salle (used in the names of schools etc)/Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651-1719), French priest, founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools


id: 970edb30e5df07651d62f2d0a11cfce8d59edac6
simplified: 唤雨呼风
traditional: 喚雨呼風
pinyin: huan4 yu3 hu1 feng1
english:
to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom)/to exercise magical powers/fig. to stir up troubles/also 呼風喚雨|呼风唤雨[hu1 feng1 huan4 yu3]


id: e682825620352d235a7f209c54345ede5de48316
simplified: 喜大普奔
traditional: 喜大普奔
pinyin: xi3 da4 pu3 ben1
english:
(of news etc) so thrilling that everyone is rejoicing and spreading the word (Internet slang)/acronym from 喜聞樂見|喜闻乐见[xi3 wen2 le4 jian4], 大快人心[da4 kuai4 ren2 xin1], 普天同慶|普天同庆[pu3 tian1 tong2 qing4] and 奔走相告[ben1 zou3 xiang1 gao4]


id: 1f4f96712ec0a1d9e57f87247167c4109032520c
simplified: 喜德
traditional: 喜德
pinyin: xi3 de2
english:
Xide county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan


id: b059cc34adc01282bd155555154a6d7b1a2c4577
simplified: 喜怒哀乐
traditional: 喜怒哀樂
pinyin: xi3 nu4 ai1 le4
english:
four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huan1 xi3], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4], sorrow 悲哀[bei1 ai1] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuai4 le4]


id: 6c530649f492f00aa8c45a0fc9fd3e7c2927011b
simplified: 喜新厌旧
traditional: 喜新厭舊
pinyin: xi3 xin1 yan4 jiu4
english:
lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old


id: 49c1044eb7390558b3499396eac9452354a2a066
simplified: 喜饼
traditional: 喜餅
pinyin: xi3 bing3
english:
double happiness cakes, pastries offered by a man to his fiancée's family at the time of their engagement


id: 01a7e8f071d69990b12dfdcaafb7f1fa44635a25
simplified: 喧宾夺主
traditional: 喧賓奪主
pinyin: xuan1 bin1 duo2 zhu3
english:
lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom)/fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction/minor details obscure the main point/the sauce is better than the fish


id: 938f76017b8aaeb125c57f6b5afec6269c5133df
simplified: 丧
traditional: 喪
pinyin: sang4
radicalSimplified: 十
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)/to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc)/to die/disappointed/discouraged


id: a5f48b161cf44ca0c9451b1693fa9aa26f01ca05
simplified: 丧权辱国
traditional: 喪權辱國
pinyin: sang4 quan2 ru3 guo2
english:
to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)/to surrender territory under humiliating terms


id: 96ed8252324e8373c7693dfa5a8e20401b54d196
simplified: 乔巴山
traditional: 喬巴山
pinyin: qiao2 ba1 shan1
english:
Choibalsan, city in Mongolia, capital of the eastern aimag (province) of Dornod/Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895-1952), Communist leader of the Mongolian People's Republic (mid-1930s-1952)


id: 92fca9a8e73f47bace0726a00f3e12ccb74d9a3b
simplified: 乔治·布尔
traditional: 喬治·布爾
pinyin: qiao2 zhi4 · bu4 er3
english:
George Boole (1815-1864), English mathematician, philosopher and logician, author of The Laws of Thought and the inventor of Boolean logic


id: 03fec396c9f2fd4dc0a2910384e762dd6f44f775
simplified: 乔治·索罗斯
traditional: 喬治·索羅斯
pinyin: qiao2 zhi4 · suo3 luo2 si1
english:
George Soros or György Schwartz (1930-), Hungarian American financial speculator and millionaire philanthropist


id: f3e783dff1178b6a7ceedc9e101bdc24be9a573f
simplified: 乔治城大学
traditional: 喬治城大學
pinyin: qiao2 zhi4 cheng2 da4 xue2
english:
Georgetown University in Washington D.C., famous as quality Jesuit university and for its basketball team


id: 323f67fe6b4885098b01546f2c01b50f32eae55e
simplified: 单位
traditional: 單位
pinyin: dan1 wei4
english:
unit (of measure)/unit (group of people as a whole)/work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)/CL:個|个[ge4]


id: 8d8ea63ea95a34e9ba1293bb53c04ad8e9d3fd05
simplified: 单子叶
traditional: 單子葉
pinyin: dan1 zi3 ye4
english:
monocotyledon (plant family distinguished by single embryonic leaf, includes grasses, orchids and lilies)


id: e1ea075cf9d74575ec1fdc953a8ea45aed7ba39c
simplified: 单方
traditional: 單方
pinyin: dan1 fang1
english:
unilateral/one-sided/home remedy/folk prescription(same as 丹方)/single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1])/metaphorically. a good solution


id: 4982798bdd0a32c0cc104b7e477d492b37b31136
simplified: 喻世明言
traditional: 喻世明言
pinyin: yu4 shi4 ming2 yan2
english:
another name for 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1], Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2]


id: 22a5d6498be0bd95f669e40243b867fb593426e3
simplified: 呛
traditional: 嗆
pinyin: qiang4
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
to irritate the nose/to choke (of smoke, smell etc)/pungent/(coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb/to scold/to speak out against sb


id: 181f240b41ca57a56477217772c55366783ce97e
simplified: 唢呐
traditional: 嗩吶
pinyin: suo3 na4
english:
suona, Chinese shawm (oboe), used in festivals and processions or for military purposes/also written 鎖吶|锁呐/also called 喇叭[la3 ba5]


id: 59bb7c22b24ae8d5b55af6e0e65d9ace0e4402a3
simplified: 嘉仁
traditional: 嘉仁
pinyin: jia1 ren2
english:
Yoshihito, personal name of the Taishō 大正[Da4 zheng4] emperor of Japan (1879-1926), reigned 1912-1926


id: f3924fe6a426a28ca14a208952ad976b1af53ad9
simplified: 嘉定
traditional: 嘉定
pinyin: jia1 ding4
english:
Jiading district of northwest Shanghai/final reign name 1208-1224 of South Song emperor Ningzong 寧宗|宁宗[Ning2 zong1]


id: d4bedb0072f3b24fa80fa26e25085a754ec7dfef
simplified: 嘉山
traditional: 嘉山
pinyin: jia1 shan1
english:
Jiashan former county 1932-1992 in northeast Anhui, now part of Chuzhou prefecture 滁州[Chu2 zhou1]/provincial level scenic area in Hunan


id: f0ef373c8074c27818f183d33b6adce4862d428e
simplified: 嘉庆
traditional: 嘉慶
pinyin: jia1 qing4
english:
Jiaqing Emperor (1760-1820), seventh Qing emperor, personal name 顒琰|颙琰[Yong2 yan3], reigned 1796-1820


id: a51f5ae288cc84025daaa3cb6cc4c9144cdfb4f4
simplified: 嘉黎
traditional: 嘉黎
pinyin: jia1 li2
english:
Lhari county, Tibetan: Lha ri rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[Na4 qu3 di4 qu1], central Tibet


id: 570117e41e92d742e0b4dec0d940c605ba0b61bb
simplified: 喽
traditional: 嘍
pinyin: lou5
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 謱
english:
(final particle equivalent to 了[le5])/(particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation)


id: 5b533f078b33ae80b5acbadd1cb7c7848a65f4eb
simplified: 啧
traditional: 嘖
pinyin: ze2
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
(interj. of admiration or of disgust)/to click one's tongue/to attempt to (find an opportunity to) speak


id: f9ddbe8eefa76d3950e275d8456cf2ae01d4bb82
simplified: 尝粪
traditional: 嘗糞
pinyin: chang2 fen4
english:
to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety)/to suck up to sb/to kiss ass


id: 95a8884157d9012a95ae0091caec9b44eb76f1ad
simplified: 喷
traditional: 噴
pinyin: pen4
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
variants: 呠,歕
english:
(of a smell) strong/peak season (of a crop)/(classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests)


id: e08801eafc26e59d13adde63c06c65d12925582b
simplified: 噶
traditional: 噶
pinyin: ga2
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
phonetic ga (used in rendering Tibetan and Mongolian sounds)/Tibetan Ge: language of Buddha/(dialect) final particle similar to 了[le5] (esp. in Yunnan)


id: cfd20e4c60854e08c4b698b4d60115eafd24159b
simplified: 噶玛兰
traditional: 噶瑪蘭
pinyin: ga2 ma3 lan2
english:
Kavalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan/old name of Yilan 宜蘭|宜兰 county, Taiwan/Kavalan, a brand of single malt whisky from Taiwan


id: f2deea0d47f1e21249e73124852c91c136ff7d1f
simplified: 当当车
traditional: 噹噹車
pinyin: dang1 dang1 che1
english:
(coll.) tram, especially Beijing trams during period of operation 1924-1956/also written 鐺鐺車|铛铛车[dang1 dang1 che1]


id: 5a3b4d91aa608239fbdf9385804922cb662a38a0
simplified: 吓
traditional: 嚇
pinyin: he4
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
to scare/to intimidate/to threaten/(interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut/(interjection showing astonishment)


id: 0bbe7e8b869cb01755cdb19d603f418c21965e11
simplified: 嚗
traditional: 嚗
pinyin: bo2
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 口
english:
(onom.) sound of sth splitting or breaking apart/sound of an object falling to the ground/a cry of rage/Taiwan pr. [bo1]


id: bc6d1723ec25c45249994291338352b0458348e0
simplified: 严复
traditional: 嚴復
pinyin: yan2 fu4
english:
Yan Fu (1853-1921), influential Chinese writer and translator of Western books, esp. on social sciences


id: 5bc0ff9189e0edcc4cf7f24e8f23e70f4a5bd6dd
simplified: 囊谦
traditional: 囊謙
pinyin: nang2 qian1
english:
Nangqên county (Tibetan: nang chen rdzong) in Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture 玉樹藏族自治州|玉树藏族自治州[Yu4 shu4 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai


id: 5914da5e89c0ab28dc803d7e34186acb788ce836
simplified: 四一二事变
traditional: 四一二事變
pinyin: si4 yi1 er4 shi4 bian4
english:
the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists/called 反革命政变|反革命政變 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature


id: 214a649c3d6081547dfab1cfa4915a8ea0f1497b
simplified: 四一二反革命政变
traditional: 四一二反革命政變
pinyin: si4 yi1 er4 fan3 ge2 ming4 zheng4 bian4
english:
counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai


id: 1e0ca1ab6b3c30726e74c0f1e0476d8c299c5402
simplified: 四一二惨案
traditional: 四一二慘案
pinyin: si4 yi1 er4 can3 an4
english:
the massacre of 12th Mar 1927/the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists


id: e32a66e1faf2f570cdc2275c203f4d2e5615738e
simplified: 四世同堂
traditional: 四世同堂
pinyin: si4 shi4 tong2 tang2
english:
four generations under one roof (idiom)/Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍[Lao3 She3]


id: 0473b91dc456b33f3efdc459c643f59123fd57c0
simplified: 四人帮
traditional: 四人幫
pinyin: si4 ren2 bang1
english:
Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青, Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元, Wang Hongwen 王洪文, who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution


id: b1dfb0441fb2d547113a632bb9e59ad97afe89ac
simplified: 四个现代化
traditional: 四個現代化
pinyin: si4 ge5 xian4 dai4 hua4
english:
Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology/abbr. to 四化


id: f21df23f8608647a1765a9f170f027edf65f3ac8
simplified: 四出文钱
traditional: 四出文錢
pinyin: si4 chu1 wen2 qian2
english:
coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝[Han4 Ling2 Di4], with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文)


id: 290ee08980044429a3d159928137098c353d3b25
simplified: 四分五裂
traditional: 四分五裂
pinyin: si4 fen1 wu3 lie4
english:
all split up and in pieces (idiom); disunity (in an organization)/complete lack of unity/to disintegrate/falling apart/to be at sixes and sevens


id: 8a51fa9148277eb00f94f59d7d62ec4910dc804a
simplified: 四十二章经
traditional: 四十二章經
pinyin: si4 shi2 er4 zhang1 jing1
english:
The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰 and Gobharana 竺法蘭 (Dharmaraksha)


id: 18447f9c600d86065ad89854f8a9efe236147d72
simplified: 四大
traditional: 四大
pinyin: si4 da4
english:
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism)/the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)


id: 8e1456f33be5fdd128e3d05a7609779f92e6a8c6
simplified: 四大佛教名山
traditional: 四大佛教名山
pinyin: si4 da4 fo2 jiao4 ming2 shan1
english:
Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism, namely: Mt Wutai 五臺山|五台山 in Shanxi, Mt Emei 峨眉山 in Sichuan, Mt Jiuhua 九華山|九华山 in Anhui, Mt Potala 普陀山 in Zhejiang


id: 43c19e8e53ab6d771110f76170337765c95779b5
simplified: 四大名著
traditional: 四大名著
pinyin: si4 da4 ming2 zhu4
english:
the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]


id: be011f34f51da09f5b0ebf890d1169da15341986
simplified: 四大盆地
traditional: 四大盆地
pinyin: si4 da4 pen2 di4
english:
four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地


id: 017c25363e871efcf579ad5022bfa2a53b9357e9
simplified: 四大石窟
traditional: 四大石窟
pinyin: si4 da4 shi2 ku1
english:
the four great caves, namely: Longmen Grottoes 龍門石窟|龙门石窟[Long2 men2 Shi2 ku1] at Luoyang, Henan, Yungang Caves 雲岡石窟|云冈石窟[Yun2 gang1 Shi2 ku1] at Datong, Shanxi, Mogao Caves 莫高窟[Mo4 gao1 ku1] at Dunhuang, Gansu, and Mt Maiji Caves 麥積山石窟|麦积山石窟[Mai4 ji1 Shan1 Shi2 ku1] at Tianshui, Gansu


id: ddc94cda602dd08563daf93ff66acce84683f9b0
simplified: 四大美女
traditional: 四大美女
pinyin: si4 da4 mei3 nu:3
english:
the four legendary beauties of ancient China, namely: Xishi 西施[Xi1 shi1], Wang Zhaojun 王昭君[Wang2 Zhao1 jun1], Diaochan 貂蟬|貂蝉[Diao1 Chan2] and Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yang2 Yu4 huan2]


id: bf8701e08fabc48563f6ac813a4b6943a0735f59
simplified: 四大须生
traditional: 四大鬚生
pinyin: si4 da4 xu1 sheng1
english:
Four great beards of Beijing opera, namely: Ma Lianliang 馬連良|马连良, Tan Fuying 譚富英|谭富英, Yang Baosen 楊寶森|杨宝森, Xi Xiaobo 奚嘯伯|奚啸伯


id: a1f9a78e8a24eb1fa588a082486e0bd5a54f1914
simplified: 四害
traditional: 四害
pinyin: si4 hai4
english:
"the four pests", i.e. rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows/see also 打麻雀運動|打麻雀运动[Da3 Ma2 que4 Yun4 dong4]


id: 25b9d3981b8a87213af1554720d51979197e4e22
simplified: 四小龙
traditional: 四小龍
pinyin: si4 xiao3 long2
english:
Four Asian Tigers/East Asian Tigers/Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong)


id: 703c0b1c72141954ef0622637fc49ebad7183f49
simplified: 四川省
traditional: 四川省
pinyin: si4 chuan1 sheng3
english:
Sichuan province (Szechuan) in southwest China, abbr. 川[Chuan1] or 蜀[Shu3], capital Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]


id: 4b6efd47e958eb57e06d55f850c283798f4579e4
simplified: 四德
traditional: 四德
pinyin: si4 de2
english:
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends/the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德, physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功


id: de9e898a18dd717c46b0547e5f72f43fbf92195f
simplified: 四书
traditional: 四書
pinyin: si4 shu1
english:
Four Books, namely: the Great Learning 大學|大学, the Doctrine of the Mean 中庸, the Analects of Confucius 論語|论语, and Mencius 孟子


id: 9fd6615d2724e88dcb0787e0e54d1e3750ffa625
simplified: 四海为家
traditional: 四海為家
pinyin: si4 hai3 wei2 jia1
english:
to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)/to feel at home anywhere/to roam about unconstrained/to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own


id: f5988bd9a96b9baa12aaba3f85cb8a8fa2036ac7
simplified: 四清运动
traditional: 四清運動
pinyin: si4 qing1 yun4 dong4
english:
the Four Cleanups Movement (1963-66), which aimed to cleanse the politics, economy, organization and ideology of the Communist Party


id: eb0fc289ff2719fef5c3aef98afdd57b508e919e
simplified: 四溢
traditional: 四溢
pinyin: si4 yi4
english:
(of a perfume or a foul odor) permeating the whole place/(of grease etc) dripping everywhere/flowing all over the place


id: c52d0ee4284845ebdbcefa7fed06b1f5d5d5215f
simplified: 四渎
traditional: 四瀆
pinyin: si4 du2
english:
(archaic) the four rivers (Yangtze 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1], Yellow 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2], Huai 淮河[Huai2 He2], Ji 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3])/(TCM) acupuncture point SJ-9


id: fcc3d6a902f7cc4d1a46bcd15845ce875196d349
simplified: 四维
traditional: 四維
pinyin: si4 wei2
english:
the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor/see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3]/the four directions/the four limbs (Chinese medicine)/four-dimensional


id: 1d15a6494c6d4d81a2587ed8dbb86b4a3e09ecab
simplified: 四声
traditional: 四聲
pinyin: si4 sheng1
english:
the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声/the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin


id: 302c3efceeafde14cc5678443c4b4350259720eb
simplified: 四胡
traditional: 四胡
pinyin: si4 hu2
english:
sihu (or "khuurchir" in Mongolian), a bowed instrument with four strings, primarily associated with Mongolian and Chinese culture


id: 6fafb349a1824a91aefa1b51646d76ae52ce48ad
simplified: 四诊
traditional: 四診
pinyin: si4 zhen3
english:
(TCM) the four methods of diagnosis, namely 望診|望诊[wang4 zhen3] (observation), 聞診|闻诊[wen2 zhen3] (auscultation and olfaction), 問診|问诊[wen4 zhen3] (interrogation), 切診|切诊[qie4 zhen3] (pulse feeling and palpation)


id: 207d261a806120e47f83065f34818ff7f27a38e3
simplified: 四谛
traditional: 四諦
pinyin: si4 di4
english:
the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道: all life is suffering 苦, the cause of suffering is desire 集, emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭, the way 道 to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道


id: 4032036de665a867d768b249e3c0f5ed264e7b21
simplified: 四象
traditional: 四象
pinyin: si4 xiang4
english:
four divisions (of the twenty-eight constellations 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4] of the sky into groups of seven mansions), namely: Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙[Qing1 long2], White Tiger 白虎[Bai2 hu3], Vermilion Bird 朱雀[Zhu1 que4], Black Tortoise 玄武[Xuan2 wu3]


id: d96d8b2d0f092f57e6d68ec0c432c7324f45fbc0
simplified: 四灵
traditional: 四靈
pinyin: si4 ling2
english:
four divinities/four divine emperors/four mythical creatures symbolic of prosperity and longevity, namely the phoenix 鳳|凤[feng4], turtle 龜|龟[gui1], dragon 龍|龙[long2] and Chinese unicorn 麒麟[qi2 lin2]/also 四象[si4 xiang4], the four division of the sky


id: 3bcb5c52094af04980e6b83249cdc6d804a249fe
simplified: 四项基本原则
traditional: 四項基本原則
pinyin: si4 xiang4 ji1 ben3 yuan2 ze2
english:
the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CPC, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism


id: f42e0cec3534563fa769a4a27be7c2632b29ece4
simplified: 回
traditional: 回
pinyin: hui2
radicalSimplified: 囗
radicalTraditional: 囗
variants: 囬,囘,廻
english:
to circle/to go back/to turn around/to answer/to return/to revolve/Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)/time/classifier for acts of a play/section or chapter (of a classic book)


id: ebe31d1037277340d654055c5b80d508db68eb2d
simplified: 回合
traditional: 回合
pinyin: hui2 he2
english:
one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents/round (boxing etc)/rally (tennis etc)/frame (billiards etc)/inning/(tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg/round (of negotiations)


id: 64420606906f90e4853137978ee3b93cee3f5d8b
simplified: 回神
traditional: 回神
pinyin: hui2 shen2
english:
to collect one's thoughts (after being surprised or shocked)/to snap out of it (after being lost in thought)


id: 958dd118ce7579e083e1cd0901e0ee513c757545
simplified: 回老家
traditional: 回老家
pinyin: hui2 lao3 jia1
english:
to go back to one's roots/to return to one's native place/by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)


id: 1b81f50e87b4fcf4294cc707d8feff2156e023a9
simplified: 回肠
traditional: 回腸
pinyin: hui2 chang2
english:
ileum (segment of small intestine between the jejunum 空腸|空肠[kong1 chang2] and appendix 盲腸|盲肠[mang2 chang2])


id: 522b71b0608eaed138957f36b6726999612e7a5c
simplified: 回良玉
traditional: 回良玉
pinyin: hui2 liang2 yu4
english:
Hui Liangyu (1944-) PRC Hui national career politician from Guilin, background in economics, politburo member from 2002, deputy chair of State Council from 2003


id: bbf2964d3e9e6808288038ce8b8ac8ba695729bb
simplified: 因噎废食
traditional: 因噎廢食
pinyin: yin1 ye1 fei4 shi2
english:
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face/to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk


id: 8ffa79f5ed1dc5276913950bfd3a537ba641ec26
simplified: 因祸得福
traditional: 因禍得福
pinyin: yin1 huo4 de2 fu2
english:
to profit from a disaster (idiom); some good comes out of a setback/It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.


