# words

id: 34cae82f3e0bc8952b0c9b6f291d2421b841443c
simplified: 天壤之别
traditional: 天壤之別
pinyin: tian1 rang3 zhi1 bie2
english:
lit. as different as sky and earth (idiom)/fig. night and day difference/opposite extremes/a world of difference/a far cry from


id: b874dbe2a731553fd28402c4bb0a8cd281b9c894
simplified: 天妒英才
traditional: 天妒英才
pinyin: tian1 du4 ying1 cai2
english:
heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with/those whom the Gods love die young


id: 353b45eb4c8c2dfd589cef45eb8c8a10caaccf36
simplified: 天山区
traditional: 天山區
pinyin: tian1 shan1 qu1
english:
Tianshan district (Uighur: Tiyanshan rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang


id: 98c49b384bbb714f925b70f9b5ce79dd1638ea4d
simplified: 天峻
traditional: 天峻
pinyin: tian1 jun4
english:
Tianjun county (Tibetan: then cun rdzong) 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: f64f452758c78aa5bcfcab6385214d49ed3c64f3
simplified: 天崩地裂
traditional: 天崩地裂
pinyin: tian1 beng1 di4 lie4
english:
heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster/fig. violent revolution/major social upheaval


id: feafa0ea437c69b8f2c1a768ef12b1940aff2374
simplified: 天干
traditional: 天干
pinyin: tian1 gan1
english:
the 10 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 numbers I, II etc


id: aabb3e03f5daf1d27f2003913767d13ecaf453be
simplified: 天心
traditional: 天心
pinyin: tian1 xin1
english:
center of the sky/will of heaven/will of the Gods/the monarch's will/Tianxin district of Changsha city 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 shi4], Hunan


id: 138485fead225726957b89de4895232dbf942c55
simplified: 天才出自勤奋
traditional: 天才出自勤奮
pinyin: tian1 cai2 chu1 zi4 qin2 fen4
english:
genius comes from hard effort/Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration (Thomas Edison)


id: 1a031e72715fa5e2428c67f385a0efc1bc3baaf8
simplified: 天旋地转
traditional: 天旋地轉
pinyin: tian1 xuan2 di4 zhuan4
english:
the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning/fig. huge changes in the world


id: d84fcd6e5e9fb2d2f6b7d88ff6b1d4b828d660e4
simplified: 天时地利人和
traditional: 天時地利人和
pinyin: tian1 shi2 di4 li4 ren2 he2
english:
the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom); a good time to go to war


id: e816cacca01304e07e64bc79ae750c0c2902956f
simplified: 天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福
traditional: 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福
pinyin: tian1 you3 bu4 ce4 feng1 yun2 , ren2 you3 dan4 xi1 huo4 fu2
english:
fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment


id: 62f357e93a46949dbb444c579e1597e1d25cdd95
simplified: 天柱
traditional: 天柱
pinyin: tian1 zhu4
english:
pillars supporting heaven/Tianzhu county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou


id: 9d824a421b2335342c073f7efcd1f1ead55e0e1c
simplified: 天柱县
traditional: 天柱縣
pinyin: tian1 zhu4 xian4
english:
Tianzhu county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou


id: 2b06244efbf92a5a884c906691984ed3fb69bf61
simplified: 天梯
traditional: 天梯
pinyin: tian1 ti1
english:
stairway to heaven/high mountain road/tall ladder on a building or other large structure/space elevator


id: bfb484dcc6dfc7b87839c6b2628fc0e5fe5dcad8
simplified: 天桥
traditional: 天橋
pinyin: tian1 qiao2
english:
overhead walkway/pedestrian bridge/Tianqiao district of Ji'nan city 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 shi4], Shandong/Tianqiao district in Beijing, formerly a center of folk culture


id: f5c11dbb65c270ebc75a8b9ec84b9b5284ae49f1
simplified: 天机不可泄漏
traditional: 天機不可泄漏
pinyin: tian1 ji1 bu4 ke3 xie4 lou4
english:
lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom); must not be revealed/I am not at liberty to inform you.


id: fa68580e17ae15f5fa5b53f7551d9b738ef075d6
simplified: 天池
traditional: 天池
pinyin: tian1 chi2
english:
"heavenly lake", lake situated on a mountain/used as the name of numerous lakes, such as 長白山天池|长白山天池[Chang2 bai2 shan1 Tian1 chi2]/Lake Tianchi in Xinjiang


id: 3c1106996d0b3f7049cdbfe14c842906b2903bba
simplified: 天津会议专条
traditional: 天津會議專條
pinyin: tian1 jin1 hui4 yi4 zhuan1 tiao2
english:
Tianjin agreement of 1885 between Li Hongzhang 李鴻章|李鸿章[Li3 Hong2 zhang1] and ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤博文[Yi1 teng2 Bo2 wen2] to pull Qing and Japanese troops out of Korea


id: a7dbba87fca99870057adf5ee9b42ad81b73a5c1
simplified: 天津条约
traditional: 天津條約
pinyin: tian1 jin1 tiao2 yue1
english:
Treaty of Tianjin of 1858, a sequence of unequal treaties 不平等條約|不平等条约 between Russia, USA, England, France and Qing China


id: eb7c2af5595f93d092a4bf3785967b5bbb918de4
simplified: 天津环球金融中心
traditional: 天津環球金融中心
pinyin: tian1 jin1 huan2 qiu2 jin1 rong2 zhong1 xin1
english:
Tianjin World Financial Center, skyscraper a.k.a. the Tianjin Tower or Jin Tower/abbr. to 津塔[Jin1 ta3]


id: 5def9cdbd375b5c4c2171a2edd574a9cf9cca25f
simplified: 天无绝人之路
traditional: 天無絕人之路
pinyin: tian1 wu2 jue2 ren2 zhi1 lu4
english:
Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through./Never give up hope./Never say die.


id: 396f52bf8884e2450b676b6c07348a98fc3d382c
simplified: 天珠
traditional: 天珠
pinyin: tian1 zhu1
english:
dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power


id: 208d5a71d14121e259023109033dbee9c92711ec
simplified: 天经地义
traditional: 天經地義
pinyin: tian1 jing1 di4 yi4
english:
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper/right and unalterable/a matter of course


id: 2f92bb0053b34ec482e69b98696085d8250775f9
simplified: 天网恢恢
traditional: 天網恢恢
pinyin: tian1 wang3 hui1 hui1
english:
lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)/fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape/you can't run from the long arm of the law


id: f3193506e08e10700ec3c3b57c28ca2fa513f44c
simplified: 天翻地覆
traditional: 天翻地覆
pinyin: tian1 fan1 di4 fu4
english:
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion/everything turned on its head


id: 45b57437f7b877512687fb8d97121aed256c6ced
simplified: 天要落雨，娘要嫁人
traditional: 天要落雨，娘要嫁人
pinyin: tian1 yao4 luo4 yu3 , niang2 yao4 jia4 ren2
english:
the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)/fig. the natural order of things/something you can't go against


id: b979aeca1aec0078731b24f6d59bd922216b036f
simplified: 天造地设
traditional: 天造地設
pinyin: tian1 zao4 di4 she4
english:
lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom)/ideal/perfect/(of a match) made in heaven/to be made for one another


id: c1f26a5bda26775153245bed9a2b937a70644230
simplified: 天顺
traditional: 天順
pinyin: tian1 shun4
english:
Tianshun Emperor, reign name of eighth Ming Emperor 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1457-1464, Temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]


id: 46ee85e75f8d4b2946b35013c78ee368fcf13302
simplified: 天马行空
traditional: 天馬行空
pinyin: tian1 ma3 xing2 kong1
english:
like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom)/(of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative/unconstrained in style


id: b238d364e0e4313a2779f107fdba6fc60cde214c
simplified: 太保
traditional: 太保
pinyin: tai4 bao3
english:
a very high official in ancient China/juvenile delinquents/Taibao or Taipao city in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan


id: 806226ecc83dfc9f1a2112ad505757bd46e18eb3
simplified: 太仆寺
traditional: 太僕寺
pinyin: tai4 pu2 si4
english:
Court of imperial stud, office originally charged with horse breeding/Taibus banner in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia


id: ad09c336cee7a13193a1a747e40c8a46831e0860
simplified: 太公兵法
traditional: 太公兵法
pinyin: tai4 gong1 bing1 fa3
english:
alternative name for ”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: 99c57ad4c37c5c5aa6a3300434266aea8fc4bd73
simplified: 太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
traditional: 太公釣魚，願者上鉤
pinyin: tai4 gong1 diao4 yu2 , yuan4 zhe3 shang4 gou1
english:
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose


id: c69ff2a24bc8d47182700f7a49314503f23794b2
simplified: 太史公
traditional: 太史公
pinyin: tai4 shi3 gong1
english:
Grand Scribe, the title by which Sima Qian 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1] refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]


id: 29c5bd4a91af4904f5583d5f3f36b3b5c7dfe147
simplified: 太和殿
traditional: 太和殿
pinyin: tai4 he2 dian4
english:
Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城[Zi3 jin4 cheng2]


id: c8702d8ab8ff5ac77023f6d001bedfa4e6d07fbd
simplified: 太子丹
traditional: 太子丹
pinyin: tai4 zi3 dan1
english:
Prince Dan of Yan (-226 BC), commissioned the attempted assassination of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) by Jing Ke 荆轲 in 227 BC


id: c61296f9c23a32632f5bd9fd7cc87b23b150fc46
simplified: 太子十三峰
traditional: 太子十三峰
pinyin: tai4 zi3 shi2 san1 feng1
english:
thirteen peaks of Meri snow mountains in 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], Yunnan/also written 梅里雪山[Mei2 li3 xue3 shan1]


id: a0b156de16d44d1fe8651a71cde28b08a0a0f178
simplified: 太学
traditional: 太學
pinyin: tai4 xue2
english:
Imperial College of Supreme Learning, established in 124 BC, and the highest educational institute in ancient China until the Sui Dynasty


id: f8d9f3443269f56fcbbe89b9f831459d79a593da
simplified: 太宗
traditional: 太宗
pinyin: tai4 zong1
english:
posthumous name given to second emperor of a dynasty/King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418


id: 4f62276c51ad03f6779096a021ad68375641c5db
simplified: 太平御览
traditional: 太平御覽
pinyin: tai4 ping2 yu4 lan3
english:
Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era, general Song dynasty encyclopedia compiled during 977-983 under Li Fang 李昉[Li3 Fang3], 1000 scrolls


id: 0916d0cd4c432b7f0dca2f5a3f650bee73a3d61d
simplified: 太极
traditional: 太極
pinyin: tai4 ji2
english:
the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology


id: 91f2c792efd47336506f9491746271eda5e9ec30
simplified: 太极图说
traditional: 太極圖說
pinyin: tai4 ji2 tu2 shuo1
english:
philosophical book by Song dynasty scholar Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤|周敦颐[Zhou1 Dun1 yi2], starting from an interpretation of the Book of Changes


id: 723f679b8b9cf5f06de8ea265a83877441221d5a
simplified: 太极拳
traditional: 太極拳
pinyin: tai4 ji2 quan2
english:
shadowboxing or Taiji, T'aichi or T'aichichuan/traditional form of physical exercise or relaxation/a martial art


id: d0b7dcfb40de261dc560bb3fd38527ffe22aae8c
simplified: 太岁
traditional: 太歲
pinyin: tai4 sui4
english:
Tai Sui, God of the year/archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1]/nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area


id: 16f9f2a4cd6e1d8b429abbdfcc8129ceb619659e
simplified: 太湖
traditional: 太湖
pinyin: tai4 hu2
english:
Lake Tai near Wuxi City 無錫|无锡, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes


id: 2953923dc6758d5b1f813e3c12853c6dd80db495
simplified: 太爷
traditional: 太爺
pinyin: tai4 ye2
english:
(respectful for) one's grandfather/sb's father/older people/the head of the house (used by servants)/a district magistrate


id: 7e8b7aa72b1be34224c6e76488ee021a63f0e8ce
simplified: 太虚
traditional: 太虛
pinyin: tai4 xu1
english:
great emptiness/the void/heaven/the skies/universe/cosmos/original essence of the cosmos/Taixu (famed Buddhist monk, 1890-1947)


id: c70161dd205d96ff00476234df1d4b3393aac503
simplified: 太阳饼
traditional: 太陽餅
pinyin: tai4 yang2 bing3
english:
suncake (small round cake made with flaky pastry and a maltose filling, originally from Taichung, Taiwan)


id: f9a539fa772ccbe9266c1e6368be199e204666f4
simplified: 太鲁阁
traditional: 太魯閣
pinyin: tai4 lu3 ge2
english:
Taroko gorge national park in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[Hua1 lian2 Xian4], Taiwan/Taroko ethnic group Taiwan


id: 99304b36358c012b601b4c50492e6dbef680e45f
simplified: 夫
traditional: 夫
pinyin: fu2
radicalSimplified: 大
radicalTraditional: 大
english:
(classical) this, that/he, she, they/(exclamatory final particle)/(initial particle, introduces an opinion)


id: 7a91b93357c323ff52a5701e55195dd9f750b326
simplified: 夫妻相
traditional: 夫妻相
pinyin: fu1 qi1 xiang4
english:
similarity in features of an old couple/common facial traits that show predestination to be married together


id: 61b76416d00fd7056418f9485000931cfa77c372
simplified: 夫子自道
traditional: 夫子自道
pinyin: fu1 zi3 zi4 dao4
english:
appearing to be praising others while actually praising yourself/one's criticism of others exposes one's own faults


id: 1479e5947793766274487e4ebff3bbad7d60fb69
simplified: 央行
traditional: 央行
pinyin: yang1 hang2
english:
central bank/abbr. for various central banks, notably 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Yin2 hang2] and 中央銀行|中央银行[Zhong1 yang1 Yin2 hang2]


id: 7c5d671055dcdb785225d577a5d3e2bd6315d144
simplified: 央视
traditional: 央視
pinyin: yang1 shi4
english:
China Central Television (CCTV), abbr. for 中國中央電視台|中国中央电视台[Zhong1 guo2 Zhong1 yang1 Dian4 shi4 tai2]


id: 67c5d9f4e4cc6fbae8f0a72c60face690e6caaca
simplified: 失之东隅，收之桑榆
traditional: 失之東隅，收之桑榆
pinyin: shi1 zhi1 dong1 yu2 , shou1 zhi1 sang1 yu2
english:
to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)/to compensate later for one's earlier loss/what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts


id: 4a03e61e9718b49385f2cbc568657fe312a48431
simplified: 失事
traditional: 失事
pinyin: shi1 shi4
english:
(of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc)/to mess things up


id: 89778512d929319757913152f25ecddf8bfe9d7d
simplified: 失准
traditional: 失準
pinyin: shi1 zhun3
english:
not up to scratch/subpar/off/gone awry/(of an instrument) to be out of kilter/(of a forecast) to be off the mark


id: bb12bfb20abb0cc12b69d510c3751c9f850a48fc
simplified: 失职
traditional: 失職
pinyin: shi1 zhi2
english:
to lose one's job/unemployment/not to fulfill one's obligations/to neglect one's job/dereliction of duty


id: ca37bf830c452bf723699d4370c444728c815b19
simplified: 失道寡助
traditional: 失道寡助
pinyin: shi1 dao4 gua3 zhu4
english:
an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius)/cf 得道多助[de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4] a just cause attracts much support


id: f339072ff0c8965b37fa7046e9f7a1be7d754695
simplified: 夷
traditional: 夷
pinyin: yi2
radicalSimplified: 大
radicalTraditional: 大
english:
non-Han people, esp. to the East of China/barbarians/to wipe out/to exterminate/to tear down/to raze


id: fdb6f28f4c6c276deca6aba3c7a06fc08a2fe93d
simplified: 夷陵
traditional: 夷陵
pinyin: yi2 ling2
english:
Yiling (barbarian mound), historical place name in Yichang county 宜昌縣|宜昌县 Hubei, first mentioned in history (after its destruction by Qin) as burial place of the former Chu kings/Yiling district of Yichang city 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 shi4], Hubei


id: 2e2a3052a8bda2d64faa309baf73fe0362118ba2
simplified: 夹
traditional: 夾
pinyin: jia1
radicalSimplified: 一
radicalTraditional: 大
english:
to press from either side/to place in between/to sandwich/to carry sth under armpit/wedged between/between/to intersperse/to mix/to mingle/clip/folder/Taiwan pr. [jia2]


id: ccd8532dd395c6084eba25f936b694a4d0751ab9
simplified: 夹山寺
traditional: 夾山寺
pinyin: jia1 shan1 si4
english:
Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen 石门, Changde 常德, Hunan, the purported final home and burial place of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成


id: 5a3cea6b9ceb6caf9683873c1c3ef85348665a06
simplified: 夹带
traditional: 夾帶
pinyin: jia1 dai4
english:
to carry within it/to be mixed in/to slip sth in/to intersperse/(hydrology etc) to entrain/to smuggle/notes smuggled into an exam


id: 3a65e389e9db3f04ebdc78b0b42881c9ba4ed3f5
simplified: 夹心饼干
traditional: 夾心餅乾
pinyin: jia1 xin1 bing3 gan1
english:
sandwich cookie/(jocularly) sb who is caught between two opposing parties/sb who is between the hammer and the anvil


id: b060683a3522e7d2fd85e6005e95e5ea76d82582
simplified: 夹击
traditional: 夾擊
pinyin: jia1 ji1
english:
pincer attack/attack from two or more sides/converging attack/attack on a flank/fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks


id: f577fda56a462005ac661097b34201a2d722d8f1
simplified: 夹攻
traditional: 夾攻
pinyin: jia1 gong1
english:
attack from two sides/pincer movement/converging attack/attack on a flank/fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks


id: d3136c849d61af3d012715bb41041e3144065a63
simplified: 夹生饭
traditional: 夾生飯
pinyin: jia1 sheng1 fan4
english:
half-cooked rice/(fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance/Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4]


id: d9ddec1013472e3e27ab308315caf75bc65d2d0a
simplified: 奇台
traditional: 奇台
pinyin: qi2 tai2
english:
Qitai county or Guchung nahiyisi in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州[Chang1 ji2 Hui2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang


id: fd73ea40c1fac6a8e5567bbbe69a5d7048535aee
simplified: 奇文共赏
traditional: 奇文共賞
pinyin: qi2 wen2 gong4 shang3
english:
lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)/incomprehensible nonsense/preposterous bullshit


id: d8c43b0ca1cb970abb0da1e9a45b831d7e38543a
simplified: 奉
traditional: 奉
pinyin: feng4
radicalSimplified: 大
radicalTraditional: 大
english:
to offer (tribute)/to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc)/to esteem/to revere/to believe in (a religion)/to wait upon/to accept orders (from superior)


id: 922038fcf0ad799aef7a1eb7bcc4c5ebca6bf463
simplified: 奉若神明
traditional: 奉若神明
pinyin: feng4 ruo4 shen2 ming2
english:
to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere/to worship/to deify/to make a holy cow of sth/to put sb on a pedestal


id: bab719026f0c1d7436ac00b2994d0817c566579d
simplified: 奎屯
traditional: 奎屯
pinyin: kui2 tun2
english:
Kuitun city or Küytun shehiri 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: a84821e579382662ef2176f3b949288f3db3d731
simplified: 契丹
traditional: 契丹
pinyin: qi4 dan1
english:
Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2]


id: 813c63435db62f0e5454c93f2725d0c420740521
simplified: 奔奔族
traditional: 奔奔族
pinyin: ben1 ben1 zu2
english:
lit. Rushing Clan, generation born between 1975-1985 and China's most hedonistic and hard-working social group (netspeak)


id: 0cf5d58c851aaa074e2933befa4a961658531490
simplified: 奕䜣
traditional: 奕訢
pinyin: yi4 xin1
english:
Grand Prince Yixin (1833-1898), sixth son of Emperor Daoguang, prominent politician, diplomat and modernizer in late Qing


id: 0e7a56b0d1675656dd0f9f3932c175456d40f9ac
simplified: 套
traditional: 套
pinyin: tao4
radicalSimplified: 大
radicalTraditional: 大
english:
to cover/to encase/cover/sheath/to overlap/to interleave/to model after/to copy/formula/harness/loop of rope/(fig.) to fish for/to obtain slyly/classifier for sets, collections/bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)/tau (Greek letter Ττ)


id: 9ec3a71de5600493116436e291bb3c10e4b28467
simplified: 套数
traditional: 套數
pinyin: tao4 shu4
english:
song cycle in Chinese opera/(fig.) a series of tricks/polite remarks/number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses)


id: f3249810a3b733fcda3d5a283b094d03e9e9befe
simplified: 奥
traditional: 奧
pinyin: ao4
radicalSimplified: 大
radicalTraditional: 大
english:
obscure/mysterious/Austria/Austrian/abbr. for 奧地利|奥地利[Ao4 di4 li4]/Olympic/Olympics/abbr. for 奧林匹克|奥林匹克[Ao4 lin2 pi3 ke4]


id: c262099e5c17ee9ea5332ae2c57ce4e7603c6508
simplified: 奥姆真理教
traditional: 奧姆真理教
pinyin: ao4 mu3 zhen1 li3 jiao4
english:
Aum Shinrikyo (or Supreme Truth), the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway


id: 06098094836338deea6111909ede091baee8115e
simplified: 奥威尔
traditional: 奧威爾
pinyin: ao4 wei1 er3
english:
Orwell (name)/George Orwell (1903-1950), British novelist, author of Animal Farm 動物農場|动物农场 and 1984 一九八四年


id: be00119a04892e2dfce2c99cbc652ad8cac227ed
simplified: 奥康纳
traditional: 奧康納
pinyin: ao4 kang1 na4
english:
O'Connor (name)/Thomas Power O'Connor (1848-1929), Irish journalist and nationalist political leader


id: f944c4d638f4d530333c70b43bc52c57264c83e8
simplified: 奥数
traditional: 奧數
pinyin: ao4 shu4
english:
International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)/abbr. for 國際奧林匹克數學競賽|国际奥林匹克数学竞赛[Guo2 ji4 Ao4 lin2 pi3 ke4 Shu4 xue2 Jing4 sai4]


id: 698f8ac0617bfd0c915e01a2c5a2db37c2afce1f
simplified: 奥斯特洛夫斯基
traditional: 奧斯特洛夫斯基
pinyin: ao4 si1 te4 luo4 fu1 si1 ji1
english:
Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904-1936), Soviet socialist realist writer/Alexander Ostrovsky (1823-1886), Russian playwright


id: 57afd9214cb124e85a4daec7f5059db7b5f52e3b
simplified: 奥特莱斯
traditional: 奧特萊斯
pinyin: ao4 te4 lai2 si1
english:
outlets (loanword)/retail outlet (e.g. specializing in seconds of famous brands)/factory outlet retail store


id: 90d6fb5fd4eda19595285eba24fc36cb9d26c0b8
simplified: 夺
traditional: 奪
pinyin: duo2
radicalSimplified: 大
radicalTraditional: 大
english:
to seize/to take away forcibly/to wrest control of/to compete or strive for/to force one's way through/to leave out/to lose


id: aba16c2ae141ef804a0a8f2f02fcd3da65be74d2
simplified: 奋不顾身
traditional: 奮不顧身
pinyin: fen4 bu4 gu4 shen1
english:
to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers/regardless of perils


id: 8d9b930f5cb60f566ec1e586c4d12e241fc0cd32
simplified: 女大十八变
traditional: 女大十八變
pinyin: nu:3 da4 shi2 ba1 bian4
english:
lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)/fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was


id: 08f5bc2c578522a44b2c582fd576e5941f9a8d07
simplified: 女娃
traditional: 女娃
pinyin: nu:3 wa2
english:
(dialect) girl/mythological daughter of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yan2 di4] who turned into bird Jingwei 精衛|精卫[Jing1 wei4] after drowning


id: ba1e32d50aeab34220620f9729a4efd4ee4d9614
simplified: 女书
traditional: 女書
pinyin: nu:3 shu1
english:
Nü Shu writing, a phonetic syllabary for Yao ethnic group 瑶族 瑤族 dialect designed and used by women in Jiangyong county 江永縣|江永县 in southern Hunan


id: 2b7483d7d660ccb6da09b20ecff15101ddb26080
simplified: 女真
traditional: 女真
pinyin: nu:3 zhen1
english:
Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] and Qing Dynasty


id: 9010d7691cac51a56b9f0af0d558332a539c4fe7
simplified: 奶奶
traditional: 奶奶
pinyin: nai3 nai5
english:
(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)/(respectful) mistress of the house/CL:位[wei4]/(coll.) boobies/breasts


id: 35aab34fdfb015189f3845f0eef1df3a2ec65ac0
simplified: 好
traditional: 好
pinyin: hao3
radicalSimplified: 女
radicalTraditional: 女
english:
good/well/proper/good to/easy to/very/so/(suffix indicating completion or readiness)/(of two people) close/on intimate terms/(after a personal pronoun) hello


id: c4eb0d99b1c42b41dc989b2131075ca3ada9ac30
simplified: 好事
traditional: 好事
pinyin: hao3 shi4
english:
good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")/charity/happy occasion/Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead


id: cd146801a9548a42359185835e2ca386f17d301b
simplified: 好事不出门，恶事传千里
traditional: 好事不出門，惡事傳千里
pinyin: hao3 shi4 bu4 chu1 men2 , e4 shi4 chuan2 qian1 li3
english:
lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles/a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)


id: 8a0ffb05c079a214253de924a355ec634b952c87
simplified: 好学近乎知，力行近乎仁，知耻近乎勇
traditional: 好學近乎知，力行近乎仁，知恥近乎勇
pinyin: hao4 xue2 jin4 hu1 zhi1 , li4 xing2 jin4 hu1 ren2 , zhi1 chi3 jin4 hu1 yong3
english:
to love learning is akin to knowledge, to study diligently is akin to benevolence, to know shame is akin to courage (Confucius)


id: de01bd4a2532fc70169d6e25dcefdcf12786823d
simplified: 好心倒做了驴肝肺
traditional: 好心倒做了驢肝肺
pinyin: hao3 xin1 dao4 zuo4 le5 lu:2 gan1 fei1
english:
lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom)/fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent


id: c3b4a198ad8117d2e58f723eadd34152c943f0d0
simplified: 好意思
traditional: 好意思
pinyin: hao3 yi4 si5
english:
to have the nerve/what a cheek!/to feel no shame/to overcome the shame/(is it) proper? (rhetorical question)


id: 4e61feeb1913de6bb742060068fa296ed907259f
simplified: 好戏还在后头
traditional: 好戲還在後頭
pinyin: hao3 xi4 hai2 zai4 hou4 tou5
english:
the best part of the show is yet to come/(with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come/you ain't seen nothin' yet


id: b8d8dcef14eccefe05a11e502c6f6b7e089c3787
simplified: 好汉做事好汉当
traditional: 好漢做事好漢當
pinyin: hao3 han4 zuo4 shi4 hao3 han4 dang1
english:
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom)/a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions/the buck stops here


id: 84ade6fabe453dc9293e17e4db8b5111f4b3ef87
simplified: 好话
traditional: 好話
pinyin: hao3 hua4
english:
friendly advice/words spoken on sb's behalf/a good word/kind words/words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions


id: 1fe20f4bed38f670f89da525503f343b630ceed6
simplified: 好饭不怕晚
traditional: 好飯不怕晚
pinyin: hao3 fan4 bu4 pa4 wan3
english:
the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten/the good things in life are worth waiting for


id: 9d6eaca7add16cdbc21975006ae0b550944cd5da
simplified: 好马不吃回头草
traditional: 好馬不吃回頭草
pinyin: hao3 ma3 bu4 chi1 hui2 tou2 cao3
english:
lit. a good horse doesn't come back to the same pasture (idiom)/fig. one should not go back to one's past experiences (of love, job etc)


id: 880b6055782b4cb080cf265652ea3b9292ca11c7
simplified: 如人饮水，冷暖自知
traditional: 如人飲水，冷暖自知
pinyin: ru2 ren2 yin3 shui3 , leng3 nuan3 zi4 zhi1
english:
the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb); self-awareness comes from within/to know best by personal experience


id: 21d5c7d70d6b713e86a0983762008045c43336d0
simplified: 如来
traditional: 如來
pinyin: ru2 lai2
english:
tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)


id: 520a3eb13915f953f52b568f1cb5513bb412c5bb
simplified: 如是我闻
traditional: 如是我聞
pinyin: ru2 shi4 wo3 wen2
english:
so I have heard (idiom)/the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism)


id: 59c30b07fccdbb7adf310291e80be064937e9399
simplified: 如蛆附骨
traditional: 如蛆附骨
pinyin: ru2 qu1 fu4 gu3
english:
lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom)/fig. fixed on sth/to cling on without letting go/to pester obstinately


id: b3f904fd6890e59af0f1533e81ff79402cd30cbb
simplified: 如蝇逐臭
traditional: 如蠅逐臭
pinyin: ru2 ying2 zhu2 chou4
english:
like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful/the crowd runs after trash


id: b7d4bcefac68e6a23895248c0cc37ba8b6bd1cfa
simplified: 如醉如痴
traditional: 如醉如癡
pinyin: ru2 zui4 ru2 chi1
english:
lit. as if drunk and stupefied (idiom)/intoxicated by sth/obsessed with/mad about sth/also written 如癡如醉|如痴如醉[ru2 chi1 ru2 zui4]


id: 9a0ea9909f10a7bebf89732007d4fdf27a275b7d
simplified: 如鲠在喉
traditional: 如鯁在喉
pinyin: ru2 geng3 zai4 hou2
english:
lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom)/fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure


id: 73d3c03f779111ba259e3a7d07550e510a2fcd72
simplified: 妥坝
traditional: 妥壩
pinyin: tuo3 ba4
english:
former county from 1983 in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet/replaced by Qamdo, Zhag'yab and Jomdo counties in 1999


id: b7c8e9c569cff5cdea7edab5a861a68973550277
simplified: 妥坝县
traditional: 妥壩縣
pinyin: tuo3 ba4 xian4
english:
former county from 1983 in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet/divided into Qamdo, Zhag'yab and Jomdo counties in 1999


id: c7232b288f7aaa98b5133bbb95071eb6143389e7
simplified: 妥帖
traditional: 妥帖
pinyin: tuo3 tie1
english:
properly/satisfactorily/firmly/very fitting/appropriate/proper/to be in good order/also written 妥貼|妥贴[tuo3 tie1]


id: 575db71fb4a28d9e8aeea50eb08baa9948720133
simplified: 妲己
traditional: 妲己
pinyin: da2 ji3
english:
Daji (c. 11th century BC), mythical fox spirit and concubine of the last Shang Dynasty Emperor Zhou Xin 紂辛|纣辛[Zhou4 Xin1]


id: fdf25527d2f73945f8b41d7d73be039eea10d3ee
simplified: 始发
traditional: 始發
pinyin: shi3 fa1
english:
(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey)/to start (being issued or circulated)/to start (happening)/originating


id: 18151d13c260e18bed6a7f5a02ec22a42704479b
simplified: 委
traditional: 委
pinyin: wei3
radicalSimplified: 女
radicalTraditional: 女
english:
to entrust/to cast aside/to shift (blame etc)/to accumulate/roundabout/winding/dejected/listless/committee member/council/end/actually/certainly/surname Wei


id: 8f1eb23aac290f60f1d89b98226ac44bdc71d896
simplified: 委身
traditional: 委身
pinyin: wei3 shen1
english:
to give oneself wholly to/to put oneself at sb's service/(of a woman) to give one's body to/to marry


id: bf9f1cfefe321ceeb6a068ee5141564b8fa3fb54
simplified: 姚安
traditional: 姚安
pinyin: yao2 an1
english:
Yao'an 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: 20d470d1d69df8fa95aa4def7d1c453a7ae33f1f
simplified: 姚明
traditional: 姚明
pinyin: yao2 ming2
english:
Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011


id: b69c0c20d999eb653803396ea506e9da30be35f6
simplified: 姚滨
traditional: 姚濱
pinyin: yao2 bin1
english:
Yao Bin (1957-), PRC champion ice skater during early 1980s and more recently national skating coach


id: 675693a3eea577aa32b356fad93cd29a5c05bbc6
simplified: 姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
traditional: 姜太公釣魚，願者上鉤
pinyin: jiang1 tai4 gong1 diao4 yu2 , yuan4 zhe3 shang4 gou1
english:
Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose


id: 50a077ce59c4080dc074ddc903b27d5dff713ede
simplified: 姜子牙
traditional: 姜子牙
pinyin: jiang1 zi3 ya2
english:
Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]


id: 6fc422c92f49e9ba8aa7c08d806bd7e584e7a22f
simplified: 姜石年
traditional: 姜石年
pinyin: jiang1 shi2 nian2
english:
Jiang Shinian (c. 2000 BC), birth name of Shennong 神農|神农[Sheng2 nong2] Farmer God, first of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China


id: 3e19af2f876b7b62a89672031f7dd92f93733abc
simplified: 姬
traditional: 姬
pinyin: ji1
radicalSimplified: 女
radicalTraditional: 女
variants: 姫
english:
woman/concubine/female entertainer (archaic)/surname Ji/family name of the Zhou Dynasty 周代[Zhou1 dai4] (1046-256 BC)


id: a68b1e4f03e2874a064c4a9f76ea083cf8ddbc4b
simplified: 威妥玛
traditional: 威妥瑪
pinyin: wei1 tuo3 ma3
english:
Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system


id: a403c3197f49b0cc081f72cdce2a8d10396ff817
simplified: 威灵顿
traditional: 威靈頓
pinyin: wei1 ling2 dun4
english:
Wellington, capital of New Zealand (Tw)/Wellington (name)/Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1851)


id: 0a7046b979b010b82e69ca7b78b91fbc72bc0091
simplified: 娘娘
traditional: 娘娘
pinyin: niang2 niang5
english:
queen/empress/imperial concubine/Goddess, esp. Xi Wangmu 王母娘娘 or 西王母, Queen Mother of the West/mother/aunt


id: e87e7e17384bf4d16794d621cf0150202f79090b
simplified: 媒合
traditional: 媒合
pinyin: mei2 he2
english:
to match up (employers and jobseekers, men and women seeking a partner, blind people and guide dogs etc)


id: 5acdfb6f87b41203da2cd8d1d95474806301d47b
simplified: 媳妇熬成婆
traditional: 媳婦熬成婆
pinyin: xi2 fu4 ao2 cheng2 po2
english:
lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom)/fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor/what goes around comes around


id: 6be557e880862908aedbbb2bd13a17589e18bbfb
simplified: 嫁鸡随鸡
traditional: 嫁雞隨雞
pinyin: jia4 ji1 sui2 ji1
english:
If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken (idiom); A woman should follow whatever her husband orders./We must learn to accept the people around us.