id: ca4bc0e788888a8780039fe5e7c637119a9e09a9
simplified: 因缘
traditional: 因緣
pinyin: yin1 yuan2
english:
chance/opportunity/predestined relationship/(Buddhist) principal and secondary causes/chain of cause and effect


id: c5866628144983f4f4d62964a1fb5f7271486317
simplified: 因陋就简
traditional: 因陋就簡
pinyin: yin1 lou4 jiu4 jian3
english:
crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can/to do things simply and thriftily/It's not pretty but it works.


id: 56bef0665aff568d1348393a219a419002c81372
simplified: 囧
traditional: 囧
pinyin: jiong3
radicalSimplified: 囗
radicalTraditional: 囗
english:
(archaic) light, bright (variant of 冏[jiong3])/(since c. 2005) (slang) emoticon signifying embarrassment, shock, helplessness etc


id: b1f6580f17dde237ad778285c2eeaa0043eebf8d
simplified: 固若金汤
traditional: 固若金湯
pinyin: gu4 ruo4 jin1 tang1
english:
secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom)/well fortified/invulnerable to attack


id: ff946df78f57648df7020632e87cfc63c063921b
simplified: 国企
traditional: 國企
pinyin: guo2 qi3
english:
state enterprise/(Tw) abbr. for 國際企業管理|国际企业管理, international business management (as a subject of study)


id: 37b0e8d79ebb3af2e39b87b995d2193d0a5dae88
simplified: 国保
traditional: 國保
pinyin: guo2 bao3
english:
abbr. for 國內安全保衛局|国内安全保卫局[Guo2 nei4 An1 quan2 Bao3 wei4 ju2]/abbr. for 國民年金保險|国民年金保险[Guo2 min2 Nian2 jin1 Bao3 xian3]/abbr. for 全國重點文物保護單位|全国重点文物保护单位[Quan2 guo2 Zhong4 dian3 Wen2 wu4 Bao3 hu4 Dan1 wei4]


id: ebb47a515355589d99061c9913772cefe8687a13
simplified: 国内安全保卫局
traditional: 國內安全保衛局
pinyin: guo2 nei4 an1 quan2 bao3 wei4 ju2
english:
Domestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security responsible for dealing with dissidents, activists etc


id: 833926afbd747cdfc10b90885f0af0c91338216a
simplified: 国共
traditional: 國共
pinyin: guo2 gong4
english:
Chinese Nationalist Party 國民黨|国民党[Guo2 min2 dang3] and Chinese Communist Party 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3]


id: 4223704b59a124ab08a8d59ab1bd4b75050efc73
simplified: 国务院国有资产监督管理委员会
traditional: 國務院國有資產監督管理委員會
pinyin: guo2 wu4 yuan4 guo2 you3 zi1 chan3 jian1 du1 guan3 li3 wei3 yuan2 hui4
english:
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of State Council (SASAC)/abbr. to 國資委|国资委[Guo2 Zi1 Wei3]


id: 64ba86b2c43b72f7e81092c9c7b3758291f08a3c
simplified: 国大
traditional: 國大
pinyin: guo2 da4
english:
abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005)/abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS)/abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC)/abbr. for 馬來西亞印度國民大會黨|马来西亚印度国民大会党, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)


id: f121e192f1b67c9e9b8c2d2ca3315a50dbc9532e
simplified: 国家新闻出版广电总局
traditional: 國家新聞出版廣電總局
pinyin: guo2 jia1 xin1 wen2 chu1 ban3 guang3 dian4 zong3 ju2
english:
State Administration for Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT)/abbr. to 廣電總局|广电总局[Guang3 dian4 Zong3 ju2]


id: c851fa09acfb7ae0f68f79049d86d1d1e8c32cd7
simplified: 国家汉办
traditional: 國家漢辦
pinyin: guo2 jia1 han4 ban4
english:
Office of Chinese Language Council International (known colloquially as "Hanban"), an organ of the PRC government which develops Chinese language and culture teaching resources worldwide, and has established Confucius Institutes 孔子學院|孔子学院[Kong3 zi3 Xue2 yuan4] internationally/abbr. to 漢辦|汉办[Han4 ban4]


id: 9f36e791e61730ca17f3e6f327c2311b43294bf1
simplified: 国家环保总局
traditional: 國家環保總局
pinyin: guo2 jia1 huan2 bao3 zong3 ju2
english:
(PRC) State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), former incarnation (until 2008) of 環境保護部|环境保护部[Huan2 jing4 Bao3 hu4 bu4]


id: 199b60798cd95b863f51bcd44439e6cf7cfba1ee
simplified: 国家发展计划委员会
traditional: 國家發展計劃委員會
pinyin: guo2 jia1 fa1 zhan3 ji4 hua4 wei3 yuan2 hui4
english:
PRC State Development and Planning Committee, set up 1998 to replace State Planning Committee 國家計劃委員會|国家计划委员会, replaced in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会


id: 340ebfb4b0ef0e0fd8bd9ceb8cd80f01ade063ab
simplified: 国家兴亡，匹夫有责
traditional: 國家興亡，匹夫有責
pinyin: guo2 jia1 xing1 wang2 , pi3 fu1 you3 ze2
english:
The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.


id: 20fef87ed3c014bb09ba39f1bd9f11e783b141ca
simplified: 国家计划委员会
traditional: 國家計劃委員會
pinyin: guo2 jia1 ji4 hua4 wei3 yuan2 hui4
english:
PRC State Planning Committee, set up in 1952, replaced in 1998 by State Development and Planning Committee 國家發展計劃委員會|国家发展计划委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 Ji4 hua4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] then in 2003 by National Development and Reform Commission 國家發展和改革委員會|国家发展和改革委员会[Guo2 jia1 Fa1 zhan3 he2 Gai3 ge2 Wei3 yuan2 hui4]


id: 72d9b5068ba1dd6b997f8808c7c91aecad8c8612
simplified: 国家重点学科
traditional: 國家重點學科
pinyin: guo2 jia1 zhong4 dian3 xue2 ke1
english:
National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central government, including medicine, science, chemistry, engineering, commerce and law)


id: 8e19ba30cbf4747d44e8484568965750e7991230
simplified: 国耻
traditional: 國恥
pinyin: guo2 chi3
english:
national humiliation, refers to Japanese incursions into China in the 1930s and 40s, and more especially to Mukden railway incident of 18th September 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变 and subsequent Japanese annexation of Manchuria


id: 7f2eb4b1e2f1f653ca8ed119c77206543828f5fb
simplified: 国新办
traditional: 國新辦
pinyin: guo2 xin1 ban4
english:
State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China, abbr. for 國務院新聞辦公室|国务院新闻办公室[Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Xin1 wen2 Ban4 gong1 shi4]


id: 08156b162c3d591764d3dc8486ae86fbbc520d94
simplified: 国立西南联合大学
traditional: 國立西南聯合大學
pinyin: guo2 li4 xi1 nan2 lian2 he2 da4 xue2
english:
National Southwest Combined University (Peking, Tsinghua and Nankai Universities in exile in Kunming 1937-1945)


id: a7c786fe3ce707d5a3e7310640c3b474cf4c7ede
simplified: 国联
traditional: 國聯
pinyin: guo2 lian2
english:
abbr. for 國際聯盟|国际联盟[Guo2 ji4 Lian2 meng2], League of Nations (1920-1946), based in Geneva, precursor of the UN


id: f8c42c408dc48c2d355d548c8fb4acb7f5f5fac0
simplified: 国台办
traditional: 國臺辦
pinyin: guo2 tai2 ban4
english:
PRC state council office for Taiwan affairs, abbr. for 國務院台灣事務辦公室|国务院台湾事务办公室[Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Tai2 wan1 Shi4 wu4 Ban4 gong1 shi4]


id: 98985f430ee8edbf429deab6495a01621cc41da3
simplified: 国语
traditional: 國語
pinyin: guo2 yu3
english:
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature/Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject/Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government/Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC


id: 5e11064b370778e5c5b068f0165d3295d1857f75
simplified: 国语注音符号第一式
traditional: 國語注音符號第一式
pinyin: guo2 yu3 zhu4 yin1 fu2 hao4 di4 yi1 shi4
english:
Mandarin Phonetic Symbols 1 (official name of the phonetic system of writing Chinese used in Taiwan)/Bopomofo/abbr. to 注音一式[zhu4 yin1 yi1 shi4]


id: fe779ba103f359370c3a2b7dd8de7a60d30283dd
simplified: 国资委
traditional: 國資委
pinyin: guo2 zi1 wei3
english:
see 國務院國有資產監督管理委員會|国务院国有资产监督管理委员会[Guo2 wu4 yuan4 Guo2 you3 Zi1 chan3 Jian1 du1 Guan3 li3 Wei3 yuan2 hui4]


id: 75b9b51aa8466d58062fb66199b865ffd2a343fd
simplified: 国关
traditional: 國關
pinyin: guo2 guan1
english:
abbr. for 國際關係學院|国际关系学院[Guo2 ji4 Guan1 xi4 Xue2 yuan4], University of International Relations, Beijing


id: bfc5b942846ff83f362c17eca87eabd71a8664c8
simplified: 国防科学技术工业委员会
traditional: 國防科學技術工業委員會
pinyin: guo2 fang2 ke1 xue2 ji4 shu4 gong1 ye4 wei3 yuan2 hui4
english:
Commission for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND)/abbr. to 國防科工委|国防科工委[Guo2 fang2 Ke1 Gong1 Wei3]


id: 1ca8384e0d654032c4517028453005bb26603523
simplified: 国际田联
traditional: 國際田聯
pinyin: guo2 ji4 tian2 lian2
english:
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)/abbr. for 國際田徑聯合會|国际田径联合会[Guo2 ji4 Tian2 jing4 Lian2 he2 hui4]