id: 7dd72bf2d56b45f1ca9543fa0073529e32004a03
simplified: 嫡系
traditional: 嫡系
pinyin: di2 xi4
english:
direct line of descent/under one's personal command/school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine


id: 586de037a1e76287c2f46b6c83c94c1d72012edd
simplified: 嫪毐
traditional: 嫪毐
pinyin: lao4 ai3
english:
Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis/in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao


id: 570f43d830806245929585ccc1db5f18be2062db
simplified: 嬉笑怒骂
traditional: 嬉笑怒罵
pinyin: xi1 xiao4 nu4 ma4
english:
lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom)/fig. all kinds of emotions/to mock and scold/(of writing) freely roving/following the author's fancy


id: 6c8cd83135106f61554a5ff1e21ebc397cfea2de
simplified: 子
traditional: 子
pinyin: zi3
radicalSimplified: 子
radicalTraditional: 子
variants: 只
english:
son/child/seed/egg/small thing/1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat/Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]/ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)


id: ae9241ac1d7bbe3032b88040a5e9e9b0d80264f3
simplified: 孔丛子
traditional: 孔叢子
pinyin: kong3 cong2 zi3
english:
the K'ung family Masters' anthology, collection of dialogues between Confucius and his disciples, possibly forged in third century by Wang Su 王肅|王肃[Wang2 Su4]


id: 1058a55092aa8390f2d50c584f6b91b2a588cb8d
simplified: 孔子学院
traditional: 孔子學院
pinyin: kong3 zi3 xue2 yuan4
english:
Confucius Institute, organization established internationally by the PRC, promoting Chinese language and culture


id: 41abf37375083952c81b25fc8b73597768f255ca
simplified: 孔尚任
traditional: 孔尚任
pinyin: kong3 shang4 ren4
english:
Kong Shangren (1648-1718), Qing dramatist and poet, author of The Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇[Tao2 hua1 Shan4]


id: e05372cdf407aa76fd3286f2c0110234b5f61f5c
simplified: 孔融让梨
traditional: 孔融讓梨
pinyin: kong3 rong2 rang4 li2
english:
Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty


id: 2d5a3a244882432b4e48fbfbd62f35bb47b78f4d
simplified: 孕育
traditional: 孕育
pinyin: yun4 yu4
english:
to be pregnant/to produce offspring/to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc)/fig. replete with (culture etc)


id: ac286dc07a70f9e398fd55d67d8232266f9b8058
simplified: 字
traditional: 字
pinyin: zi4
radicalSimplified: 子
radicalTraditional: 子
english:
letter/symbol/character/word/CL:個|个[ge4]/courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China


id: 2b82bed994c841248d45d152c22deb29d0609aba
simplified: 字汇
traditional: 字彙
pinyin: zi4 hui4
english:
(computer) character repertoire/glossary, lexicon/Zihui, Chinese character dictionary with 33,179 entries, released in 17th century


id: 76300e6d655664656ee27514073c6c5974d190a1
simplified: 字样
traditional: 字樣
pinyin: zi4 yang4
english:
model or template character/written slogan or phrase/mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)


id: 5dac2d9d33024cff0d757dbb462996e823ca6f26
simplified: 存有
traditional: 存有
pinyin: cun2 you3
english:
to hold in storage/to retain/to harbor (feelings)/to entertain (sentiments)/(of abstract things) to exist/there is


id: a07428164f9534f2f152308071d554558bec03c8
simplified: 孜孜不倦
traditional: 孜孜不倦
pinyin: zi1 zi1 bu4 juan4
english:
lit. diligent and never slacking (idiom); continuous concentrated effort/assiduous (in study)/to concentrate


id: 8a5886dfd2cca9fb1bf84055d779ff234ce33ab4
simplified: 孝廉
traditional: 孝廉
pinyin: xiao4 lian2
english:
xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing/successful second degree candidate


id: 82712d961e513a2871a0a29c362f927266c6973f
simplified: 孝悌忠信
traditional: 孝悌忠信
pinyin: xiao4 ti4 zhong1 xin4
english:
Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity/piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends


id: 0f792d3bb211a6879df53da2cc80131f035ac502
simplified: 孝敬
traditional: 孝敬
pinyin: xiao4 jing4
english:
to show filial respect/to give presents (to one's elders or superiors)/to support one's aged parents


id: 7c331840e9802efcec833bf1b162ed9e6f02b025
simplified: 孝圣宪
traditional: 孝聖憲
pinyin: xiao4 sheng4 xian4
english:
Empress Xiaoshengxian (1693-1777), consort of Emperor Yongzheng 雍正[Yong1 zheng4] and mother of Emperor Qianlong 乾隆[Qian2 long2]


id: dc180a769f0877831fafeb266cc98953ade5a237
simplified: 孝肃
traditional: 孝肅
pinyin: xiao4 su4
english:
Xiaosu, posthumous name of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty


id: 891186a5f8e2a65842feb1dcba61c09a39483e6d
simplified: 孝顺
traditional: 孝順
pinyin: xiao4 shun4
english:
filial/dutiful/devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc)/to show filial piety towards (an older family member)/filial piety


id: 254af186ce7165336e8c2126eae931acd536d68c
simplified: 孟姜女
traditional: 孟姜女
pinyin: meng4 jiang1 nu:3
english:
heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body


id: bb5454a1be0c6c058f843c2f3ccdf182762e4a06
simplified: 孟子
traditional: 孟子
pinyin: meng4 zi3
english:
Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius/book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism


id: 06dbb480fd3edbc9056e5621867b69fbb00b9411
simplified: 孟思诚
traditional: 孟思誠
pinyin: meng4 si1 cheng2
english:
Maeng Saseong (1360-1438), Korean politician of the Goryeo-Joseon transition, famous for his honesty and wisdom


id: 0de10fdc23bc0c2467f3f61865b28f7b80788091
simplified: 季
traditional: 季
pinyin: ji4
radicalSimplified: 子
radicalTraditional: 子
english:
season/the last month of a season/fourth or youngest amongst brothers/classifier for seasonal crop yields/surname Ji


id: 62fa4e42b2bd4240bd0946e68fec1715825843b5
simplified: 孤家寡人
traditional: 孤家寡人
pinyin: gu1 jia1 gua3 ren2
english:
one who is cut off from others (idiom)/one who has chosen to follow a solitary path/(can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)


id: 64bf812827e70034104d4051dbb945fc2bed694e
simplified: 孤拔
traditional: 孤拔
pinyin: gu1 ba2
english:
Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War


id: 60a51725edbbee48c580b9b0d153c68979864272
simplified: 孤掌难鸣
traditional: 孤掌難鳴
pinyin: gu1 zhang3 nan2 ming2
english:
It's hard to clap with only one hand./It takes two to tango/It's difficult to achieve anything without support.


id: 520007e69a0358199a9aaf4132bf7479783d35c0
simplified: 孤男寡女
traditional: 孤男寡女
pinyin: gu1 nan2 gua3 nu:3
english:
a single man and a single woman/bachelors/a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)


id: 6b3d62d7f0252a9f5eead0b53059d8bb866d1911
simplified: 孤军奋战
traditional: 孤軍奮戰
pinyin: gu1 jun1 fen4 zhan4
english:
lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom)/fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support


id: 74870803dd7674119d89fee4cef7584ccce58729
simplified: 孩奴
traditional: 孩奴
pinyin: hai2 nu2
english:
"a slave to one's children", hard-working parents who would do everything to ensure their children's well-being, in disregard of their own needs


id: eb573d8c7d403ddb0823eeaa2db890a245fbcfcf
simplified: 孙中山
traditional: 孫中山
pinyin: sun1 zhong1 shan1
english:
Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党/same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙


id: 00fcef620f205c77c737cd3f8464f99086d341c0
simplified: 孙坚
traditional: 孫堅
pinyin: sun1 jian1
english:
Sun Jian (155-191), famous general at end of Han dynasty, forerunner of the southern kingdom of Wu of the Three Kingdoms


id: ca1a8ee1104e003357fb4b25356d868e43a8952c
simplified: 孙子
traditional: 孫子
pinyin: sun1 zi3
english:
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]


id: 816309e62c94ff583885d0a664cb905ee0d2a718
simplified: 孙子兵法
traditional: 孫子兵法
pinyin: sun1 zi3 bing1 fa3
english:
“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 Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3]


id: 5e7af575128e8d05e8ca740306a1eb41dd51972c
simplified: 孙思邈
traditional: 孫思邈
pinyin: sun1 si1 miao3
english:
Sun Simiao (c. 581-682), doctor and herbalist of the Sui and Tang dynasty, author of Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold 千金要方[Qian1 jin1 Yao4 fang1]


id: a5c8f3bf63a2dd05e668360efb562519ca4a04a6
simplified: 孙悦
traditional: 孫悅
pinyin: sun1 yue4
english:
Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star/Sun Yue (1985-), PRC basketball star, plays for Los Angeles Lakers from 2007


id: a1db54c2d100e3f572e8b85cdbf67f31989a51ca
simplified: 孙悟空
traditional: 孫悟空
pinyin: sun1 wu4 kong1
english:
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]/Son Goku, the main character in Dragon Ball 七龍珠|七龙珠[Qi1 long2 zhu1]


id: 51fcb9a8133087442d666cf31673c1f4bcd3c6f7
simplified: 孙权
traditional: 孫權
pinyin: sun1 quan2
english:
Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴 in the Three Kingdoms period


id: 69a3a0b0b51234cd2b7f578d6e51764c5768934a
simplified: 孙武
traditional: 孫武
pinyin: sun1 wu3
english:
Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]


id: 9a200a95cd2e53a2509441a1defd3fa7b10aaa60
simplified: 孙武子
traditional: 孫武子
pinyin: sun1 wu3 zi3
english:
Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC), author of "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]/also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3]


id: f9d514b298f58118f1fd84e3ecfa4959d490a3a3
simplified: 孙膑
traditional: 孫臏
pinyin: sun1 bin4
english:
Sun Bin (-316 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)


id: ac98150ba48d6659caa17a5b9c4eca9d7ef38f59
simplified: 孙行者
traditional: 孫行者
pinyin: sun1 xing2 zhe3
english:
Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1], the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]


id: c0ea73187d565dca62a38fcbed3bef9479103e2e
simplified: 孙诛
traditional: 孫誅
pinyin: sun1 zhu1
english:
Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 San1 bai3 Shou3]/also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士[Heng2 tang2 Tui4 shi4]


id: e54a88c3e22265a902c829166626b91f56a87fca
simplified: 孙逸仙
traditional: 孫逸仙
pinyin: sun1 yi4 xian1
english:
Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Kuomintang/same as 孫中山|孙中山


id: def5169823903d4d089497552f20cae5053c8d23
simplified: 学名
traditional: 學名
pinyin: xue2 ming2
english:
scientific name/Latin name (of plant or animal)/(according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students


id: 3e7327e98caa16d80748074d9394b2f3cda8b6c1
simplified: 学海无涯
traditional: 學海無涯
pinyin: xue2 hai3 wu2 ya2
english:
sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn/ars longa, vita brevis


id: a840e0da6967b6b5fa112c3209d0542c1c04fe23
simplified: 宀
traditional: 宀
pinyin: mian2
radicalSimplified: 宀
radicalTraditional: 宀
english:
"roof" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc/see also 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]


id: 8e0827f2b52df08314ca6cda0619acd72ef592c5
simplified: 宅男
traditional: 宅男
pinyin: zhai2 nan2
english:
a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")


id: a7d05d49d4ba2dc19fedd9c22c839569e3b5554a
simplified: 守成
traditional: 守成
pinyin: shou3 cheng2
english:
to preserve the accomplishments of previous generations/to carry on the good work of one's predecessors


id: 5fd7b4f1358c1ffa95046c9e39cabcea6ee99005
simplified: 守望相助
traditional: 守望相助
pinyin: shou3 wang4 xiang1 zhu4
english:
to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors/mutual help and protection


id: 30173c244ea6bc0de6b01ed28ee8c5d3d6d9156b
simplified: 守株待兔
traditional: 守株待兔
pinyin: shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4
english:
lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)/to wait idly for opportunities/to trust to chance rather than show initiative


id: a5b22da5258da3ac7170418106f029375e7480f9
simplified: 守株待兔，缘木求鱼
traditional: 守株待兔，緣木求魚
pinyin: shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4 , yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2
english:
to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action


id: 64de4678b74ab67ec9cba2180ffc472d01788740
simplified: 守业
traditional: 守業
pinyin: shou3 ye4
english:
to preserve one's heritage/to defend the accomplishments of previous generations/to carry on the good work/to keep one's business going


id: 089cb25390af019563a6795b0863a489d5e45eff
simplified: 安
traditional: 安
pinyin: an1
radicalSimplified: 宀
radicalTraditional: 宀
english:
content/calm/still/quiet/safe/secure/in good health/to find a place for/to install/to fix/to fit/to bring (a charge against sb)/to pacify/to harbor (good intentions)/security/safety/peace/ampere/surname An


id: fee8774b01daeb50353fdfaa886a605ac11c0dac
simplified: 安南
traditional: 安南
pinyin: an1 nan2
english:
Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam)/Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century)/Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period)/old name for Vietnam/Annan district of Tainan City 臺南市|台南市[Tai2 nan2 shi4], Taiwan/Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006


id: e75480c1bfb2fa391a821be3e78604ef8b1bee7d
simplified: 安南山脉
traditional: 安南山脈
pinyin: an1 nan2 shan1 mai4
english:
old term for Truong Son Ra 長山山脈|长山山脉, mountain range forming the border between Vietnam and Laos and Kampuchea


id: 7b8433de2078bd01e2e959c201699d684fece9d9
simplified: 安史之乱
traditional: 安史之亂
pinyin: an1 shi3 zhi1 luan4
english:
An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山|安禄山[An1 Lu4 shan1] and 史思明[Shi3 Si1 ming2], a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty


id: 8ddba0d32a5fc049bbf4a56e905051d147f027ca
simplified: 安土重迁
traditional: 安土重遷
pinyin: an1 tu3 zhong4 qian1
english:
to hate to leave a place where one has lived long/to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it


id: e2efbb6d92d6865198ff4cbb177b7ee66d11b3ce
simplified: 安定
traditional: 安定
pinyin: an1 ding4
english:
stable/quiet/settled/stabilize/maintain/stabilized/calm and orderly/Anting township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan


id: 9e5c0b627eee5d9d272cacd146eb09113464aaa5
simplified: 安宁
traditional: 安寧
pinyin: an1 ning2
english:
peaceful/tranquil/calm/composed/free from worry/Anning District of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市[Lan2 zhou1 Shi4], Gansu/Anning City, to the west of Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan


id: 3682ea296ea17e2c793015ee2c1a73d7176f2605
simplified: 安平
traditional: 安平
pinyin: an1 ping2
english:
Anping county in Hengshui 衡水[Heng2 shui3], Hebei/Anping district of Tainan City 臺南市|台南市[Tai2 nan2 shi4], Taiwan


id: 9791199d2b0e2886d5199238bea6bae217e95f7b
simplified: 安德海
traditional: 安德海
pinyin: an1 de2 hai3
english:
An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后


id: c1f3a022e370071c6f90bb94442828fc8f936702
simplified: 安瓦尔
traditional: 安瓦爾
pinyin: an1 wa3 er3
english:
Anwar (name)/Anwar bin Ibrahim (1947-), Malaysian politician, deputy prime minister 1993-1998, imprisoned 1999-2004 on charges including alleged homosexual acts, subsequently overturned


id: eefe24e469b40b1fffd51bd35fb358317805dbaa
simplified: 安禄山
traditional: 安祿山
pinyin: an1 lu4 shan1
english:
An Lushan (703-757), famous general and favorite of Tang emperor Xuanzong, eventually precipitated catastrophic An Shi rebellion (755-763)


id: a5f776abbfa009b7d485404fb2ca467ab463fd48
simplified: 安西
traditional: 安西
pinyin: an1 xi1
english:
Anxi county, former name of Guazhou county 瓜州縣|瓜州县[Gua1 zhou1 xian4] in Jiuquan 酒泉[Jiu3 quan2], Gansu


id: 7e03615915c6a03a02e8139a213c6d49780af121
simplified: 安重根
traditional: 安重根
pinyin: an1 zhong4 gen1
english:
An Jung-geun or Ahn Joong-keun (1879-1910), Korean independence activist, famous as assassin of Japanese prime minister ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤博文[Yi1 teng2 Bo2 wen2] in 1909


id: d295a08723cc1cf739d63246d48c8d860a18d9a1
simplified: 宋史
traditional: 宋史
pinyin: song4 shi3
english:
History of the Song Dynasty, twentieth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 496 scrolls/(not to be confused with 宋書|宋书[Song4 shu1])


id: 9bd3b9ce52ffce08680c014dfb14da2eeee25342
simplified: 宋四家
traditional: 宋四家
pinyin: song4 si4 jia1
english:
four famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼[Su1 Shi4], Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅|黄庭坚[Huang2 Ting2 jian1], Mi Fu 米芾[Mi3 Fu2] and Cai Xiang 蔡襄[Cai4 Xiang1]


id: 20c6f163ce09d8dc6d3c6cd33aa37a1fc8c304fa
simplified: 宋太祖
traditional: 宋太祖
pinyin: song4 tai4 zu3
english:
Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960


id: 4084cb27d93256b9c3ee1981682c66da2c1fd5c8
simplified: 宋慈
traditional: 宋慈
pinyin: song4 ci2
english:
Song Ci (1186-1249), Southern Song lawyer, editor of Record of Washed Grievances 洗冤集錄|洗冤集录 (1247), said to be the world's first legal forensic text


id: 183b0699603bd278f073fc203fdb36124dce78f9
simplified: 宋教仁
traditional: 宋教仁
pinyin: song4 jiao4 ren2
english:
Song Jiaoren (1882-1913), politician of the revolutionary party involved in the 1911 Xinhai revolution, murdered in Shanghai in 1913


id: 61f2e81d2d34b9fd083a45a16ac5d1f8aa95e8f4
simplified: 宋书
traditional: 宋書
pinyin: song4 shu1
english:
History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约[Shen2 Yue4] in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 100 scrolls/(not to be confused with 宋史[Song4 shi3])


id: 33cf840e849fa8604f1c58583ddbfb2ee53634be
simplified: 宋楚瑜
traditional: 宋楚瑜
pinyin: song4 chu3 yu2
english:
James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党


id: c2baa43efa6ebee0680442426d18615bbf0cc986
simplified: 宋武帝
traditional: 宋武帝
pinyin: song4 wu3 di4
english:
Emperor Wu of Song (363-422), personal name Liu Yu 劉裕|刘裕[Liu2 Yu4], founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned 420-422


id: 0d73b3e6358a27b13bdf5e83ad4efb79934cb352
simplified: 宋祁
traditional: 宋祁
pinyin: song4 qi2
english:
Song Qi (998-1061), Song dynasty poet and writer, coauthor of History of the Later Tang Dynasty 新唐書|新唐书


id: 3d4a64eb551c77a4933b58b33011057b7684fb03
simplified: 完璧归赵
traditional: 完璧歸趙
pinyin: wan2 bi4 gui1 zhao4
english:
lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner


id: d072558a082508123ddde08e2eaceca3779c58f9
simplified: 宗
traditional: 宗
pinyin: zong1
radicalSimplified: 宀
radicalTraditional: 宀
english:
school/sect/purpose/model/ancestor/clan/to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)/classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs/surname Zong


id: 9866d1fd58bbe556bdb657103ccbd7fc5db01521
simplified: 宗喀巴
traditional: 宗喀巴
pinyin: zong1 ka1 ba1
english:
Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibetan religious leader, founder of the Gelugpa school 格魯派|格鲁派[Ge2 lu3 pai4]


id: e0a7f7b7e5bba52d5364e754a6d3f72df83181a5
simplified: 官场现形记
traditional: 官場現形記
pinyin: guan1 chang3 xian4 xing2 ji4
english:
Observations on the Current State of Officialdom, late Qing novel by Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[Li3 Bao3 jia4]


id: dc2ccbe7e2c5088e71a82273c810bc785a87d35f
simplified: 官渡之战
traditional: 官渡之戰
pinyin: guan1 du4 zhi1 zhan4
english:
battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操 domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌|许昌[Xu3 chang1] in north Henan)


id: 67d50444de3c24ab1db1899c4d59b60479a15d5d
simplified: 官能
traditional: 官能
pinyin: guan1 neng2
english:
function/capability/sense (i.e. the five senses of sight 視|视, hearing 聽|听, smell 嗅, taste 味 and touch 觸|触)/faculty (i.e. specific ability)


id: 95635b9b5ad9d6fed418f62ced01db99d990e311
simplified: 官逼民反
traditional: 官逼民反
pinyin: guan1 bi1 min2 fan3
english:
a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people


id: f81d8907114b7fc0fbb1c425ff21f5e9db5306a1
simplified: 定律
traditional: 定律
pinyin: ding4 lu:4
english:
scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy)/(in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")


id: fd646f705c66cb5f019a6fb50b4a476febfe3cab
simplified: 定性
traditional: 定性
pinyin: ding4 xing4
english:
to determine the nature (usually of error or crime)/to determine chemical composition/qualitative/fixed


id: 7f05d2d7e484cfc7f30e170aab0a2befc3bea792
simplified: 定数
traditional: 定數
pinyin: ding4 shu4
english:
constant (math.)/quota/fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus)/fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck)/destiny


id: 3729a2949b54886340bb3a260e919c6d34276d01
simplified: 定于一尊
traditional: 定於一尊
pinyin: ding4 yu2 yi1 zun1
english:
(idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct/to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority


id: 7e323a9fb74a5d1f3a124384d29bbad810fd811f
simplified: 定远营
traditional: 定遠營
pinyin: ding4 yuan3 ying2
english:
old name of Bayan Hot 巴彥浩特|巴彦浩特[Ba1 yan4 Hao4 te4], capital of Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia


id: 6ae0124da607d67de0b6dfb4db120efd84d4df82
simplified: 定点
traditional: 定點
pinyin: ding4 dian3
english:
to determine a location/designated/appointed/specific/fixed (time)/fixed point (geometry)/fixed-point (number)


id: 59a13a516564aca0b921d4050e8ad9f0257e3a6b
simplified: 定鼎
traditional: 定鼎
pinyin: ding4 ding3
english:
lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great)/to fix the capital/to found a dynasty/used in advertising


id: 3b9b6ae6fe850f2bba3531e4c78699a9cf8b0616
simplified: 宛转
traditional: 宛轉
pinyin: wan3 zhuan3
english:
sinuous/meandering/to take a circuitous route/to toss about/vicissitudes/variant of 婉轉|婉转[wan3 zhuan3]


id: ee0abd68fd1c033b938f71770e64757e15f9407d
simplified: 宜山镇
traditional: 宜山鎮
pinyin: yi2 shan1 zhen4
english:
former Yizhan town, now called Yizhou county level city 宜州市[Yi2 zhou1 shi4] in Hechi 河池[He2 chi2], Guangxi


id: dcdd3d90c872a51d30b1acd198d0416cb35285c6
simplified: 客串
traditional: 客串
pinyin: ke4 chuan4
english:
to appear on stage in an amateur capacity/(of a professional) to make a guest appearance/(fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties/to substitute for


id: 3155f18f390a556877b8748cbe531a47a1264bde
simplified: 宣化
traditional: 宣化
pinyin: xuan1 hua4
english:
Xuanhua district of Zhangjiakou city 張家口市|张家口市[Zhang1 jia1 kou3 shi4], Hebei/Xuanhua county in Zhangjiakou


id: c592961c81306040bf4864cd78d978174f37e80f
simplified: 宣德
traditional: 宣德
pinyin: xuan1 de2
english:
Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, Temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1]


id: a92f39559183e687e1519769c3a0714e2c2c9546
simplified: 宣恩
traditional: 宣恩
pinyin: xuan1 en1
english:
Xuanen 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: 95806913107a414150b0691426bbc8498d146f72
simplified: 室
traditional: 室
pinyin: shi4
radicalSimplified: 宀
radicalTraditional: 宀
english:
room/work unit/grave/scabbard/family or clan/one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy/surname Shi


id: 4a2260b040b2fc3dcb1146b8c2dd0fb523911780
simplified: 宦门
traditional: 宦門
pinyin: huan4 men2
english:
family of officials/family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China)


id: dd4342895af5ce18edeaf45b2e2d75db8f35797c
simplified: 宫商角徵羽
traditional: 宮商角徵羽
pinyin: gong1 shang1 jue2 zhi3 yu3
english:
pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la


id: a7133699d0e227f93610ea696c2ad09371140ec2
simplified: 宰予昼寝
traditional: 宰予晝寢
pinyin: zai3 yu3 zhou4 qin3
english:
Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures


id: 8910042dc867b541735b6af3cd68cb0829af656c
simplified: 害喜
traditional: 害喜
pinyin: hai4 xi3
english:
to have morning sickness during pregnancy/to have a strong appetite for certain foods (during pregnancy)


id: b97b77e772e1d98afff37e4e916b2b9d2b0f354b
simplified: 家
traditional: 家
pinyin: jia1
radicalSimplified: 宀
radicalTraditional: 宀
variants: 傢
english:
home/family/(polite) my (sister, uncle etc)/classifier for families or businesses/refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China/noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian/CL:個|个[ge4]/surname Jia


id: b0009e81b09e1de62368e18d60f7aef441564a91
simplified: 家数
traditional: 家數
pinyin: jia1 shu4
english:
the distinctive style and techniques handed down from master to apprentice within a particular school


id: 18967745d94873b5722380dff954ebd525a82688
simplified: 家累千金，坐不垂堂
traditional: 家累千金，坐不垂堂
pinyin: jia1 lei3 qian1 jin1 , zuo4 bu4 chui2 tang2
english:
lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expose himself to danger


id: 0321127bb0581e3bcc611be65ec742949b72de28
simplified: 家亲
traditional: 家親
pinyin: jia1 qin1
english:
older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents)/one's deceased close relatives


id: 57c93e685c98e974ed117c584f7b54929b83659b
simplified: 家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信
traditional: 家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信
pinyin: jia1 chou3 bu4 ke3 wai4 chuan2 , liu2 yan2 qie4 mo4 qing1 xin4
english:
Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)/Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.


id: e4f6e1ac553229fd14fdc4a0a3efe7ebf2bc25b1
simplified: 宿草
traditional: 宿草
pinyin: su4 cao3
english:
grass that has grown on a grave since last year/(fig.) grave/to have died long ago/fodder provided to animals for the night


id: 65c8b6758fe91e0eb51336cdf3b1b953679ef426
simplified: 寄
traditional: 寄
pinyin: ji4
radicalSimplified: 宀
radicalTraditional: 宀
english:
to send/to mail/to entrust/to depend on/to attach oneself to/to live (in a house)/to lodge/foster (son etc)


id: 84226907889cd290c5be84f909429de26b51cc18
simplified: 寄生
traditional: 寄生
pinyin: ji4 sheng1
english:
to live in or on another organism as a parasite/to live by taking advantage of others/parasitism/parasitic


id: 884da74da40a7b2ff8c82796b5706a5afd0ff649
simplified: 寄托
traditional: 寄託
pinyin: ji4 tuo1
english:
to entrust (to sb)/to place (one's hope, energy etc) in/a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc)


id: 65b6313a19fd2ca36be4ac17a609029e13fea2c2
simplified: 寅
traditional: 寅
pinyin: yin2
radicalSimplified: 宀
radicalTraditional: 宀
english:
3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger/ancient Chinese compass point: 60°


id: 54bd75d11e654405491ccd4368e95832b73b87f8
simplified: 寅吃卯粮
traditional: 寅吃卯糧
pinyin: yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2
english:
lit. eating away next year's food in advance/fig. to dip into the next month's check/live now, pay later


id: 2d3b0814a9ca2fd3375feeedb7f98a1e9665db45
simplified: 富二代
traditional: 富二代
pinyin: fu4 er4 dai4
english:
children of entrepreneurs who became wealthy under Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms in the 1980s/see also 窮二代|穷二代[qiong2 er4 dai4]


id: dac4cb0c1b711a3d8a1a8b5d80ca5fdb11687b1f
simplified: 富国强兵
traditional: 富國強兵
pinyin: fu4 guo2 qiang2 bing1
english:
lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times/Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)


id: 9b15c1e18c544ac9382331a68acc0c77c6f9660d
simplified: 富宁
traditional: 富寧
pinyin: fu4 ning2
english:
Funing 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: 733222a516644092514b66621ada621cb5eb02be
simplified: 富农
traditional: 富農
pinyin: fu4 nong2
english:
rich peasant/social class of people farming their own land, intermediate between land-owner class 地主[di4 zhu3] and poor peasant 貧農|贫农[pin2 nong2]


id: ade64b135441a78fb1b48b25735e39638b638b21
simplified: 寒食
traditional: 寒食
pinyin: han2 shi2
english:
cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节)/the Qingming festival


id: 13b082fc8f3b473a99265bd95a07836191f668dc
simplified: 察
traditional: 察
pinyin: cha2
radicalSimplified: 宀
radicalTraditional: 宀
variants: 詧
english:
to examine/to inquire/to observe/to inspect/to look into/obvious/clearly evident/short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3]


id: 7addb25ee2fe8648875fc0401f29412852e5834d
simplified: 察哈尔右翼中旗
traditional: 察哈爾右翼中旗
pinyin: cha2 ha1 er3 you4 yi4 zhong1 qi2
english:
Chahar Right Center banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Dund khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia


id: f24f25abe337b9f7ce97f303690def4053df95d1
simplified: 察哈尔右翼前旗
traditional: 察哈爾右翼前旗
pinyin: cha2 ha1 er3 you4 yi4 qian2 qi2
english:
Chahar Right Front banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Ömnöd khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia


id: 8c1e67711cd22b5a88a233bf25c2b28274bb6b90
simplified: 察哈尔右翼后旗
traditional: 察哈爾右翼後旗
pinyin: cha2 ha1 er3 you4 yi4 hou4 qi2
english:
Chahar Right Rear banner or Caxar Baruun Garyn Xoit khoshuu in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia


id: be9f5796d79239b1f4b40cb2892d232c900dce57
simplified: 察布查尔
traditional: 察布查爾
pinyin: cha2 bu4 cha2 er3
english:
Qapqal Xibe autonomous county 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: 427163f96f94146a2ae989bcc21969e154f38035
simplified: 察言观色
traditional: 察言觀色
pinyin: cha2 yan2 guan1 se4
english:
to weigh up sb's words and observe their facial expression (idiom)/to discern what sb thinks from his body language


id: 98db847453fb4b5bbfb005c1aac547572504480f
simplified: 察雅
traditional: 察雅
pinyin: cha2 ya3
english:
Zhag'yab county, Tibetan: Brag g-yab rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet


id: 740427fbfa90344b8cc69f78297dd1f18fd5fe1f
simplified: 寝苫枕块
traditional: 寢苫枕塊
pinyin: qin3 shan1 zhen3 kuai4
english:
bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom)/the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period


id: 1866d7c56fe3d104baeecff84d6d78fb792a4a1d
simplified: 实景
traditional: 實景
pinyin: shi2 jing3
english:
real scene (not set up or posed)/real location (not a film studio set or theater)/live action (not animation)


id: a58dac846cf8f7749ce2c63eaeebbef639835e4f
simplified: 实岁
traditional: 實歲
pinyin: shi2 sui4
english:
method of calculating a person's age in years from birth/see also 虛歲|虚岁[xu1 sui4]/see also 足歲|足岁[zu2 sui4]


id: 1df2851c0bc2a49919718ab6ea5b2cc2f74e635a
simplified: 实测
traditional: 實測
pinyin: shi2 ce4
english:
to take measurements/measured (speed etc)/observed (as opposed to "estimated")/observational (astronomy)


id: a53ab4fb77f4ee3b7cb56b38dcb4b4396b838618
simplified: 实物
traditional: 實物
pinyin: shi2 wu4
english:
material object/concrete object/original object/in kind/object for practical use/definite thing/reality/matter (physics)


id: 4e4aaf985639744ed18e66cd2035fa47195aa51a
simplified: 实体
traditional: 實體
pinyin: shi2 ti3
english:
entity/substance/thing that has a material existence (as opposed to a conceptual, virtual or online existence)/the real thing (as opposed to an image or model of it)


id: 0396923ebe751474771e22c1b0dd49789bda93de
simplified: 宁
traditional: 寧
pinyin: ning2
radicalSimplified: 宀
radicalTraditional: 宀
variants: 寍,ᨴ
english:
peaceful/to pacify/to visit (one's parents etc)/abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]/abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2 jing1]/surname Ning


id: e5e1d72fd50fc651315533fdc989658d4caac24f
simplified: 宁做鸡头，不做凤尾
traditional: 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾
pinyin: ning4 zuo4 ji1 tou2 , bu4 zuo4 feng4 wei3
english:
lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom)/fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond


id: d6a19026347bac960cb98b6ef80538a9f46821e9
simplified: 宁南
traditional: 寧南
pinyin: ning2 nan2
english:
Ningnan 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: 58cece2644357bfcd23b71080d64534f013f4d4b
simplified: 宁可
traditional: 寧可
pinyin: ning4 ke3
english:
preferably/one would prefer to...(or not to...)/would rather/(would) be better to/(to pick) the lesser of two evils


id: 93282fd2833cdc2092f295c60cf6321e0b9d5f12
simplified: 宁夏省
traditional: 寧夏省
pinyin: ning2 xia4 sheng3
english:
former Ningxia province, now Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]


id: 98cad1b87dbd243f0de4776f6e6067b55e62e08d
simplified: 宁冈
traditional: 寧岡
pinyin: ning2 gang1
english:
former Ninggang county in Jiangxi, now within Jinggangshan county level city 井岡山市|井冈山市[Jing3 gang1 shan1 shi4] in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi


id: f065701da285a3ddb3070c99967df34c0f902c38
simplified: 宁洱
traditional: 寧洱
pinyin: ning2 er3
english:
Ning'er County in Yunnan/abbr. for Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County 寧洱哈尼族彞族自治縣|宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县[Ning2 er3 Ha1 ni2 zu2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]


id: 6aab0b90e6e870f18184dea0354db22e8f9f0f35
simplified: 宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县
traditional: 寧洱哈尼族彞族自治縣
pinyin: ning2 er3 ha1 ni2 zu2 yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
english:
Ning'er Hani and Yi Autonomous County in Yunnan, capital Pu'er city 普洱市[Pu3 er3 shi4]/formerly Pu'er Hani and Yi autonomous county


id: 90520cd326a9496e32d3c9fef3f23747ef316c3b
simplified: 宁缺毋滥
traditional: 寧缺毋濫
pinyin: ning4 que1 wu2 lan4
english:
better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option


id: 23d7d12b658bd39a2de1dff6052ffada108b28e1
simplified: 写意
traditional: 寫意
pinyin: xie3 yi4
english:
to suggest (rather than depict in detail)/freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate details


id: 326518d9989b6a77664de5626030f3949443fc23
simplified: 写手
traditional: 寫手
pinyin: xie3 shou3
english:
person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal)/scribe/copyist/a talented writer of articles or of calligraphy


id: e26d2c2ceb58973cb241eb46beb70d9b004eab06
simplified: 宽城
traditional: 寬城
pinyin: kuan1 cheng2
english:
Kuancheng district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin/Kuancheng Manchu autonomous county in Chengde 承德[Cheng2 de2], Hebei


id: a0fd3aac217c43b9d4588cac805814c2c664e3f2
simplified: 宝刀不老
traditional: 寶刀不老
pinyin: bao3 dao1 bu4 lao3
english:
lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom)/fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever/the old man still has it


id: 371b3de807f697f84a40c9c05bab7dad7582399f
simplified: 宝嘉康蒂
traditional: 寶嘉康蒂
pinyin: bao3 jia1 kang1 di4
english:
Pocahontas (c. 1595-1617), native American noted for her association with the colony of Jamestown, Virginia


id: 87d4e42917716c6596c0ac23bd0a8dbbcf53373c
simplified: 宝山
traditional: 寶山
pinyin: bao3 shan1
english:
Baoshang District of Shanghai/Baoshan District of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang/Baoshan or Paoshan township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan


id: f53779a4db89002b12a6a48c76df1e45fb020fd6
simplified: 宝山区
traditional: 寶山區
pinyin: bao3 shan1 qu1
english:
Baoshang district of Shanghai/Baoshan district of Shuangyashan city 雙鴨山|双鸭山[Shuang1 ya1 shan1], Heilongjiang


id: 23a3ba9fa83f1b98c2d6f190ae632c759cae2f62
simplified: 宝船
traditional: 寶船
pinyin: bao3 chuan2
english:
Chinese treasure ship, a type of large sailing ship in the fleet of Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2]


id: 6ae4ca68709cf1972e5f89fe84235b88b19aea17
simplified: 宝葫芦的秘密
traditional: 寶葫蘆的秘密
pinyin: bao3 hu2 lu5 de5 mi4 mi4
english:
Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tian'yi 張天翼|张天翼[Zhang1 Tian1 yi4]


id: 87190981273bcd8eb9ad6bb31e8ddae83f7d943d
simplified: 宝马香车
traditional: 寶馬香車
pinyin: bao3 ma3 xiang1 che1
english:
precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle/ostentatious display of luxury


id: 018d9e87684b11db88884c066458e38033e8b29c
simplified: 寸金难买寸光阴
traditional: 寸金難買寸光陰
pinyin: cun4 jin1 nan2 mai3 cun4 guang1 yin1
english:
An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time./Time is precious.