id: 61089cbe014376d86d958f3d75926921a9aaad19
simplified: 国际米兰
traditional: 國際米蘭
pinyin: guo2 ji4 mi3 lan2
english:
FC Internazionale Milano (football club)/abbr. for 國際米蘭足球俱樂部|国际米兰足球俱乐部[Guo2 ji4 Mi3 lan2 Zu2 qiu2 Ju4 le4 bu4]


id: 18859e5e01121602e73e280fef3f812827017858
simplified: 围剿
traditional: 圍剿
pinyin: wei2 jiao3
english:
to encircle and annihilate/refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards


id: 8ce8f8b5934f69357e1d904dbfeb1e8affb03021
simplified: 围城打援
traditional: 圍城打援
pinyin: wei2 cheng2 da3 yuan2
english:
to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops


id: 9f38148dbc5698d1db73cf1f675951a5d54894dd
simplified: 围场
traditional: 圍場
pinyin: wei2 chang3
english:
enclosure/pig pen/hunting ground exclusively kept for emperor or nobility (in former times)/Weichang Manchu and Mongol autonomous county in Chengde 承德[Cheng2 de2], Hebei


id: b1dc9d1059f6dfd902ab62cdb0e186776430cefa
simplified: 围魏救赵
traditional: 圍魏救趙
pinyin: wei2 wei4 jiu4 zhao4
english:
lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom)/fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers


id: 93cc14c4c2ab9b71d3aa52bbb6f4d7b043c34aae
simplified: 园
traditional: 園
pinyin: yuan2
radicalSimplified: 囗
radicalTraditional: 囗
variants: 刓
english:
land used for growing plants/site used for public recreation/abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc/surname Yuan


id: d76f0304768e113d3be848226237cc5969f2d6ef
simplified: 园长
traditional: 園長
pinyin: yuan2 zhang3
english:
person in charge of a place that ends in 園|园, such as a vineyard 葡萄園|葡萄园, zoo 動物園|动物园, cemetery 陵園|陵园 etc


id: 0423f12614f0d8983b2e472d85f3a3c3da163340
simplified: 圆
traditional: 圓
pinyin: yuan2
radicalSimplified: 囗
radicalTraditional: 囗
variants: 圎
english:
circle/round/circular/spherical/(of the moon) full/unit of Chinese currency (Yuan)/tactful/to justify


id: db096116c2e06568fe71ce3eac055e245b7001e9
simplified: 图样图森破
traditional: 圖樣圖森破
pinyin: tu2 yang4 tu2 sen1 po4
english:
(Internet slang) to have a simplistic view of sth (transcription of "too young, too simple" – English words spoken by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民[Jiang1 Ze2 min2] in chastizing Hong Kong reporters in 2000)


id: 65459b4a901eb4e641a48b65caa1c729ffe185e6
simplified: 图谱
traditional: 圖譜
pinyin: tu2 pu3
english:
archive of graphics (e.g. maps, documents or botanical figures)/atlas/collection of illustrations or sheet music


id: 22caf62443a86bf40a3bf4d45ccbf47a4c53caba
simplified: 团
traditional: 團
pinyin: tuan2
radicalSimplified: 囗
radicalTraditional: 囗
variants: 団
english:
round/lump/ball/to roll into a ball/to gather/regiment/group/society/classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)


id: 941deb3392ad5a2b4c4ab27209763063340a9534
simplified: 团购
traditional: 團購
pinyin: tuan2 gou4
english:
group buying/collective buying/buying by a group of individuals who negotiate a discount for the group


id: f28faf7e81b485418ec45232bc694f88784f5fbb
simplified: 土
traditional: 土
pinyin: tu3
radicalSimplified: 土
radicalTraditional: 土
english:
earth/dust/clay/local/indigenous/crude opium/unsophisticated/one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]/Tu (ethnic group)/surname Tu


id: ec556ad34df0343a90395e59106f9e5834b8de1f
simplified: 土共
traditional: 土共
pinyin: tu3 gong4
english:
(coll.) commie (derog., used by the KMT)/CCP, the party of the people (used by CCP supporters)/pro-Beijing camp (HK)/(abbr.) Communist Party of Turkey/Communist Party of Turkmenistan


id: 50e536313efbdcfe49c9de53a28304c7d4c8ce02
simplified: 土司
traditional: 土司
pinyin: tu3 si1
english:
sliced bread (loanword from "toast")/government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties


id: 30ae0535f5e0c4340097666914be89a6067c642b
simplified: 土方
traditional: 土方
pinyin: tu3 fang1
english:
cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement)/excavated soil/earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2])/(TCM) folk remedy


id: fa6bd2df8bf9aa56b1b068ea6a07c6c0255ed891
simplified: 土邦
traditional: 土邦
pinyin: tu3 bang1
english:
native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)


id: 3e2f5e1f4421112cdb2559905edaf4387cab5ea9
simplified: 土鳖
traditional: 土鱉
pinyin: tu3 bie1
english:
ground beetle/(coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1], has never studied overseas/(dialect) country bumpkin


id: ab79849b33ec2a6d520f0b48cb65b3ee214bcb1d
simplified: 在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝
traditional: 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝
pinyin: zai4 tian1 yuan4 zuo4 bi3 yi4 niao3 , zai4 di4 yuan4 zuo4 lian2 li3 zhi1
english:
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined/wishing for conjugal bliss


id: c23d9be6bd75f8287b73b3f9b1a1f523e5e03bc0
simplified: 在家千日好，出门一时难
traditional: 在家千日好，出門一時難
pinyin: zai4 jia1 qian1 ri4 hao3 , chu1 men2 yi1 shi2 nan2
english:
lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)/fig. there's no place like home


id: dbcd36bea9fe943b71016818276697efc2bd7c7e
simplified: 在那儿
traditional: 在那兒
pinyin: zai4 na5 r5
english:
(adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else)/just ...ing (and nothing else)


id: 63857cf770c3cb8bfee171a73af3c86515d2fac2
simplified: 地
traditional: 地
pinyin: de5
radicalSimplified: 土
radicalTraditional: 土
english:
-ly/structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct


id: 4fc484cf7bfa41ee86240c657a202a98d4ae4ea8
simplified: 地久天长
traditional: 地久天長
pinyin: di4 jiu3 tian1 chang2
english:
enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal/for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc)/also written 天長地久|天长地久


id: 8f1adbc07234784db259e5846eb927181fbdd717
simplified: 地区
traditional: 地區
pinyin: di4 qu1
english:
local/regional/district (not necessarily formal administrative unit)/region/area/as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or county level city)/CL:個|个[ge4]


id: fbc7b8d113f7af1efdcab4c113440453560c7e79
simplified: 地心纬度
traditional: 地心緯度
pinyin: di4 xin1 wei3 du4
english:
geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth)


id: 6d9e5557f123ecbe79db16ec354bee5b6104564b
simplified: 地支
traditional: 地支
pinyin: di4 zhi1
english:
the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc


id: 06db482777643dacc5dc389b7ad8653b74cc0ce3
simplified: 地牛翻身
traditional: 地牛翻身
pinyin: di4 niu2 fan1 shen1
english:
(Tw) (coll.) earthquake (According to a folk tale, earthquakes are caused by the occasional movements of an ox that lives under the earth.)


id: 0656c949747707398ba13bb4cb3b0da9076e630a
simplified: 地理纬度
traditional: 地理緯度
pinyin: di4 li3 wei3 du4
english:
geographic latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and the normal to the reference ellipsoid)


id: 9c665fbf2a2fe0e16344bec22075c71766261228
simplified: 地藏
traditional: 地藏
pinyin: di4 zang4
english:
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi)/also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva


id: 815e94e17bdf7783b13321c78c69ee9226b533b0
simplified: 地藏王菩萨
traditional: 地藏王菩薩
pinyin: di4 zang4 wang2 pu2 sa4
english:
Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi)/also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva


id: 3762657dc73a7b8af69d9ffda5de16c87fa484bd
simplified: 地面零点
traditional: 地面零點
pinyin: di4 mian4 ling2 dian3
english:
ground zero/Ground Zero (refers to the site of the World Trade Center destroyed in 9-11-2001 attack)


id: 04ecc26d21fb30eee698e37127839be7158f0a95
simplified: 圳
traditional: 圳
pinyin: zhen4
radicalSimplified: 土
radicalTraditional: 土
english:
(dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. [zun4])/used in place names, notably 深圳[Shen1 zhen4]


id: d093e0f9a0a338226cfa4c6d81f25aae011d6a95
simplified: 坎儿井
traditional: 坎兒井
pinyin: kan3 r5 jing3
english:
karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)


id: 084e5c4973958836e1c4f5ac545bf6a66719f041
simplified: 坎坷
traditional: 坎坷
pinyin: kan3 ke3
english:
bumpy (of a road)/rough (of life)/to be down on one's luck/to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes


id: d38866d2b0415c3dc85a463366651a542f018bd6
simplified: 坐不垂堂
traditional: 坐不垂堂
pinyin: zuo4 bu4 chui2 tang2
english:
lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger


id: e2a7b1bab8eee3637d474479deca1afd9a5612fb
simplified: 坐冷板凳
traditional: 坐冷板凳
pinyin: zuo4 leng3 ban3 deng4
english:
to hold an inconsequential job/to receive a cold reception/to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience/to be out in the cold/to be sidelined/to warm the bench/to cool one's heels


id: 60a1a834681d16a9f5a22e0968fc8d5b389f0c67
simplified: 坐吃山空
traditional: 坐吃山空
pinyin: zuo4 chi1 shan1 kong1
english:
lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)/fig. to spend one's money without generating any income


id: 6bdc1da6933ec196a9d2e9f36db999664f9d3d2e
simplified: 坐山观虎斗
traditional: 坐山觀虎鬥
pinyin: zuo4 shan1 guan1 hu3 dou4
english:
sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight/watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom)


id: 412455c60b3127902ca02b4020534b64d4a6413f
simplified: 坐月子
traditional: 坐月子
pinyin: zuo4 yue4 zi5
english:
to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"


id: 9b72b0dc849576165e84f77aa070f02070281485
simplified: 坐观成败
traditional: 坐觀成敗
pinyin: zuo4 guan1 cheng2 bai4
english:
to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides/to sit on the fence


id: f98f064c78cc5f09b09f76fe3c510ba0c6f54410
simplified: 坤
traditional: 坤
pinyin: kun1
radicalSimplified: 土
radicalTraditional: 土
variants: 堃
english:
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth/female principle/☷/ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)


id: a8fe2e1b9cff86cbca85d583590b39e35c775edb
simplified: 坦博拉
traditional: 坦博拉
pinyin: tan3 bo2 la1
english:
Tambora, volcano on Indonesian island of Sumbawa 松巴哇, whose 1815 eruption is greatest in recorded history