id: dc40ddfc1b435aeacc5d577fef1671d7daa352d6
simplified: 封
traditional: 封
pinyin: feng1
radicalSimplified: 寸
radicalTraditional: 寸
english:
to confer/to grant/to bestow a title/to seal/classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters/surname Feng


id: 8f8f6e44c53c31dfc243c23cbc48e21da3839250
simplified: 封爵
traditional: 封爵
pinyin: feng1 jue2
english:
same as 爵位[jue2 wei4], order of feudal nobility, namely: Duke 公[gong1], Marquis 侯[hou2], Count 伯[bo2], Viscount 子[zi3], Baron 男[nan2]


id: 724687b59d3f85ce0dc0a82ae38b4b928537e0f6
simplified: 封神榜
traditional: 封神榜
pinyin: feng1 shen2 bang3
english:
Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc


id: 3cbf74fbca10c39d2a4b09abca35bf6e59356862
simplified: 封顶
traditional: 封頂
pinyin: feng1 ding3
english:
to put a roof (on a building)/to cap the roof (finishing a building project)/fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc)/to top off/fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates)/to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)


id: bc1d2e79809122856bec32fb5164791f0b4a053b
simplified: 射雕英雄传
traditional: 射鵰英雄傳
pinyin: she4 diao1 ying1 xiong2 zhuan4
english:
Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia (武侠, martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸 and its screen adaptations


id: 044471987f0c8d468647bc87d0b15e52041b6268
simplified: 将
traditional: 將
pinyin: jiang1
radicalSimplified: 爿
radicalTraditional: 寸
variants: 䕭,將,将,畺
english:
will/shall/to use/to take/to checkmate/just a short while ago/(introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])


id: be4fdd5a7d4967f43bf49ff1cb75dc127d99dda0
simplified: 将军
traditional: 將軍
pinyin: jiang1 jun1
english:
general/high-ranking military officer/to check or checkmate/fig. to embarrass/to challenge/to put sb on the spot/Chiangchun township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan


id: 1027fd29dfa5629b4c769b3cdf8d2d8f089f8772
simplified: 将错就错
traditional: 將錯就錯
pinyin: jiang1 cuo4 jiu4 cuo4
english:
lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom); to make the best after a mistake/to accept an error and adapt to it/to muddle through


id: fffac366ed3580e39b4c9464922a2f7eef24e430
simplified: 专
traditional: 專
pinyin: zhuan1
radicalSimplified: 一
radicalTraditional: 寸
variants: 耑
english:
for a particular person, occasion, purpose/focused on one thing/special/expert/particular (to sth)/concentrated/specialized


id: ed450b780a54dc365156594dcf3c9fc6737afd8d
simplified: 专业
traditional: 專業
pinyin: zhuan1 ye4
english:
specialty/specialized field/main field of study (at university)/major/CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4]/professional


id: 260101eb44536a6b6e14ee1dc5eedbec735eecc7
simplified: 专线
traditional: 專線
pinyin: zhuan1 xian4
english:
special-purpose phone line or communications link/hotline/special rail line (e.g. between airport and city)/CL:條|条[tiao2]


id: c89e250fba534280337c098be32c8f58ac9c8b51
simplified: 专访
traditional: 專訪
pinyin: zhuan1 fang3
english:
to interview (a particular person or on a particular topic)/special interview/special report based on such an interview


id: 91074216e9c63ed63d1a3d46d3f8d69e5a9c768b
simplified: 专车
traditional: 專車
pinyin: zhuan1 che1
english:
special (or reserved) train (or bus etc)/limousine/private car used as a taxi and booked via a smartphone app


id: e5efd83e99101cd8c20267eda609cf73af5aea28
simplified: 专题
traditional: 專題
pinyin: zhuan1 ti2
english:
specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc)/article, report or program etc on a specific topic


id: 1149f5cdd63d8bf36f5a9a518e38a7c749b668bb
simplified: 尉犁
traditional: 尉犁
pinyin: yu4 li2
english:
Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli 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: eda0f5c845e84dcd1a9efbef10c7830064020ed6
simplified: 尉缭
traditional: 尉繚
pinyin: wei4 liao2
english:
Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5] text on military strategy


id: 8a64e8eb688f55d560ae7ba0634a2d3b446d8fc9
simplified: 尉缭子
traditional: 尉繚子
pinyin: wei4 liao2 zi5
english:
Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], possibly written by Wei Liao 尉繚|尉缭[Wei4 Liao2] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)


id: f3ef92b4a9de2f52991567f9c925789a93de8a1b
simplified: 尊
traditional: 尊
pinyin: zun1
radicalSimplified: 寸
radicalTraditional: 寸
english:
senior/of a senior generation/to honor/to respect/honorific/classifier for cannons and statues/ancient wine vessel


id: 61805b5932bad5514638bd244b662794f84910bf
simplified: 对
traditional: 對
pinyin: dui4
radicalSimplified: 寸
radicalTraditional: 寸
variants: 對,对
english:
right/correct/couple/pair/towards/at/for/to face/opposite/to treat (sb a certain way)/to match together/to adjust/to fit/to suit/to answer/to reply/classifier: couple


id: d36d58b16158f3d46bcd8e77c24e1575ec90091b
simplified: 对了
traditional: 對了
pinyin: dui4 le5
english:
Correct!/Oh, that's right, ... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention)/Oh, by the way, ...


id: a544532e3e9f226407b9b5824c6233087b4beaab
simplified: 对口
traditional: 對口
pinyin: dui4 kou3
english:
(of two performers) to speak or sing alternately/to be fit for the purposes of a job or task/(of food) to suit sb's taste


id: e1e79c1ee0bce2ce404797863890c64de7a821f3
simplified: 对口相声
traditional: 對口相聲
pinyin: dui4 kou3 xiang4 sheng1
english:
comic crosstalk/formalized comic dialogue between two stand-up comics: leading role 逗哏[dou4 gen2] and fall-guy 捧哏[peng3 gen2]


id: 207a97c3ce74a423a88e52fb157d90d7fccbc00e
simplified: 对牛弹琴
traditional: 對牛彈琴
pinyin: dui4 niu2 tan2 qin2
english:
lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)/fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience/to cast pearls before swine/caviar to the general/to preach to deaf ears/to talk over sb's head


id: dbb74b55061030216925cff5aee0c5b9b718546e
simplified: 对症下药
traditional: 對症下藥
pinyin: dui4 zheng4 xia4 yao4
english:
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it/to take appropriate steps


id: fccd5bcb910f0d8cbb5a87d14335c9cb8f299430
simplified: 对立
traditional: 對立
pinyin: dui4 li4
english:
to oppose/to set sth against/to be antagonistic to/antithetical/relative opposite/opposing/diametrical


id: e76c41612cd88a735152fd16395ed2101d57d38f
simplified: 对联
traditional: 對聯
pinyin: dui4 lian2
english:
rhyming couplet/pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway/CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2]


id: 2bc8981fc8935779a3f22c11dc2fab90f4197e9c
simplified: 对着和尚骂贼秃
traditional: 對著和尚罵賊禿
pinyin: dui4 zhe5 he2 shang5 ma4 zei2 tu1
english:
lit. to curse a baldhead to a monk's face (idiom)/fig. to scold sb indirectly/to criticize obliquely


id: 9cc02ac7a9a3a2bda07c8db867cf82e78bb22022
simplified: 对号
traditional: 對號
pinyin: dui4 hao4
english:
tick/check mark (✓)/number for verification (serial number, seat number etc)/(fig.) two things match up


id: c2daa0944e4f314b714b55df3f5c83f725f61f9b
simplified: 对号入座
traditional: 對號入座
pinyin: dui4 hao4 ru4 zuo4
english:
to take one's seat according to the ticket number/(fig.) to put (things or people) in their right place/to take a general comment as a personal attack/to take a criticism for oneself


id: a7551aa02ae5f55b03a15fd03691cf7aa3119b86
simplified: 小人
traditional: 小人
pinyin: xiao3 ren2
english:
person of low social status (old)/I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself)/nasty person/vile character


id: 55a11b6fba65af8b2f1c174c077fa05bfd00f5ef
simplified: 小儿科
traditional: 小兒科
pinyin: xiao3 er2 ke1
english:
pediatrics/pediatric (department)/sth of little importance/trifle/a child's play/(slang) childish/petty/stingy


id: 409e8845b8a8158da5cf83a79b24c31fe5206902
simplified: 小妹
traditional: 小妹
pinyin: xiao3 mei4
english:
little sister/girl/(Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)


id: 67a58f5ec42373699df48022ff1b45458b620375
simplified: 小子
traditional: 小子
pinyin: xiao3 zi3
english:
(literary) youngster/(old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation)/(old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)


id: 7d1148fcd541c3e9394f997e7e01b5a39f4be218
simplified: 小巫见大巫
traditional: 小巫見大巫
pinyin: xiao3 wu1 jian4 da4 wu1
english:
lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom)/fig. to pale into insignificance by comparison


id: 87793fe1ccf47a5c58f8d0f8cdc94b9d2fce37d7
simplified: 小康
traditional: 小康
pinyin: xiao3 kang1
english:
moderately affluent/well-off/a period of peace and prosperity/Xiaokang, a Confucian near-ideal state of society, second only to Datong 大同[Da4 tong2]


id: 61fd1b94359d8c50dee62632c4a57f01ec39d84e
simplified: 小惩大诫
traditional: 小懲大誡
pinyin: xiao3 cheng2 da4 jie4
english:
lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition


id: 4b94d092b9f9d79d34d09866b59d55890f36a388
simplified: 小数
traditional: 小數
pinyin: xiao3 shu4
english:
small figure/small amount/the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point)/fractional part of a number/number between 0 and 1/decimal fraction


id: 842b3c8f64b5e43fea4f4564700691efd70aa187
simplified: 小样
traditional: 小樣
pinyin: xiao3 yang4
english:
galley proof (printing)/unimpressive/(coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term)


id: a7283a68ada813bf079ea4444758d3b349406cba
simplified: 小桥
traditional: 小橋
pinyin: xiao3 qiao2
english:
Xiao 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: 17308b906bd2afb2f6288855d97c7478525af794
simplified: 小洞不堵，大洞难补
traditional: 小洞不堵，大洞難補
pinyin: xiao3 dong4 bu4 du3 , da4 dong4 nan2 bu3
english:
If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.


id: c7c69f46f5602798717562b9157d938a7f75e8c6
simplified: 小确幸
traditional: 小確幸
pinyin: xiao3 que4 xing4
english:
sth small that one can find pleasure in (e.g. a cold beer after a hard day or a serendipitous find in a second-hand store)


id: 316ae454e3636af91c065dcd28ea1287f640754d
simplified: 小编
traditional: 小編
pinyin: xiao3 bian1
english:
editor or creator of online content (diminutive term, often used to refer to oneself: I, me, this writer)


id: 95153c4daaa6492e3656e4b5f14dfad4e05edd86
simplified: 小花远志
traditional: 小花遠志
pinyin: xiao3 hua1 yuan3 zhi4
english:
small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine


id: cc0a6eec96160d6ad71e0d241971cd1ecbee7af0
simplified: 小说家
traditional: 小說家
pinyin: xiao3 shuo1 jia1
english:
novelist/School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)


id: 982317499a1f2a822a97ba5f5a55c5ae7c719a8c
simplified: 小道
traditional: 小道
pinyin: xiao3 dao4
english:
bypath/trail/bribery as a means of achieving a goal/minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)


id: 4773966cfff75fcef0cdfcfa1ed91ef1d60a1196
simplified: 小金
traditional: 小金
pinyin: xiao3 jin1
english:
Xiaojin county (Tibetan: btsan lha 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: 80c764ae7ab3753314133a6e359baa5d2118efda
simplified: 小钢炮
traditional: 小鋼砲
pinyin: xiao3 gang1 pao4
english:
(coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar/(fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly/hot hatch (car)/(also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)


id: 0c329f41239ee1dfa68f80afbb17c4c1a29d3fca
simplified: 小灵通
traditional: 小靈通
pinyin: xiao3 ling2 tong1
english:
Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded "Little Smart"


id: c1053a797255527fa3a3b2381bae4e4f9d962586
simplified: 少年先锋队
traditional: 少年先鋒隊
pinyin: shao4 nian2 xian1 feng1 dui4
english:
Young Pioneers of China (primary school league, a preparation for Communist Youth League)/abbr. to 少先隊|少先队


id: 22ddf5080f465a1cac84df29f5a9a0f81d54bdf8
simplified: 少突胶质
traditional: 少突膠質
pinyin: shao3 tu1 jiao1 zhi4
english:
oligodendrocytes (Greek: cells with few branches), a type of cell in central nervous system/oligodendroglia


id: 490e9612ed5fa0ec57d8f446af4fdcf438c13572
simplified: 少见多怪
traditional: 少見多怪
pinyin: shao3 jian4 duo1 guai4
english:
lit. rarely seen, very strange (idiom); to express amazement due to lack of experience/naive expression of excitement due to ignorance


id: 77d56acd0b1856910821f1a0f7eb6686f1dfe7ae
simplified: 尖扎
traditional: 尖扎
pinyin: jian1 zha1
english:
Jianzha 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: 4b26e12c54cf2566eb41a7c8b7928c5974c0ebe0
simplified: 尚方剑
traditional: 尚方劍
pinyin: shang4 fang1 jian4
english:
imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers)/in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill


id: eb7017c0aa60776a350d02408ed761259273b664
simplified: 尚方宝剑
traditional: 尚方寶劍
pinyin: shang4 fang1 bao3 jian4
english:
variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4]/imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers)/in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill


id: 08c91fa49fcd931d78731dd01bcbaad1a0f4f24f
simplified: 尚书经
traditional: 尚書經
pinyin: shang4 shu1 jing1
english:
Book of History/a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius


id: e38826eb1f7d46b25e378b040019935e15776e49
simplified: 尤德
traditional: 尤德
pinyin: you2 de2
english:
Sir Edward Youde (1924-1986), British diplomat, ambassador to Beijing 1974-1978, governor of Hong Kong 1982-1986


id: 1347d54d2faf8d72202b6d7b3005fb1fd12e9cac
simplified: 尤尔钦科
traditional: 尤爾欽科
pinyin: you2 er3 qin1 ke1
english:
Yurchenko (name)/Natalia Yurchenko (1965-), Russian gymnast/Yurchenko, a type of jump-off for vaulting


id: 0b31160acc5202e2bbc8d557bef014cd5c602772
simplified: 尥蹶子
traditional: 尥蹶子
pinyin: liao4 jue3 zi5
english:
(of mules, horses etc) to kick backward/to kick with the hind legs/fig. to flare up in anger/to display defiance


id: 72049fbb124625fe8b146a43b80571e8c6a2a833
simplified: 就
traditional: 就
pinyin: jiu4
radicalSimplified: 尢
radicalTraditional: 尢
english:
at once/right away/only/just (emphasis)/as early as/already/as soon as/then/in that case/as many as/even if/to approach/to move towards/to undertake/to engage in/to suffer/subjected to/to accomplish/to take advantage of/to go with (of foods)/with regard to/concerning


id: f56d8e071828894d425aa9c7e8e23b2404f3391b
simplified: 尸
traditional: 尸
pinyin: shi1
radicalSimplified: 尸
radicalTraditional: 尸
variants: 屍
english:
person representing the dead (during burial ceremonies)/to put a corpse on display (after execution)/variant of 屍|尸[shi1]/corpse


id: f860f9267ccf461002eeb018ab933d7bfe1c0646
simplified: 尹潽善
traditional: 尹潽善
pinyin: yin3 pu3 shan4
english:
Yun Poseon (1897-1990), South Korean Democratic party politician, mayor of Seoul from 1948, president 1960-1962


id: 703b0bf03252738824af05e91657aa0e85da87c2
simplified: 尺
traditional: 尺
pinyin: chi3
radicalSimplified: 尸
radicalTraditional: 尸
english:
a Chinese foot/one-third of a meter/a ruler/a tape-measure/one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine/CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]


id: 5e28dbb91d097b131b503f7fb0c07a916d10c522
simplified: 尺有所短，寸有所长
traditional: 尺有所短，寸有所長
pinyin: chi3 you3 suo3 duan3 , cun4 you3 suo3 chang2
english:
lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb)/fig. everyone has their strong and weak points/everything has its advantages and disadvantages


id: 8f35b5d7828b305b6048b6f8c1bbb90e18977706
simplified: 尼勒克
traditional: 尼勒克
pinyin: ni2 le4 ke4
english:
Nilka county or Nilqa 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: c8299c7d9eabf1e726e23b0a94c6f0a0b5bc63c6
simplified: 尾张国
traditional: 尾張國
pinyin: wei3 zhang1 guo2
english:
Owari or Owari-no-kuni, Japanese fiefdom during 11th-15th century, current Aichi prefecture around Nagoya


id: c57d0b7571f7d8d01b0e69bd41a708725ee965b8
simplified: 尾数
traditional: 尾數
pinyin: wei3 shu4
english:
remainder (after rounding a number)/decimal part (of number after the decimal point)/mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.)/small change/balance (of an account)


id: 5e321a588aabbfb8f3961efd5c3c6f46b6965773
simplified: 尾生
traditional: 尾生
pinyin: wei3 sheng1
english:
Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters)/sb who keeps to their word no matter what


id: 5da4dd4e42854144bdf375cd14a9c6df51125db0
simplified: 尾翼
traditional: 尾翼
pinyin: wei3 yi4
english:
empennage (of an aircraft)/fletching (of an arrow)/fins (of a missile, rocket etc)/rear spoiler (of a car)


id: b139c0a45f285c6da19bec08ddb8a110112b392c
simplified: 居
traditional: 居
pinyin: ju1
radicalSimplified: 尸
radicalTraditional: 尸
variants: 㞐
english:
to reside/to be (in a certain position)/to store up/to be at a standstill/residence/house/restaurant/classifier for bedrooms/surname Ju


id: 7a78f842700ca6cd3452e522183a3c12155c793d
simplified: 居功自傲
traditional: 居功自傲
pinyin: ju1 gong1 zi4 ao4
english:
satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others


id: 8321e00a2dc9b032e0ccc2a8a68a66fcaa34ec4f
simplified: 居家
traditional: 居家
pinyin: ju1 jia1
english:
to live at home/to stay at home/home (schooling etc)/in-home (care etc)/household (repairs etc)/living (environment etc)


id: b810641d4aa44b2aa5da308958e04e632241de6d
simplified: 居庸关
traditional: 居庸關
pinyin: ju1 yong1 guan1
english:
Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区[Chang1 ping2 qu1]


id: d2e98d7a9a5ef71029ab8221fe1172e540a11d43
simplified: 居礼夫人
traditional: 居禮夫人
pinyin: ju1 li3 fu1 ren5
english:
Maria Skłodowska-Curie or Marie Curie (1867-1934), double Nobel prize-winner in Physics 1903 and Chemistry 1911


id: 3154643220f2c44b081d7119f178d99bb47866f8
simplified: 居高临下
traditional: 居高臨下
pinyin: ju1 gao1 lin2 xia4
english:
to live high and look down (idiom)/to overlook/to tower above/to occupy the high ground/fig. arrogance based on one's social position


id: fcf8c49c237993b2d3eb3f3bb9c4197107be925a
simplified: 届
traditional: 屆
pinyin: jie4
radicalSimplified: 尸
radicalTraditional: 尸
variants: 屆,届
english:
to arrive at (place or time)/period/to become due/classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)


id: af2467644e0f18515b05214f811764ebcda4607c
simplified: 屈原
traditional: 屈原
pinyin: qu1 yuan2
english:
Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞


id: b623be4fec5dd9a5a6419e709568a5200b0b9dde
simplified: 屈原纪念馆
traditional: 屈原紀念館
pinyin: qu1 yuan2 ji4 nian4 guan3
english:
Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县[Zi3 gui1 Xian4], Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then


id: 5bdf595fc8029a6428087d415308ee36cac76f7f
simplified: 屏边苗族自治县
traditional: 屏邊苗族自治縣
pinyin: ping2 bian1 miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
english:
Pingbian Mianzu autonomous county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture 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], Yunnan


id: 07d92423c45e4423b20d8541988bf87f27f66404
simplified: 展
traditional: 展
pinyin: zhan3
radicalSimplified: 尸
radicalTraditional: 尸
english:
to spread out/to open up/to exhibit/to put into effect/to postpone/to prolong/exhibition/surname Zhan


id: e0a2952f510f9dddaf323a97d94cb391c6fcdff2
simplified: 履险如夷
traditional: 履險如夷
pinyin: lu:3 xian3 ru2 yi2
english:
lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)/fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly


id: 1903904816079dbfdc243b87a90eedcef73dd2fb
simplified: 属
traditional: 屬
pinyin: shu3
radicalSimplified: 尸
radicalTraditional: 尸
variants: ᱆,屬,属
english:
category/genus (taxonomy)/family members/dependents/to belong to/subordinate to/affiliated with/be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals)/to be/to prove to be/to constitute


id: e2bb08d5a67ebeaf956f5088e2735577620e0b21
simplified: 屯区
traditional: 屯區
pinyin: tun2 qu1
english:
Tun District – area of Taichung (in Taiwan) between the coastal (western) part of the city and the mountains to the east


id: f512406ee10cf1373ac44ba90b4b5c13992b8c5a
simplified: 山
traditional: 山
pinyin: shan1
radicalSimplified: 山
radicalTraditional: 山
english:
mountain/hill/anything that resembles a mountain/CL:座[zuo4]/bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons/gable/surname Shan


id: fa3b1a6bfd8f4f6375dae04110014deadf92d21a
simplified: 山口
traditional: 山口
pinyin: shan1 kou3
english:
mountain pass/Yamaguchi (Japanese surname and place name)/Yamaguchi prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]


id: 7f6f7448585b17418f29de6e018fa29770110279
simplified: 山外有山，天外有天
traditional: 山外有山，天外有天
pinyin: shan1 wai4 you3 shan1 , tian1 wai4 you3 tian1
english:
(idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better/in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself


id: dbf26c07c3fce2d7a63e3fee1ab77ec7dd490823
simplified: 山寨
traditional: 山寨
pinyin: shan1 zhai4
english:
fortified hill village/mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits)/(fig.) knockoff (goods)/counterfeit/imitation


id: 3531a1152c40709bf7c30cff86ae41eb73b0c13f
simplified: 山海经
traditional: 山海經
pinyin: shan1 hai3 jing1
english:
Classic of Mountain and Sea, probably compiled c. 500 BC-200 BC, contains wide range of geography, mythology, witchcraft, popular customs etc


id: 2b647686c30ae1ee1e2d5ec823f012554e7d7dec
simplified: 山海关
traditional: 山海關
pinyin: shan1 hai3 guan1
english:
Shanhai pass, the Eastern pass of the Great Wall/Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei


id: 3c400c7330a438d4676123ebcf3770e2fe922c37
simplified: 山阳
traditional: 山陽
pinyin: shan1 yang2
english:
Shanyang District of Jiaozuo City 焦作市[Jiao1 zuo4 Shi4], Henan/Shanyang County in Shangluo 商洛[Shang1 luo4], Shaanxi


id: b9f0a4dfb862d04ee6ce3164c5038ae4ea5d0019
simplified: 岑巩
traditional: 岑鞏
pinyin: cen2 gong3
english:
Cengong county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou


id: e5bae8d59a90f22bd6106c019ebbc18383e8ccf1
simplified: 岔
traditional: 岔
pinyin: cha4
radicalSimplified: 山
radicalTraditional: 山
english:
fork in road/bifurcation/branch in road, river, mountain range etc/to branch off/to turn off/to diverge/to stray (from the path)/to change the subject/to interrupt/to stagger (times)


id: 01fd47162c5a64a15877cdd00f4c0b741cc62966
simplified: 冈山
traditional: 岡山
pinyin: gang1 shan1
english:
Kangshan town in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan/Okayama prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Ben3 zhou1]


id: 743685f00ad6a303b778565792e34b262a8ee84f
simplified: 岱宗
traditional: 岱宗
pinyin: dai4 zong1
english:
another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]/Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls


id: cc68e2674971fb5ee6ffba9fc8dcf4294e8eb794
simplified: 岳阳楼
traditional: 岳陽樓
pinyin: yue4 yang2 lou2
english:
Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2]/one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi


id: 4bc9aec607f4154e3d681fc48390667916a0e120
simplified: 峇峇娘惹
traditional: 峇峇娘惹
pinyin: ba1 ba1 niang2 re3
english:
Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese)


id: f945139bd5e5bf7513e988b45c38436b1630951c
simplified: 峨眉山
traditional: 峨眉山
pinyin: e2 mei2 shan1
english:
Mt Emei in Sichuan, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Samantabhadra 普賢|普贤[Pu3 xian2]/Emeishan city


id: 777779f4697e4c7c208b6813b6872147bda13ac0
simplified: 峰
traditional: 峰
pinyin: feng1
radicalSimplified: 山
radicalTraditional: 山
variants: 峯
english:
(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit/mountain-like in appearance/highest level/classifier for camels


id: f964b4edbef6fa25ad5be5783ce26a3102aae359
simplified: 峰回路转
traditional: 峰回路轉
pinyin: feng1 hui2 lu4 zhuan3
english:
the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom)/(of a mountain road) twisting and turning/fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly/things have taken a new turn


id: 3ca6f1f1a9a6a520115a53840665b3e31ed1462d
simplified: 峰火台
traditional: 峰火臺
pinyin: feng1 huo3 tai2
english:
fire beacon tower (used in frontier regions in former times to relay information about the enemy, using smoke by day and fire at night)


id: bf50736bdb4fe3c22f2314b31fb578baf0bd5f9b
simplified: 崇洋媚外
traditional: 崇洋媚外
pinyin: chong2 yang2 mei4 wai4
english:
to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas


id: 04e66a81003ee565efcca300f9c072e01f934940
simplified: 崛起
traditional: 崛起
pinyin: jue2 qi3
english:
to rise abruptly (to a towering position)/to tower over/to spring up/to emerge suddenly/the emergence (e.g. of a power)


id: 94138aa53ee7c6e61305b01c90a6408ac8518ae4
simplified: 嶋
traditional: 嶋
pinyin: dao3
radicalSimplified: 山
radicalTraditional: 山
variants: 島
english:
variant of 島|岛[dao3], island/used as second component of Japanese names with phonetic value -shima or -jima


id: 4faac177b4359ce16b4eef474a6e2b1186b0b8e7
simplified: 巍山彝族回族自治县
traditional: 巍山彞族回族自治縣
pinyin: wei1 shan1 yi2 zu2 hui2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
english:
Weishan Yi and Hui autonomous county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Da4 li3 Bai2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan


id: fdd430321d6828333f5212756e1b2a9b184babbd
simplified: 川
traditional: 川
pinyin: chuan1
radicalSimplified: 川
radicalTraditional: 川
variants: 巛
english:
river/creek/plain/an area of level country/abbr. for Sichuan Province 四川[Si4 chuan1] in southwest China


id: 133d6b01bfa8f306d42f6dc47a0aebfa50934ee4
simplified: 川震
traditional: 川震
pinyin: chuan1 zhen4
english:
Sichuan great earthquake, the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan 汶川, Sichuan, that killed more than 80,000 people/same as 四川大地震[Si4 chuan1 Da4 di4 zhen4]


id: 8b3291eaa451e0304a40d15c17f0b99cae47d147
simplified: 州
traditional: 州
pinyin: zhou1
radicalSimplified: 川
radicalTraditional: 川
english:
prefecture/(old) province/(old) administrative division/state (e.g. of US)/oblast (Russia)/canton (Switzerland)


id: b683cd1ff896e904b0c92b6c54a7ff933fcba0f3
simplified: 巡演
traditional: 巡演
pinyin: xun2 yan3
english:
(theater etc) to tour/to be on tour/to give itinerant performances/abbr. for 巡迴演出|巡回演出[xun2 hui2 yan3 chu1]


id: 976f53ed5b5ff7e25bc99e49250411106a5c850b
simplified: 工夫茶
traditional: 工夫茶
pinyin: gong1 fu5 cha2
english:
very concentrated type of tea consumed in Chaozhou, Fujian and Taiwan/variant of 功夫茶[gong1 fu5 cha2]


id: 82ee03c9adf75905224e8b894e8ad9e8848befc5
simplified: 工布江达
traditional: 工布江達
pinyin: gong1 bu4 jiang1 da2
english:
Gongbo'gyamda county, Tibetan: Kong po rgya mda' rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[Lin2 zhi1 di4 qu1], Tibet


id: 4fa6676d2534306ce307603afcf5e6bbc6a6c108
simplified: 工欲善其事，必先利其器
traditional: 工欲善其事，必先利其器
pinyin: gong1 yu4 shan4 qi2 shi4 , bi4 xian1 li4 qi2 qi4
english:
To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job


id: 1da90d720b2787057476131f5966f58b3f409480
simplified: 工笔
traditional: 工筆
pinyin: gong1 bi3
english:
gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description


id: 0b802d585799436495065c77668e3068d2870c7d
simplified: 工读
traditional: 工讀
pinyin: gong1 du2
english:
(of a student) to work part-time (while continuing one's studies)/(of a delinquent) to be reformed through work and study


id: d52f82c4432e1318ef0fc85afd40e8b0a6ea9c0e
simplified: 左
traditional: 左
pinyin: zuo3
radicalSimplified: 工
radicalTraditional: 工
english:
left/the Left (politics)/east/unorthodox/queer/wrong/differing/opposite/variant of 佐[zuo3]/surname Zuo


id: 3902870dce374b72725d9a7e892edae07cb3c561
simplified: 左丘明
traditional: 左丘明
pinyin: zuo3 qiu1 ming2
english:
Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国 to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传 is attributed


id: 8d01b828a62869cae41bbdc92ff936d106ec2b88
simplified: 左传
traditional: 左傳
pinyin: zuo3 zhuan4
english:
Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]


id: 80e5e6c23543466d6a6db3dda8381a63c67f29dd
simplified: 左倾机会主义
traditional: 左傾機會主義
pinyin: zuo3 qing1 ji1 hui4 zhu3 yi4
english:
leftist opportunism (blamed for failures of Chinese communists from 1927)/left adventurism/cf Mao's purges following 1935 Zunyi conference 遵義會議|遵义会议[Zun1 yi4 hui4 yi4]


id: e23baa1696473c6c182a4bbafb0ba5ff356280a2
simplified: 左右逢源
traditional: 左右逢源
pinyin: zuo3 you4 feng2 yuan2
english:
lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)/fig. to turn everything into gold/to have everything going one's way/to benefit from both sides


id: 63622e98704378bad8d165be4b3ba68f17a87e5f
simplified: 左右开弓
traditional: 左右開弓
pinyin: zuo3 you4 kai1 gong1
english:
lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)/fig. to display ambidexterity/to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession/to use both feet equally (football)


id: 35923a9eb5bd339dc3313584fc1f1875763d7aee
simplified: 左氏春秋
traditional: 左氏春秋
pinyin: zuo3 shi4 chun1 qiu1
english:
Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]/usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]


id: 9c9719b220e0946c4548c06317d8489db6f8e496
simplified: 左联
traditional: 左聯
pinyin: zuo3 lian2
english:
the League of the Left-Wing Writers, an organization of writers formed in China in 1930/abbr. for 中國左翼作家聯盟|中国左翼作家联盟[Zhong1 guo2 Zuo3 yi4 Zuo4 jia1 Lian2 meng2]


id: 68e4f5a48f015513481c1f97574a4da41ec5afbb
simplified: 左贡
traditional: 左貢
pinyin: zuo3 gong4
english:
Zogang county, Tibetan: Mdzo sgang rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet


id: a5914a415bdfd0c6db2f62744fb6768dd49a9fdf
simplified: 巫山
traditional: 巫山
pinyin: wu1 shan1
english:
Wushan county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan/Mt Wu on the Changjiang River (Yangtze) by the Three Gorges


id: 7d8f640515aeefeb426ee28a6dbd6c8fcb686cd4
simplified: 巫蛊之祸
traditional: 巫蠱之禍
pinyin: wu1 gu3 zhi1 huo4
english:
91 BC attempted coup d'etat against Emperor Wu of Han 漢武帝|汉武帝, beginning with accusations of witchcraft


id: f756d169ae61eabe7129baf0ca52d5f993fa7b11
simplified: 己
traditional: 己
pinyin: ji3
radicalSimplified: 己
radicalTraditional: 己
english:
self/oneself/sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]/sixth in order/letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/hexa


id: 9e3929e3ba1e6c840cb674bf8451d622780fd512
simplified: 己所不欲，勿施于人
traditional: 己所不欲，勿施於人
pinyin: ji3 suo3 bu4 yu4 , wu4 shi1 yu2 ren2
english:
What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)/Do as you would be done by./Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.