id: aff6453986715de6e46b02b8d7c67d2351ba1727
simplified: 型号
traditional: 型號
pinyin: xing2 hao4
english:
model (particular version of a manufactured article)/type (product specification in terms of color, size etc)


id: 5c7e94f81474324edf1a58113e551cec4e61c037
simplified: 垧
traditional: 垧
pinyin: shang3
radicalSimplified: 土
radicalTraditional: 土
english:
unit of land area (equivalent to 10 or 15 mǔ 畝|亩[mu3] in parts of northeast China, but only 3 or 5 mǔ in northwest China)


id: b07a681657465b90546418eb91a929490cecb1b2
simplified: 埃德加·斯诺
traditional: 埃德加·斯諾
pinyin: ai1 de2 jia1 · si1 nuo4
english:
Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China


id: 5c40e5851b78543256e19408e7600f8e84e0e0fb
simplified: 埃文茅斯
traditional: 埃文茅斯
pinyin: ai1 wen2 mao2 si1
english:
Avonmouth in southwest England/same as the Bristol channel 布里斯托爾海峽|布里斯托尔海峡[Bu4 li3 si1 tuo1 er3 hai3 xia2]


id: 5c36d832df74dbf1cf3d553b7776b04097c465b0
simplified: 埃尔金
traditional: 埃爾金
pinyin: ai1 er3 jin1
english:
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860/Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841), who stole the Parthenon Marbles in 1801-1810


id: ab41f7d030bfe973e6cdd2a447f971c0484e93ea
simplified: 埋头
traditional: 埋頭
pinyin: mai2 tou2
english:
to immerse oneself in/engrossed in sth/to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain)/countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)


id: fb6894b17b65022f12af5d9314fa14991bccf029
simplified: 埋头苦干
traditional: 埋頭苦幹
pinyin: mai2 tou2 ku3 gan4
english:
to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work/to make an all-out effort/up to the neck in work


id: f46edf70675eb77b688f351385064ee6ba688b4b
simplified: 城中区
traditional: 城中區
pinyin: cheng2 zhong1 qu1
english:
city central district/Chengzhong district of Liuzhou city 柳州市[Liu3 zhou1 shi4], Guangxi/Chengzhong district of Xining city 西寧市|西宁市[Xi1 ning2 shi4], Qinghai


id: e7d448e5bd9d2d96796ef701e8953859fbf1d669
simplified: 城市依赖症
traditional: 城市依賴症
pinyin: cheng2 shi4 yi1 lai4 zheng4
english:
"urban dependence disease" (sufferers are unwilling to give up city comforts and return to the countryside)


id: be1855d2a35b035c76b672936b0a6e91872da257
simplified: 城管
traditional: 城管
pinyin: cheng2 guan3
english:
local government bylaw enforcement officer/city management (abbr. for 城市管理行政執法局|城市管理行政执法局[Cheng2 shi4 Guan3 li3 Xing2 zheng4 Zhi2 fa3 ju2])


id: ba8950f65ca3e543560a090a4ea1dcffcda5d42a
simplified: 城门失火，殃及池鱼
traditional: 城門失火，殃及池魚
pinyin: cheng2 men2 shi1 huo3 , yang1 ji2 chi2 yu2
english:
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer/fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions/ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee


id: e435e5847e6e65b83dadad67d95669147a330789
simplified: 城关区
traditional: 城關區
pinyin: cheng2 guan1 qu1
english:
Chengguan District of Lhasa City 拉薩市|拉萨市[La1 sa4 Shi4], Tibetan: Lha sa khrin kon chus, Tibet/Chengguan district of Lanzhou city 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu


id: 6d60e4b1617353e79a6426013457df5d80fa28a8
simplified: 执事
traditional: 執事
pinyin: zhi2 shi4
english:
to perform one's job/attendant/job/duties/(respectful appellation for the addressee) you/your Excellency/(Church) deacon


id: 371c94f1b6f09986c9c0d027ca62fbbce7543429
simplified: 培里克利斯
traditional: 培里克利斯
pinyin: pei2 li3 ke4 li4 si1
english:
Pericles (c. 495-429 BC), Athenian strategist and politician before and at the start of the Peloponnesian war/also written 伯里克利[Bo2 li3 ke4 li4]


id: f6a2f0ad698d910ef1acb2c57700a4a3bd424672
simplified: 培养
traditional: 培養
pinyin: pei2 yang3
english:
to cultivate/to breed/to foster/to nurture/to educate/to groom (for a position)/education/fostering/culture (biology)


id: 5364c98423a8fdfd2530f26101f868359ab9cbad
simplified: 基准
traditional: 基準
pinyin: ji1 zhun3
english:
norm/standard/standard of reference/base/base point/base line/benchmark/reference point/reference frame/criterion/data


id: c11a55c330e3d1f23187fd378e44472f8778e100
simplified: 堂
traditional: 堂
pinyin: tang2
radicalSimplified: 土
radicalTraditional: 土
english:
(main) hall/large room for a specific purpose/CL:間|间[jian1]/relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family/of the same clan/classifier for classes, lectures etc/classifier for sets of furniture


id: bad0a289ca017802602efa53eba90edfd37b4d57
simplified: 坚壁清野
traditional: 堅壁清野
pinyin: jian1 bi4 qing1 ye3
english:
to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader/scorched earth policy


id: d412d4a1b58424e6f33803f1728945aca3a84ada
simplified: 堡
traditional: 堡
pinyin: bao3
radicalSimplified: 土
radicalTraditional: 土
english:
an earthwork/castle/position of defense/stronghold/used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"


id: 4c70e752db9997a53672bff515be8fc5b5f2afc3
simplified: 尧
traditional: 堯
pinyin: yao2
radicalSimplified: 儿
radicalTraditional: 土
english:
surname Yao/Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]


id: 570bc40a430338fd514be160dddbc124aa67d17e
simplified: 报喜不报忧
traditional: 報喜不報憂
pinyin: bao4 xi3 bu4 bao4 you1
english:
to report only the good news, not the bad news/to hold back unpleasant news/to sweep bad news under the carpet


id: a737dd6632ed25daa62efe9cadc86eaa06770764
simplified: 场
traditional: 場
pinyin: chang3
radicalSimplified: 土
radicalTraditional: 土
variants: 塲
english:
large place used for a specific purpose/stage/scene (of a play)/classifier for sporting or recreational activities/classifier for number of exams


id: d140f22e56b82ddc34994d845b1c70f36c5ce5f6
simplified: 块
traditional: 塊
pinyin: kuai4
radicalSimplified: 土
radicalTraditional: 土
variants: 凷
english:
lump (of earth)/chunk/piece/classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc/(coll.) classifier for money and currency units


id: adc0817d85327d84f93f6ba62ce6ed873ea25bce
simplified: 塑造
traditional: 塑造
pinyin: su4 zao4
english:
to model/to mold/(fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc)/(literature) to portray (in words)


id: 160b200f78a504ae477a24da087f2a1431d2957a
simplified: 塔什库尔干塔吉克自治县
traditional: 塔什庫爾干塔吉克自治縣
pinyin: ta3 shi2 ku4 er3 gan1 ta3 ji2 ke4 zi4 zhi4 xian4
english:
Taxkorgan Tajik autonomous county (Tashqurqan Tajik aptonom nahiyisi) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang


id: bbf9a8dcedc263c4a7d17a30cb767e9b7e95ad78
simplified: 塔公
traditional: 塔公
pinyin: ta3 gong1
english:
Lhagang grassland in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[Kang1 ding4 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan


id: 730875f9ba6eb8bf78e140e5f8fb713830a31009
simplified: 塔公寺
traditional: 塔公寺
pinyin: ta3 gong1 si4
english:
Lhagang temple in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[Kang1 ding4 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan


id: 2589590a15e26fb6430474e28d52051d405a0222
simplified: 塘沽
traditional: 塘沽
pinyin: tang2 gu1
english:
Tanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bin1 hai3 xin1 qu1]


id: 3910f038c2beec0b9f2477bf76cc54d69b6b9d05
simplified: 塞
traditional: 塞
pinyin: sai1
radicalSimplified: 土
radicalTraditional: 土
variants: 塞
english:
to stop up/to squeeze in/to stuff/cork/stopper/Serbia/Serbian/abbr. for 塞爾維亞|塞尔维亚[Sai1 er3 wei2 ya4]


id: c4c0516b6fb6cf9ccfa89bda57001da25691281b
simplified: 塞翁失马安知非福
traditional: 塞翁失馬安知非福
pinyin: sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 an1 zhi1 fei1 fu2
english:
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise/it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good/also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福


id: 92e5032ca95f705ddc7d67517df87fb7c91d6f55
simplified: 塞翁失马焉知非福
traditional: 塞翁失馬焉知非福
pinyin: sai4 weng1 shi1 ma3 yan1 zhi1 fei1 fu2
english:
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise/it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good


id: 85614e9a817af456e8379926b8a5a7e8dc8b9e8c
simplified: 塞万提斯
traditional: 塞萬提斯
pinyin: sai1 wan4 ti2 si1
english:
Cervantes/abbr. for 米格爾·德·塞萬提斯·薩維德拉|米格尔·德·塞万提斯·萨维德拉[Mi3 ge2 er3 · de2 · Sai1 wan4 ti2 si1 · Sa4 wei2 de2 la1]


id: c529cfedb34691c52cce57ed73d28c5864d45a65
simplified: 尘埃落定
traditional: 塵埃落定
pinyin: chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4
english:
lit. the dust has settled (idiom)/fig. to get sorted out/to be finalized/"Red Poppies", novel by 阿來|阿来[A1 lai2]


id: 4ada665a102fe64c2ce1b829ff68b23c911a5bbf
simplified: 垫补
traditional: 墊補
pinyin: dian4 bu5
english:
(coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money/(coll.) to snack


id: 06cea45598ea3332e2a4e83477c4c6c612723ec5
simplified: 墨
traditional: 墨
pinyin: mo4
radicalSimplified: 土
radicalTraditional: 土
english:
ink stick/China ink/CL:塊|块[kuai4]/corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead/surname Mo/abbr. for 墨西哥[Mo4 xi1 ge1], Mexico


id: f906569d432dda49dcf6c80f2943c8c02ec3e219
simplified: 墨子
traditional: 墨子
pinyin: mo4 zi3
english:
Mozi (c. 470-391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[Mo4 jia1] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)


id: 0135ff814b768e689435e9283e2c016715329992
simplified: 墨线
traditional: 墨線
pinyin: mo4 xian4
english:
inked line/carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)


id: 823c7780ab392410c1663c81e65be061f210cf3f
simplified: 墩
traditional: 墩
pinyin: dun1
radicalSimplified: 土
radicalTraditional: 土
english:
block/gate pillar/pier/classifier for clusters of plants/classifier for rounds in a card game: trick


id: cbb31ffdd3b3cd2f2afb357e44b4b951c09c8aac
simplified: 垦丁
traditional: 墾丁
pinyin: ken3 ding1
english:
Kenting, a national park on the southern tip of Taiwan, popular as a tourist destination (abbr. for 墾丁國家公園|垦丁国家公园[Ken3 ding1 Guo2 jia1 Gong1 yuan2])


id: bbf718383b88c618aff96df03035c30645fd76ad
simplified: 垦丁国家公园
traditional: 墾丁國家公園
pinyin: ken3 ding1 guo2 jia1 gong1 yuan2
english:
Kenting National Park on the Hengchun Peninsula 恆春半島|恒春半岛[Heng2 chun1 Ban4 dao3], Pingtung county, south Taiwan


id: f6bdb3fd1c0b505a6db79538c68cd3b832a8cbef
simplified: 壤塘
traditional: 壤塘
pinyin: rang3 tang2
english:
Zamtang county (Tibetan: 'dzam thang rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan


id: 6025a747b23a3c1c7b6b1cc9d7ac6a53e6be658a
simplified: 士
traditional: 士
pinyin: shi4
radicalSimplified: 士
radicalTraditional: 士
english:
member of the senior ministerial class (old)/scholar (old)/bachelor/honorific/soldier/noncommissioned officer/specialist worker/surname Shi


id: 449a52a7a5ee4c2776c1c7f7fc0a3a539fa88c4e
simplified: 士为知己者死，女为悦己者容
traditional: 士為知己者死，女為悅己者容
pinyin: shi4 wei4 zhi1 ji3 zhe3 si3 , nu:3 wei4 yue4 ji3 zhe3 rong2
english:
a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart


id: c5a86162eded3a8ae5f6cf32f7b150c1f72c2e1b
simplified: 壬
traditional: 壬
pinyin: ren2
radicalSimplified: 士
radicalTraditional: 士
english:
ninth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]/ninth in order/letter "I" or Roman "IX" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/ancient Chinese compass point: 345°/nona


id: b4c37150a62a97f42cf73b5e2f2e84877c630bb3
simplified: 壮
traditional: 壯
pinyin: zhuang4
radicalSimplified: 士
radicalTraditional: 士
english:
to strengthen/strong/robust/Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group


id: a0071e917b8b787e52dd198a7dad0567aedc2e82
simplified: 壮年
traditional: 壯年
pinyin: zhuang4 nian2
english:
lit. robust years/prime of life/summer/able-bodied (fit for military service)/mature (talent, garden etc)


id: 7a3f99e64ba29abd0cba3ea7c679a8ebe8ef7cce
simplified: 壮语
traditional: 壯語
pinyin: zhuang4 yu3
english:
magnificent talk/exaggeration/Zhuang language/language of the Zhuang ethnic group 壯族|壮族[Zhuang4 zu2] of Guangxi


id: d3c3de17f2e91f5a9094ecba013a885e836f4f4f
simplified: 壹败涂地
traditional: 壹敗塗地
pinyin: yi1 bai4 tu2 di4
english:
beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly/a crushing defeat/failed and in a hopeless position


id: 949056ec7caec77045f2808e2221c43de6e4b06d
simplified: 寿桃
traditional: 壽桃
pinyin: shou4 tao2
english:
(myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu/fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift


id: 56386c7d2d808dba4ac5c550b3596274aa8725b9
simplified: 寿终
traditional: 壽終
pinyin: shou4 zhong1
english:
to die of old age/to live to a ripe old age/(fig.) (of sth) to come to an end (after a long period of service)


id: 282c6552f560d8a23bd41e4bb5e54469582cd704
simplified: 夏娃
traditional: 夏娃
pinyin: xia4 wa2
english:
Eve (in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1})


id: ff8a912da2c472cffb3db151e4e9a2328ec7a1f0
simplified: 夏敬渠
traditional: 夏敬渠
pinyin: xia4 jing4 qu2
english:
Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言[Ye3 sou3 Pu4 yan2] Humble Words of a Rustic Elder


id: 4704fa7aee412a4837b56124fb4a47cbabc29c50
simplified: 夏河
traditional: 夏河
pinyin: xia4 he2
english:
Xiahe county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet


id: d1b591ca620c954e6323b0b4d3ce3604b9e7885f
simplified: 夏洛特·勃良特
traditional: 夏洛特·勃良特
pinyin: xia4 luo4 te4 · bo2 liang2 te4
english:
Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), English novelist, eldest of three Brontë sisters, author of Jane Eyre 簡·愛|简·爱[Jian3 Ai4]


id: ff1282fafc4abde80a7f4fb9e141c5c85ca05b67
simplified: 夏黄公
traditional: 夏黃公
pinyin: xia4 huang2 gong1
english:
Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公[Huang2 Shi2 gong1] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] and purported author of ”Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]


id: 3de1d052c2877b3178c6cdfbfe26a48daad57a8f
simplified: 夔
traditional: 夔
pinyin: kui2
radicalSimplified: 夊
radicalTraditional: 夊
english:
one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology/Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing/Chinese rain god/surname Kui


id: bda0d4e5e90a2531cc96d813ab925125fe3332be
simplified: 外企
traditional: 外企
pinyin: wai4 qi3
english:
foreign enterprise/company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong/abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业


id: 7eb170f47f5512419bb94fd597726b6bcc9de706
simplified: 外刚内柔
traditional: 外剛內柔
pinyin: wai4 gang1 nei4 rou2
english:
soft on the inside despite one's hard shell/appearing tough on the outside as to mask one's inner vulnerability/also written 內柔外剛|内柔外刚[nei4 rou2 wai4 gang1]


id: f8153324b2ceac2b81205042b6972fcf986e7b85
simplified: 外商独资企业
traditional: 外商獨資企業
pinyin: wai4 shang1 du2 zi1 qi3 ye4
english:
wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China)/abbr. to 外資企業|外资企业[wai4 zi1 qi3 ye4]


id: 2124f61b4c054ba097da2296424261fac093e004
simplified: 外场
traditional: 外場
pinyin: wai4 chang3
english:
outer area (of a place that has an inner area)/dining area of a restaurant (as opposed to the kitchen)/outfield (baseball etc)/area outside a venue (e.g. exterior of a stadium)/field (maintenance, testing etc)/(Chinese opera) the area in front of the table on the stage


id: 6757ebb386ec10780f23aafcc9f2b3f51255fc28
simplified: 外心
traditional: 外心
pinyin: wai4 xin1
english:
(of a married person) interest in a third person/(old) (of a minister etc) disloyal disposition/(math.) circumcenter (of a polygon)


id: dd210d987ecc2d68c55b742c1f5a29c443268209
simplified: 外挂
traditional: 外掛
pinyin: wai4 gua4
english:
attached externally (e.g. fuel tank)/plug-in/add-on/special software used to cheat in an online game


id: b48ae5fd8fa68e4ae418188d120c6826cfe6ebb9
simplified: 外放
traditional: 外放
pinyin: wai4 fang4
english:
extroverted/outgoing/to play audio through speakers (rather than through earphones)/(old) to appoint to a post outside the capital


id: 802f05226ee002a9d1de193205cf20d7f1f3ec77
simplified: 外教
traditional: 外教
pinyin: wai4 jiao4
english:
foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师)/greenhorn/novice/amateurish/religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)


id: 2d6a480f49adee6f0be07458980eacbc4c253735
simplified: 外科医生
traditional: 外科醫生
pinyin: wai4 ke1 yi1 sheng1
english:
surgeon/as opposed to physician 內科醫生|内科医生[nei4 ke1 yi1 sheng1], who works primarily by administering drugs


id: 7583c560c5425790037a7ef0dbe611796a4622cf
simplified: 外线
traditional: 外線
pinyin: wai4 xian4
english:
(military) line of troops encircling an enemy position/(telephony) outside line/(basketball) outside the three-point line


id: 5383703288bc0a630cf879204c253338a9f9e9a7
simplified: 外貌协会
traditional: 外貌協會
pinyin: wai4 mao4 xie2 hui4
english:
the "good-looks club": people who attach great importance to a person's appearance (pun on 外貿協會|外贸协会 foreign trade association)


id: 80cd378b6e60da4938b9fa8b7cfd673b773f4ce9
simplified: 夙兴夜寐
traditional: 夙興夜寐
pinyin: su4 xing1 ye4 mei4
english:
to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard/to study diligently/to burn the candle at both ends


id: a94d63c94cd13b5d77516dd2446c4bccca2510c1
simplified: 多
traditional: 多
pinyin: duo1
radicalSimplified: 夕
radicalTraditional: 夕
variants: 夛
english:
many/much/often/a lot of/numerous/more/in excess/how (to what extent)/multi-/Taiwan pr. [duo2] when it means "how"


id: 643c959b71aa4fc9dc5cca5cacc49c6bf2605fc2
simplified: 多尔衮
traditional: 多爾袞
pinyin: duo1 er3 gun3
english:
Dorgon (1612-1651), fourteenth son of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤, successful general, instrumental in Manchu conquest of China, ruled China as regent 1644-1650 for his nephew Emperor Shunzhi 順治帝


id: b87121539a29344d0029e05c7dabb05acbaaa3ca
simplified: 多退少补
traditional: 多退少補
pinyin: duo1 tui4 shao3 bu3
english:
(after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)


id: ea7167722a90832f5a3dfb82bc4d1198bbf308bb
simplified: 多那太罗
traditional: 多那太羅
pinyin: duo1 na3 tai4 luo2
english:
Donatello (c. 1386-1466)/Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, famous early Renaissance painter and sculptor


id: 9fd5058b411d7f77dfd88efd071dbcccf720dfec
simplified: 多头
traditional: 多頭
pinyin: duo1 tou2
english:
many-headed/many-layered (authority)/devolved (as opposed to centralized)/pluralistic/(as classifier) number of animals/long term (finance)/long (investment)


id: b46fb4bd26236f701bb8e807200e9c6b5aeae78f
simplified: 多么
traditional: 多麼
pinyin: duo1 me5
english:
how (wonderful etc)/what (a great idea etc)/however (difficult it may be etc)/(in interrogative sentences) how (much etc)/to what extent