id: 3b2dcff73d659fce53fc767aacad1e4102810def
simplified: 巳
traditional: 巳
pinyin: si4
radicalSimplified: 己
radicalTraditional: 己
english:
6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake/ancient Chinese compass point: 150°


id: ea5be8703ec1b44bc238dea9fdceff18beb98bf0
simplified: 巴
traditional: 巴
pinyin: ba1
radicalSimplified: 己
radicalTraditional: 己
variants: 笆
english:
to long for/to wish/to cling to/to stick to/sth that sticks/close to/next to/spread open/informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]/bar (unit of pressure)/nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail/Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan)/abbr. for east Sichuan or Chongqing/surname Ba/abbr. for Palestine or Palestinian/abbr. for Pakistan


id: 83ea63f7f6bb9adefcbf39335d0a32a5a4352a1f
simplified: 巴塘
traditional: 巴塘
pinyin: ba1 tang2
english:
Batang county (Tibetan: 'ba' thang 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: 5a647392f3e6d62ac3bf2e67ce372e7d0277cbc2
simplified: 巴山夜雨
traditional: 巴山夜雨
pinyin: ba1 shan1 ye4 yu3
english:
rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land/Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution


id: 9908edbc72defbf3c2e3c8926ed329dd04d656ac
simplified: 巴山越岭
traditional: 巴山越嶺
pinyin: ba1 shan1 yue4 ling3
english:
to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain/good at climbing mountains


id: 9c01e0a9e486664b759a9dbf214ab1565afdd1b2
simplified: 巴州
traditional: 巴州
pinyin: ba1 zhou1
english:
East Sichuan and Chongqing/also abbr. for Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang/abbr. for 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]


id: 102c6b57cf12e896ce19a1d00c37086d3fed2a91
simplified: 巴希尔
traditional: 巴希爾
pinyin: ba1 xi1 er3
english:
Bashir (name)/Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (1944-), Sudanese military man and politician, president of Sudan from 1993


id: 653aff662723127614e2cafbba487fb952d87f4d
simplified: 巴彦浩特市
traditional: 巴彥浩特市
pinyin: ba1 yan4 hao4 te4 shi4
english:
Bayan Hot, capital of Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia/also written 巴彥浩特鎮|巴彦浩特镇[Ba1 yan4 Hao4 te4 Zhen4]


id: d1d368ff5b1ee4dedadc89cbaca40adf23da5aeb
simplified: 巴德尔
traditional: 巴德爾
pinyin: ba1 de2 er3
english:
Baldr or Baldur, god in Norse mythology/Andreas Baader (1943-1977), leader of Red Army Faction, a.k.a. the Baader-Meinhof group


id: 969676933cac24f41818f7bf5e450faf1547f3ec
simplified: 巴拉迪
traditional: 巴拉迪
pinyin: ba1 la1 di2
english:
Mohamed ElBaradei (1942-), Director of International Atomic Energy Agency 1997-2009 and Nobel Peace Prize laureate


id: 1d56dddff043df17e19fe91eb825af3e439c7a3a
simplified: 巴东
traditional: 巴東
pinyin: ba1 dong1
english:
Badong 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: 4fb66178336b27466f3ed414a6a08275a4449707
simplified: 巴楚
traditional: 巴楚
pinyin: ba1 chu3
english:
Maralbeshi nahiyisi (Maralbexi county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区[Ka1 shi2 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang


id: da3a201708cccfa2b7a186adcb98d0ffe952bdcb
simplified: 巴乌
traditional: 巴烏
pinyin: ba1 wu1
english:
bawu, a free reed wind instrument shaped like a flute and played transversally, associated particularly with minority cultures of Yunnan


id: fbef0c51df1bcf396d60b24d14f90477d1553486
simplified: 巴罗佐
traditional: 巴羅佐
pinyin: ba1 luo2 zuo3
english:
José Manuel Durão Barroso (1956-), Portuguese politician, prime minister of Portugal 2002-04, president of EU Commission from 2004-2014


id: 7c2dbb46154be2a040d2bb0291d9326e1cd24c16
simplified: 巴解
traditional: 巴解
pinyin: ba1 jie3
english:
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)/abbr. for 巴勒斯坦解放組織|巴勒斯坦解放组织[Ba1 le4 si1 tan3 Jie3 fang4 Zu3 zhi1]


id: ec271a021a51425b9612b48a521632e47781c33a
simplified: 巴豆
traditional: 巴豆
pinyin: ba1 dou4
english:
croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1]/croton seed, a strong purgative


id: 373a8dd2765c4074f2b7de30bfc2e8558d4066c2
simplified: 巴豆树
traditional: 巴豆樹
pinyin: ba1 dou4 shu4
english:
croton bush (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[da4 ji3 ke1], with seed having strong purgative properties


id: a10a4b5af32fc49f556ca6f2d334e0aaf78bd501
simplified: 巴里坤
traditional: 巴里坤
pinyin: ba1 li3 kun1
english:
Barkol Kazakh autonomous county or Barköl Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Kumul prefecture 哈密地區|哈密地区[Ha1 mi4 di4 qu1], Xinjiang


id: 58202b720217972a64deac70aac0dc437373f012
simplified: 巴铁
traditional: 巴鐵
pinyin: ba1 tie3
english:
Transit Elevated Bus (TEB)/(coll.) Pakistani brethren/Pakistani comrades/abbr. for 巴基斯坦鐵哥們|巴基斯坦铁哥们[Ba1 ji1 si1 tan3 tie3 ge1 men5]


id: eff5e9d312ca99a1a6a93f39f1c07e96e76b1c22
simplified: 巴青
traditional: 巴青
pinyin: ba1 qing1
english:
Baqên county, Tibetan: Sbra chen rdzong, in Nagchu prefecture 那曲地區|那曲地区[Na4 qu3 di4 qu1], central Tibet


id: 5fc699cac1d3c82bfc0c7451039faf5419539264
simplified: 巴音满都呼
traditional: 巴音滿都呼
pinyin: ba1 yin1 man3 du1 hu1
english:
Bayan Mandahu, village in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia, noted for Cretaceous dinosaur fossils


id: 4ee14c1a3f9ee58ecdfd1921700993565fe3f773
simplified: 巴音郭楞州
traditional: 巴音郭楞州
pinyin: ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 zhou1
english:
abbr. for Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang/abbr. for 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]


id: cae8f626bf936afd3d2a89a54479a049915fb2f7
simplified: 巽
traditional: 巽
pinyin: xun4
radicalSimplified: 己
radicalTraditional: 己
variants: 巺
english:
to obey/one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing wood and wind/☴/ancient Chinese compass point: 135° (southeast)


id: 63c6296612869150ae40f2f46d9f81c824658fef
simplified: 市场换技术
traditional: 市場換技術
pinyin: shi4 chang3 huan4 ji4 shu4
english:
market access in return for technology transfer (PRC policy since the 1980s which gives foreign companies access to China's domestic market in exchange for sharing their intellectual property, characterized by the US in the 2019 trade war as "forced technology transfer")


id: 41123c569f5e7de6d61e0277fc0804f95f5db3f9
simplified: 布什
traditional: 布什
pinyin: bu4 shi2
english:
Bush (name)/George H.W. Bush (1924-), US president 1988-1992/George W. Bush (1946-), US President 2000-2008


id: fa2b5e5a31c539c74462ca9d4c60fbb6cf42f7bf
simplified: 布什尔
traditional: 布什爾
pinyin: bu4 shi2 er3
english:
Bushehr Province of south Iran, bordering on the Persian Gulf/Bushehr, port city, capital of Bushehr Province


id: 8a77df0fa9e4a50fe18cf91cc974fc7b4c98b100
simplified: 布哈林
traditional: 布哈林
pinyin: bu4 ha1 lin2
english:
Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (1888-1938), Soviet revolutionary theorist, executed after a show trial in 1937


id: 031e2a0501874ab2344f4dc491e66a1b3f075b9b
simplified: 布托
traditional: 布托
pinyin: bu4 tuo1
english:
Bhutto (name)/Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928-1979), president of Pakistan 1971-1979 executed by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq/Benazzir Bhutto (1953-2007), twice president of Pakistan 1988-1990 and 1993-1996


id: 37d8f8f16f2fc8a5e2769a0d2c01e1b5f7838b09
simplified: 布拉戈维申斯克
traditional: 布拉戈維申斯克
pinyin: bu4 la1 ge1 wei2 shen1 si1 ke4
english:
Blagoveshchensk, Russian city on the border with China, administrative center of Amur Oblast 阿穆爾州|阿穆尔州[A1 mu4 er3 Zhou1]


id: c020baa71c0ca6ab236da8ce70eb842822458936
simplified: 布拖
traditional: 布拖
pinyin: bu4 tuo1
english:
Butuo 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: dcb119cb2e0f221b1e5febe342ab1c4558e20728
simplified: 布热津斯基
traditional: 布熱津斯基
pinyin: bu4 re4 jin1 si1 ji1
english:
Brzezinski (name)/Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-), Polish-American academic and politician, US National Security Adviser 1977-1981


id: 722f339a6d8ce5a030e09bbcac7db1b01813a57d
simplified: 布莱尔
traditional: 布萊爾
pinyin: bu4 lai2 er3
english:
Blair (name)/Braille (name)/Louis Braille (1809-1852), the inventor of the Braille alphabet for the blind


id: 8639d000ad606af91081cd33e4175bc38fefd040
simplified: 布袋
traditional: 布袋
pinyin: bu4 dai4
english:
pouch/sack/bag/Budai (the Laughing Buddha)/Budai or Putai town in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan


id: bc82ab1a0abae5380f10d66d1d0fa0bebf7e7550
simplified: 布鲁图斯
traditional: 布魯圖斯
pinyin: bu4 lu3 tu2 si1
english:
Brutus (name)/Marcus Junius Brutus (85-42 BC), late Roman Republic politician who conspired against Julius Caesar/Lucius Junius Brutus (6th c. BC), founder of the Roman Republic


id: bbe067ff18ba2f2d1c5a4d57b1eb44848f5cc78f
simplified: 希仁
traditional: 希仁
pinyin: xi1 ren2
english:
Xiren, courtesy title of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty


id: f69f8e816e0a7ba641018d8da6334e1b6be95ad7
simplified: 希格斯
traditional: 希格斯
pinyin: xi1 ge2 si1
english:
Higgs (name)/Peter Higgs (1929-), British theoretical physicist, one proposer of the Higgs mechanism or Higgs boson to explain the mass of elementary particles


id: 321836e85a4945e004492472f66ce4e935f850f9
simplified: 帕拉塞尔士
traditional: 帕拉塞爾士
pinyin: pa4 la1 se4 er3 shi4
english:
Paracelsius (Auroleus Phillipus Theostratus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541), Swiss alchemist and prominent early European scientist


id: 155028925893cb5a64afc03046a03031cd1fdfb7
simplified: 帕蒂尔
traditional: 帕蒂爾
pinyin: pa4 di4 er3
english:
Patil (name)/Pratibha Patil (1934-), female Indian Congress Party politician, president of India 2007-2012


id: 5c17d2f79afbc369e6006a859e720c03d107b05e
simplified: 帝喾
traditional: 帝嚳
pinyin: di4 ku4
english:
Di Ku or Emperor Ku, one of the Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]


id: a5b736e00bcd6bcfcd951579e48b9d2a6a65952d
simplified: 师出有名
traditional: 師出有名
pinyin: shi1 chu1 you3 ming2
english:
lit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom)/to do something with good reason/to have just cause


id: f4879e919b104fc04077d4087dbe21659b7512af
simplified: 师夷长技以制夷
traditional: 師夷長技以制夷
pinyin: shi1 yi2 chang2 ji4 yi3 zhi4 yi2
english:
"learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源[Wei4 Yuan2]


id: b8e5b979edf7190b0e90d432c55eb4add3d3df71
simplified: 师父领进门，修行在个人
traditional: 師父領進門，修行在個人
pinyin: shi1 fu5 ling3 jin4 men2 , xiu1 xing2 zai4 ge4 ren2
english:
the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you/you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink


id: 25e67d38295d501cf298d87affed05e8461ea1d1
simplified: 席
traditional: 席
pinyin: xi2
radicalSimplified: 巾
radicalTraditional: 巾
variants: 蓆
english:
woven mat/seat/banquet/place in a democratic assembly/classifier for banquets, conversations etc/surname Xi


id: 53934b93a07f66ad97eae293f9373ee64d26792b
simplified: 席勒
traditional: 席勒
pinyin: xi2 le4
english:
Schiller (name)/Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller or Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist


id: dc77c848ee9059b7843b13e860eda63ff4898e1b
simplified: 带
traditional: 帶
pinyin: dai4
radicalSimplified: 巾
radicalTraditional: 巾
variants: 帯
english:
band/belt/girdle/ribbon/tire/area/zone/region/CL:條|条[tiao2]/to wear/to carry/to take along/to bear (i.e. to have)/to lead/to bring/to look after/to raise


id: ea452acd5f50541918ab1043653d7ea8b04b3578
simplified: 带分数
traditional: 帶分數
pinyin: dai4 fen1 shu4
english:
mixed fraction/mixed number (i.e. with an integer part and a fraction part, e.g. four and three quarters)/see also: improper fraction 假分數|假分数[jia3 fen1 shu4] and proper fraction 真分數|真分数[zhen1 fen1 shu4]


id: eb186750addda571e4fe0299113fbf23f4a36083
simplified: 常胜军
traditional: 常勝軍
pinyin: chang2 sheng4 jun1
english:
Ever Victorious Army (1860-1864), Qing dynasty army equipped and trained jointly with Europeans and used esp. against the Taiping rebels


id: 082de663d13e8faa91129bc69f47c1b3a8b34403
simplified: 常德丝弦
traditional: 常德絲弦
pinyin: chang2 de2 si1 xian2
english:
Changde sixian, theatrical folk music style with singing in Changde dialect accompanied by traditional string instruments


id: b5cf41b484ba498b7d7e8a31ef911876fcc130aa
simplified: 幕府
traditional: 幕府
pinyin: mu4 fu3
english:
(orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer/administration of a military government/(medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun


id: 76f2d3cf86c518a5abf95adffdb8be8ad9d5788b
simplified: 帮
traditional: 幫
pinyin: bang1
radicalSimplified: 巾
radicalTraditional: 巾
variants: 幫,幇,帮
english:
to help/to assist/to support/for sb (i.e. as a help)/hired (as worker)/side (of pail, boat etc)/outer layer/upper (of a shoe)/group/gang/clique/party/secret society


id: 7954716098e305f528f332143ee6bc9f50deaa49
simplified: 干宝
traditional: 干寶
pinyin: gan1 bao3
english:
Gan Bao (?-336), Chinese historian and writer, author of In Search of the Supernatural 搜神記|搜神记[Sou1 shen2 Ji4]


id: a00e648a55d9533d2a3cf7a285ec365d22906d94
simplified: 平
traditional: 平
pinyin: ping2
radicalSimplified: 干
radicalTraditional: 干
english:
flat/level/equal/to tie (make the same score)/to draw (score)/calm/peaceful/see also 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]/surname Ping


id: c975b2175ea16945085e6bb752b754f422d1f927
simplified: 平型关大捷
traditional: 平型關大捷
pinyin: ping2 xing2 guan1 da4 jie2
english:
victory of Pingxingguan pass, famous victory of Republican Chinese forces over the Japanese in Sep 1937


id: 9d80e913cf087c07f2228381e5a42b517e240175
simplified: 平安道
traditional: 平安道
pinyin: ping2 an1 dao4
english:
P'yong'ando Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into South Pyong'an Province 平安南道[Ping2 an1 nan2 dao4] and North Pyong'an Province 平安北道[Ping2 an1 bei3 dao4] of North Korea


id: 6036bba20b1776cd9b0103b365889cee84227e35
simplified: 平山
traditional: 平山
pinyin: ping2 shan1
english:
Pingshan county in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1], Hebei/Pingshan district of Benxi city 本溪市, Liaoning


id: df5f79bcd05b7cd0084929532ec4243d08fcb783
simplified: 平易近人
traditional: 平易近人
pinyin: ping2 yi4 jin4 ren2
english:
amiable and approachable (idiom); easy-going/modest and unassuming/(of writing) plain and simple/easy to understand


id: 7021d3bafcb40a2a023b8ce5ebb6d9f1bb1cff7e
simplified: 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚
traditional: 平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳
pinyin: ping2 shi2 bu4 shao1 xiang1 , lin2 shi2 bao4 fo2 jiao3
english:
lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble/doing things at the last minute/to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)


id: 9a9cd832d557fa18f44266c5b4a0379a3a8e161d
simplified: 平江
traditional: 平江
pinyin: ping2 jiang1
english:
Pingjiang district of Suzhou city 蘇州市|苏州市[Su1 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu/Pingjiang county in Yueyang 岳陽|岳阳[Yue4 yang2], Hunan


id: 11a71047ab3a6c39f99c2452f2dfee2247a787d5
simplified: 平津战役
traditional: 平津戰役
pinyin: ping2 jin1 zhan4 yi4
english:
Pingjin Campaign (Nov 1948-Jan 1949), one of the three major campaigns by the People's Liberation Army near the end of the Chinese Civil War


id: 425092cc3c1d4c4dc1605863a3d7016dc448e1cb
simplified: 平话
traditional: 平話
pinyin: ping2 hua4
english:
storytelling dramatic art dating back to Song and Yuan periods, single narrator without music, often historical topics with commentary


id: 74b9aed2f460ce48069aaf30654c8d2c7f1ad146
simplified: 年号
traditional: 年號
pinyin: nian2 hao4
english:
reign title/era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it)/year number (such as 2016 or 甲子)


id: 4d578e1cf42b9203529a38399c66e957e0eca978
simplified: 幸灾乐祸
traditional: 幸災樂禍
pinyin: xing4 zai1 le4 huo4
english:
lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune/Schadenfreude


id: 7b0b5c1678010dab6d22ba8e64ae950dabdd682f
simplified: 幽
traditional: 幽
pinyin: you1
radicalSimplified: 幺
radicalTraditional: 幺
variants: 凼
english:
remote/hidden away/secluded/serene/peaceful/to imprison/in superstition indicates the underworld/ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces


id: aedb569844fa78332f367da0db3d1374045f1e96
simplified: 幽州
traditional: 幽州
pinyin: you1 zhou1
english:
Youzhou, ancient province in north Hebei and Liaoning/Fanyang 範陽|范阳 ancient city near modern Beijing


id: 6914bca50fd7e0c3af3eb1f5ff7c08229fd8f1d7
simplified: 幽明
traditional: 幽明
pinyin: you1 ming2
english:
the hidden and the visible/that which can be seen and that which cannot/darkness and light/night and day/wisdom and ignorance/evil and good/the living and the dead/men and ghosts


id: 97c205e2a4c5df2bcb753e9bf7b00fc12664b85f
simplified: 庚
traditional: 庚
pinyin: geng1
radicalSimplified: 广
radicalTraditional: 广
english:
age/seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]/seventh in order/letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/ancient Chinese compass point: 255°/hepta


id: e9866971624bb2df3a566c46fdf996ef4fcff5bd
simplified: 府
traditional: 府
pinyin: fu3
radicalSimplified: 广
radicalTraditional: 广
english:
seat of government/government repository (archive)/official residence/mansion/presidential palace/(honorific) Your home/prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)


id: 35fa714b0001c3705e6ec7d08aa7d3439e819d13
simplified: 府试
traditional: 府試
pinyin: fu3 shi4
english:
prefectural exam, the 2nd of the three entry-level exams in the imperial examination system of Ming and Qing dynasties


id: 22c26e6f233fcf9da3f73a1abfb2701d6d2ed2ed
simplified: 度
traditional: 度
pinyin: du4
radicalSimplified: 广
radicalTraditional: 广
variants: 廓
english:
to pass/to spend (time)/measure/limit/extent/degree of intensity/degree (angles, temperature etc)/kilowatt-hour/classifier for events and occurrences


id: dc200604159458a53396da85a0b5c93c818886b3
simplified: 库伦
traditional: 庫倫
pinyin: ku4 lun2
english:
enclosed pasture (Mongolian loanword)/Kulun, the former name for modern Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia (Mongolian: temple)


id: ff5291d88ab69e9d64774592a2520b4fe07f1c85
simplified: 库尔勒
traditional: 庫爾勒
pinyin: ku4 er3 le4
english:
Korla Shehiri, Korla or Ku'erle City, capital of 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: bdc4f68e5b1d971262966a749577848d786ee213
simplified: 库尔勒市
traditional: 庫爾勒市
pinyin: ku4 er3 le4 shi4
english:
Korla Shehiri, Korla or Ku'erle City, capital of Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]


id: 92296b755adf29cbddbf73e9fcaabd50041b63d0
simplified: 库尔特·瓦尔德海姆
traditional: 庫爾特·瓦爾德海姆
pinyin: ku4 er3 te4 · wa3 er3 de2 hai3 mu3
english:
Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007), Austrian diplomat and politician, secretary-general of UN 1972-1981, president of Austria 1986-1992


id: 6d7f11e3851881f072395ac68a09b556ecd303ea
simplified: 庶吉士
traditional: 庶吉士
pinyin: shu4 ji2 shi4
english:
title of the temporary position in the Hanlin Academy, conferred to meritorious candidates until the next examination


id: 6f43ea3b9e797d3a568d85b3ef20a301645fd61c
simplified: 康定
traditional: 康定
pinyin: kang1 ding4
english:
Dartsendo, Dardo or Kangding county (Tibetan: dar mdo 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: d8fe0c309736c85d6aea8d0c8af0745678edeb86
simplified: 康巴
traditional: 康巴
pinyin: kang1 ba1
english:
Khampa, subdivision of Tibetan ethnic group/former Tibetan province of Kham, now split between Tibet and Sichuan


id: d93b74bba91b94acf61ee49adf9746eb16800623
simplified: 康广仁
traditional: 康廣仁
pinyin: kang1 guang3 ren2
english:
Kang Guangren (1867-1898), younger brother of Kang Youwei 康有為|康有为[Kang1 You3 wei2] and one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898


id: 93499218d6488e494d9b052806885e98bca00b8c
simplified: 康有为
traditional: 康有為
pinyin: kang1 you3 wei2
english:
Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898


id: 642edad5be575b327e4c2cec21fcd91c97c06610
simplified: 康乐
traditional: 康樂
pinyin: kang1 le4
english:
peace and happiness (old)/healthy and happy/recreation/Kangle 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: 42715491d32852f6055d0bd764f35c2a40f716a4
simplified: 康乐县
traditional: 康樂縣
pinyin: kang1 le4 xian4
english:
Kangle 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: 08e56854109352d471fd885dc88b9e6598b84f07
simplified: 康熙字典
traditional: 康熙字典
pinyin: kang1 xi1 zi4 dian3
english:
the Kangxi Dictionary, named after the Kangxi Emperor, who in 1710 ordered its compilation, containing 47,035 single-character entries


id: 1868d70bc3ade6bd0e5a7704b9ebbf3220f4e0ed
simplified: 康生
traditional: 康生
pinyin: kang1 sheng1
english:
Kang Sheng (1896-1975), Chinese communist leader, a politburo member during the Cultural Revolution and posthumously blamed for some of its excesses


id: a1a1cbe1b3344c4d1f7187bc6498f8fba1b7275d
simplified: 康托尔
traditional: 康託爾
pinyin: kang1 tuo1 er3
english:
Cantor (name)/Georg Cantor (1845-1918), German mathematician, founder of set theory 集合論|集合论[ji2 he2 lun4]


id: f98575adb879229685671cf81a6fac24f64d03ce
simplified: 庸人自扰
traditional: 庸人自擾
pinyin: yong1 ren2 zi4 rao3
english:
lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom)/fig. to get upset over nothing/to make problems for oneself


id: e227cb92b4672fb36c3f2a6f141d486e1f2aa82a
simplified: 庾信
traditional: 庾信
pinyin: yu3 xin4
english:
Yu Xin (513-581), poet from Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝 and author of Lament for the South 哀江南賦|哀江南赋


id: 354f24320e58d03082e8e1f6ff00374a9759d948
simplified: 廉
traditional: 廉
pinyin: lian2
radicalSimplified: 广
radicalTraditional: 广
variants: 廉
english:
incorruptible/honest/inexpensive/to investigate (old)/side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)/surname Lian


id: f102e631e73039a9fd2ab5d5caa672d39ea7d937
simplified: 廉颇
traditional: 廉頗
pinyin: lian2 po1
english:
Lian Po (327-243 BC), famous general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, repeatedly victorious over Qin 秦國|秦国 and Qi 齊國|齐国


id: a58f7beb3783182d8353cbe21275ac9d7718bdb8
simplified: 廖沫沙
traditional: 廖沫沙
pinyin: liao4 mo4 sha1
english:
Liao Mosha (1907-1990), journalist and communist propagandist, severely criticized and imprisoned for 10 years during the Cultural Revolution


id: dabb70be093c9b97bb0adb4c758d484f58245019
simplified: 废寝忘食
traditional: 廢寢忘食
pinyin: fei4 qin3 wang4 shi2
english:
to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom)/to skip one's sleep and meals/to be completely wrapped up in one's work


id: 3147d1d885640994ee8ce434e59e991a40007de3
simplified: 废藩置县
traditional: 廢藩置縣
pinyin: fei4 fan1 zhi4 xian4
english:
to abolish the feudal Han and introduce modern prefectures (refers to reorganization during Meiji Japan)


id: 2320a1f601e4ef508bbcf1b1cd6ae30e852421e2
simplified: 广南
traditional: 廣南
pinyin: guang3 nan2
english:
Guangnan 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: d803943205e2790b46fcc6391a05152c29d1b4c0
simplified: 广河
traditional: 廣河
pinyin: guang3 he2
english:
Guanghe 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: 86d3a6b1e8442d4f1d08db155d707bf992f24b6b
simplified: 广西
traditional: 廣西
pinyin: guang3 xi1
english:
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区 in South Central China, on the border with Vietnam, abbr. 桂, capital Nanning 南寧|南宁/until 1959, Guangxi province


id: 3ac63802d147d24a6907c891367639e163bb57c9
simplified: 广西壮族自治区
traditional: 廣西壯族自治區
pinyin: guang3 xi1 zhuang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 qu1
english:
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in South Central China, on the border with Vietnam, abbr. 桂[Gui4], capital Nanning 南寧|南宁[Nan2 ning2]/until 1959, Guangxi province


id: 93a04a1e68c6770ac29aa2739c39305f0607fcb5
simplified: 广西省
traditional: 廣西省
pinyin: guang3 xi1 sheng3
english:
Guangxi province in south China/since 1959, 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], location of the Zhuang ethnic group, abbr. 桂[Gui4], capital Nanning 南寧|南宁[Nan2 ning2]


id: 56f9651a1aa9b21b676e39b578945cef530d0537
simplified: 广雅
traditional: 廣雅
pinyin: guang3 ya3
english:
earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], 18150 entries


id: 20c5e7a8d366aea4c90eae1b38daa07839cb05d4
simplified: 广电总局
traditional: 廣電總局
pinyin: guang3 dian4 zong3 ju2
english:
State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT), est. 2013 (abbr. for 國家新聞出版廣電總局|国家新闻出版广电总局[Guo2 jia1 Xin1 wen2 Chu1 ban3 Guang3 dian4 Zong3 ju2])/(prior to 2013) State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT)


id: f6596accdbeb0d6b22a1929b5aa264fa7601278c
simplified: 延平
traditional: 延平
pinyin: yan2 ping2
english:
Yanping district of Nanping city 南平市[Nan2 ping2 shi4] Fujian/Yanping township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan


id: e50203a5c47964888f28262a4a488893935ef37e
simplified: 延边
traditional: 延邊
pinyin: yan2 bian1
english:
Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture 延邊朝鮮族自治州|延边朝鲜族自治州 in Jilin province 吉林省 in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市


id: ea5651717a26f8cdfc62d7ae4c8676d0d0d2d900
simplified: 延边朝鲜族自治州
traditional: 延邊朝鮮族自治州
pinyin: yan2 bian1 chao2 xian3 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1
english:
Yanbian Korean autonomous prefecture in Jilin province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] in northeast China, capital Yanji city 延吉市[Yan2 ji2 Shi4]


id: a481e311c280ceb88f66dba856acaf8e26cfd2c5
simplified: 建塘镇
traditional: 建塘鎮
pinyin: jian4 tang2 zhen4
english:
Jiantang, capital of 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: 2922942cb430050bf8bf34f891b1ccc4277370f8
simplified: 建始
traditional: 建始
pinyin: jian4 shi3
english:
Jianshi 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: 70980ce184b12509a5e0086892e14ceff567688c
simplified: 建文
traditional: 建文
pinyin: jian4 wen2
english:
Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆[Zhu1 Yun3 wen2] (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402


id: 7ce6ac2f3672806648ec457ed6cb01cf6a90841f
simplified: 建文帝
traditional: 建文帝
pinyin: jian4 wen2 di4
english:
reign name of second Ming emperor, reigned 1398-1402, deposed in 1402 (mysterious disappearance is ongoing conspiracy theory)


id: c26d48e850c5737d6ece25a1b850ea5e34086b07
simplified: 建构
traditional: 建構
pinyin: jian4 gou4
english:
to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations)/to set up/to develop/construction (abstract)/architecture


id: 5355b1f1613c0d2a69b2036f73bfaa617edd2de2
simplified: 引
traditional: 引
pinyin: yin3
radicalSimplified: 弓
radicalTraditional: 弓
english:
to draw (e.g. a bow)/to pull/to stretch sth/to extend/to lengthen/to involve or implicate in/to attract/to lead/to guide/to leave/to provide evidence or justification for/old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters


id: 6af7917eae985353ec08028f9f2123e620165619
simplified: 引玉之砖
traditional: 引玉之磚
pinyin: yin3 yu4 zhi1 zhuan1
english:
lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom)/fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas


id: f7261cecb6e192a532b02ade869af1693283c36e
simplified: 引而不发
traditional: 引而不發
pinyin: yin3 er2 bu4 fa1
english:
to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action/to go through the motions/to practice/a trial run


id: 86924c907c2e67c433850fe5496d50f2b52f76f7
simplified: 弗朗索瓦·霍兰德
traditional: 弗朗索瓦·霍蘭德
pinyin: fu2 lang3 suo3 wa3 · huo4 lan2 de2
english:
François Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, president of France 2012-2017/also written 奧朗德|奥朗德[Ao4 lang3 de2]


id: 4cc4d33ed2dcdcf50dd95d336c9f8680d41ac12b
simplified: 弗里德里希·席勒
traditional: 弗里德里希·席勒
pinyin: fu2 li3 de2 li3 xi1 · xi2 le4
english:
Friedrich Schiller or Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805), German poet and dramatist


id: bdd9140d598484e328471a225b2d39f49a8d87de
simplified: 弘治
traditional: 弘治
pinyin: hong2 zhi4
english:
Hongzhi Emperor, reign name of ninth Ming emperor 朱祐樘[Zhu1 You4 tang2] (1470-1505), reigned 1487-1505, Temple name 明孝宗[Ming2 Xiao4 zong1]


id: 2928a1c1173d12e43d6d7b086a9d9def8acf5a19
simplified: 弦歌
traditional: 弦歌
pinyin: xian2 ge1
english:
to sing to a string accompaniment/education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)


id: 6f55521a42fbcfdc4cbfbe013f592fb0f8583e46
simplified: 弦而鼓之
traditional: 弦而鼓之
pinyin: xian2 er2 gu3 zhi1
english:
lit. to tune one's zither then play it; fig. to live by the consequences of one's actions/to make one's bed then lie on it


id: 82ec6408f4c52c63e205309d4f3b0e5498652372
simplified: 弱势群体
traditional: 弱勢群體
pinyin: ruo4 shi4 qun2 ti3
english:
disadvantaged social groups (e.g. the handicapped)/the economically and politically marginalized/the dispossessed


id: 9b6e97563e98d9a65db25b5b698cbc65f599be6b
simplified: 张
traditional: 張
pinyin: zhang1
radicalSimplified: 弓
radicalTraditional: 弓
english:
to open up/to spread/sheet of paper/classifier for flat objects, sheet/classifier for votes/surname Zhang


id: 45cb93e317581f2b25a6bcd15751e367607c1e84
simplified: 张三
traditional: 張三
pinyin: zhang1 san1
english:
John Doe/Zhang San, name for an unspecified person, first of a series of three: 張三|张三, 李四[Li3 Si4], 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry


id: f59970f43a35aa350697effc88f3db4e940a075f
simplified: 张二鸿
traditional: 張二鴻
pinyin: zhang1 er4 hong2
english:
Jung Chang 張戎|张戎[Zhang1 Rong2] (1952-), British-Chinese writer, author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]


id: 13293639a1a0f015f877734e5453c3e3b88263f1
simplified: 张仪
traditional: 張儀
pinyin: zhang1 yi2
english:
Zhang Yi (-309 BC), political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)


id: 52480f6e450c77b5198a0c19cfdf40e4504f9544
simplified: 张冠李戴
traditional: 張冠李戴
pinyin: zhang1 guan1 li3 dai4
english:
lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head/to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom)/to confuse one thing with another


id: f8b04ec4ff54309eb7bd7c8909a27b38d9a6d027
simplified: 张国焘
traditional: 張國燾
pinyin: zhang1 guo2 tao1
english:
Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938


id: 4a43bd916fd290b2f62bf87d00f4a3289e1688d1
simplified: 张大千
traditional: 張大千
pinyin: zhang1 da4 qian1
english:
Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the greatest Chinese artists of the 20th century


id: 097fe000bb409b7f5783d5fe4e6b6b0efff72e7e
simplified: 张天翼
traditional: 張天翼
pinyin: zhang1 tian1 yi4
english:
Zhang Tian'yi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密[Bao3 hu2 lu5 de5 Mi4 mi4]


id: 13215ac1f9a1b27790c7a2145f8a31826ed1b702
simplified: 张学良
traditional: 張學良
pinyin: zhang1 xue2 liang2
english:
Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army


id: 2cd38c5ce4dd699ab015473ce2fb7467fc532b87
simplified: 张居正
traditional: 張居正
pinyin: zhang1 ju1 zheng4
english:
Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee


id: de5676f5434a222592a1515db44e99f2a746be78
simplified: 张廷玉
traditional: 張廷玉
pinyin: zhang1 ting2 yu4
english:
Zhang Tingyu (1672-1755), Qing politician, senior minister to three successive emperors, oversaw compilation of History of the Ming Dynasty 明史[Ming2 shi3] and the Kangxi Dictionary 康熙字典[Kang1 xi1 Zi4 dian3]


id: 1820b30b02e6de060683f23d72f3fff45b5c89de
simplified: 张志新
traditional: 張志新
pinyin: zhang1 zhi4 xin1
english:
Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, murdered in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979


id: 776691c54117c341981dc64831a99cbfaadb2ca7
simplified: 张戎
traditional: 張戎
pinyin: zhang1 rong2
english:
Jung Chang (1952-), British-Chinese writer, name at birth Zhang Erhong 張二鴻|张二鸿[Zhang1 Er4 hong2], author of Wild Swans 野天鵝|野天鹅[Ye3 Tian1 e2] and Mao: The Unknown Story 毛澤東·鮮為人知的故事|毛泽东·鲜为人知的故事[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 · Xian1 wei2 ren2 zhi1 de5 Gu4 shi5]


id: 8fce1cb33a2ee5d73ce9eecfa2847b9f378e0531
simplified: 张成泽
traditional: 張成澤
pinyin: zhang1 cheng2 ze2
english:
Jang Song-taek (1946-2013), brother-in-law of Kim Jong-il 金正日[Jin1 Zheng4 ri4], uncle and regent of Kim Jong-un 金正恩[Jin1 Zheng4 en1]


id: 2c03f8678f8e1928e7cdea3e75b7b04272c1f283
simplified: 张掖地区
traditional: 張掖地區
pinyin: zhang1 ye4 di4 qu1
english:
Zhangye prefecture, Gansu (old term)/Zhangye prefecture level city 張掖市|张掖市[Zhang1 ye4 shi4] (district in Gansu)


id: cb7ac9730bbf2c589dafb99c77e2976f49ffbd91
simplified: 张揖
traditional: 張揖
pinyin: zhang1 yi1
english:
Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works


id: 6c139e3738dc7175065570baeabd087f964c02bf
simplified: 张扬
traditional: 張揚
pinyin: zhang1 yang2
english:
to display ostentatiously/to bring out into the open/to make public/to spread around/flamboyant/brash/Zhang Yang (1967-), PRC film director and screenwriter


id: aa333864199e743abb01ece255acc85ce0da6145
simplified: 张旭
traditional: 張旭
pinyin: zhang1 xu4
english:
Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书


id: 4acfb63cf787bfdd5c1b1b80bd8fe4dfa96aad50
simplified: 张易之
traditional: 張易之
pinyin: zhang1 yi4 zhi1
english:
Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天|武则天[Wu3 Ze2 tian1]


id: fe7dcbbce079df6bfab357926479ddd171c6b938
simplified: 张溥
traditional: 張溥
pinyin: zhang1 pu3
english:
Zhang Pu (1602-1641), Ming dynasty scholar and prolific writer, proponent of 複社|复社[fu4 she4] cultural renewal movement, author of Five tombstone inscriptions 五人墓碑記|五人墓碑记[wu3 ren2 mu4 bei1 ji4]


id: 199769bd2fcf4ba80fa5474e5edbbc864b003549
simplified: 张自忠
traditional: 張自忠
pinyin: zhang1 zi4 zhong1
english:
Zhang Zizhong (1891-1940), Chinese National Revolutionary Army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War


id: 8c963cf4283a1cb60ff5219dcbbbee70867529cc
simplified: 张华
traditional: 張華
pinyin: zhang1 hua4
english:
Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician/Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank/other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention


id: b451a3321598322f2eea49763b9f5a4b9799ef54
simplified: 张飞
traditional: 張飛
pinyin: zhang1 fei1
english:
Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine


id: 0e5fa23741d9095973b3471fdac1695c8c92978e
simplified: 强
traditional: 強
pinyin: qiang2
radicalSimplified: 弓
radicalTraditional: 弓
variants: 強,彊,强
english:
strong/powerful/better/slightly more than/vigorous/violent/best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]/surname Qiang


id: 2c360a1152713d6e3a5a6e1dbee851efac823b70
simplified: 强中自有强中手
traditional: 強中自有強中手
pinyin: qiang2 zhong1 zi4 you3 qiang2 zhong1 shou3
english:
however strong you are, there is always someone stronger (idiom)/there is always sth more to learn/never be satisfied to rest on your laurels/there is no room for complacency


id: fd03c9ca54a2d03841676468d12a1f8c85b3bbe3
simplified: 强扭的瓜不甜
traditional: 強扭的瓜不甜
pinyin: qiang3 niu3 de5 gua1 bu4 tian2
english:
lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)/fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen


id: 8220e9d45a9cf437d35f8ccf9a18765f7a12f587
simplified: 强词夺理
traditional: 強詞奪理
pinyin: qiang3 ci2 duo2 li3
english:
to twist words and force logic (idiom)/sophistry/loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument/shoving false arguments down people's throats


id: 7de5e2e2b2cc17aaddf7f42c287b1007ff553d5f
simplified: 弹
traditional: 彈
pinyin: tan2
radicalSimplified: 弓
radicalTraditional: 弓
english:
to pluck (a string)/to play (a string instrument)/to spring or leap/to shoot (e.g. with a catapult)/(of cotton) to fluff or tease/to flick/to flip/to accuse/to impeach/elastic (of materials)


id: ffec7b5bbac49f792c4732bd5a8264ddb9f25a8c
simplified: 弹冠相庆
traditional: 彈冠相慶
pinyin: tan2 guan1 xiang1 qing4
english:
lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom); to celebrate an official appointment/to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc)


id: 7637a789ea20c54debe0fc509379c05ba4d48b32
simplified: 弹幕
traditional: 彈幕
pinyin: dan4 mu4
english:
barrage (military)/"bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time/danmaku (video game subgenre)


id: 2ecbfdb9d0f6d380ca3002ce0df7c80df4f14edc
simplified: 弹指之间
traditional: 彈指之間
pinyin: tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1
english:
a snap of the fingers (idiom); in an instant/in a short moment/in a flash/in the twinkling of an eye


id: bb8e57d4301fba405565d5ef7b245fbda45274bd
simplified: 弥勒
traditional: 彌勒
pinyin: mi2 le4
english:
Mile county in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan/Maitreya, the future Bodhisattva, to come after Shakyamuni Buddha


id: 9097797f08bf7a9761851336bd7fd31966005ab1
simplified: 弥漫
traditional: 彌漫
pinyin: mi2 man4
english:
to pervade/to fill the air/diffuse/everywhere present/about to inundate (water)/permeated by (smoke)/filled with (dust)/to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc)


id: cde512acb9579af7cf8711f8513a6397e5f053b7
simplified: 弥陀
traditional: 彌陀
pinyin: mi2 tuo2
english:
Amitabha, the Buddha of the Western Paradise/abbr. for 阿彌陀佛|阿弥陀佛/Mituo or Mito township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan


id: eeb935091306162a971bb2bc11d07ca0606fef9c
simplified: 弯道超车
traditional: 彎道超車
pinyin: wan1 dao4 chao1 che1
english:
to overtake on a bend (driving)/(fig.) taking opportunity of tight corners to make swift progress (economy etc)


id: d7c90735e9ff22fbe8a6c077aa73c81a47cc48b5
simplified: 形婚
traditional: 形婚
pinyin: xing2 hun1
english:
sham marriage, esp. a marriage between a gay man and a lesbian arranged in response to parental expectations of a conventional marriage/abbr. for 形式婚姻


id: 82213df9a3cdd549eee3997b33c2fe1f0260c45d
simplified: 形声
traditional: 形聲
pinyin: xing2 sheng1
english:
ideogram plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character


id: daff7de306ad8e01088e182d0dc5eed606d79a72
simplified: 形声字
traditional: 形聲字
pinyin: xing2 sheng1 zi4
english:
radical plus phonetic (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/also known as phonogram, phonetic compound or picto-phonetic character


id: 34e255fe230725bef3b9ab263c3503245c944f7f
simplified: 形译
traditional: 形譯
pinyin: xing2 yi4
english:
derivation of a Chinese loanword from Japanese by using the same characters (or variants) but applying Chinese pronunciation (e.g. 場合|场合[chang3 he2], derived from Japanese 場合, pronounced "ba'ai")


id: 8b9a0994d9b6ef595eadce1e9955b0c9c92678a2
simplified: 彩蛋
traditional: 彩蛋
pinyin: cai3 dan4
english:
painted eggshell/Easter egg/(media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc)/post-credits scene


id: 67aab1159b5c87ed215857571e8f82f2ce178bc6
simplified: 彬马那
traditional: 彬馬那
pinyin: bin1 ma3 na4
english:
Pyinmana, former jungle county town in central Myanmar (Burma), redesignated the national capital and renamed Naypyidaw 內比都 in November 2005


id: 331d5596eac089ba6298f7626b29c403cc0f171e
simplified: 彭博
traditional: 彭博
pinyin: peng2 bo2
english:
Bloomberg (name)/Michael Bloomberg (1942-), US billionaire businessman, politician and philanthropist


id: 132b9d93de191490703a63c0f4da8f320a3b8855
simplified: 彭德怀
traditional: 彭德懷
pinyin: peng2 de2 huai2
english:
Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution


id: d962b1280f22d20222276939d223720caa0e499e
simplified: 彰善瘅恶
traditional: 彰善癉惡
pinyin: zhang1 shan4 dan4 e4
english:
to distinguish good and evil (idiom); to uphold virtue and condemn evil/to praise good and expose vice


id: e74d1c8b2bb8ca1a20d842f4965e0fbc94ffec13
simplified: 役
traditional: 役
pinyin: yi4
radicalSimplified: 彳
radicalTraditional: 彳
english:
forced labor/corvée/obligatory task/military service/to use as servant/to enserf/servant (old)/war/campaign/battle


id: f4989981aabeebc4f0178865ecb943ce415f1e9b
simplified: 往复
traditional: 往復
pinyin: wang3 fu4
english:
to go and come back/to make a return trip/backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action)/to reciprocate (of machine part)


id: 51a88017b3ccffafabb0f8e140c822a1eab74a9b
simplified: 徇
traditional: 徇
pinyin: xun4
radicalSimplified: 彳
radicalTraditional: 彳
english:
to give in to/to be swayed by (personal considerations etc)/Taiwan pr. [xun2]/to follow/to expose publicly/variant of 侚[xun4]/variant of 殉[xun4]


id: 7579ca2f6a242ff200db52bdfadbb3050889d19f
simplified: 后来居上
traditional: 後來居上
pinyin: hou4 lai2 ju1 shang4
english:
lit. late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation/the pupil surpasses the master


id: 69e2fcb0f469cc6047fcc39646f40833d96f2440
simplified: 后周
traditional: 後周
pinyin: hou4 zhou1
english:
Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 开封


id: fe8a466877a94eba9b4f4e4bd14c1a4c3d941aa4
simplified: 后汉书
traditional: 後漢書
pinyin: hou4 han4 shu1
english:
History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 範曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls


id: ef154b2364f4b5b4c6ed5b759c0f9c4f387d21d4
simplified: 后生可畏
traditional: 後生可畏
pinyin: hou4 sheng1 ke3 wei4
english:
the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom)/the younger generations will surpass us in time


id: 102186b479ff21943ed95eaa00d7934bfacf7a2b
simplified: 后路
traditional: 後路
pinyin: hou4 lu4
english:
escape route/retreat route/communication lines to the rear/alternative course of action/room for maneuver


id: 08ac5c154898970258e59ca197129ec919e7ed6a
simplified: 后车之鉴
traditional: 後車之鑒
pinyin: hou4 che1 zhi1 jian4
english:
lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart/fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor/learn from past mistake/once bitten twice shy


id: f3139c9ec000adec93e6f16e0b7087ae1b87fa32
simplified: 后顾之忧
traditional: 後顧之憂
pinyin: hou4 gu4 zhi1 you1
english:
fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action)/worries about the future consequences/often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"


id: 0c586b1acbb6a90535206efa678867c81ac97e1f
simplified: 后鼻音
traditional: 後鼻音
pinyin: hou4 bi2 yin1
english:
velar nasal/consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate


id: f9e38da14a99a793643f9510a1da11edd7a4fcb3
simplified: 徐世昌
traditional: 徐世昌
pinyin: xu2 shi4 chang1
english:
Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921


id: 41575664440b183bc9a572ab88275bf453ea7c01
simplified: 徐熙媛
traditional: 徐熙媛
pinyin: xu2 xi1 yuan2
english:
Xu Xiyuan or Hsu Hsiyuan or Barbie Hsu (1976-), Taiwan pop star and actress, F4 band member/also called 大S


id: 3f5f08ba5a724d67f1baae45f878491a44e81c58
simplified: 徐霞客
traditional: 徐霞客
pinyin: xu2 xia2 ke4
english:
Xu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries 徐霞客遊記|徐霞客游记[Xu2 Xia2 ke4 You2 ji4]


id: 06370fbe234e4e38b60b8686b8594127cef61fc5
simplified: 徐霞客游记
traditional: 徐霞客遊記
pinyin: xu2 xia2 ke4 you2 ji4
english:
Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries, a book of travel records by 徐霞客[Xu2 Xia2 ke4] on geology, geography, plants etc


id: 37cc41ac1e659e8b60bd68a6df06f1869930de82
simplified: 得
traditional: 得
pinyin: de2
radicalSimplified: 彳
radicalTraditional: 彳
english:
to obtain/to get/to gain/to catch (a disease)/proper/suitable/proud/contented/to allow/to permit/ready/finished


id: 5e0c4b2cb75e0cd5302e113a6fabcbcf9e179fd0
simplified: 得
traditional: 得
pinyin: de5
radicalSimplified: 彳
radicalTraditional: 彳
english:
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc


id: 61b0a1e084dc9b742638f77faf733aafcc733131
simplified: 得中
traditional: 得中
pinyin: de2 zhong4
english:
to succeed in an imperial examination/successful/to hit the target/to win (the lottery)/suitable/proper/just right


id: 5d4e4ad9f7f9bb30caae353a565b400c98f797c7
simplified: 得寸进尺
traditional: 得寸進尺
pinyin: de2 cun4 jin4 chi3
english:
lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains/give him an inch, and he'll want a mile


id: 2d55ebf2f68805cc431103789a2239ed81b7fd61
simplified: 得心应手
traditional: 得心應手
pinyin: de2 xin1 ying4 shou3
english:
lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job/entirely in one's element/going smoothly and easily


id: e6025cd208434bb80b4e43c3881964e1de424790
simplified: 得荣
traditional: 得榮
pinyin: de2 rong2
english:
Dêrong county (Tibetan: sde rong rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州|甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)


id: ab7f985752bd41d3a20afd92854f49080d98a086
simplified: 得荣县
traditional: 得榮縣
pinyin: de2 rong2 xian4
english:
Dêrong county (Tibetan: sde rong 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: e62bf902ee58655d7964891a8146a6c877e5955f
simplified: 得气
traditional: 得氣
pinyin: de2 qi4
english:
"to obtain qi", the sensation of electrical tingling, numbness, soreness etc at the meridian where accupuncture needle is inserted


id: 31450c004d112c2f58bd8319dac8f679547db772
simplified: 得饶人处且饶人
traditional: 得饒人處且饒人
pinyin: de2 rao2 ren2 chu4 qie3 rao2 ren2
english:
where it is possible to let people off, one should spare them (idiom); anyone can make mistakes, forgive them when possible


id: bd0ac4a81ee0dd0db1f43c4c8d8977843b17bb80
simplified: 从
traditional: 從
pinyin: cong2
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 彳
variants: 從,従,从
english:
from/through/via/to follow/to obey/to engage in (an activity)/never (in negative sentence)/(Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer/assistant/auxiliary/subordinate/related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor/surname Cong


id: 22f4a498aa829b186df7b6936850d4f73075b831
simplified: 从天而降
traditional: 從天而降
pinyin: cong2 tian1 er2 jiang4
english:
lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)/fig. to appear unexpectedly/to arise abruptly/out of the blue/to drop into one's lap


id: 1fa04bea051336dda8b8c7c2481ad4ab3e2cc2fb
simplified: 从江
traditional: 從江
pinyin: cong2 jiang1
english:
Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou


id: 7a12a3a4096ddc5171c4dd9e3d6041e32f4ef2a4
simplified: 从谏如流
traditional: 從諫如流
pinyin: cong2 jian4 ru2 liu2
english:
to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom); to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)


id: 037cccefaec9e404aee4da5687151f1ac49e7574
simplified: 御宅族
traditional: 御宅族
pinyin: yu4 zhai2 zu2
english:
otaku, a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests such as anime, manga, and video games/see also 宅男[zhai2 nan2]/see also 宅女[zhai2 nu:3]


id: 0e69eb6dab8fbedef43690445186371dfe8aadd4
simplified: 复
traditional: 復
pinyin: fu4
radicalSimplified: 夊
radicalTraditional: 彳
variants: 復,覆
english:
to go and return/to return/to resume/to return to a normal or original state/to repeat/again/to recover/to restore/to turn over/to reply/to answer/to reply to a letter/to retaliate/to carry out


id: d1210ce5abc495207732a108530069e15e78c475
simplified: 复位
traditional: 復位
pinyin: fu4 wei4
english:
to restore sb or sth to its original position/to regain the throne/to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc)/reset


id: f01ad8116011759fc9b98edb16e5e40a7daf1eca
simplified: 复古
traditional: 復古
pinyin: fu4 gu3
english:
to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration)/to turn back the clock/neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文/retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)


id: 52407114baa07d78b79763a197186a517b0201c9
simplified: 复兴
traditional: 復興
pinyin: fu4 xing1
english:
to revive/to rejuvenate/Fuxing district of Handan city 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 shi4], Hebei/Fuxing or Fuhsing township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan


id: f02d38cfc2a65de8805b2b05b4315331ed2d0540
simplified: 复读
traditional: 復讀
pinyin: fu4 du2
english:
to return to the same school and repeat a course from which one has already graduated, as a result of failing to get good enough results to progress to one's desired higher-level school


id: 50f8972b4d25e13b9af09c91cc395d2d3e903227
simplified: 循规蹈矩
traditional: 循規蹈矩
pinyin: xun2 gui1 dao3 ju3
english:
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly/to act according to convention


id: 5fa74fab0b702a844aa3696429482b05266dcf33
simplified: 微
traditional: 微
pinyin: wei1
radicalSimplified: 彳
radicalTraditional: 彳
english:
tiny/miniature/slightly/profound/abtruse/to decline/one millionth part of/micro-/Taiwan pr. [wei2]/surname Wei/ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing/Taiwan pr. [Wei2]


id: de636c0a70ea82f7bcac5fbe2b7c99a92f2149c5
simplified: 微商
traditional: 微商
pinyin: wei1 shang1
english:
derivative (math.)/business on WeChat 微信[Wei1 xin4] leveraging one's social network/person who operates such a business


id: a12fba6f7cae0e842610e58a33d39156535a6a20
simplified: 征
traditional: 徵
pinyin: zheng1
radicalSimplified: 彳
radicalTraditional: 彳
english:
to invite/to recruit/to levy (taxes)/to draft (troops)/phenomenon/symptom/characteristic sign (used as proof)/evidence


id: e08a312cb0f84c4155679fa734434d297cabbf12
simplified: 征选
traditional: 徵選
pinyin: zheng1 xuan3
english:
to call for entries and select the best/to solicit (entries, submissions, applications etc)/to select (the best candidate)/contest/competition


id: 8d3c36549eacebee6008a297bd835cd194c76f08
simplified: 德
traditional: 德
pinyin: de2
radicalSimplified: 彳
radicalTraditional: 彳
variants: 惪,悳
english:
virtue/goodness/morality/ethics/kindness/favor/character/kind/Germany/German/abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]


id: a7b8c8ef50388e9f85134c59774f92786462b8a8
simplified: 德令哈
traditional: 德令哈
pinyin: de2 ling4 ha1
english:
Delingha city 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: c5b2d80c5cd1b1faafa9c135b05dd53022dd2eb3
simplified: 德先生
traditional: 德先生
pinyin: de2 xian1 sheng5
english:
"Mr Democracy", phrase used during the May 4th Movement 五四運動|五四运动[Wu3 si4 Yun4 dong4]/abbr. for 德謨克拉西|德谟克拉西[de2 mo2 ke4 la1 xi1]/see also 賽先生|赛先生[Sai4 xian1 sheng5]


id: 084ab02810dac6a77284df8f6e6efc6f5c864316
simplified: 德古拉
traditional: 德古拉
pinyin: de2 gu3 la1
english:
Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker/Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476), nicknamed Vlad the Impaler or Dracula


id: 4d08a2fe462896f46b1f6784f769b66c6a39ce0b
simplified: 德国统一社会党
traditional: 德國統一社會黨
pinyin: de2 guo2 tong3 yi1 she4 hui4 dang3
english:
Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (Socialist Unity Party of Germany 1949-1990), the ruling communist party of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany)


id: 25cab728da3db7a703e1e8aa041f52467bfdd41d
simplified: 德宏傣族景颇族自治州
traditional: 德宏傣族景頗族自治州
pinyin: de2 hong2 dai3 zu2 jing3 po1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1
english:
Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture in west Yunnan, surrounded on three sides by Myanmar (Burma), capital Luxi 潞西市


id: fd3716a9ab367d7ef168c05e78605ee2fc62676c
simplified: 德宏州
traditional: 德宏州
pinyin: de2 hong2 zhou1
english:
abbr. for 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州, Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture in west Yunnan surrounded on three sides by Myanmar (Burma)


id: 2c8f1cf61e2bd5a343c9293c34ac92840d34192e
simplified: 德布勒森
traditional: 德布勒森
pinyin: de2 bu4 le4 sen1
english:
Debrecen, Hungary's second city, capital of Hajdú-Bihar county 豪伊杜·比豪爾州|豪伊杜·比豪尔州[Hao2 yi1 du4 · Bi4 hao2 er3 zhou1] in east Hungary on the border with Romania


id: fa0f4341234a621c7e305b08f532961448ed8163
simplified: 德昌
traditional: 德昌
pinyin: de2 chang1
english:
Dechang 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: 7e126dc5c9bf01b9a0db0f45ff7c36bbc1396a24
simplified: 德格
traditional: 德格
pinyin: de2 ge2
english:
Dêgê county (Tibetan: sde dge 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: 4716aaf76cf12ce2cfe3afcb2e231b7d4ce4e18e
simplified: 德钦
traditional: 德欽
pinyin: de2 qin1
english:
Dechen county in 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], Yunnan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)


id: a3b3b9535b89ce30288b00737a21a8db17235553
simplified: 德沃夏克
traditional: 德沃夏克
pinyin: de2 wo4 xia4 ke4
english:
Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New World symphony


id: c816570cc007f49d2dfc9e17e424464db43f1d8d
simplified: 德法年鉴
traditional: 德法年鑒
pinyin: de2 fa3 nian2 jian4
english:
Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher (published once in 1844 by Karl Marx and bourgeois radical Arnold Ruge)


id: 8d12bd4daa065e36fbbb6245244db3a0fc84bcce
simplified: 德薄能鲜
traditional: 德薄能鮮
pinyin: de2 bo2 neng2 xian3
english:
little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)


id: 8125228ffd87f00c5567c6338c4c7736cff41479
simplified: 德雷尔
traditional: 德雷爾
pinyin: de2 lei2 er3
english:
Dreyer (name)/June Teufel Dreyer, China expert at Univ. of Miami and Foreign Policy Research Institute


id: a68ce537ab85caed8dd8cee162dd0b0733c94360
simplified: 德雷福斯
traditional: 德雷福斯
pinyin: de2 lei2 fu2 si1
english:
Dreyfus (name)/Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewish background, infamously imprisoned 1894 in miscarriage of justice


id: 1f6164724f6d372c299986ce8ebb213e15833530
simplified: 德雷福斯案件
traditional: 德雷福斯案件
pinyin: de2 lei2 fu2 si1 an4 jian4
english:
Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice


id: c57bb1bf8d1d9a1dd5abcc00e94cc84fb3f3d133
simplified: 心口不一
traditional: 心口不一
pinyin: xin1 kou3 bu4 yi1
english:
heart and mouth at variance (idiom); keeping one's real intentions to oneself/saying one thing but meaning sth different


id: 5edf19a768a2c9fcef7d263967acaa2c1786ca1e
simplified: 心学
traditional: 心學
pinyin: xin1 xue2
english:
School of Mind/Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明|王阳明[Wang2 Yang2 ming2])


id: 3d579f7a01ab2e0775e76186fbe915925a45df8b
simplified: 心得
traditional: 心得
pinyin: xin1 de2
english:
what one has learned (through experience, reading etc)/knowledge/insight/understanding/tips/CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]


id: 00dce860821669964682b0e6873133bbf5a21dcd
simplified: 心有灵犀一点通
traditional: 心有靈犀一點通
pinyin: xin1 you3 ling2 xi1 yi1 dian3 tong1
english:
hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one


id: cded3432443f25119b9c607aa0b0098c10bf61f1
simplified: 心有余，力不足
traditional: 心有餘，力不足
pinyin: xin1 you3 yu2 , li4 bu4 zu2
english:
The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects)./I really want to do it, but don't have the resources./The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.


id: 16de99a86fa1192d44b102efba756bcea43fa1ad
simplified: 心猿意马
traditional: 心猿意馬
pinyin: xin1 yuan2 yi4 ma3
english:
lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.)/to have ants in one's pants/hyperactive/adventurous and uncontrollable


id: 7e368bd1f0faf313bb017c2586afa731f83afdd2
simplified: 心理作用
traditional: 心理作用
pinyin: xin1 li3 zuo4 yong4
english:
psychological effect/subjective experience affected more by one's expectations than by objective reality/figment of the imagination


id: 555662eb2ee3a42e9ad40dbc3a216f685c716939
simplified: 心里美萝卜
traditional: 心裡美蘿蔔
pinyin: xin1 li5 mei3 luo2 bo5
english:
Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable


id: 7bd269b415559be740fb720151409b92973f5fd6
simplified: 忍者神龟
traditional: 忍者神龜
pinyin: ren3 zhe3 shen2 gui1
english:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, video games etc


id: eb856b832f22804670878ddde27bb079e855ad96
simplified: 忘恩负义
traditional: 忘恩負義
pinyin: wang4 en1 fu4 yi4
english:
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend/to kick a benefactor in the teeth


id: 335661738bdd782196b592672e437fc3c3578e5a
simplified: 忠清
traditional: 忠清
pinyin: zhong1 qing1
english:
Chungcheong Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Chungcheong province 忠清北道[Zhong1 qing1 bei3 dao4] and South Chungcheong province 忠清南道[Zhong1 qing1 nan2 dao4] of South Korea


id: a9191f99f7cab94b879d255ea20bdb96a25d0a22
simplified: 快
traditional: 快
pinyin: kuai4
radicalSimplified: 心
radicalTraditional: 心
english:
rapid/quick/speed/rate/soon/almost/to make haste/clever/sharp (of knives or wits)/forthright/plainspoken/gratified/pleased/pleasant


id: f9b760d71cbca4e56281dbb669c8c621c62a9629
simplified: 快刀斩乱麻
traditional: 快刀斬亂麻
pinyin: kuai4 dao1 zhan3 luan4 ma2
english:
lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation/cutting the Gordian knot


id: d1925aceb5d1c7540c13cb338b933a8414bbf7d1
simplified: 念
traditional: 念
pinyin: nian4
radicalSimplified: 心
radicalTraditional: 心
variants: 念
english:
to read/to study (a subject)/to attend (a school)/to read aloud/to miss (sb)/idea/remembrance/twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿, 20)


id: 7fd333cb2dec1401e899d4237e2e15d5367cc8d5
simplified: 忽必烈
traditional: 忽必烈
pinyin: hu1 bi4 lie4
english:
Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), grandson of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗, first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294


id: 76da2dee8314f46426d3c0020682fb30b0930baa
simplified: 忽悠
traditional: 忽悠
pinyin: hu1 you5
english:
to rock/to sway/to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water)/to flutter (e.g. of a flag)/to trick sb into doing sth/to dupe/to con


id: 35f1bb907769d2c5b43913baef7770d629531977
simplified: 怎么回事
traditional: 怎麼回事
pinyin: zen3 me5 hui2 shi4
english:
what's the matter?/what's going on?/how could that be?/how did that come about?/what's it all about?


id: 2fbeaf2e2ec6380572a3e77fee19b6b5edb6c7f4
simplified: 怒气攻心
traditional: 怒氣攻心
pinyin: nu4 qi4 gong1 xin1
english:
(TCM) sudden strong emotions attacking the heart, leading to faints etc/(fig.) to fly into a fit of anger


id: 409239afa5bf9ac39126418defb909759cd7af21
simplified: 怒江
traditional: 怒江
pinyin: nu4 jiang1
english:
Nujiang river of south Tibet and northwest Yunnan, the upper reaches of Salween river 薩爾溫江|萨尔温江, forming border of Myanmar and Thailand


id: 65b801c0518bc5f2e59cee160b6769f22b247fec
simplified: 怒江傈僳族自治区
traditional: 怒江傈僳族自治區
pinyin: nu4 jiang1 li4 su4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 qu1
english:
Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture in northwest Yunnan, capital Liuku or Lutku 六庫鎮|六库镇[Liu4 ku4 zhen4]


id: 3b7191982536f6b35e34f4b74d3292915382a460
simplified: 怒江州
traditional: 怒江州
pinyin: nu4 jiang1 zhou1
english:
abbr. for 怒江傈僳族自治州, Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture in northwest Yunnan, capital Liuku or Lutku 六庫鎮|六库镇[Liu4 ku4 zhen4]


id: 37993cdeb78c538cbc6735fa50e18892d8a81068
simplified: 怒发冲冠
traditional: 怒髮衝冠
pinyin: nu4 fa4 chong1 guan1
english:
lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom)/fig. seething in anger/raise one's hackles


id: 9a21e0e1cda065a068326fcda42a4fa2d9644dc6
simplified: 思前想后
traditional: 思前想後
pinyin: si1 qian2 xiang3 hou4
english:
to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future/to ponder over reasons and connection


id: f5b49920f7f111355421d7ba71d11459d4742c23
simplified: 思密达
traditional: 思密達
pinyin: si1 mi4 da2
english:
(slang) (used at the end of a sentence to mimic Korean speech) (loanword from Korean verb ending "seumnida")/(jocularly) a Korean


id: 0fb316723ad56c3ca4447b5bfcad4416620460f7
simplified: 急嘴急舌
traditional: 急嘴急舌
pinyin: ji2 zui3 ji2 she2
english:
lit. quick mouth and quick tongue/fig. to interrupt sb urgently and say one's piece/to chime in rapidly


id: 38d6fad97b1bdf1685d94dc2ddfaab5a0142e7a6
simplified: 急难
traditional: 急難
pinyin: ji2 nan4
english:
misfortune/crisis/grave danger/critical situation/disaster/emergency/to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament


id: aac23747d87e98b464d3cf093dcebbb3f08536d7
simplified: 性
traditional: 性
pinyin: xing4
radicalSimplified: 心
radicalTraditional: 心
english:
nature/character/property/quality/attribute/sexuality/sex/gender/suffix forming adjective from verb/suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity/essence/CL:個|个[ge4]


id: 67d530c1a0a526fe0734ee9af435feb8ab4a7304
simplified: 怨天载道
traditional: 怨天載道
pinyin: yuan4 tian1 zai4 dao4
english:
lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around/discontent is openly voiced


id: cb3bc947df1ae1b5beef6fc65b4b9ce043371c9a
simplified: 怵目惊心
traditional: 怵目驚心
pinyin: chu4 mu4 jing1 xin1
english:
lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking/horrible to see/a ghastly sight/also written 觸目驚心|触目惊心


id: 0bb1d1daaa0994dca769e0e4f2a4189b97a55e44
simplified: 怸
traditional: 怸
pinyin: xi1
radicalSimplified: 心
radicalTraditional: 心
english:
obscure variant of 悉[xi1]/Achyranthes bidentata, a root used in Chinese medicine, equivalent to 牛膝[niu2 xi1]


id: c13585c1b4e56d831b7b4d9dd8e48a7ee1cd89d3
simplified: 恒
traditional: 恆
pinyin: heng2
radicalSimplified: 心
radicalTraditional: 心
variants: 恆,恒
english:
permanent/constant/fixed/usual/ordinary/rule (old)/one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷟)/surname Heng


id: 0d63d80e95a78c89f7850963f76609df864fe37b
simplified: 恒山
traditional: 恆山
pinyin: heng2 shan1
english:
Mt Heng in Shanxi, northern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4]/Hengshan district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西[Ji1 xi1], Heilongjiang


id: b7e923226080c004a9f02b5886e8cefc9df26540
simplified: 恨铁不成钢
traditional: 恨鐵不成鋼
pinyin: hen4 tie3 bu4 cheng2 gang1
english:
lit. to hate iron for not becoming steel/to feel resentful towards sb for failing to meet expectations and impatient to see improvement (idiom)


id: 255f1321c0ee1570d8e7105fe4bf998aabcd5b83
simplified: 恩准
traditional: 恩准
pinyin: en1 zhun3
english:
approved by His (or Her) Majesty/permission graciously granted (from highly authoritative position)/to graciously permit/to condescend to allow


id: aa73af7a543630c7ecba27f9670b0523940bda33
simplified: 恩施
traditional: 恩施
pinyin: en1 shi1
english:
Enshi prefecture-level city in southwest Hubei, capital of Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州


id: 1aab52bf77a2ea5cc252915816b71c9232d6bb9d
simplified: 恩施地区
traditional: 恩施地區
pinyin: en1 shi1 di4 qu1
english:
Enshi in Hubei/abbr. for 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]


id: c2440d1c306bd28840c884e49d68b1bf5e1d79d4
simplified: 恩施市
traditional: 恩施市
pinyin: en1 shi1 shi4
english:
Enshi prefecture-level city in Hubei, capital of Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州


id: 17dd5ced41a4c5f89fe0442573c2802fe66b47dd
simplified: 恭祝
traditional: 恭祝
pinyin: gong1 zhu4
english:
to congratulate respectfully/to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior)/with best wishes (in writing)


id: 7a3d3e136857bb331cd1980f0c0157e93ae1d868
simplified: 悍然不顾
traditional: 悍然不顧
pinyin: han4 ran2 bu4 gu4
english:
outrageous and unconventional (idiom); flying in the face of (authority, convention, public opinion etc)


id: 3ded79261042f0b5be61ac6c4d0bef788a5765bf
simplified: 悟空
traditional: 悟空
pinyin: wu4 kong1
english:
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 You2 Ji4]


id: 7c5358bfdbf60c7abe7455dc2de68a903d3d6fc8
simplified: 悠悠
traditional: 悠悠
pinyin: you1 you1
english:
lasting for ages/long drawn out/remote in time or space/unhurried/a great number (of events)/preposterous/pensive


id: 99f91570aea5b24b878e498d346772a0b40d7072
simplified: 悠游卡
traditional: 悠遊卡
pinyin: you1 you2 ka3
english:
EasyCard, smartcard used for payment on public transport and at other businesses such as convenience stores in Taipei and surrounding areas


id: 3a50cf913f6bac6be0694db8ade37f14fdf4aa4d
simplified: 患难见真情
traditional: 患難見真情
pinyin: huan4 nan4 jian4 zhen1 qing2
english:
true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom)/you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together/you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties


id: a42c940a15ebd7473bb2b1a9668f49583b45e8f4
simplified: 情同手足
traditional: 情同手足
pinyin: qing2 tong2 shou3 zu2
english:
as close as one's hands and feet (idiom); loving one another as brothers/deep friendship/closely attached to one another


id: 3243df4501e4585517d4d7faab7adb2bac6df09d
simplified: 惠子
traditional: 惠子
pinyin: hui4 zi5
english:
Hui-zi also known as Hui Shi 惠施[Hui4 Shi1] (c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家 [Ming2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)


id: 37f523ec30810296538f10050ea03e441555515d
simplified: 惠施
traditional: 惠施
pinyin: hui4 shi1
english:
Hui Shi, also known as Hui-zi 惠子[Hui4 zi5](c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家 [Ming2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)


id: 61b45a64b50e7665799a5c0bd4b25a982dca3c49
simplified: 惠远寺
traditional: 惠遠寺
pinyin: hui4 yuan3 si4
english:
Huiyuan Monastery in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县[Dao4 fu2 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan


id: b1cdf2035fa73cd12cadb787748ee192011bb558
simplified: 恶搞
traditional: 惡搞
pinyin: e4 gao3
english:
spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)


id: 3baa6c9426db83f1b02811712a2f2aeae07b2ac4
simplified: 恶搞文化
traditional: 惡搞文化
pinyin: e4 gao3 wen2 hua4
english:
spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)


id: 2622367c6ee0726517f115175e573e6876d8ca6b
simplified: 恶有恶报
traditional: 惡有惡報
pinyin: e4 you3 e4 bao4
english:
evil has its retribution (idiom); to suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds/sow the wind and reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7)


id: feb4846bc3d9f4a39a2d4d0ba9bc7b367489ce00
simplified: 恶贯满盈
traditional: 惡貫滿盈
pinyin: e4 guan4 man3 ying2
english:
lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom); filled with extreme evil/replete with vice/guilty of monstrous crimes


id: 2fa69ce7b009aae492fc0b8aa0212eff23b351e6
simplified: 想
traditional: 想
pinyin: xiang3
radicalSimplified: 心
radicalTraditional: 心
english:
to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)


id: 48c0b8e346b0aea9f867dff4563e3bba226dba79
simplified: 想不开
traditional: 想不開
pinyin: xiang3 bu5 kai1
english:
cannot figure out/to be unable to take a lighter view/to take things too hard/to be depressed/to fret over trifles


id: f4ed0003b34e21f7cd45d75c39634671e7cc9841
simplified: 想得开
traditional: 想得開
pinyin: xiang3 de5 kai1
english:
to not take to heart/to be free of worried thoughts/to adopt a lighthearted perspective/lighthearted


id: ba87aa33154d99985687b38d681edd123235b4db
simplified: 想开
traditional: 想開
pinyin: xiang3 kai1
english:
to get over (a shock, bereavement etc)/to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things/to accept the situation and move on


id: d93e9862fbce2c66d1365315aeff981bc3e73d0e
simplified: 惹火烧身
traditional: 惹火燒身
pinyin: re3 huo3 shao1 shen1
english:
stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt/fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling


id: fe58b710eac98c01e11155956b785fc51e925230
simplified: 意
traditional: 意
pinyin: yi4
radicalSimplified: 心
radicalTraditional: 心
english:
idea/meaning/thought/to think/wish/desire/intention/to expect/to anticipate/Italy/Italian/abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4]


id: b38ae69951e93237c1863300b5040616d555adcb
simplified: 意存笔先，画尽意在
traditional: 意存筆先，畫盡意在
pinyin: yi4 cun2 bi3 xian1 , hua4 jin4 yi4 zai4
english:
the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through


id: 550c8052fcf0e8fc155b158dc0a12abd7eb42bb7
simplified: 意思
traditional: 意思
pinyin: yi4 si5
english:
idea/opinion/meaning/wish/desire/interest/fun/token of appreciation, affection etc/CL:個|个[ge4]/to give as a small token/to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc


id: 3913bb6e9c171432cfd63829fab484e605dba313
simplified: 意译
traditional: 意譯
pinyin: yi4 yi4
english:
meaning (of foreign expression)/translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译)/paraphrase/free translation


id: c8495cf15ca910b10e8e14c852e0b1d04d4f6fcc
simplified: 爱别离苦
traditional: 愛別離苦
pinyin: ai4 bie2 li2 ku3
english:
(Buddhism) the pain of parting with what (or whom) one loves, one of the eight distresses 八苦[ba1 ku3]


id: fc590d48c1f95a6ffdb81a918edc5d53cb3c2cb4
simplified: 爱屋及乌
traditional: 愛屋及烏
pinyin: ai4 wu1 ji2 wu1
english:
lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected/Love me, love my dog.