id: dcf77538dc998e62fcc80ac3ed09c20c558fc5bb
simplified: 够
traditional: 夠
pinyin: gou4
radicalSimplified: 夕
radicalTraditional: 夕
variants: 彀,夠,够
english:
enough (sufficient)/enough (too much)/(coll.) (before adj.) really/(coll.) to reach by stretching out


id: 3ef25f5fdbe83930ce9ebc7a4bfa776bb7a75625
simplified: 梦溪笔谈
traditional: 夢溪筆談
pinyin: meng4 xi1 bi3 tan2
english:
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass


id: 6c42b3608e181a844fff75a62479b782d4817f61
simplified: 梦话
traditional: 夢話
pinyin: meng4 hua4
english:
talking in one's sleep/words spoken during sleep/fig. speech bearing no relation to reality/delusions


id: 4729824a1b7600a392839bc401b667ab6d49251d
simplified: 夤缘攀附
traditional: 夤緣攀附
pinyin: yin2 yuan2 pan1 fu4
english:
to cling to the rich and powerful (idiom); to advance one's career by currying favor/social climbing


id: bfb0c524ddec22d314c751969345520597a44005
simplified: 大
traditional: 大
pinyin: da4
radicalSimplified: 大
radicalTraditional: 大
english:
big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/older (than)/oldest/eldest/greatly/very much/(dialect) father/father's elder or younger brother


id: e79fd82328ef3026117fe68ceb0c33c339e54cee
simplified: 大一统志
traditional: 大一統誌
pinyin: da4 yi1 tong3 zhi4
english:
Da Yuan Dayitongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 and Yu Yinglong 虞應龍|虞应龙, 755 scrolls


id: 8475f5d4bc021d9732982ebbee5eeae5457390ff
simplified: 大中华
traditional: 大中華
pinyin: da4 zhong1 hua2
english:
Greater China/refers to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (esp. in finance and economics)/refers to all areas of Chinese presence (esp. in the cultural field), including parts of Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas


id: da69ac30d827e623d1e32f5e8be49aa9697b7473
simplified: 大乘
traditional: 大乘
pinyin: da4 sheng4
english:
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle/Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond/also pr. [Da4 cheng2]


id: 5bdd74df70995d581d519ac0056511a46f6e8753
simplified: 大事
traditional: 大事
pinyin: da4 shi4
english:
major event/major political event (war or change of regime)/major social event (wedding or funeral)/(do sth) in a big way/CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]


id: a6d25d928637745d1521e5bac9d31044211e04c4
simplified: 大人不记小人过
traditional: 大人不記小人過
pinyin: da4 ren2 bu4 ji4 xiao3 ren2 guo4
english:
a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature


id: e28dee9e2058647238920af66d5f5d9b2a85cbe3
simplified: 大公报
traditional: 大公報
pinyin: da4 gong1 bao4
english:
Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name/Ta Kung Pao, newspaper founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong


id: a492f826f77ad7e17945dba93b106a7068fd357a
simplified: 大刀会
traditional: 大刀會
pinyin: da4 dao1 hui4
english:
Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion


id: 79608a2a2843e5b4458348db61ec219183ff03be
simplified: 大勇若怯，大智若愚
traditional: 大勇若怯，大智若愚
pinyin: da4 yong3 ruo4 qie4 , da4 zhi4 ruo4 yu2
english:
a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom); the general public may not recognize great talent


id: 0138ecd15859fcaad6a3f5fcb640e984a00bdfdf
simplified: 大千世界
traditional: 大千世界
pinyin: da4 qian1 shi4 jie4
english:
great wide world/marvelously diverse world/(Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4])


id: 7ecf2e6d59c62f1adb8ed4021744af21290b5c16
simplified: 大叔
traditional: 大叔
pinyin: da4 shu1
english:
eldest of father's younger brothers/uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father)


id: b3f3d42d96d1873b70c05960f24e58904a7432f6
simplified: 大同区
traditional: 大同區
pinyin: da4 tong2 qu1
english:
Datong or Tatung district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan/Datong district of Daqing city 大慶|大庆[Da4 qing4], Heilongjiang


id: ff6d0fd2f763d54a17d27c374a618b01fb5e5144
simplified: 大同乡
traditional: 大同鄉
pinyin: da4 tong2 xiang1
english:
person from the same province/Datong or Tatung township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yi2 lan2 xian4], Taiwan


id: a03c5a4bf89ad56f62b7fd15878648ee9756d8eb
simplified: 大名
traditional: 大名
pinyin: da4 ming2
english:
famous name/your distinguished name/one's formal personal name/Daming county in Handan 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1], Hebei


id: 882836838b3e4d72adeb7eb068085652f2d512ed
simplified: 大和
traditional: 大和
pinyin: da4 he2
english:
Yamato (possibly 3rd century AD), Japanese state before written records began in 7th century AD, its real dating is controversial


id: 64c0f9516e8ad87b772b37a0242a5d8075300b70
simplified: 大哥
traditional: 大哥
pinyin: da4 ge1
english:
eldest brother/big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself)/gang leader/boss


id: e054103b766d8a7e600d7655be7366e267b64a89
simplified: 大唐狄公案
traditional: 大唐狄公案
pinyin: da4 tang2 di2 gong1 an4
english:
Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang Dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰[Di2 Ren2 jie2] as master sleuth


id: eaae486825746ba1a37000bc898da19fde3ae8ca
simplified: 大唐西域记
traditional: 大唐西域記
pinyin: da4 tang2 xi1 yu4 ji4
english:
Great Tang Records on the Western Regions, travel record of Xuan Zang 玄奘[Xuan2 zang4], compiled by 辯機|辩机[Bian4 ji1] in 646


id: 5d7f337436b6818b68ae2d6e71d7b99550494726
simplified: 大喊大叫
traditional: 大喊大叫
pinyin: da4 han3 da4 jiao4
english:
shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly/to rant/to kick up a racket/to conduct vigorous propaganda


id: 8019898c95704304fbbc2093b9ec993f625ad57c
simplified: 大器晚成
traditional: 大器晚成
pinyin: da4 qi4 wan3 cheng2
english:
lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly/in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state/Rome wasn't built in a day


id: a77112173ba0d5a631efd0c5bf76fc92ff4e1038
simplified: 大坂
traditional: 大坂
pinyin: da4 ban3
english:
old name for Ōsaka 大阪 (city in Japan), changed in the beginning of the Meiji 明治 Era because 坂 could, if the radicals were read separately, be interpreted as "(will) return to soil"


id: 593ea2c26e9d571cb57e6a7acdde0be9d18b958b
simplified: 大城
traditional: 大城
pinyin: da4 cheng2
english:
Dacheng county in Langfang 廊坊[Lang2 fang2], Hebei/Tacheng township in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 xian4], Taiwan


id: 6c50e90e8675f38a01b52a317f33b62d771802cb
simplified: 大埔
traditional: 大埔
pinyin: da4 bu4
english:
Dabu county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong/Tai Po district of New Territories, Hong Kong/Dabu or Tabu township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan


id: c8002e603dbc27738b59c9bdefe256848a557209
simplified: 大姐
traditional: 大姐
pinyin: da4 jie3
english:
big sister/elder sister/older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)


id: 922974a9916d7550d0d825129a22757c510ce226
simplified: 大姚
traditional: 大姚
pinyin: da4 yao2
english:
Dayao county in Chuxiong Yi autonomous prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan


id: 20faae1f8191bf0719fe0ee16d3e766dc3c7b11d
simplified: 大学
traditional: 大學
pinyin: da4 xue2
english:
university/college/CL:所[suo3]/the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism


id: cbb72bb32a9a11f60cf94b09c6c39700ecc0548f
simplified: 大安
traditional: 大安
pinyin: da4 an1
english:
Da'an or Ta'an district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan/Ta'an township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan/Da'an county level city in Baicheng 白城, Jilin


id: d64e1de8e98f2982b52ae5c14adfcb336d6005ae
simplified: 大安区
traditional: 大安區
pinyin: da4 an1 qu1
english:
Da'an or Ta'an district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan/Da'an district of Zigong city 自貢市|自贡市[Zi4 gong4 shi4], Sichuan/Ta'an township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan


id: 9387b05fe834bca69c526a623f10a5bd646b54e2
simplified: 大小
traditional: 大小
pinyin: da4 xiao3
english:
dimension/magnitude/size/measurement/large and small/at any rate/adults and children/consideration of seniority


id: 73d6858e3a0d1780cb7a6d8c7b0137feba8cbd6c
simplified: 大小姐
traditional: 大小姐
pinyin: da4 xiao3 jie5
english:
eldest daughter of an affluent family/(polite) your daughter/bossy or indulged young woman/Miss High and Mighty


id: e6830ac55ca77b8c40d4223f305077efc1f52575
simplified: 大山
traditional: 大山
pinyin: da4 shan1
english:
Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC


id: 54a1d076297d50be363819f29f6568c91adde90b
simplified: 大厦
traditional: 大廈
pinyin: da4 sha4
english:
(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)


id: 65ac7a46b99715046a68e0e1072095c4ea3dfff3
simplified: 大敌当前
traditional: 大敵當前
pinyin: da4 di2 dang1 qian2
english:
facing a powerful enemy (idiom); fig. confronting grave difficulties/Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud


id: 4fdd9715de66ca7d6c331d35f7bd8cfe77eb88ce
simplified: 大方广佛华严经
traditional: 大方廣佛華嚴經
pinyin: da4 fang1 guang3 fo2 hua2 yan2 jing1
english:
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school/also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra


id: 065e1dc2b86b95f51c17368370273e2f1c24dca9
simplified: 大旱望云霓
traditional: 大旱望雲霓
pinyin: da4 han4 wang4 yun2 ni2
english:
lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)/fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation


id: e8a69a67946b247c5d936a626f72534d9d1b6dfe
simplified: 大东亚共荣圈
traditional: 大東亞共榮圈
pinyin: da4 dong1 ya4 gong4 rong2 quan1
english:
Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE Fumimaro 近衛文麿|近卫文麿 in 1938


id: e767f5c10d29283f7a2abbf00b9e7b5486e9c3ec
simplified: 大柴旦
traditional: 大柴旦
pinyin: da4 chai2 dan4
english:
Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai


id: c30ef9163726a8903177a402630fad3181b66f01
simplified: 大柴旦行政委员会
traditional: 大柴旦行政委員會
pinyin: da4 chai2 dan4 xing2 zheng4 wei3 yuan2 hui4
english:
Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai


id: fd10cd377441b9b81eef1b98af8dbe5047245fb9
simplified: 大柴旦镇
traditional: 大柴旦鎮
pinyin: da4 chai2 dan4 zhen4
english:
Da Qaidam town in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai


id: 79d0f363f9669096b7d6b8d67684e699640385e3
simplified: 大树底下好乘凉
traditional: 大樹底下好乘涼
pinyin: da4 shu4 di3 xia4 hao3 cheng2 liang2
english:
lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)/fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person


id: 8402f9d80c4552ec0ccd148fca78c6f0abbb8e83
simplified: 大桥
traditional: 大橋
pinyin: da4 qiao2
english:
Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China


id: 0ed63f95b410b68ae08bcc22683f0063bd43c436
simplified: 大正
traditional: 大正
pinyin: da4 zheng4
english:
Taishō, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1912-1926) of emperor Yoshihito 嘉仁[Jia1 ren2]


id: c303860876b68d0d3749f2a13a226b9b8c93065e
simplified: 大水冲了龙王庙
traditional: 大水沖了龍王廟
pinyin: da4 shui3 chong1 le5 long2 wang2 miao4
english:
lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)/fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person/a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other


id: f90e31a58712f07c9b10b4886633203584e80918
simplified: 大汶口文化
traditional: 大汶口文化
pinyin: da4 wen4 kou3 wen2 hua4
english:
Dawenkou culture (c. 4100-2600 BC), Neolithic culture based in today's Shandong area 山東|山东[Shan1 dong1]


id: 1b6875dfb8ee851cbf1d1773a56a8c81119660e2
simplified: 大沽口炮台
traditional: 大沽口砲臺
pinyin: da4 gu1 kou3 pao4 tai2
english:
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)


id: 93a14e3dca4aa54129d360aae0c08ea3ca820bf7
simplified: 大港
traditional: 大港
pinyin: da4 gang3
english:
Dagang former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bin1 hai3 xin1 qu1]


id: 6f68cd2605788a3a8e8c18ec4f5173035bca1423
simplified: 大灶
traditional: 大灶
pinyin: da4 zao4
english:
large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth/(PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶[zhong1 zao4] for mid-level cadres and 小灶[xiao3 zao4] for the most privileged)


id: 5a8eeb28f0c7679ad501688a11ecd52fcfc62d09
simplified: 大乌苏里岛
traditional: 大烏蘇里島
pinyin: da4 wu1 su1 li3 dao3
english:
Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River opposite Khabarovsk/same as Heixiazi Island 黑瞎子島|黑瞎子岛[Hei1 xia1 zi5 Dao3]


id: ab4508f51ddd13d26238ed6efcd0f6accd0c3108
simplified: 大牌档
traditional: 大牌檔
pinyin: da4 pai2 dang4
english:
food stall/open-air restaurant (originally Hong Kong usage, now usually written as 大排檔|大排档[da4 pai2 dang4]


id: efbb068ec1c6f03e9b00c5aa76afc0cd5bdd2bc9
simplified: 大田
traditional: 大田
pinyin: da4 tian2
english:
Datian county in Sanming 三明[San1 ming2], Fujian/Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province 忠清南道[Zhong1 qing1 nan2 dao4], South Korea


id: f0e123107d86462909fc80854235ebd644ad4c6f
simplified: 大田市
traditional: 大田市
pinyin: da4 tian2 shi4
english:
Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province 忠清南道[Zhong1 qing1 nan2 dao4], South Korea


id: 175e7030f7e75ac5ea6e8671b2eeaaa1d45c8dd5
simplified: 大众
traditional: 大眾
pinyin: da4 zhong4
english:
the masses/the great bulk of the population/popular (of music, science etc)/Volkswagen (automobile manufacturer)


id: a9093c1057edf086c6d7272e00e76fb956cb5608
simplified: 大义灭亲
traditional: 大義滅親
pinyin: da4 yi4 mie4 qin1
english:
to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it


id: 2b4c255086083344f508640580cff0492a7efa07
simplified: 大脚
traditional: 大腳
pinyin: da4 jiao3
english:
naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiao3 jiao3])/long kick (soccer)/Bigfoot (mythological animal)


id: 3ec37d7e412b81f79c6d8f1ef1cd9b0702b74582
simplified: 大兴
traditional: 大興
pinyin: da4 xing1
english:
to go in for something in a big way/to undertake on a large scale/Daxing district of Beijing, formerly Daxing county


id: e68d276842bbe61e64ba037bc7a656565f0c5727
simplified: 大兴安岭
traditional: 大興安嶺
pinyin: da4 xing1 an1 ling3
english:
Daxing'anling mountain range in northwest Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China/Daxing'anling prefecture


id: 77fc21b55fad07ac3b6f1a8de970a3b70b01388b
simplified: 大兴安岭地区
traditional: 大興安嶺地區
pinyin: da4 xing1 an1 ling3 di4 qu1
english:
Daxing'anling prefecture in northwest Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China


id: e4f0121a3af29c59b426c51488877b268e33ef65
simplified: 大卫·艾登堡
traditional: 大衛·艾登堡
pinyin: da4 wei4 · ai4 deng1 bao3
english:
David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster, author of Life on Earth 地球上的生物[di4 qiu2 shang4 de5 sheng1 wu4]


id: 81a391cad684fd608015afbb2f86123e8c6f2d23
simplified: 大计
traditional: 大計
pinyin: da4 ji4
english:
large scale program of lasting importance/project of paramount importance/to think big/annual national audit


id: 889c675b3a40d42fdb05794514c5bf1cdc90233d
simplified: 大起大落
traditional: 大起大落
pinyin: da4 qi3 da4 luo4
english:
(of market prices etc) to rapidly fluctuate (idiom)/volatile/significant ups and downs/roller coaster


id: bf0ccdd565c614d0df4c16222595ac93753cf1e6
simplified: 大跃进
traditional: 大躍進
pinyin: da4 yue4 jin4
english:
Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), Mao's attempt to modernize China's economy, which resulted in economic devastation, and millions of deaths from famine caused by misguided policies


id: 5bddb63f046320470fd52b10e0c677d2f8fa8966
simplified: 大逆不道
traditional: 大逆不道
pinyin: da4 ni4 bu4 dao4
english:
disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society)


id: 592a394e461ebeb182f8cbedee85ebe4137eafd9
simplified: 大通
traditional: 大通
pinyin: da4 tong1
english:
Datong district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 shi4], Anhui/Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西寧|西宁[Xi1 ning2], Qinghai


id: 69027ddc816d6388d97f45661dde6599960176f0
simplified: 大运
traditional: 大運
pinyin: da4 yun4
english:
Mandate of Heaven/the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC/usually written 大運河|大运河[Da4 Yun4 he2]


id: 680508c9957aabf54f3ff84ec89bc35ee95985d0
simplified: 大邱
traditional: 大邱
pinyin: da4 qiu1
english:
Daegu Metropolitan City, capital of North Gyeongsang Province 慶尚北道|庆尚北道[Qing4 shang4 bei3 dao4] in east South Korea


id: a02f806f0a6e017bdb6ea7a23096a0687a51af33
simplified: 大都
traditional: 大都
pinyin: da4 du1
english:
for the most part/on the whole/metropolitan/Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing


id: f2f7a4f080e49f7d0b12daa182f963d5de2b8b8d
simplified: 大锅饭
traditional: 大鍋飯
pinyin: da4 guo1 fan4
english:
meal cooked in a large pot/communal meal/(fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit


id: 6f859650ec85b619d55317dd901f49a34c4598df
simplified: 大关
traditional: 大關
pinyin: da4 guan1
english:
strategic pass/barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000)/instrument of torture used to break limbs


id: 58fa33e6fd1fcc126178eabdf807f3a19af8059a
simplified: 大陆妹
traditional: 大陸妹
pinyin: da4 lu4 mei4
english:
(in Taiwan, Hong Kong or Macao) girl from the mainland/(Tw) Fushan lettuce 福山萵苣|福山莴苣[Fu2 shan1 wo1 ju4]


id: 37278b82116fe13c32156569213973e590d610a7
simplified: 大雄宝殿
traditional: 大雄寶殿
pinyin: da4 xiong2 bao3 dian4
english:
Hall of Great Strength, main hall of a Buddhist temple containing the main image of veneration 大雄[da4 xiong2]


id: fca8284cd436e95b14ea3dcc0b2ad80df3d3464c
simplified: 大雅
traditional: 大雅
pinyin: da4 ya3
english:
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经/Taya township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan


id: 0e4ee1e5319dfb8299985ec96f7f7bd0ad6d321a
simplified: 大题小作
traditional: 大題小作
pinyin: da4 ti2 xiao3 zuo4
english:
to cut a long story short/a brief treatment of a complicated subject/fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter


id: 19f8a33b0d7eafca09e626f549afb3493a632cc7
simplified: 大体
traditional: 大體
pinyin: da4 ti3
english:
in general/more or less/in rough terms/basically/on the whole/overall situation/the big picture/(Tw) remains (of a dead person)


id: 28eeb1b4183a589dbaf2d350e08e326d7ef2c527
simplified: 大闹天宫
traditional: 大鬧天宮
pinyin: da4 nao4 tian1 gong1
english:
Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记


id: 71ff50d261de99d78d3d93d982ee3cf8ec75f144
simplified: 大麦地
traditional: 大麥地
pinyin: da4 mai4 di4
english:
place name in Ningxia with rock carving conjectured to be a stage in the development of Chinese characters


id: e6868624e302a411ba116825185f3b3002c6cf7a
simplified: 大麻里
traditional: 大麻里
pinyin: da4 ma2 li3
english:
Damali or Tamali township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan/same as Taimali 太麻里[Tai4 ma2 li3]


id: c414ceebf3bb27a91ba27e7f0adf75216d1827ca
simplified: 天低吴楚，眼空无物
traditional: 天低吳楚，眼空無物
pinyin: tian1 di1 wu2 chu3 , yan3 kong1 wu2 wu4
english:
the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon


id: 027c667c4e842e32856d7520d0d2f414a2f1c511
simplified: 天兵
traditional: 天兵
pinyin: tian1 bing1
english:
celestial soldier/(old) imperial troops/(Tw, jocular) clumsy army recruit/(more generally) bungler/screw-up


id: adf1c49342492f3c9512270ea72b826c933e4dfe
simplified: 天台
traditional: 天台
pinyin: tian1 tai1
english:
Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗/Tiantai county in Taizhou 台州[Tai1 zhou1], Zhejiang


id: c0c930875417db09238faef9669d90d50ac18795
simplified: 天台山
traditional: 天台山
pinyin: tian1 tai1 shan1
english:
Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗[Tian1 tai2 zong1]


id: 9c35f83612692bf19bdd921b22e7c8682bc8b82e
simplified: 天后
traditional: 天后
pinyin: tian1 hou4
english:
Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3]/Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)