id: d55ffeb446613b3af4c120f1a66b3d32fff1609a
simplified: 爱心
traditional: 愛心
pinyin: ai4 xin1
english:
compassion/kindness/care for others/love/CL:片[pian4]/charity (bazaar, golf day etc)/heart (the symbol ♥)


id: ca19e575749c0e6ea7b5272d436b99cefbb0a614
simplified: 爱憎分明
traditional: 愛憎分明
pinyin: ai4 zeng1 fen1 ming2
english:
to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates/to have well-defined likes and dislikes


id: 6f92db501b2f3a10a6edab60b04c65a33e3a845b
simplified: 爱玉冰
traditional: 愛玉冰
pinyin: ai4 yu4 bing1
english:
jelly snack made by kneading jelly fig seeds 愛玉子|爱玉子[ai4 yu4 zi3] in water and combining with flavorings (popular in Taiwan and Singapore)


id: 0aca2a51d892477f4f4f97249ad1cd315d6acfe7
simplified: 爱莫能助
traditional: 愛莫能助
pinyin: ai4 mo4 neng2 zhu4
english:
unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you./My hands are tied.


id: e108c380c41de4e8a581145cbcec12b0b0507827
simplified: 爱卫会
traditional: 愛衛會
pinyin: ai4 wei4 hui4
english:
Patriotic Health Committee, abbr. of 愛國衛生運動委員會|爱国卫生运动委员会[Ai4 guo2 Wei4 sheng1 Yun4 dong4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4]


id: f8912a74e58ead6bf98a027892b7d4d7086f53db
simplified: 感冒
traditional: 感冒
pinyin: gan3 mao4
english:
to catch cold/(common) cold/CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]/(coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative)/(Tw) to detest/can't stand


id: 7eb42b0cd6178845b89d752819da0755953473f8
simplified: 感化
traditional: 感化
pinyin: gan3 hua4
english:
corrective influence/to reform (a criminal)/redemption (of a sinner)/to influence (a malefactor to a better life)/to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example


id: 3feafc9754a8cf40168fc82c8203f71ce8e4b63b
simplified: 感受
traditional: 感受
pinyin: gan3 shou4
english:
to sense/perception/to feel (through the senses)/to experience/a feeling/an impression/an experience


id: 0f7e92b443a69203598d7c56a9aad578b5427c71
simplified: 感同身受
traditional: 感同身受
pinyin: gan3 tong2 shen1 shou4
english:
to feel as if it had happened to oneself/to sympathize/(polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor


id: 7e75203029f3126ecdbc90baeef6ff3c5834ed06
simplified: 愧不敢当
traditional: 愧不敢當
pinyin: kui4 bu4 gan3 dang1
english:
lit. I'm ashamed and dare not (accept the honor); fig. I do not deserve your praise./You flatter me too much.


id: 2e7f104d55be11dbf6de1b0ab5433de049a64855
simplified: 慈悲为本
traditional: 慈悲為本
pinyin: ci2 bei1 wei2 ben3
english:
mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion


id: bc4d1e7b1a5ebacd6de0f46877d76d3a0cdf3ee8
simplified: 慈照寺
traditional: 慈照寺
pinyin: ci2 zhao4 si4
english:
Jishōji in northeast Kyōto 京都, Japan, the official name of Ginkakuji or Silver pavilion 銀閣寺|银阁寺[yin2 ge2 si4]


id: e0f4bcde78e7d443bf366c24ee7702d09dc3cc2e
simplified: 庆尚道
traditional: 慶尚道
pinyin: qing4 shang4 dao4
english:
Gyeongsang Province of Joseon Korea, now divided into North Gyeongsang Province 慶尚北道|庆尚北道[Qing4 shang4 bei3 dao4] and South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[Qing4 shang4 nan2 dao4]


id: 8b049ce6580e82c3d2d20dbb9af4797961dcec86
simplified: 欲壑难填
traditional: 慾壑難填
pinyin: yu4 he4 nan2 tian2
english:
bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed/carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment


id: 705ff63ea8d6885e9718e157104c7a6e0daa0d7a
simplified: 愤青
traditional: 憤青
pinyin: fen4 qing1
english:
angry youth/positive term used to describe young Chinese with extreme nationalistic tendencies/see also 糞青|粪青[fen4 qing1]


id: a9682de07ec72668759a1876d4045f814c60d6e2
simplified: 宪兵队
traditional: 憲兵隊
pinyin: xian4 bing1 dui4
english:
the Kempeitai or Japanese Military Police 1881-1945 (Japanese counterpart of the Gestapo during WWII)


id: c8c45c4ea838050c20da5df1e5833493036ea3e6
simplified: 应卯
traditional: 應卯
pinyin: ying4 mao3
english:
to answer the roll call at 卯時|卯时[mao3 shi2], i.e. between 5 and 7 am/fig. to put in a conventional appearance


id: 6a62464d1d49327740edd9b68335ea5b7a99fc55
simplified: 应天承运
traditional: 應天承運
pinyin: ying4 tian1 cheng2 yun4
english:
lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven/the Divine Right of kings


id: cbe740913dc156f75b4d9da5bb6b45f034b57b2c
simplified: 应接不暇
traditional: 應接不暇
pinyin: ying4 jie1 bu4 xia2
english:
more than one can attend to (idiom)/deluged (with inquiries etc)/overwhelmed (by the beauty of the scenery)


id: 4268859259aea0c5fe033c1e529aa127168659e8
simplified: 应有尽有
traditional: 應有盡有
pinyin: ying1 you3 jin4 you3
english:
everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand/to have all one needs


id: 189315f1d36deaac006fa92899bfa4fca7fa70d4
simplified: 应运而生
traditional: 應運而生
pinyin: ying4 yun4 er2 sheng1
english:
to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom)/to arise at an opportune time/able to take advantage of an opportunity/to rise to the occasion


id: e2bbc936e4f025d4a94ac4e8af5de25d3ec6d436
simplified: 惩一警百
traditional: 懲一警百
pinyin: cheng2 yi1 jing3 bai3
english:
lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom)/fig. to make an example of sb/also written 懲一儆百|惩一儆百[cheng2 yi1 jing3 bai3]


id: 3ebf907f4e9ca24811afb0ec5f52ce60b0bd20ca
simplified: 惩前毖后
traditional: 懲前毖後
pinyin: cheng2 qian2 bi4 hou4
english:
lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again


id: 77e5244aef721f17ec467a6bfcbd679ca32f568d
simplified: 懒驴上磨屎尿多
traditional: 懶驢上磨屎尿多
pinyin: lan3 lu:2 shang4 mo4 shi3 niao4 duo1
english:
(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working/lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing


id: c41f49f7794fc1687080d98304832ce5cd437995
simplified: 怀仁堂
traditional: 懷仁堂
pinyin: huai2 ren2 tang2
english:
Huairen Hall or Huairentang, a building inside Zhongnanhai 中南海[Zhong1 nan2 hai3], used as the main meeting place of the Politburo of the CCP


id: 7187e68dc61d48c736ce6e2f8a8cac443e24e3e2
simplified: 怀璧其罪
traditional: 懷璧其罪
pinyin: huai2 bi4 qi2 zui4
english:
lit. treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime (idiom); to get into trouble on account of a cherished item/fig. A person's talent will arouse the envy of others.


id: dfe82679baf330f977d63e08235cb5258e28b7d3
simplified: 悬梁刺股
traditional: 懸樑刺股
pinyin: xuan2 liang2 ci4 gu3
english:
to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)/see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tou2 xuan2 liang2 , zhui1 ci4 gu3]


id: ffbfddbfa2a49f255700dee2af24fff96e0b608e
simplified: 悬河
traditional: 懸河
pinyin: xuan2 he2
english:
"hanging" river (an embanked one whose riverbed is higher than the surrounding floodplain)/(literary) waterfall/cataract/(fig.) torrent of words


id: 841ecd7195e8e74f715031f361a63f4f0b8d34f7
simplified: 恋念
traditional: 戀念
pinyin: lian4 nian4
english:
to have a sentimental attachment to (a place)/to miss (one's ancestral home etc)/to be nostalgic about


id: 5df20ce84e1d28804efb875be7f75990223762d5
simplified: 戈尔
traditional: 戈爾
pinyin: ge1 er3
english:
Gore (name)/Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate


id: 567b7e98c40452fcccd91434bd7e2299d4ef1eda
simplified: 戊
traditional: 戊
pinyin: wu4
radicalSimplified: 戈
radicalTraditional: 戈
english:
fifth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]/fifth in order/letter "E" or Roman "V" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc/penta


id: b1075b156cdadfe80e5264ea4aa0a1729738112d
simplified: 戊戌六君子
traditional: 戊戌六君子
pinyin: wu4 xu1 liu4 jun1 zi3
english:
the Six Gentlemen Martyrs of the failed reform movement of 1898, executed in its aftermath, namely: Tan Sitong 譚嗣同|谭嗣同[Tan2 Si4 tong2], Lin Xu 林旭[Lin2 Xu4], Yang Shenxiu 楊深秀|杨深秀[Yang2 Shen1 xiu4], Liu Guangdi 劉光第|刘光第[Liu2 Guang1 di4], Kang Guangren 康廣仁|康广仁[Kang1 Guang3 ren2] and Yang Rui 楊銳|杨锐[Yang2 Rui4]


id: a3aadc9046b131cc286ffb8db2019492746e90e0
simplified: 戊戌政变
traditional: 戊戌政變
pinyin: wu4 xu1 zheng4 bian4
english:
coup by Dowager Empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] ending the 1898 attempt to reform the Qing dynasty


id: 2fe5e913c5dde739720b8e26ecafa1d3685e3383
simplified: 戌
traditional: 戌
pinyin: xu1
radicalSimplified: 戈
radicalTraditional: 戈
english:
11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog/ancient Chinese compass point: 300°


id: 2804e60f3b51ea8b032f0315a25cf39f64c2c37c
simplified: 成
traditional: 成
pinyin: cheng2
radicalSimplified: 戈
radicalTraditional: 戈
english:
to succeed/to finish/to complete/to accomplish/to become/to turn into/to be all right/OK!/one tenth/surname Cheng


id: 3530f2817c07c291465c3e8dfdb8400650da81ac
simplified: 成也萧何，败也萧何
traditional: 成也蕭何，敗也蕭何
pinyin: cheng2 ye3 xiao1 he2 , bai4 ye3 xiao1 he2
english:
lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1]/fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor


id: df2a130e23e69ce6e204606f985c588f6eeb5c46
simplified: 成事不足，败事有余
traditional: 成事不足，敗事有餘
pinyin: cheng2 shi4 bu4 zu2 , bai4 shi4 you3 yu2
english:
unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)/unable to do anything right/never make, but always mar


id: ca582ccc7f72c8ab8d9237a95c611f28b8fb7e09
simplified: 成则为王，败则为寇
traditional: 成則為王，敗則為寇
pinyin: cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4
english:
lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)/fig. losers are always in the wrong


id: e2504fd5545449005813b04d776f90b4283b1a14
simplified: 成功
traditional: 成功
pinyin: cheng2 gong1
english:
success/to succeed/CL:次[ci4],個|个[ge4]/Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan


id: de8a644dc10c608689d33a20e7e925a5d0c5c0da
simplified: 成均馆
traditional: 成均館
pinyin: cheng2 jun1 guan3
english:
Koryo Seonggyungwan, university dating back to Korean Goryeo dynasty, in Gaesong, North Korea/Sungkyun kwan university, Seoul


id: d120190aef27c7d894291bd0ff56b9d48729adac
simplified: 成败利钝
traditional: 成敗利鈍
pinyin: cheng2 bai4 li4 dun4
english:
succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages/success and failure/You win some, you lose some.


id: 43597067001b241ca43b4827590adad3717f0cce
simplified: 成材
traditional: 成材
pinyin: cheng2 cai2
english:
to make sth of oneself/to become a person who is worthy of respect/(of a tree) to grow to full size/to become useful for timber


id: d7792506e6842816f84c147148dc83ee14117bf2
simplified: 成语
traditional: 成語
pinyin: cheng2 yu3
english:
Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation/idiom/proverb/saying/adage/CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]


id: d86311d747a81d4ae70ebe3bb38a70eea678d89f
simplified: 成军
traditional: 成軍
pinyin: cheng2 jun1
english:
lit. to form an army/to set up (team, group, band, organization etc)/to found/opening (ceremony)/to commission (arms system, naval vessel)/to graduate from an apprenticeship


id: 625cace875ec39fbfbdd3ee9b1ac1d1fc7a6c7b2
simplified: 我醉欲眠
traditional: 我醉欲眠
pinyin: wo3 zui4 yu4 mian2
english:
lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom)/(used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature)


id: 39a2256b919bb9e0d6b361a06cdabdac59f50b94
simplified: 戒
traditional: 戒
pinyin: jie4
radicalSimplified: 戈
radicalTraditional: 戈
english:
to guard against/to exhort/to admonish or warn/to give up or stop doing sth/Buddhist monastic discipline/ring (for a finger)


id: 749581743d2cc4b675a1e2b40a06936a8d4f0a6a
simplified: 截拳道
traditional: 截拳道
pinyin: jie2 quan2 dao4
english:
Jeet Kun Do or Way of the Intercepting Fist, a fusion of Eastern and Western martial arts led by Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙[Li3 Xiao3 long2]


id: e1c89458484f493a82ad707dd80ee636795e9b27
simplified: 截断
traditional: 截斷
pinyin: jie2 duan4
english:
to break or cut in two/to sever/to cut off/(fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc)/to interrupt/(math.) to truncate


id: 9651a6d8e3b9262cfa659c04e81a77ab8176a142
simplified: 截长补短
traditional: 截長補短
pinyin: jie2 chang2 bu3 duan3
english:
take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)/to offset each other's deficiencies/to complement each other


id: 128ece3b368bb398d4824a52b9c392c44d802e78
simplified: 战国七雄
traditional: 戰國七雄
pinyin: zhan4 guo2 qi1 xiong2
english:
Seven Powerful States of the Warring States, namely: 齊|齐[Qi2], 楚[Chu3], 燕[Yan1], 韓|韩[Han2], 趙|赵[Zhao4], 魏[Wei4] and 秦[Qin2]


id: 5ca456af908ca1988d7e8136bcabedb13e54e251
simplified: 战国策
traditional: 戰國策
pinyin: zhan4 guo2 ce4
english:
"Strategies of the Warring States", chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[Su1 Qin2]


id: 45e1f6675dd15fd6c0eb85c18c9a316bcdb38ec0
simplified: 战无不胜，攻无不克
traditional: 戰無不勝，攻無不克
pinyin: zhan4 wu2 bu4 sheng4 , gong1 wu2 bu4 ke4
english:
to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering/ever victorious/nothing they can't do


id: 631046787905dbf152ae0f4f0591359b9fe76aa8
simplified: 戏说
traditional: 戲說
pinyin: xi4 shuo1
english:
dramatic form consisting of historical narration/history as jocular narrative/to stretch history for a joking story/amusing story with strained interpretations of history/to make an unreasonable comparison in jest


id: f36e23ddbb8241fff220ca068f9b546fe3b2754e
simplified: 戴盆望天
traditional: 戴盆望天
pinyin: dai4 pen2 wang4 tian1
english:
lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head/fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations/one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties


id: 676892f76713b4367b281cebc3ec09efebd0e45f
simplified: 戴高乐
traditional: 戴高樂
pinyin: dai4 gao1 le4
english:
Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969


id: 5f3d74dee06d02839af22e75c72f015cbd3bdb5a
simplified: 户口
traditional: 戶口
pinyin: hu4 kou3
english:
population (counted as number of households for census or taxation)/registered residence/residence permit/(in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account


id: 7ae51d4de939f2b6c28ca5d112952285691980cc
simplified: 房
traditional: 房
pinyin: fang2
radicalSimplified: 戶
radicalTraditional: 戶
english:
house/room/CL:間|间[jian1]/branch of an extended family/classifier for family members (or concubines)/surname Fang


id: fd12b20cecb0eebe4cd56f068b322160976d2156
simplified: 房子
traditional: 房子
pinyin: fang2 zi5
english:
house/building (single- or two-story)/apartment/room/CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1]


id: de59d388fe25c880b07567aee036bb976e37d0a5
simplified: 房魔
traditional: 房魔
pinyin: fang2 mo2
english:
"housing devil", real estate developer or realtor accused of manipulating the property market in their favor


id: ee663b3befa6594cc7251ceb9dcef858da0df52f
simplified: 所
traditional: 所
pinyin: suo3
radicalSimplified: 戶
radicalTraditional: 戶
english:
actually/place/classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc/that which/particle introducing a relative clause or passive/CL:個|个[ge4]


id: f2b68cf787307971319904cf1f705c091180eab6
simplified: 所属
traditional: 所屬
pinyin: suo3 shu3
english:
one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with)/subordinate (i.e. those subordinate to oneself)/belonging to/affiliated/under one's command


id: 53eed243706977b7efd3196628533f625f47b69b
simplified: 扁鹊
traditional: 扁鵲
pinyin: bian3 que4
english:
秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era


id: c7558c5065ce9d4aaf71c5d87ecb9b51c47f2d9d
simplified: 手
traditional: 手
pinyin: shou3
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 扌
english:
hand/(formal) to hold/person engaged in certain types of work/person skilled in certain types of work/personal(ly)/convenient/classifier for skill/CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]


id: a56b9f91ba2ce9d5cc2f3caf6d8c5af06a8d4d57
simplified: 手下
traditional: 手下
pinyin: shou3 xia4
english:
under one's control or administration/subordinates/(money etc) on hand/sb's financial means/to take action


id: c4ff1934795c823885603889f6d49fb9ca1a4c34
simplified: 手下留情
traditional: 手下留情
pinyin: shou3 xia4 liu2 qing2
english:
lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me/Do not judge me too harshly./Look favorably on my humble efforts.


id: 3115cb139224a07971f3a18d0f7e6db14083a417
simplified: 手套箱
traditional: 手套箱
pinyin: shou3 tao4 xiang1
english:
glove compartment (of a car)/glovebox (sealed compartment with attached gloves for handling hazardous materials etc)


id: da9410be1dc62d407505993f1df66722a22db6a6
simplified: 手心手背都是肉
traditional: 手心手背都是肉
pinyin: shou3 xin1 shou3 bei4 dou1 shi4 rou4
english:
lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)/fig. to both be of equal importance/to value both equally


id: b4bb0f95b63f0e8f3398f3ffad6a75e34b846c6c
simplified: 手卷
traditional: 手捲
pinyin: shou3 juan3
english:
hand scroll (horizontal format for Chinese landscape painting)/hand roll (Japanese: temaki, style of fish cuisine)/hand rolled cigarette/hand roll (many contexts)/roll up


id: 8d3074acde549e56d5b8bea47839279cd036dd5d
simplified: 手笔
traditional: 手筆
pinyin: shou3 bi3
english:
sth written or painted in one's own hand/(of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill/style/hand/(fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc/scale


id: 31da2deaf8fd709585b5dca593ae7441405e5489
simplified: 手足口病
traditional: 手足口病
pinyin: shou3 zu2 kou3 bing4
english:
hand foot and mouth disease, HFMD, caused by a number of intestinal viruses, usually affecting young children


id: 83786f2a58b76b73dac8915c2516103e5b4cd066
simplified: 扎尔达里
traditional: 扎爾達里
pinyin: za1 er3 da2 li3
english:
Asif Ali Zardari (1956-), Pakistani People's Party politician, widower of murdered Benazir Bhutto, president of Pakistan from 2008-2013


id: fd6f31247afe9da4375a6be73c96badac2187fca
simplified: 扎兰屯
traditional: 扎蘭屯
pinyin: zha1 lan2 tun2
english:
Zhalantun county level city, Mongolian Zalan-ail xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia


id: 3f555d311b914580551967d328114da515992561
simplified: 扎赉特
traditional: 扎賚特
pinyin: zha1 lai4 te4
english:
Jalaid or Zhalaid (name)/Jalaid banner, Mongolian Zhalaid khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 meng2], east Inner Mongolia


id: 838452a7981ee23d9d88ba86abc0982ac7a831e7
simplified: 扎赉特旗
traditional: 扎賚特旗
pinyin: zha1 lai4 te4 qi2
english:
Jalaid banner, Mongolian Zhalaid khoshuu, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 meng2], east Inner Mongolia


id: c71ade10426a303da72e73c90c93465308375aa8
simplified: 扒高踩低
traditional: 扒高踩低
pinyin: pa2 gao1 cai3 di1
english:
crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors/toadying and bullying


id: 1333ecb35c2f1219ee6d101134dec3a83273e159
simplified: 打
traditional: 打
pinyin: da3
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to beat/to strike/to hit/to break/to type/to mix up/to build/to fight/to fetch/to make/to tie up/to issue/to shoot/to calculate/to play (a game)/since/from


id: 2fff60498d283dc9ff52a3bf92bccff8fb7fb46f
simplified: 打call
traditional: 打call
pinyin: da3 c a l l
english:
(slang) to cheer sb on/to show one's support/("call" is pronounced approximately like English "call")


id: 6887f5b2e31526d51ee9f28cc030b325f81d2b06
simplified: 打前站
traditional: 打前站
pinyin: da3 qian2 zhan4
english:
to set out in advance to make arrangements (board, lodging etc)/(military) to dispatch an advance party


id: f6bc45155058471fdea3cf51ef98e8c2c7072304
simplified: 打千
traditional: 打千
pinyin: da3 qian1
english:
genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand


id: 691f0684c056ba177e91d53a236bf1045ed9f1aa
simplified: 打口
traditional: 打口
pinyin: da3 kou3
english:
(of CDs, videos etc) surplus (or "cut-out") stock from Western countries, sometimes marked with a notch in the disc or its case, sold cheaply in China (beginning in the 1990s), as well as Eastern Europe etc


id: db5498a3813d5b2ce00374af9cfbc030f048199a
simplified: 打坐坡
traditional: 打坐坡
pinyin: da3 zuo4 po1
english:
(of a horse, dog etc) to sit back on one's haunches and refuse to be coaxed forward/(of a person) to brace oneself to resist being made to go forward/(fig.) to dig one's heels in


id: 6155d56b3a56b3bfab84f8245d7a5d53b749f878
simplified: 打天下
traditional: 打天下
pinyin: da3 tian1 xia4
english:
to seize power/to conquer the world/to establish and expand a business/to carve out a career for oneself


id: 4f64f2e281f090efdcbfa415f14aca2dcd235ff5
simplified: 打小算盘
traditional: 打小算盤
pinyin: da3 xiao3 suan4 pan2
english:
lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly/concerned with petty interests/selfish and uncaring of the interests of others/bean counter


id: a51dc32acbb4c2ba4a99a581a0d548ff7dbe0776
simplified: 打工
traditional: 打工
pinyin: da3 gong1
english:
to work a temporary or casual job/(of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation


id: a029fddbeab828a5d84dc98cf17f69aac3192a9b
simplified: 打底
traditional: 打底
pinyin: da3 di3
english:
to lay a foundation (also fig.)/to make a first sketch/to eat sth before drinking/to apply an undercoat


id: 902eea42d2ee8f814971ceca27cb29369e4c4469
simplified: 打情骂俏
traditional: 打情罵俏
pinyin: da3 qing2 ma4 qiao4
english:
to tease a woman by pretending to be displeased with her/to flirt with a member of the opposite sex/to banter flirtatiously


id: a01c31a80db12291630c9b4ed834749d456531dd
simplified: 打把势
traditional: 打把勢
pinyin: da3 ba3 shi5
english:
drill (in sword play)/to thrash around/to demonstrate gymnastic skills/to solicit financial help (in an indirect way)/to show off


id: 85cea573e47ac00e0e0926dbb269d4837b90eb3d
simplified: 打抱不平
traditional: 打抱不平
pinyin: da3 bao4 bu4 ping2
english:
to come to the aid of sb suffering an injustice/to fight for justice/also written 抱打不平[bao4 da3 bu4 ping2]


id: 2dc26148f927f9ffd4d476557a3f089d5f136653
simplified: 打档车
traditional: 打檔車
pinyin: da3 dang3 che1
english:
(Tw) manual transmission motorcycle (usually denotes a traditional-style motorcycle, as opposed to a scooter)


id: eb1f372656b6f3d0d8740e2f001bc99523eb88df
simplified: 打炮
traditional: 打炮
pinyin: da3 pao4
english:
to open fire with artillery/to set off firecrackers/to make one's stage debut/(slang) to have sex/to masturbate


id: 973280f7265b90d6ccbd285a34b373c516e00db9
simplified: 打爆
traditional: 打爆
pinyin: da3 bao4
english:
to blow out/to blow off/(computer games) to zap/(phone) to ring off the hook/to be jammed/to max out (credit card etc)


id: 2329d0ae52ed90752dbfe1a505bcda6b061d0f3d
simplified: 打发
traditional: 打發
pinyin: da3 fa5
english:
to dispatch sb to do sth/to make sb leave/to pass (the time)/(old) to make arrangements/(old) to bestow (alms etc)


id: 81d0ffb5f2a42806029fefcc4f76e77c0c65f542
simplified: 打肿脸充胖子
traditional: 打腫臉充胖子
pinyin: da3 zhong3 lian3 chong1 pang4 zi5
english:
lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities


id: a422dfa63a54d95e509731a895aeac6dd2d158c4
simplified: 打草惊蛇
traditional: 打草驚蛇
pinyin: da3 cao3 jing1 she2
english:
lit. beat the grass to scare the snake/to inadvertently alert an enemy/to punish sb as a warning to others (idiom)


id: 411858e0305fbf4206a7375cf67a743ca9b5ff7a
simplified: 打落水狗
traditional: 打落水狗
pinyin: da3 luo4 shui3 gou3
english:
lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom)/fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy/to hit sb when he's down


id: 752fe6efc5a63921634db858ac928f336e40065c
simplified: 打麻雀运动
traditional: 打麻雀運動
pinyin: da3 ma2 que4 yun4 dong4
english:
the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大躍進|大跃进[Da4 yue4 jin4] aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows


id: 54fc1985d98bada6819fbd9aeaaeae2d4c45e01c
simplified: 托
traditional: 托
pinyin: tuo1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 拓
english:
prop/support (for weight)/rest (e.g. arm rest)/thanks to/to hold in one's hand/to support in one's palm/to give/to base/to commit/to set/torr (unit of pressure)


id: 097f06b5f8683fb1fedec0b479ca6e702a7132c4
simplified: 托克托
traditional: 托克托
pinyin: tuo1 ke4 tuo1
english:
Togtoh county, Mongolian Togtox khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia/alternative spelling of 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1], Yuan dynasty politician Toktoghan (1314-1355)


id: ab543d326bc24ac918bad85497612eb1a41a4643
simplified: 托勒密
traditional: 托勒密
pinyin: tuo1 le4 mi4
english:
Ptolemy, kings of Egypt after the partition of Alexander the Great's Empire in 305 BC/Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成/see also 托勒玫[Tuo1 le4 mei2]


id: c1e669dcb318c66c5152773f66c1a5f50a3afc6d
simplified: 托勒玫
traditional: 托勒玫
pinyin: tuo1 le4 mei2
english:
Ptolemy or Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90-c. 168), Alexandrian Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer, author of the Almagest 天文學大成|天文学大成/see also 托勒密[Tuo1 le4 mi4]


id: e51d2d8c133a229a3387657cdb7be5bbe142ee81
simplified: 托拉尔
traditional: 托拉爾
pinyin: tuo1 la1 er3
english:
(loanword) tolar, former currency of Slovenia/name for the silver coin and the main currency in Bohemia from 16th-18th century


id: 3d8fd7bd7cff47562eddafacfab17be049f95818
simplified: 托木尔
traditional: 托木爾
pinyin: tuo1 mu4 er3
english:
Mt Tomur (Russian: Pik Pobeda), the highest peak of Tianshan mountains on the border between Xinjiang and Kyrgyzstan


id: 3e8c37a88eb944adb3283b9b58f5da431d83eb40
simplified: 托尔金
traditional: 托爾金
pinyin: tuo1 er3 jin1
english:
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒


id: 3604258a2d9ff14348bed3d44b61b61965dd681f
simplified: 托福
traditional: 托福
pinyin: tuo1 fu2
english:
(old) thanks to your lucky influence (polite reply to health inquiries)/TOEFL/Test of English as a Foreign Language


id: 25483f9ef86be94fa626600c3ca5661ce24b183b
simplified: 托马斯·阿奎纳
traditional: 托馬斯·阿奎納
pinyin: tuo1 ma3 si1 · a1 kui2 na4
english:
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition


id: 3a229182b4c0290690c991c05f88489d79424007
simplified: 扣
traditional: 扣
pinyin: kou4
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to fasten/to button/button/buckle/knot/to arrest/to confiscate/to deduct (money)/discount/to knock/to smash, spike or dunk (a ball)/to cover (with a bowl etc)/fig. to tag a label on sb


id: 8bc6c501dcbc2d28f8443797e4ea017544eaba65
simplified: 扣分
traditional: 扣分
pinyin: kou4 fen1
english:
to deduct marks (when grading school work)/to have marks deducted/penalty points/to lose points for a penalty or error


id: b171d4a45e62903e5472ed73f57567a21026f65b
simplified: 扣屎盔子
traditional: 扣屎盔子
pinyin: kou4 shi3 kui1 zi5
english:
(northern dialect) lit. to cap in excrement/fig. to discredit with absurd unfounded accusations/to vilify


id: 4f4d76a22638374ba3de7dd1494a88c99ec0cf9a
simplified: 扦
traditional: 扦
pinyin: qian1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc/skewer/prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc/(dialect) to stick in/to bolt (a door)/to arrange (flowers in a vase)/to graft (tree)/to pedicure/to peel (an apple etc)


id: b07919d9d9363733eff93381b30cde8a26804344
simplified: 扳回
traditional: 扳回
pinyin: ban1 hui2
english:
to pull back/to regain (one's dignity etc)/to recover from (an adverse situation)/to turn the tables


id: fab20d36d30b9bbb6e94400ff0e21642006a9a21
simplified: 扳指
traditional: 扳指
pinyin: ban1 zhi3
english:
ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)


id: d071b55ce777503429f8884a48d47552ed8e2442
simplified: 扳龙附凤
traditional: 扳龍附鳳
pinyin: ban1 long2 fu4 feng4
english:
hitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement


id: 6dbaa77ce02c87fa24fa937087b2bd777b26748d
simplified: 扶他林
traditional: 扶他林
pinyin: fu2 ta1 lin2
english:
voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller


id: 85c0cecf9ca2df9f6ddfb8a6df2f37a8fbfe6e19
simplified: 扶弟魔
traditional: 扶弟魔
pinyin: fu2 di4 mo2
english:
(coll.) (neologism c. 2017, a play on 伏地魔[Fu2 di4 mo2]) woman who devotes herself to supporting her little brother (assisting him with his studies, giving money to help him buy a house etc)


id: 5d5f8de33f8c2fc3a3acec99459c2665f996f38b
simplified: 扶正
traditional: 扶正
pinyin: fu2 zheng4
english:
to set sth upright or straight/to promote an employee from part-time to full-time (or from deputy to principal)/(old) to raise from concubine to wife status


id: 53252c0a34e2942fa8a8712bfe0aa0d15a8acf6d
simplified: 扶余
traditional: 扶餘
pinyin: fu2 yu2
english:
Fuyu county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin/Pu'yo, Korean Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of China


id: 5e01218c6424e349302297568c2d053a54056d68
simplified: 扶馀
traditional: 扶餘
pinyin: fu2 yu2
english:
variant of 扶餘|扶余 Korean: Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of China


id: cc7db59f31b0e60b700451074c627798e9d35516
simplified: 批
traditional: 批
pinyin: pi1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to ascertain/to act on/to criticize/to pass on/classifier for batches, lots, military flights/tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)


id: ecf636236454a7b64f989c2832b2c49000828325
simplified: 批八字
traditional: 批八字
pinyin: pi1 ba1 zi4
english:
to have one's fortune read/system of fortune telling based on a person's date and time of birth, according to 干支 (sexagenary cycle)


id: 9e6aec2a9401c0473cefce8a68f72ab275145a95
simplified: 批改
traditional: 批改
pinyin: pi1 gai3
english:
to mark (homework, exam scripts etc)/to correct and criticize (an article)/to check/to correct/a correction (to a piece of writing)


id: 581a984c763b9e56409ddeec6b1670921cae3c00
simplified: 批踢踢
traditional: 批踢踢
pinyin: pi1 ti1 ti1
english:
PTT, the largest terminal-based bulletin board system in Taiwan/full name: 批踢踢實業坊|批踢踢实业坊[Pi1 ti1 ti1 Shi2 ye4 Fang1]


id: 103ca64a217970ad091f8a15fb2d8df6ad87371f
simplified: 批斗
traditional: 批鬥
pinyin: pi1 dou4
english:
to drag sb before a public meeting to denounce, humiliate and physically abuse them (esp. during the Cultural Revolution)


id: 9e7ddb593c431dbc086dd922f70ae82ceb8c5565
simplified: 承
traditional: 承
pinyin: cheng2
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to bear/to carry/to hold/to continue/to undertake/to take charge/owing to/due to/to receive/surname Cheng/Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God


id: b85973c2f88612d02e311fd2e213caf9d769c794
simplified: 承上起下
traditional: 承上起下
pinyin: cheng2 shang4 qi3 xia4
english:
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition/forming a bridge between earlier and later stages


id: 81244f588e34790a7b2b2fbeb21d80d5923ac58c
simplified: 承乏
traditional: 承乏
pinyin: cheng2 fa2
english:
to accept a position on a provisional basis, in the absence of better qualified candidates (humble expr.)


id: 4ef33aef1d964667d6350d892610b2a975f9dec9
simplified: 技校
traditional: 技校
pinyin: ji4 xiao4
english:
vocational high school/abbr. for 技工學校|技工学校[ji4 gong1 xue2 xiao4]/abbr. for 技術學校|技术学校[ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]


id: 5fc99007714a7a2bb766dd2699967e9a28dc65c8
simplified: 抄
traditional: 抄
pinyin: chao1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to make a copy/to plagiarize/to search and seize/to raid/to grab/to go off with/to take a shortcut/to make a turning move/to fold one's arms


id: 9dd4aab049c9a4558e4926a3a0f543ef65b97df1
simplified: 把
traditional: 把
pinyin: ba3
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to hold/to contain/to grasp/to take hold of/handle/particle marking the following noun as a direct object/classifier for objects with handle/classifier for small objects: handful


id: 76bda49c85915c83dbf01ef1285614053aab09cc
simplified: 抑扬
traditional: 抑揚
pinyin: yi4 yang2
english:
modulation (rising and falling pitch)/intonation/a cadence/to rise and fall (of a body floating in water)


id: e744bdc4f6497571d1ad4c33ac79df40c5ee0d38
simplified: 抓周
traditional: 抓周
pinyin: zhua1 zhou1
english:
custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.)


id: 35b4bfb4c1b6e46e81ca85930d94ae1abb8d4149
simplified: 抓耳挠腮
traditional: 抓耳撓腮
pinyin: zhua1 er3 nao2 sai1
english:
to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom)


id: 7b2324ed0aa5d1d6b1f60dbe2bfdded07c1fa4ac
simplified: 投
traditional: 投
pinyin: tou2
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to cast/to send/to throw oneself (into the river etc)/to seek refuge/to place oneself into the hands of


id: e37b1363607dd38f3253090a200d97d0f7a5ae00
simplified: 投壶
traditional: 投壺
pinyin: tou2 hu2
english:
ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment


id: e2f742bee1e49d621a3432e42dd5fdd97874c509
simplified: 投桃报李
traditional: 投桃報李
pinyin: tou2 tao2 bao4 li3
english:
toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor/to exchange gifts/Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.


id: d1945c2accbfd8e29004202e9b3c180316d75351
simplified: 投考
traditional: 投考
pinyin: tou2 kao3
english:
to sign up for an examination/to apply for admission (to a university etc)/to apply (for a position)


id: d9eb36597c6dba4b7ba257e0594124818ca94e7c
simplified: 投鼠忌器
traditional: 投鼠忌器
pinyin: tou2 shu3 ji4 qi4
english:
lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)/to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents


id: a67cf66cd562f439ec1c254b1f9b03b8e002bfde
simplified: 抗日救亡运动
traditional: 抗日救亡運動
pinyin: kang4 ri4 jiu4 wang2 yun4 dong4
english:
the Save the Nation Anti-Japanese Protest Movement stemming from the Manchurian railway incident of 18th July 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变


id: f2de305fdbbebac1c06fc58bb8b405b332771c06
simplified: 抗辩
traditional: 抗辯
pinyin: kang4 bian4
english:
to counter accusations/to protest/to remonstrate/to retort/to plead/to demur/a plea (of not guilty)/a defense (against an allegation)/to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court)


id: 2819db53c07c2011849669d404bd5c72c54def5c
simplified: 折
traditional: 折
pinyin: zhe2
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 翼,拃
english:
to break/to fracture/to snap/to suffer loss/to bend/to twist/to turn/to change direction/convinced/to convert into (currency)/discount/rebate/tenth (in price)/classifier for theatrical scenes/to fold/accounts book


id: 88eb33bc5a4efee758921d101d979178f5df9cff
simplified: 折冲樽俎
traditional: 折衝樽俎
pinyin: zhe2 chong1 zun1 zu3
english:
lit. to stop the enemy at the banquet table/fig. to get the better of an enemy during diplomatic functions


id: f774de13d504546fa38daee644c3b45d512c0a0e
simplified: 折腾
traditional: 折騰
pinyin: zhe1 teng5
english:
to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)/to repeat sth over and over again/to torment sb/to play crazy/to squander (time, money)


id: 5a8df67747cbd0adcfd289c1f8fffc397f103b72
simplified: 披荆斩棘
traditional: 披荊斬棘
pinyin: pi1 jing1 zhan3 ji2
english:
lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)/fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way/to break through hardships/to blaze a new trail


id: e7d74d5fff27fc157ba9231f25c44acc5b6c6ee3
simplified: 抬杠
traditional: 抬槓
pinyin: tai2 gang4
english:
to bicker/to argue for the sake of arguing/to carry on poles (together with sb else)/to carry a coffin on poles


id: 5c04e06a2272c033d6e076278b8724e1467ee75e
simplified: 抬举
traditional: 抬舉
pinyin: tai2 ju3
english:
to lift sth up/to elevate sb/to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc)/to show great regard/to speak highly


id: 09e6fa093639745d1a802e94fb62aab592301f36
simplified: 抱佛脚
traditional: 抱佛腳
pinyin: bao4 fo2 jiao3
english:
lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble/panic measures in place of timely preparation


id: d1a4f052a5e5f9a3a7ddf3fa423b0933f19aa1fa
simplified: 抱持
traditional: 抱持
pinyin: bao4 chi2
english:
to hold (expectations, hopes etc)/to maintain (an attitude etc)/to harbor (doubts etc)/to clinch (boxing)


id: 4bec353d5ae656d965af56fecf5ded4d47d334e9
simplified: 抱朴子
traditional: 抱樸子
pinyin: bao4 pu3 zi3
english:
Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪[Ge3 Hong2] on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc


id: ccefd240dc83ffb8e8b0039a660e26b622f23ec4
simplified: 抱薪救火
traditional: 抱薪救火
pinyin: bao4 xin1 jiu4 huo3
english:
lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action


id: e8ff671997f8b415dcb7c1d3498379685b877daf
simplified: 抱头
traditional: 抱頭
pinyin: bao4 tou2
english:
to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced/to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc)/to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)


id: 1b67b0b59d5ac48f6d88bded324043657bf9de37
simplified: 抵
traditional: 抵
pinyin: di3
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 扺
english:
to press against/to support/to prop up/to resist/to equal/to balance/to make up for/to mortgage/to arrive at/to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense)


id: 97512bf569f32c52bf87cec017505a343ba7bf53
simplified: 抵用
traditional: 抵用
pinyin: di3 yong4
english:
to exchange for (sth of equal value or utility)/to use in lieu/to redeem (a coupon etc)/to use to offset (an amount owed etc)


id: be36d5ff489c77b96f1568898bdb403107d0c067
simplified: 抹黑
traditional: 抹黑
pinyin: mo3 hei1
english:
to discredit/to defame/to smear sb's name/to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc)/to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage)/to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words)


id: b02d797e8a4a1f065c84f2170e1fe56a82d29cc7
simplified: 抽
traditional: 抽
pinyin: chou1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: ⭆
english:
to draw out/to pull out from in between/to remove part of the whole/(of certain plants) to sprout or bud/to whip or thrash


id: 8f441ac5aaccd2f4e6823818696444bcf19df034
simplified: 抽头
traditional: 抽頭
pinyin: chou1 tou2
english:
to take a percentage of the winnings (in gambling)/tap (in an electromagnetic coil)/drawer (of a desk etc)


id: 9a0cddd89b205d8d2942e8837e0defe967d48b61
simplified: 拃
traditional: 拃
pinyin: zha3
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 折
english:
span (unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand)/to span (measure with one's hand)


id: 222a636374f93f4aa7f1c11a99f96ae1952111f0
simplified: 拆东墙补西墙
traditional: 拆東牆補西牆
pinyin: chai1 dong1 qiang2 bu3 xi1 qiang2
english:
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient/Rob Peter to pay Paul


id: a120c6bec2c8201de86ecb6cda9392a260ed55b4
simplified: 拆东补西
traditional: 拆東補西
pinyin: chai1 dong1 bu3 xi1
english:
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient/Rob Peter to pay Paul


id: 26c3ac152276dd66152e0ea4fea5e30baaf9f324
simplified: 拆台
traditional: 拆臺
pinyin: chai1 tai2
english:
(theater) to dismantle the stage/(fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet/to undermine sb's plans


id: 8304c155dd1162cd9c1e9055c371768acaf3995a
simplified: 拈花惹草
traditional: 拈花惹草
pinyin: nian1 hua1 re3 cao3
english:
lit. to pick the flowers and trample the grass (idiom)/fig. to womanize/to frequent brothels/to sow one's wild oats


id: 76314027c283b206179868007a97b823afcefcfb
simplified: 拉卜楞寺
traditional: 拉卜楞寺
pinyin: la1 bu3 leng4 si4
english:
Labrang monastery, Tibetan: bLa-brang bkra-shis-'khyil, in Xiahe county 夏河縣|夏河县[Xia4 he2 xian4], Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Gansu, formerly Amdo province of Tibet


id: 326ba7c2b5766dfbc73b1084702851402636aa03
simplified: 拉场子
traditional: 拉場子
pinyin: la1 chang3 zi5
english:
(of a performer) to put on a show at an outdoor venue (temple fair, marketplace etc)/(fig.) to enhance sb's reputation/to make a name for oneself


id: eb6bd968088d5704adbd32b8a08b7b7e9be20df2
simplified: 拉大旗作虎皮
traditional: 拉大旗作虎皮
pinyin: la1 da4 qi2 zuo4 hu3 pi2
english:
lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)/fig. to borrow sb's prestige/to take the name of a great cause as a shield


id: 14608969fe86f951d6587d37cd7204630602de48
simplified: 拉夫罗夫
traditional: 拉夫羅夫
pinyin: la1 fu1 luo2 fu1
english:
Lavrov (name)/Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (1950-), Russian diplomat and politician, Foreign minister from 2004


id: 1ed98514e0d918b27e040cf17bd656af985bf5b4
simplified: 拉拉扯扯
traditional: 拉拉扯扯
pinyin: la1 la1 che3 che3
english:
to tug at/to pull at sb aggressively/to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way/(derog.) to hobnob/to consort


id: f8f513bfc316510d478e58632a7ee83455377bb9
simplified: 拉法格
traditional: 拉法格
pinyin: la1 fa3 ge2
english:
Lafargue (name)/Paul Lafargue (1842-1911), French socialist and revolutionary activist, son-in-law of Karl Marx


id: b4e24f3b34ef606aacf770356d63efe40200f7c6
simplified: 拉狄克
traditional: 拉狄克
pinyin: la1 di2 ke4
english:
Karl Berngardovich Radek (1885-1939), Bolshevik and Comintern leader, first president of Moscow Sun Yat-sen University, died in prison during Stalin's purges


id: 28450df12a3dac80965a9f3cfae81b4ae3158850
simplified: 拉瓦锡
traditional: 拉瓦錫
pinyin: la1 wa3 xi1
english:
Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry


id: 1921b033c652d4995f06218480b378dbb11db188
simplified: 拉米夫定
traditional: 拉米夫定
pinyin: la1 mi3 fu1 ding4
english:
Lamivudine, reverse transcriptase inhibitor marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and widely used in the treatment of hepatitis B and AIDS/brand names include Zeffix, Heptovir, Epivir and Epivir-HBV


id: e3a808974242d148a7e25f10d0c1f418f76b7121
simplified: 拉萨市
traditional: 拉薩市
pinyin: la1 sa4 shi4
english:
Lhasa, Tibetan: Lha sa grong khyer, capital of Tibet autonomous region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]


id: 36e4af3b0fa55f26fce270bd9eb841222f0c44cb
simplified: 拉达克
traditional: 拉達克
pinyin: la1 da2 ke4
english:
Ladakh, the eastern part of Jammu and Kashmir in northwest India, adjacent to Kashmir and Tibet, know as "Little Tibet"


id: d77b2563ce4fce03320c6c1578e10308a84640e6
simplified: 拉鲁
traditional: 拉魯
pinyin: la1 lu3
english:
Lhalu, Tibetan name and place name/Lhalu Tsewang Dorje (1915-2011), Tibetan pro-Chinese politician/Lhalu suburb of Lhasa


id: e9db7300beb3ae28707f2f583c009335dcb3d112
simplified: 拉黑
traditional: 拉黑
pinyin: la1 hei1
english:
to add sb to one's blacklist (on a cellphone, or in instant messaging software etc)/abbr. for 拉到黑名單|拉到黑名单


id: 779cc7aeb1fef39d4bd8d3065fd1573d63cdc3e2
simplified: 抛砖引玉
traditional: 拋磚引玉
pinyin: pao1 zhuan1 yin3 yu4
english:
lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)/fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling


id: 9afbf24f5c1f58d51c93cc04e80bf17d1b6265e4
simplified: 抛绣球
traditional: 拋繡球
pinyin: pao1 xiu4 qiu2
english:
throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals)/(fig.) to make overtures/to court


id: 3b3c8158650aa03b359d850315a93c8c402428c3
simplified: 拍案
traditional: 拍案
pinyin: pai1 an4
english:
lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)/fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc


id: 9d557abac4151c2f72421e727a188ec1bc96d54b
simplified: 拍案而起
traditional: 拍案而起
pinyin: pai1 an4 er2 qi3
english:
lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether/unable to take it any more


id: c197b914ffffecf025d0cde368f7134a9b41d403
simplified: 拐
traditional: 拐
pinyin: guai3
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to turn (a corner etc)/to kidnap/to swindle/to misappropriate/walking stick/crutch/seven (used as a substitute for 七[qi1])


id: 9161b7e39cff97e7e3c38c3d9ddb5f043b715ea5
simplified: 拐弯抹角
traditional: 拐彎抹角
pinyin: guai3 wan1 mo4 jiao3
english:
lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)/fig. to speak in a roundabout way/to equivocate/to beat about the bush


id: 62266666d684aaf5683b036f7c2699a49985aa11
simplified: 拐点
traditional: 拐點
pinyin: guai3 dian3
english:
turning point/breaking point/inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign)


id: 7834421b3bae715b705c135da780f11fd8f255fc
simplified: 拓拔
traditional: 拓拔
pinyin: tuo4 ba2
english:
branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)/also written 拓跋


id: 573a6204ce2a3a617576f8d416485a34b0665a44
simplified: 拓跋
traditional: 拓跋
pinyin: tuo4 ba2
english:
branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534)/also written 拓拔


id: f46787985cca60b18cb50932df3ccb0756074a8e
simplified: 拔
traditional: 拔
pinyin: ba2
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 抜
english:
to pull up/to pull out/to draw out by suction/to select/to pick/to stand out (above level)/to surpass/to seize


id: 6ebd6518ccf9ebda3872255b70cc0a6c1bacb77a
simplified: 拔毛连茹
traditional: 拔毛連茹
pinyin: ba2 mao2 lian2 ru2
english:
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others/inextricably tangled together/Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.


id: 851c3eabe957d9be58c7b2774de7b2bd03e91608
simplified: 拔火罐
traditional: 拔火罐
pinyin: ba2 huo3 guan4
english:
suction cup (used in Chinese medicine to draw the blood and qi 氣|气)/detachable suction chimney to make a stove draw


id: 1ea64511e15580e94aaec460cfc3815ad1c673f3
simplified: 拔罐
traditional: 拔罐
pinyin: ba2 guan4
english:
cupping glass/fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin)/ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)


id: 2d73bc648e88918c4d82d6ca2ad8d1f4fbb628ae
simplified: 拔罐法
traditional: 拔罐法
pinyin: ba2 guan4 fa3
english:
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin)/ventouse (vacuum method used in obstetrics)


id: 1ffd6b2993bc3c7903662057c0558d28b3352c82
simplified: 拔茅茹
traditional: 拔茅茹
pinyin: ba2 mao2 ru2
english:
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow/fig. also involving others/inextricably tangled together/Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.


id: 2cfd1161c714235ff44dba93c99af7c743aeb040
simplified: 拖拉
traditional: 拖拉
pinyin: tuo1 la1
english:
to drag along/to haul/(fig.) to procrastinate/shilly-shallying/sluggish/(computing) drag and drop/(loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams


id: 04d98ca27996acecb89c6a322e41a819905a4f19
simplified: 拖欧
traditional: 拖歐
pinyin: tuo1 ou1
english:
to go through a difficult and protracted process in withdrawing from the EU, as in the case of Brexit (a play on 脫歐|脱欧[tuo1 Ou1])


id: 157bd94cd58b62ba9d87b045f8dc2f909539c08d
simplified: 拖油瓶
traditional: 拖油瓶
pinyin: tuo1 you2 ping2
english:
(derog.) (of a woman) to bring one's children into a second marriage/children by a previous marriage


id: c58f3d88cbfc6cb93d636ea6629d96a10e92a31f
simplified: 招
traditional: 招
pinyin: zhao1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to recruit/to provoke/to beckon/to incur/to infect/contagious/a move (chess)/a maneuver/device/trick/to confess


id: 9c166a8a3f525145d219d9a6901746b674194c08
simplified: 招兵买马
traditional: 招兵買馬
pinyin: zhao1 bing1 mai3 ma3
english:
to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom); to raise a large army/fig. to expand business/to recruit new staff


id: 3b5548f114473deb16e8cc6ccc8af9ca0c3268f8
simplified: 招财猫
traditional: 招財貓
pinyin: zhao1 cai2 mao1
english:
maneki-neko or "lucky cat", Japanese figurine cat usually found at the entrance of shops, restaurants etc, believed to bring good fortune


id: 875246e1b38ce8c0a0d189a8cade9c42656a8425
simplified: 招财进宝
traditional: 招財進寶
pinyin: zhao1 cai2 jin4 bao3
english:
ushering in wealth and prosperity (idiom and traditional greeting, esp. at New Year); We wish you wealth and success!


id: 974868283bd02db7e688eac7efa52bd7681d7e77
simplified: 拜堂
traditional: 拜堂
pinyin: bai4 tang2
english:
ritual kneeling to heaven and earth by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony/same as 拜天地


id: a8a68ace84ab7680c8e909a67d272e54789d7dee
simplified: 拜天地
traditional: 拜天地
pinyin: bai4 tian1 di4
english:
to worship heaven and earth/ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony/also called 拜堂


id: 790b45fb7ec177d61bca602fdaf0094d99735913
simplified: 拜拜
traditional: 拜拜
pinyin: bai2 bai2
english:
(loanword) bye-bye/also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc/(coll.) to part ways (with sb)/(fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth)


id: 76f42f9b723905311672d6fba047b4e3b9d61afa
simplified: 拜拜
traditional: 拜拜
pinyin: bai4 bai5
english:
to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together/(Taiwan) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity


id: 561753a1f0a1e2d93c68f9f6fc957e46c532d69a
simplified: 拜登
traditional: 拜登
pinyin: bai4 deng1
english:
Baden or Biden (name)/Joe Biden (1942-), US democrat politician, senator for Delaware from 1972, several times chair of Senate foreign relations committee, vice-president of USA from 2009


id: 5801f56910c91f075d800bd9c751eea6c613265c
simplified: 拼命
traditional: 拼命
pinyin: pin1 ming4
english:
to do one's utmost/with all one's might/at all costs/(to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it


id: a4ac0bcaae677641e88d1dd181780e194a4f305a
simplified: 拼餐
traditional: 拼餐
pinyin: pin1 can1
english:
(of people with tight budget) to enjoy various dishes at the restaurant by ordering the food together and then sharing the costs


id: eeb6869583fc808e737965dca725df2c4750c46d
simplified: 拾得
traditional: 拾得
pinyin: shi2 de2
english:
to find/to pick up/to collect/Shide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai 天台山[Tian1 tai1 Shan1]


id: e9bc7ea66489e42155b3162ad9b595dd7e958800
simplified: 拿
traditional: 拿
pinyin: na2
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 拏,拏,挐
english:
to hold/to seize/to catch/to apprehend/to take/(used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)


id: 048c34cf8d61e83f2f90ce60e997b6a27796d6d0
simplified: 拿得起放得下
traditional: 拿得起放得下
pinyin: na2 de5 qi3 fang4 de5 xia4
english:
lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom)/fig. to take what comes/to meet gains or losses with equanimity


id: 06a70a3b732c3709b9dc1014fb28812cfd3d1de8
simplified: 拿着鸡毛当令箭
traditional: 拿著雞毛當令箭
pinyin: na2 zhe5 ji1 mao2 dang4 ling4 jian4
english:
to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext


id: edb0c54267df602e2fe02b7538928ec2ec98dda5
simplified: 指事
traditional: 指事
pinyin: zhi3 shi4
english:
ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down/also known as self-explanatory character


id: d84dc776de2a4b39f1d9ac0ad51fb7b4659f18f6
simplified: 指手划脚
traditional: 指手劃腳
pinyin: zhi3 shou3 hua4 jiao3
english:
to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands/to criticize or give orders summarily/also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚


id: f9e10df6b8ac718b4389cccb6ccb36eafdc29d9e
simplified: 指手画脚
traditional: 指手畫腳
pinyin: zhi3 shou3 hua4 jiao3
english:
to gesticulate while talking (idiom)/to explain by waving one's hands/to criticize or give orders summarily


id: 1f68f9cd3b378f378e91e1210bdbff318b908b80
simplified: 指桑骂槐
traditional: 指桑罵槐
pinyin: zhi3 sang1 ma4 huai2
english:
lit. to point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree/fig. to scold sb indirectly/to make oblique accusations (idiom)


id: bd32b15969cdd0d72cc8a5936ed1c8598ad8a860
simplified: 指法
traditional: 指法
pinyin: zhi3 fa3
english:
(music) fingering/(TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles/(keyboard) typing technique/(dance) hand movements/(painting) finger method


id: 263bcd003a36c173f00f2afc09f8551023f89751
simplified: 指点江山
traditional: 指點江山
pinyin: zhi3 dian3 jiang1 shan1
english:
to talk idly about important matters (idiom)/to set the world to rights/to pass judgment on everything


id: 98430f172e8f916b7860cbcb19661cae224a3112
simplified: 按
traditional: 按
pinyin: an4
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 搵
english:
to press/to push/to leave aside or shelve/to control/to restrain/to keep one's hand on/to check or refer to/according to/in the light of/(of an editor or author) to make a comment


id: 1439d13fbb22ac1ff7a0a32b468feb76d07e4319
simplified: 按图索骥
traditional: 按圖索驥
pinyin: an4 tu2 suo3 ji4
english:
lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)/fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines/to try and find sth with the help of a clue


id: 74c0005eb298d9abb05a781f9576766627cb1496
simplified: 挖肉补疮
traditional: 挖肉補瘡
pinyin: wa1 rou4 bu3 chuang1
english:
to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient


id: ebdb4ab6900d2224fc05a2d9fe70c5ac7bb3363f
simplified: 挖角
traditional: 挖角
pinyin: wa1 jue2
english:
to poach (talent, personnel from competitors)/to raid (a competitor for its talent)/Taiwan pr. [wa1 jiao3]


id: 868cde235fd579ba1bce3ae0964848e73cf0fcaf
simplified: 挨边
traditional: 挨邊
pinyin: ai1 bian1
english:
to keep close to the edge/near the mark/close to (the true figure)/relevant (used with negative to mean totally irrelevant)


id: 1d08c17a8961a0e22b5f17c251655c196606cdbe
simplified: 挪用
traditional: 挪用
pinyin: nuo2 yong4
english:
to shift (funds)/to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another/to embezzle/to misappropriate


id: 5ddadad58ee3345098f294275443778e7711ff86
simplified: 挫折
traditional: 挫折
pinyin: cuo4 zhe2
english:
setback/reverse/check/defeat/frustration/disappointment/to frustrate/to discourage/to set sb back/to blunt/to subdue


id: e3dc60ef3aec24d6a6c0558d6eb99709b58c232a
simplified: 振振有辞
traditional: 振振有辭
pinyin: zhen4 zhen4 you3 ci2
english:
to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions/also written 振振有詞|振振有词


id: 3a96c6cfd229036bfefadec684a160e4b9cd957b
simplified: 振兴
traditional: 振興
pinyin: zhen4 xing1
english:
to revive/to revitalize/to invigorate/to re-energize/Zhengxing district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[Dan1 dong1 shi4], Liaoning


id: f84ec236254e0fe146c4840190098ed48389863a
simplified: 挺
traditional: 挺
pinyin: ting3
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
straight/erect/to stick out (a part of the body)/to (physically) straighten up/to support/to withstand/outstanding/(coll.) quite/very/classifier for machine guns


id: 2fa29a80b7a6d289988daff6a2e325f4104192b1
simplified: 挽
traditional: 挽
pinyin: wan3
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 掇
english:
to pull/to draw (a cart or a bow)/to roll up/to coil/to carry on the arm/to lament the dead/(fig.) to pull against/to recover


id: f1e12e19af93bd586f55c5d10e2d78a2e6890b8d
simplified: 捂
traditional: 捂
pinyin: wu3
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to enclose/to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears)/to cover up (an affair)/contrary/to contradict


id: e3ea462c1842cd7a7788028637b016877d339724
simplified: 捏脊
traditional: 捏脊
pinyin: nie1 ji3
english:
form of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed, working from the base of the spine to the neck (TCM)


id: 38499094df6a3e3ff0c1c6e9d18c9f570d67ad56
simplified: 捕风捉影
traditional: 捕風捉影
pinyin: bu3 feng1 zhuo1 ying3
english:
lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations/to act on hearsay evidence


id: eb98fdedfe32682e2404870e5f3222b9c65e20e9
simplified: 捧
traditional: 捧
pinyin: peng3
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to clasp/to cup the hands/to hold up with both hands/to offer (esp. in cupped hands)/to praise/to flatter


id: afa373271f9a16242c9966daf33685025073a92f
simplified: 舍己为人
traditional: 捨己為人
pinyin: she3 ji3 wei4 ren2
english:
to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people/altruism


id: deee031b63f7922991eee30e39c798c627daf82b
simplified: 舍己为公
traditional: 捨己為公
pinyin: she3 ji3 wei4 gong1
english:
to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom); to behave altruistically/selfless and public spirited


id: fea169fd799aeb174a1218aa31a7ee657776a5a5
simplified: 舍得一身剐，敢把皇帝拉下马
traditional: 捨得一身剮，敢把皇帝拉下馬
pinyin: she3 de5 yi1 shen1 gua3 , gan3 ba3 huang2 di4 la1 xia4 ma3
english:
one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb)/to a fearless person, no fence is high enough


id: cb91e85742f2072ccc9289fe64adef3a7485ce68
simplified: 舍生取义
traditional: 捨生取義
pinyin: she3 sheng1 qu3 yi4
english:
to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life/would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles


id: d77bfc240475912cef3f751d768a964b8413fe12
simplified: 舍车保帅
traditional: 捨車保帥
pinyin: she3 ju1 bao3 shuai4
english:
rook sacrifice to save the king (in Chinese chess); fig. to protect a senior figure by blaming an underling/to pass the buck


id: a46c4ca0615c89dca070816971429f700efd2de8
simplified: 捻军
traditional: 捻軍
pinyin: nian3 jun1
english:
Nian Army, leading a peasant rebellion against the Qing dynasty in Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and Anhui 1851-1868, at the same time as the Taiping Rebellion further south


id: a8f24d837387fa729d6ce470ca8729bdc9139747
simplified: 掇臀捧屁
traditional: 掇臀捧屁
pinyin: duo1 tun2 peng3 pi4
english:
to hold up buttocks and praise a fart (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants/to toady/boot-licking


id: e2e0faad523c8e9184d3526908b6004f8c076e6f
simplified: 授之以鱼不如授之以渔
traditional: 授之以魚不如授之以漁
pinyin: shou4 zhi1 yi3 yu2 bu4 ru2 shou4 zhi1 yi3 yu2
english:
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom)


id: 9ec6fbbd8d33c4028684790f966cb300e84f5a6f
simplified: 授人以鱼不如授人以渔
traditional: 授人以魚不如授人以漁
pinyin: shou4 ren2 yi3 yu2 bu4 ru2 shou4 ren2 yi3 yu2
english:
give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime/knowledge is the best charity


id: ee76abc15f211bedb33f54852869cf8eaca9c7d7
simplified: 掉
traditional: 掉
pinyin: diao4
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 棹
english:
to fall/to drop/to lag behind/to lose/to go missing/to reduce/fall (in prices)/to lose (value, weight etc)/to wag/to swing/to turn/to change/to exchange/to swap/to show off/to shed (hair)/(used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)


id: 0b35b3c3b095b4bb7c4350c6842cb4573ec6ef41
simplified: 掉包
traditional: 掉包
pinyin: diao4 bao1
english:
to steal sb's valuable item and substitute a similar-looking but worthless item/to sell a fake for the genuine article/to palm off


id: c9c48da0838a0e9940656b562bf8b2e7f560b2e2
simplified: 掉书袋
traditional: 掉書袋
pinyin: diao4 shu1 dai4
english:
lit. to drop a bag of books (idiom); fig. to drop quotations to appear learned/to quote classical texts as a parade of erudition


id: 63e8e8040922a4ed00071a3b1f69c05174aeb5d7
simplified: 掌握
traditional: 掌握
pinyin: zhang3 wo4
english:
to grasp (often fig.)/to control/to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)/to master/to know well/to understand sth well and know how to use it/fluency


id: 369a827d0bd6006aa646c2c265b871757fb25b12
simplified: 排
traditional: 排
pinyin: pai2
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
a row/a line/to set in order/to arrange/to line up/to eliminate/to drain/to push open/platoon/raft/classifier for lines, rows etc


id: 52f069e6ae045b2f75dfaf101be94e3088ce04b7
simplified: 排山倒海
traditional: 排山倒海
pinyin: pai2 shan1 dao3 hai3
english:
lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering/fig. gigantic/of spectacular significance


id: 8c8de1966481c4a3fdece07573f0bb137eefbf59
simplified: 排量
traditional: 排量
pinyin: pai2 liang4
english:
discharge volume/engine capacity/engine displacement (volume of air fuel mixture drawn in during one cycle)


id: 660a6b9ff394a9e23f707c2cd8a47424c8e20ffa
simplified: 挂
traditional: 掛
pinyin: gua4
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 掛,挂
english:
to hang or suspend (from a hook etc)/to hang up (the phone)/(of a line) to be dead/to be worried or concerned/to make a phone call (dialect)/to register or record/classifier for sets or clusters of objects/(slang) to kill/to die/to be finished/to fail (an exam)


id: fe7d34cff412875bafb825891abf91119bda552c
simplified: 挂机
traditional: 掛機
pinyin: gua4 ji1
english:
to hang up (a phone)/to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc)


id: 9fa5aa3a4b8a4cc6b4ed05709dc421e37f922df1
simplified: 挂羊头卖狗肉
traditional: 掛羊頭賣狗肉
pinyin: gua4 yang2 tou2 mai4 gou3 rou4
english:
lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom)/fig. to cheat/dishonest advertising/wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue


id: b142c2d841bd75fcc21244e0e579b3d3374444f9
simplified: 挂起
traditional: 掛起
pinyin: gua4 qi3
english:
to hang up (a picture etc)/to hoist up (a flag)/(computing) to suspend (a process)/(of a system) to hang/pending (operation)


id: 7009e9171a87f43220b051fa9540fe7cc51831ad
simplified: 挂钩
traditional: 掛鉤
pinyin: gua4 gou1
english:
hook (on which to hang sth)/to couple/to link together/to establish contact with/hook/coupling links (e.g. between two railway coaches)


id: 72815a4cb9097359bf09a09cf6d5795f3318bb6c
simplified: 探口气
traditional: 探口氣
pinyin: tan4 kou3 qi4
english:
to sound out opinions/to get sb's views by polite or indirect questioning/also written 探口風|探口风[tan4 kou3 feng1]


id: 0fd88f728c39a6d8c874d7a901098e84189c58fa
simplified: 探子
traditional: 探子
pinyin: tan4 zi5
english:
intelligence gatherer/spy/detective/scout/sound (medical instrument)/long and narrow probing and sampling utensil


id: 018e2d9d29e80e22f4db270abc5292911c4e3e0e
simplified: 探骊得珠
traditional: 探驪得珠
pinyin: tan4 li2 de2 zhu1
english:
to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)/to see through to the nub


id: f980f881e2244883a001019d94cc8b82b3eb7897
simplified: 接
traditional: 接
pinyin: jie1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to receive/to answer (the phone)/to meet or welcome sb/to connect/to catch/to join/to extend/to take one's turn on duty/to take over for sb


id: a354372be6540b4b7eb7b49ef3062bdaa65097e6
simplified: 接收
traditional: 接收
pinyin: jie1 shou1
english:
reception (of transmitted signal)/to receive/to accept/to admit/to take over (e.g. a factory)/to expropriate


id: a1de2f59642d1f62360ab6a39d7f68f5ce5920b0
simplified: 接机
traditional: 接機
pinyin: jie1 ji1
english:
jointing machine/riveter/welder/sealer/to meet a plane (i.e. to meet sb at airport)/to service a plane (of airport workers)


id: b6aa753abb8786725120233cb6c27aa6f8ce5497
simplified: 接班
traditional: 接班
pinyin: jie1 ban1
english:
to take over (from those working the previous shift)/to take over (in a leadership role etc)/to succeed sb


id: 42446c7b517283c98c0a233197518e2e41b73bca
simplified: 接着
traditional: 接著
pinyin: jie1 zhe5
english:
to catch and hold on/to continue/to go on to do sth/to follow/to carry on/then/after that/subsequently/to proceed/to ensue/in turn/in one's turn


id: d563b63d8ef8749aeacb7941148f4ec286663a86
simplified: 接轨
traditional: 接軌
pinyin: jie1 gui3
english:
railtrack connection/to integrate into sth/to dock/to connect/to be in step with/to bring into line with/to align


id: 3117d6e27d4f978fe9abefcb6270a51fac409b25
simplified: 接头
traditional: 接頭
pinyin: jie1 tou2
english:
to join/to connect/connection/junction/fitting (plumbing)/connector/terminal (electrical engineering)


id: 7b6b444d9779204b85a273d67d917d8a437fe3bd
simplified: 控
traditional: 控
pinyin: kong4
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to control/to accuse/to charge/to sue/to invert a container to empty it/(suffix) (slang) buff/enthusiast/devotee/-phile or -philia


id: 96a7b1b4eb3e1baa1106b1ccdd7aa387a03f7fd7
simplified: 推
traditional: 推
pinyin: tui1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to push/to cut/to refuse/to reject/to decline/to shirk (responsibility)/to put off/to delay/to push forward/to nominate/to elect/massage


id: b3daf453a9fdaeb4baf5a06d3964f40deab0d036
simplified: 推心置腹
traditional: 推心置腹
pinyin: tui1 xin1 zhi4 fu4
english:
to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence/to trust completely/to confide in sb with entire sincerity


id: 98e5372e498d938a5c440f75bb922544d7989f5a
simplified: 推文
traditional: 推文
pinyin: tui1 wen2
english:
tweet (on Twitter)/(HK, Tw) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile/to reply to original poster (or recommend a post) on PTT bulletin board


id: 2e440a70f6df47aacb9deb04bb231a91268f0aa3
simplified: 推波助澜
traditional: 推波助瀾
pinyin: tui1 bo1 zhu4 lan2
english:
to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum/to encourage sth to get bigger/to add fuel to the fire


id: a5276bee2f188230ccd80b87af5951d56dd20cbc
simplified: 推甄
traditional: 推甄
pinyin: tui1 zhen1
english:
to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school/to put a student on the recommendation track (one of several ways of gaining admission to a higher-level school in Taiwan)/abbr. for 推薦甄選|推荐甄选


id: 67abca3e8e7006df570ae4555947fa7c0a74c27d
simplified: 推诿
traditional: 推諉
pinyin: tui1 wei3
english:
to decline/to avoid/shirking responsibilities/to blame others/to pass the buck/to unload one's responsibilities/to try to get out of a task


id: f90eae5b229b13e24885f0eac507f1e903ec863d
simplified: 推陈布新
traditional: 推陳佈新
pinyin: tui1 chen2 bu4 xin1
english:
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate/to go beyond old ideas/advancing all the time


id: 879af2db2c6fceac3301883109982efdb7996d97
simplified: 掩耳盗铃
traditional: 掩耳盜鈴
pinyin: yan3 er3 dao4 ling2
english:
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell/to deceive oneself/to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)


id: 9d5bf26b74bbf8b27926a4225a2f7c6ffc01478a
simplified: 提
traditional: 提
pinyin: ti2
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to carry (hanging down from the hand)/to lift/to put forward/to mention/to raise (an issue)/upwards character stroke/lifting brush stroke (in painting)/scoop for measuring liquid


id: b641f77dfff253103ef2edbf06ae367a3feb3ad9
simplified: 提法
traditional: 提法
pinyin: ti2 fa3
english:
wording (of a proposal)/formulation/viewpoint (on an issue)/(one of eight methods of bonesetting in TCM) restoring the part displaced by a fracture to its correct position by lifting


id: 1e4b7334f5d179fc2d74c596bfe2ac97ce74e242
simplified: 提神
traditional: 提神
pinyin: ti2 shen2
english:
to freshen up/to be cautious or vigilant/to watch out/stimulant to enhance mental performance/stay-awake drug/agrypnotic


id: 1c4ff7641fa50c685453a940227ac6066ae971c1
simplified: 提起
traditional: 提起
pinyin: ti2 qi3
english:
to mention/to speak of/to lift/to pick up/to arouse/to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc)


id: 2599da112c276404d7783c95d4102f87d17a5dfb
simplified: 插播
traditional: 插播
pinyin: cha1 bo1
english:
to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc/to put a call on hold


id: fe4aef1dff9f3ae2ff06c142e81ea20925f50923
simplified: 插曲
traditional: 插曲
pinyin: cha1 qu3
english:
music played during a movie, play etc/incidental music/music played in a theatrical interlude/(fig.) incident/episode


id: 62e74ae69fe97aca1d13bb2e8009d455b987b07a
simplified: 扬
traditional: 揚
pinyin: yang2
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to raise/to hoist/the action of tossing or winnowing/scattering (in the wind)/to flutter/to propagate/abbr. for 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1]/surname Yang


id: 5572f865d7a255f81ee403cf5ff36023eb785054
simplified: 扬子江
traditional: 揚子江
pinyin: yang2 zi3 jiang1
english:
Changjiang 長江|长江 or Yangtze River/old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches around Yangzhou 揚州|扬州


id: d0026e6be0bf404c96759326d91306830cc04941
simplified: 扬清激浊
traditional: 揚清激濁
pinyin: yang2 qing1 ji1 zhuo2
english:
lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good/eliminate vice and exalt virtue


id: b249ab5ec621d61e0b0b59762c1dc899c4483719
simplified: 扬言
traditional: 揚言
pinyin: yang2 yan2
english:
to put about (a story, plan, threat etc)/to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story)/to threaten


id: 2e77c7c12b24cdaa0320160567be584393ce6164
simplified: 扬雄
traditional: 揚雄
pinyin: yang2 xiong2
english:
Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言[Fang1 yan2]


id: 58d9fd2706964074b019e8025703fa9e540bb316
simplified: 换代
traditional: 換代
pinyin: huan4 dai4
english:
to transition to a new dynasty or regime/to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one


id: 7629eed26390062f361302ccb4cdc5850e4a8ce7
simplified: 换汤不换药
traditional: 換湯不換藥
pinyin: huan4 tang1 bu4 huan4 yao4
english:
different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only/a change in form but not in substance


id: d2dab99594041613e393ddd9953800556f4c2562
simplified: 换班
traditional: 換班
pinyin: huan4 ban1
english:
to change shift/the next work shift/to relieve (a workman on the previous shift)/to take over the job


id: f24f9bbc1a465d1021f6b83ccf33bed4bdf5c8a8
simplified: 揪痧
traditional: 揪痧
pinyin: jiu1 sha1
english:
folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation


id: 6cfdd73b70fac6262036d79883ee999705e3cc62
simplified: 援助交际
traditional: 援助交際
pinyin: yuan2 zhu4 jiao1 ji4
english:
Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors


id: 7aec99d8799c53851118e000c128b438233a0eaf
simplified: 搋
traditional: 搋
pinyin: chuai1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to knead/to rub/to clear a drain with a pump/to conceal sth in one's bosom/to carry sth under one's coat


id: b4b7468fa1ce1047f64aafbaa246cea5518b7bc2
simplified: 损
traditional: 損
pinyin: sun3
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to decrease/to lose/to damage/to harm/(coll.) to speak sarcastically/to deride/caustic/mean/one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (䷨)


id: ba36be0eaf6ec05cc471b60fed300aee52c3c4f0
simplified: 损公肥私
traditional: 損公肥私
pinyin: sun3 gong1 fei2 si1
english:
to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense/venal and selfish behavior


id: 58b4275a2da87db9e40d7b03428a18b35301a7a1
simplified: 搏击
traditional: 搏擊
pinyin: bo2 ji1
english:
to fight, esp. with hands/wrestling (as a sport)/to wrestle/to wrestle (against fate, with a problem etc)/to capture prey


id: f1a4a850182faa5b6c3ca4211a3dec4b81c450c6
simplified: 摇头摆尾
traditional: 搖頭擺尾
pinyin: yao2 tou2 bai3 wei3
english:
to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom)/to be well pleased with oneself/to have a lighthearted air


id: a5d8ca22f7c6330cea15b8250e04eec663c5d25a
simplified: 搜神记
traditional: 搜神記
pinyin: sou1 shen2 ji4
english:
In Search of the Supernatural, compilation of legends about spirits, ghosts and other supernatural phenomena, written and compiled by 干寶|干宝[Gan1 Bao3] in Jin dynasty


id: f05e243469a8ace8ccd8ea234e394e50cb50c69a
simplified: 搬
traditional: 搬
pinyin: ban1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 搫
english:
to move (i.e. relocate oneself)/to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky)/to shift/to copy indiscriminately


id: fd35851af872cb79aff48cde0cce697778ed78a9
simplified: 搬弄
traditional: 搬弄
pinyin: ban1 nong4
english:
to fiddle with/to play and move sth about/to show off (what one can do)/to parade (one's capabilities)/to cause trouble


id: 1cbfa916209501bc378efa453a71d9b749806595
simplified: 搬起石头砸自己的脚
traditional: 搬起石頭砸自己的腳
pinyin: ban1 qi3 shi2 tou5 za2 zi4 ji3 de5 jiao3
english:
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)/hoisted by one's own petard


id: 2f79280a6ea72d40fa104d4154c34813c4f4e718
simplified: 搭
traditional: 搭
pinyin: da1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 搨,撘
english:
to put up/to build (scaffolding)/to hang (clothes on a pole)/to connect/to join/to arrange in pairs/to match/to add/to throw in (resources)/to take (boat, train)/variant of 褡[da1]


id: 5ee2055ea7fd05e2509e585fc94399354c677e82
simplified: 搭扣
traditional: 搭扣
pinyin: da1 kou4
english:
a buckle or fastener for clothing that does not use a button and buttonhole (e.g. the buckle on metal wristwatches)


id: 9fd9e69701a19ce5288e0673579843ee2e9d48fd
simplified: 搭讪
traditional: 搭訕
pinyin: da1 shan4
english:
to hit on someone/to strike up a conversation/to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation


id: 3c5b7210bb8f64d29d7f1f41e596c6ab82234fc9
simplified: 搭铁
traditional: 搭鐵
pinyin: da1 tie3
english:
abbr. for 搭鐵接線|搭铁接线/chassis grounding (i.e. using the chassis as ground, to serve as a return path for current in an electric circuit)


id: b6ff5141f6eac601df6d616810d3777561233503
simplified: 摘
traditional: 摘
pinyin: zhai1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to take/to borrow/to pick (flowers, fruit etc)/to pluck/to select/to remove/to take off (glasses, hat etc)


id: 5484d5a575cbdf444698fea44995b8931dc7de22
simplified: 摘下
traditional: 摘下
pinyin: zhai1 xia4
english:
to take off/to remove (one's hat, a door from its hinges etc)/to pick (a piece of fruit from a tree etc)/(sports) to pick off (a rebound etc)


id: 6b80e4bc216afa4ff813efba6d70d12a1011d323
simplified: 摩亨佐·达罗
traditional: 摩亨佐·達羅
pinyin: mo2 heng1 zuo3 · da2 luo2
english:
Moenjo-daro, capital of Indus valley civilization c. 2000 BC, Sind province, Pakistan, UNESCO World Heritage Site


id: fa04c217cee274481417896a0eae4a9ebdb5a53d
simplified: 摩拳擦掌
traditional: 摩拳擦掌
pinyin: mo2 quan2 ca1 zhang3
english:
fig. to rub one's fists and wipe one's palms (idiom)/to roll up one's sleeves for battle/eager to get into action or start on a task


id: cd15300f840f6da69fc2ef4a7f17f74570b8498d
simplified: 摩诃婆罗多
traditional: 摩訶婆羅多
pinyin: mo2 he1 po2 luo2 duo1
english:
Mahābhārata, second great Indian epic after 羅摩衍那|罗摩衍那[Luo2 mo2 yan3 na4], possibly originally c. 4th century BC


id: e5938e2b7a38a25a7660ef52a4cb1c21d71336b0
simplified: 摩顶放踵
traditional: 摩頂放踵
pinyin: mo2 ding3 fang4 zhong3
english:
to rub one's head and heels (idiom); to slave for the benefit of others/to wear oneself out for the general good


id: 581822acbb86f8f7b24fbc390806ac660c1ee77d
simplified: 抠
traditional: 摳
pinyin: kou1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to dig out/to pick out (with one's fingers)/to carve/to cut/to study meticulously/to lift one's clothes/stingy/miserly


id: e067aab4f7352e064a1d872ce26ca91d36ea6b68
simplified: 摸着石头过河
traditional: 摸著石頭過河
pinyin: mo1 zhe5 shi2 tou5 guo4 he2
english:
to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom)/to advance cautiously, step by step/to feel one's way forward


id: 407e62a3a3a400189d428f9abd2cd032af985106
simplified: 摺线
traditional: 摺線
pinyin: zhe2 xian4
english:
variant of 折線|折线[zhe2 xian4], broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments)/polygonal line/dog leg


id: 41d80fc354ba99d9c6e59308843faaee4c27120a
simplified: 摽
traditional: 摽
pinyin: biao4
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to bind tightly/to link (arms)/to hang around with/to stick close to (sb)/to compete/(literary) to beat


id: fc8dbe9c9710b3e8ff60577e45ba2a3a9b0a7c12
simplified: 撇清
traditional: 撇清
pinyin: pie3 qing1
english:
to say a matter has no relationship with the individual referred to, to emphasise one is innocent or in the clear


id: 8a949a9119f5552c36687045f8c0a2ad3e0aa7dc
simplified: 撑
traditional: 撐
pinyin: cheng1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 撐,撑
english:
to support/to prop up/to push or move with a pole/to maintain/to open or unfurl/to fill to bursting point/brace/stay/support


id: 924ba0af1a77d877cd432c735cc2ef13013c154b
simplified: 撒切尔
traditional: 撒切爾
pinyin: sa1 qie1 er3
english:
Thatcher (name)/Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990


id: 873588d6a12d5ab03b5b1f381e7fd4a8dd7c1b05
simplified: 撒切尔夫人
traditional: 撒切爾夫人
pinyin: sa1 qie1 er3 fu1 ren5
english:
Mrs Thatcher/Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990


id: 3bbb8576f3a334f07601c1407e0253f978f6ef11
simplified: 撞车
traditional: 撞車
pinyin: zhuang4 che1
english:
to crash (into another car)/(fig.) (of opinions, schedules etc) to clash/(of subject matter) to be the same


id: 2720c633ea82116211212d9913e98484ea645867
simplified: 拨
traditional: 撥
pinyin: bo1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc/to dial/to allocate/to set aside (money)/to poke (the fire)/to pluck (a string instrument)/to turn round/classifier: group, batch


id: bb6569c053311ed389175cabc4940395877e5b30
simplified: 撩
traditional: 撩
pinyin: liao1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to lift up (sth hanging down)/to raise (hem of skirt)/to pull up (sleeve)/to sprinkle (water with cupped hands)


id: e557bb11e50c6096516a661511c6e825070b0d71
simplified: 抚恤
traditional: 撫卹
pinyin: fu3 xu4
english:
(of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered serious injury


id: 1eeac3fe8a9c47bcaba25b6af497d9018e0db437
simplified: 抚远三角洲
traditional: 撫遠三角洲
pinyin: fu3 yuan3 san1 jiao3 zhou1
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


id: cd1ce512cb910ab73037d51f371848c6750a4caa
simplified: 撮
traditional: 撮
pinyin: cuo1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to pick up (a powder etc) with the fingertips/to scoop up/to collect together/to extract/to gather up/classifier: pinch/Taiwan pr. [cuo4]


id: c981d381fb855006b205a3265763fa53cc83941d
simplified: 扑
traditional: 撲
pinyin: pu1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 撲,攴,扑
english:
to throw oneself at/to pounce on/to devote one's energies/to flap/to flutter/to dab/to pat/to bend over


id: b32b6afcd5669ffe2b0882e1b5869c1bb4cfbdfd
simplified: 扑面
traditional: 撲面
pinyin: pu1 mian4
english:
lit. sth hits one in the face/directly in one's face/sth assaults the senses/blatant (advertising)/eye-catching/(a smell) assaults the nostrils


id: 1c659ef4fbba4e5ea186a182e7408ec7d7a2f9d7
simplified: 捡骨
traditional: 撿骨
pinyin: jian3 gu3
english:
bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location


id: ed723c086841994f4076ed79af9b4158cc2655d6
simplified: 拥
traditional: 擁
pinyin: yong1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to hold/to embrace/to wrap around/to gather around (sb)/to throng/to swarm/to support/Taiwan pr. [yong3]


id: e671d2eff82e95eafd1372a565930d544c28594b
simplified: 拥兵自重
traditional: 擁兵自重
pinyin: yong1 bing1 zi4 zhong4
english:
(of a warlord etc) to assemble one's personal army, thereby presenting a challenge to the central government


id: d0c628665063f570ffb5aa123d934aac076f0e95
simplified: 擂鼓鸣金
traditional: 擂鼓鳴金
pinyin: lei2 gu3 ming2 jin1
english:
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat/to egg people on or to call them back


id: 7e59cb6e8bc50c16ad92a051a77ad594726bfde7
simplified: 击鼓传花
traditional: 擊鼓傳花
pinyin: ji1 gu3 chuan2 hua1
english:
beat the drum, pass the flower (game in which players sit in a circle passing a flower around while a drum is beaten – when the drumbeat stops, the player holding the flower must sing a song, answer a question, or drink a glass of wine etc)


id: 19c94e59eac6b91df6fc85ba767bad22b5486dda
simplified: 挡
traditional: 擋
pinyin: dang3
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 攩
english:
to resist/to obstruct/to hinder/to keep off/to block (a blow)/to get in the way of/cover/gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)


id: 79c6e2d54643ccf8488a207dbba0f985a26782ed
simplified: 挡位
traditional: 擋位
pinyin: dang3 wei4
english:
(in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc)/(automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc)/(electric fan etc) speed setting


id: afc4698a21c346b0e125f566e4a5f7a05a1bbf47
simplified: 操
traditional: 操
pinyin: cao1
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to grasp/to hold/to operate/to manage/to control/to steer/to exercise/to drill (practice)/to play/to speak (a language)


id: 09bd848d3d2cba939f9dc3ebdc6f12c1c319e69f
simplified: 擒人节
traditional: 擒人節
pinyin: qin2 ren2 jie2
english:
(jocularly) Valentine's Day, referring to the rising number of extramarrital affairs being discovered on that day


id: 1e2e110dc50f759600122713db9c9f6d124dd07f
simplified: 担
traditional: 擔
pinyin: dan4
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 擔,担
english:
picul (100 catties, 50 kg)/two buckets full/carrying pole and its load/classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole


id: 9b6aa8db30df642482b07f3de0b4a640b1df2331
simplified: 挤
traditional: 擠
pinyin: ji3
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
english:
to crowd in/to cram in/to force others aside/to press/to squeeze/to find (time in one's busy schedule)


id: df6414a1deaf1ea7b489238e5bfafaafbe970c28
simplified: 拧开
traditional: 擰開
pinyin: ning3 kai1
english:
to unscrew/to twist off (a lid)/to turn on (a faucet)/to switch on (by turning a knob)/to turn (a door handle)/to wrench apart


id: 8db2b103e42f30e130fb044aafbc034f52cb933d
simplified: 掷地有声
traditional: 擲地有聲
pinyin: zhi4 di4 you3 sheng1
english:
lit. if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom)/fig. (of one's words) powerful and resonating/to have substance


id: 1c897fb709e06146a9ca84c93da5a8e87bec128d
simplified: 掷筊
traditional: 擲筊
pinyin: zhi4 jiao3
english:
poe divination, a traditional Chinese divination method where a pair of crescent-shaped wooden or bamboo blocks is thrown on the ground, with the positions of the blocks determining the divine answer


id: 489d67cb72de9fa81c49b322e11c9ec50bbd4c18
simplified: 摆脱
traditional: 擺脫
pinyin: bai3 tuo1
english:
to break away from/to cast off (old ideas etc)/to get rid of/to break away (from)/to break out (of)/to free oneself from/to extricate oneself


id: 750163f1bef460b88db6b273e44d9787c45e6bd7
simplified: 攀枝花市
traditional: 攀枝花市
pinyin: pan1 zhi1 hua1 shi4
english:
Panzhihua prefecture level city in south Sichuan, bordering Yunnan, famous for steel production and pollution


id: 4f3752329de6d3455e06dcdf71cf52db9f0c5587
simplified: 攀登
traditional: 攀登
pinyin: pan1 deng1
english:
to climb/to pull oneself up/to clamber/to scale/fig. to forge ahead in the face of hardships and danger


id: 167b12ac1921800f08527605cc51d6996db446ff
simplified: 攀附
traditional: 攀附
pinyin: pan1 fu4
english:
to climb (of climbing plants)/to creep/to cling on to/fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful)/social climbing


id: 2782a10a12b8d67a48968a4b87c6431765818c52
simplified: 攀高结贵
traditional: 攀高結貴
pinyin: pan1 gao1 jie2 gui4
english:
lit. to cling to the high, connect to the rich (idiom); to try to attach oneself to the rich and powerful/social climbing


id: 763a1f8b687bec53f03b2354133bc2542b0c2711
simplified: 摄
traditional: 攝
pinyin: she4
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 摂
english:
to take in/to absorb/to assimilate/to act for/to take a photo/photo shoot/photo/to conserve (one's health)


id: 989f28504e750f6f622cffaf1f7dbfccd4c8d9be
simplified: 揽
traditional: 攬
pinyin: lan3
radicalSimplified: 手
radicalTraditional: 手
variants: 㩜,擥
english:
to monopolize/to seize/to take into one's arms/to embrace/to fasten (with a rope etc)/to take on (responsibility etc)/to canvass


id: 818c65dbf3a54fab7f91e3942d49b53aadf6b5ca
simplified: 支
traditional: 支
pinyin: zhi1
radicalSimplified: 支
radicalTraditional: 支
english:
to support/to sustain/to erect/to raise/branch/division/to draw money/classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions/surname Zhi


id: 88caf1813a578f55403b35899b83a6600e964898
simplified: 支书
traditional: 支書
pinyin: zhi1 shu1
english:
branch secretary/secretary of a branch of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League/abbr. for 支部書記|支部书记


id: b6400f4be8b70f5ce9f311b2cbc85a770b5a8465
simplified: 支那
traditional: 支那
pinyin: zhi1 na4
english:
phonetic transcription of China (Japanese: Shina), colonial term, generally considered discriminatory


id: 20c4dec24055ba73bf1c036ba6b1776b5b3a0343
simplified: 收
traditional: 收
pinyin: shou1
radicalSimplified: 攴
radicalTraditional: 攴
variants: 収,㧃
english:
to receive/to accept/to collect/to put away/to restrain/to stop/in care of (used on address line after name)


id: d114631fe0301ea40c5ba1040c617c66f7e62ab1
simplified: 收兵
traditional: 收兵
pinyin: shou1 bing1
english:
to retreat/to withdraw troops/to recall troops/fig. to finish work/to wind up/to call it a day/used with negatives: the task is far from over


id: 8dce2bf5130ca4f22290307c80e1038671ed122b
simplified: 收拢
traditional: 收攏
pinyin: shou1 long3
english:
to draw to oneself/to gather up/to collect/to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc)/to assemble (a party of persons)/to rope in (some people)


id: 4fcc5a245f990c7dd2738331a3ef5071f8998b81
simplified: 收敛
traditional: 收斂
pinyin: shou1 lian3
english:
to dwindle/to vanish/to make vanish/to exercise restraint/to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc)/to astringe/(math.) to converge


id: ddae49868f95a979776f8dc679dbdb4d86798614
simplified: 收音
traditional: 收音
pinyin: shou1 yin1
english:
to receive a radio signal/to make an audio recording/(of an auditorium etc) to have good acoustics/(vocal training, linguistics) ending (of a word or syllable)


id: 42a25cf20ac1f1aab71f89424ac524a8f8c8730b
simplified: 改口
traditional: 改口
pinyin: gai3 kou3
english:
to change one's tune/to modify one's previous remark/to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5])


id: 5d1bbfd4c07969f6a913b97cee63b103df351ab7
simplified: 改口费
traditional: 改口費
pinyin: gai3 kou3 fei4
english:
a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law


id: 7039133048670a53dd91a965413a522d1adb7e88
simplified: 改弦易辙
traditional: 改弦易轍
pinyin: gai3 xian2 yi4 zhe2
english:
change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction/to dance to a different tune


id: f2eddc4a07bea5554aba76b1b4a618e5939b2a36
simplified: 改换门庭
traditional: 改換門庭
pinyin: gai3 huan4 men2 ting2
english:
to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world/to switch one's allegiance to a new patron


id: 563544b4d365f0381691b440f9c04548d1921225
simplified: 改订伊犁条约
traditional: 改訂伊犁條約
pinyin: gai3 ding4 yi1 li2 tiao2 yue1
english:
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed to hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights


id: 0902537a35f03f99e6366129a667b5b32b50ada9
simplified: 改头换面
traditional: 改頭換面
pinyin: gai3 tou2 huan4 mian4
english:
to adjust one's head and turn one's face (idiom); cosmetic changes/Despite superficially new policies, the substance remains unchanged.


id: b6fe183a0eb0605a4bc398e9f400ceca67a4c562
simplified: 攻占
traditional: 攻占
pinyin: gong1 zhan4
english:
to seize control of (an enemy position)/(fig.) to take by storm/to gain (awards, control of a market etc)


id: 45c5b33c56257bcbec832ebc7e3d57117ea3797c
simplified: 放下屠刀，立地成佛
traditional: 放下屠刀，立地成佛
pinyin: fang4 xia4 tu2 dao1 , li4 di4 cheng2 fo2
english:
lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation/to repent and be absolved of one's crimes


id: 208b90949c9897091707e81d55f55f16af1a5598
simplified: 放下身段
traditional: 放下身段
pinyin: fang4 xia4 shen1 duan4
english:
to get off one's high horse (idiom)/to dispense with posturing (and adopt a more humble or empathetic attitude)


id: 6ce0a7a30d22b9d76217bebc603d93f12fa9a736
simplified: 放任自流
traditional: 放任自流
pinyin: fang4 ren4 zi4 liu2
english:
to let sb do whatever they want/to indulge/to give free reins to/to let things slide/to drift aimlessly/laissez-faire


id: 38176dc9168d686973e6d502a4e1793e174e87a3
simplified: 放空
traditional: 放空
pinyin: fang4 kong1
english:
to relax completely/to empty one's mind/(finance) to sell short/(of a commercial vehicle) to travel empty (no cargo or passengers)/to deadhead


id: b1c5f41d931e5d9f1851cdb319924476c251b31e
simplified: 放空炮
traditional: 放空炮
pinyin: fang4 kong1 pao4
english:
(lit.) to fire blank shots/(fig.) to be all talk and no action/to shoot one's mouth off/to make empty promises


id: 8711d86338ff9fa0142449a61cc17b25c9061e0d
simplified: 放纵
traditional: 放縱
pinyin: fang4 zong4
english:
to indulge/to pamper/to connive at/permissive/indulgent/self-indulgent/unrestrained/undisciplined/uncultured/boorish


id: f971e2a11df1a4128c69e0b562a8ed12be2afee3
simplified: 放羊
traditional: 放羊
pinyin: fang4 yang2
english:
to tend a flock of sheep/to let sheep out to pasture/fig. to throw off the reins/to leave sb alone/acting freely and irresponsibly


id: 67c852a8a3aeab2ab9b1d2ae244a14a8aaf9019d
simplified: 政协
traditional: 政協
pinyin: zheng4 xie2
english:
CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference)/abbr. of 中國人民政治協商會議|中国人民政治协商会议[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Zheng4 zhi4 Xie2 shang1 Hui4 yi4]


id: 16a3d8f06f8e80c91553d95d8753d9ce8c0a1b88
simplified: 故
traditional: 故
pinyin: gu4
radicalSimplified: 攴
radicalTraditional: 攴
english:
happening/instance/reason/cause/intentional/former/old/friend/therefore/hence/(of people) to die, dead


id: f70b5c1e717f1812940e7430272b8982a30a3d1e
simplified: 效价
traditional: 效價
pinyin: xiao4 jia4
english:
potency/titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration)/valence (perceived value in psychology)/valency


id: 6fa127c3172a431dbb937276b7055be93fa36870
simplified: 效价能
traditional: 效價能
pinyin: xiao4 jia4 neng2
english:
potency/titer (measure of effective concentration in virology or chemical pathology, defined in terms of potency after dilution by titration)


id: 256238eab6a684e3f1b25cec84c4a8ffb4609153
simplified: 救焚益薪
traditional: 救焚益薪
pinyin: jiu4 fen2 yi4 xin1
english:
add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse/to add fuel to the fire


id: 253a5e15d835134d18c8f9fe495f1d9a47d2e96f
simplified: 敔
traditional: 敔
pinyin: yu3
radicalSimplified: 攴
radicalTraditional: 攴
english:
percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick


id: ee1786c59bf6206d0c0b835fb0c652280c253847
simplified: 败落
traditional: 敗落
pinyin: bai4 luo4
english:
(of status or wealth) to decline/(of buildings etc) to become dilapidated/run-down/(of plants) to wilt


id: 0bc314bcdd2943e3273062834d787208937e51f0
simplified: 叙述
traditional: 敘述
pinyin: xu4 shu4
english:
to relate (a story or information)/to tell or talk about/to recount/narration/telling/narrative/account


id: 0163b5b66efa3e118709bc85d5f3c1e731cde048
simplified: 教师爷
traditional: 教師爺
pinyin: jiao4 shi1 ye2
english:
master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house/(fig.) sb who arrogantly and condescendingly lectures others


id: 083f47f1ed6ea5d911723358dec3e902b7468b62
simplified: 教案
traditional: 教案
pinyin: jiao4 an4
english:
lesson plan/teaching plan/a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing)


id: b2fe8997ce961848d799b1d1865ff3e9a28ddc16
simplified: 敝帚千金
traditional: 敝帚千金
pinyin: bi4 zhou3 qian1 jin1
english:
lit. my worn-out broom, a thousand in gold (idiom); fig. sentimental value/I wouldn't be parted with it for anything.


id: e0a1538b508c1a5e2f29450ae205853e2f6f62cd
simplified: 敝帚自珍
traditional: 敝帚自珍
pinyin: bi4 zhou3 zi4 zhen1
english:
to value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth because it is one's own/a sentimental attachment


id: 91794072bca20a4ee9b43fd920869e7ab8fbb731
simplified: 敢做敢当
traditional: 敢做敢當
pinyin: gan3 zuo4 gan3 dang1
english:
daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it/a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions/the buck stops here


id: 31d55a9762262cf48ac072b8b65158fca5088991
simplified: 敢怒而不敢言
traditional: 敢怒而不敢言
pinyin: gan3 nu4 er2 bu4 gan3 yan2
english:
angry, but not daring to speak out (idiom); obliged to remain silent about one's resentment/unable to voice objections


id: 4de5613e21be2855fd77c88cadd78a64071774b4
simplified: 敬悉
traditional: 敬悉
pinyin: jing4 xi1
english:
(honorific) revered news/the most valuable information (in your recent letter, book etc)/Thank you for your letter.


id: f8bf608ed485a0facdec80185e9891b87c825bd8
simplified: 敬祝
traditional: 敬祝
pinyin: jing4 zhu4
english:
to offer humbly (written at the end of letter from sb of lower status to higher status)/your humble servant


id: f21cb3d3c956adf16daf6fa7ab21197466951bbc
simplified: 敬酒不吃吃罚酒
traditional: 敬酒不吃吃罰酒
pinyin: jing4 jiu3 bu4 chi1 chi1 fa2 jiu3
english:
to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit/fig. to hesitate to do sth until forced to do even more


id: 3b278b6bbd9ccc285daa1c5cc5987776ac03ddd6
simplified: 敲门砖
traditional: 敲門磚
pinyin: qiao1 men2 zhuan1
english:
lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom); fig. a temporary expedient/to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune


id: 6620e0e5ee95a3f0fd397c7fc2c21ac7fada70f7
simplified: 敲开
traditional: 敲開
pinyin: qiao1 kai1
english:
to get sth open by tapping or striking it/(figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门) to open the door to ~/to gain access to ~


id: 2f5be951ea5d760c06e128ec8a9950a843642241
simplified: 整
traditional: 整
pinyin: zheng3
radicalSimplified: 攴
radicalTraditional: 攴
english:
exactly/in good order/whole/complete/entire/in order/orderly/to repair/to mend/to renovate/(coll.) to fix sb/to give sb a hard time/to mess with sb


id: 565eee6f4f4e264548e21614eb8a028d5c2db5c8
simplified: 整治
traditional: 整治
pinyin: zheng3 zhi4
english:
to bring under control/to regulate/to restore to good condition/(coll.) to fix (a person)/to prepare (a meal etc)


id: a0d497fead93f0f42aa7914eb5cc5139fda17f7c
simplified: 整理
traditional: 整理
pinyin: zheng3 li3
english:
to arrange/to tidy up/to sort out/to straighten out/to list systematically/to collate (data, files)/to pack (luggage)


id: ce886b765183f27d34a1e2b9df61c3b2c08af634
simplified: 整风
traditional: 整風
pinyin: zheng3 feng1
english:
Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan/cf Rectification campaign 整風運動|整风运动, army purge of 1942-44 and anti-rightist purge of 1957


id: 1849bc41e355b2a767a133113517f0f68101e156
simplified: 整风运动
traditional: 整風運動
pinyin: zheng3 feng1 yun4 dong4
english:
Rectification campaign/political purge/cf Mao's 1942-44 campaign at Yanan, and his 1950 and 1957 anti-rightist purges


id: e062c3556f9384fa80104471908f92903f6145fa
simplified: 整体
traditional: 整體
pinyin: zheng3 ti3
english:
whole entity/entire body/synthesis/as a whole (situation, construction, team etc)/global/macrocosm/integral/holistic/whole


id: 528dd5e3d01e273b89a52a87ff3a5ec7337f17f4
simplified: 整点
traditional: 整點
pinyin: zheng3 dian3
english:
time of day exactly on the hour (i.e. 12:00, 1:00 etc)/to make an inventory/(math.) point that has integer coordinates


id: c876ac711c907eb5d48b34cf8e23938e20a06e24
simplified: 敌敌畏
traditional: 敵敵畏
pinyin: di2 di2 wei4
english:
dichlorvos C4H7Cl2PO4, organic phosphate used as insecticide (loanword)/also called dimethyl dichloro-vinyl phosphate DDVP


id: 4bec74eabda52426f77fb8c6213f50c2247199c0
simplified: 敌众我寡
traditional: 敵眾我寡
pinyin: di2 zhong4 wo3 gua3
english:
multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius)/heavily outnumbered/beaten by the weight of numbers


id: 83684232f3b5d9d42a59441778a010f733999cad
simplified: 敷衍
traditional: 敷衍
pinyin: fu1 yan3
english:
to elaborate (on a theme)/to expound (the classics)/perfunctory/to skimp/to botch/to do sth half-heartedly or just for show/barely enough to get by


id: fd5b30352e816290a5ac322e39e21bdee28d5af2
simplified: 数伏
traditional: 數伏
pinyin: shu3 fu2
english:
same as 三伏天[san1 fu2 tian1], 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: d315e110641d583c0a924e83bfd804cbb0f5c097
simplified: 数黄道黑
traditional: 數黃道黑
pinyin: shu3 huang2 dao4 hei1
english:
to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels/also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shu3 hei1 lun4 huang2]


id: 8972d2e6345de27b138e6b99aa783fbb20f87983
simplified: 文
traditional: 文
pinyin: wen2
radicalSimplified: 文
radicalTraditional: 文
variants: 㒚,穩
english:
language/culture/writing/formal/literary/gentle/(old) classifier for coins/Kangxi radical 67/surname Wen


id: 41534874bc81b928cb12b12761485abd3ae55fed
simplified: 文天祥
traditional: 文天祥
pinyin: wen2 tian1 xiang2
english:
Wen Tianxiang (1236-1283), Song dynasty politician and poet, folk hero in resisting Mongol invasion in Jiangxi in 1275


id: bf9e3e3b821f798aff13830b6f400c35a5a47d67
simplified: 文宗
traditional: 文宗
pinyin: wen2 zong1
english:
sb whose calligraphy serves as a model/Wenzong Emperor, reign name of Yuan Dynasty emperor Tugh Temür (1304-1332), reigned 1328-1332


id: 57740537160ed205f05119e0dd85cd8d9e140106
simplified: 文山
traditional: 文山
pinyin: wen2 shan1
english:
Wenshan 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/Wenshan district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan


id: c77b070132b0908abc6559e2d4b42431d0b890c3
simplified: 文山州
traditional: 文山州
pinyin: wen2 shan1 zhou1
english:
abbr. for 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], Wenshan Zhuang and Miao autonomous prefecture in Yunnan 雲南|云南


id: 48a817f00dd81b314f5e0a17a58ea28288ed1577
simplified: 文山线
traditional: 文山線
pinyin: wen2 shan1 xian4
english:
Taipei Metro Wenshan Line (known as the Muzha Line 木柵線|木栅线[Mu4 zha4 xian4] prior to October 8, 2009)


id: 964cf38fb6716e8ce25be38cfaa09492a3dbe46c
simplified: 文山县
traditional: 文山縣
pinyin: wen2 shan1 xian4
english:
Wenshan 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: 189011af915769711b028b39844ee6d2711d5cda
simplified: 文康
traditional: 文康
pinyin: wen2 kang1
english:
Wen Kang (mid-19th century), Manchu-born novelist, author of The Gallant Maid 兒女英雄傳|儿女英雄传[Er2 nu:3 Ying1 xiong2 Zhuan4]


id: 13b77f13d63c2eac9506b35b2d03a0e928bed373
simplified: 文房四宝
traditional: 文房四寶
pinyin: wen2 fang2 si4 bao3
english:
Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bi3], 墨[mo4], 紙|纸[zhi3] and 硯|砚[yan4]/the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)


id: 3451558c0be971931895c2c3805227e40fe466d1
simplified: 文明小史
traditional: 文明小史
pinyin: wen2 ming2 xiao3 shi3
english:
Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元[Li3 Bo2 yuan2] or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[Li3 Bao3 jia1] describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Ba1 guo2 Lian2 jun1]


id: 7c547620d9122f92c429eea618fc37af9e9d0090
simplified: 文武双全
traditional: 文武雙全
pinyin: wen2 wu3 shuang1 quan2
english:
well versed in letters and military technology (idiom); fine scholar and soldier/master of pen and sword


id: 62709829a0ca116262dea7f8dfabf854b344f2d3
simplified: 文苑英华
traditional: 文苑英華
pinyin: wen2 yuan4 ying1 hua2
english:
Finest Blossoms in the Garden of Literature, Song dynasty collection of poetry, odes, songs and writings compiled during 982-986 under Li Fang 李昉[Li3 Fang3], Xu Xuan 徐鉉|徐铉[Xu2 Xuan4], Song Bai 宋白[Song4 Bai2] and Su Yijian 蘇易簡|苏易简[Su1 Yi4 jian3], 1000 scrolls


id: 0558b5e15eb18cf87659950c108ac099bda757a7
simplified: 文号
traditional: 文號
pinyin: wen2 hao4
english:
document identifier code (typically including an abbreviation for the name of the issuing organization, the date and a serial number)


id: d831f30cba435f4691bd59b5cc03c65dd43ebbe0
simplified: 文部
traditional: 文部
pinyin: wen2 bu4
english:
Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima county 尼瑪縣|尼玛县[Ni2 ma3 xian4], Nagchu prefecture, central Tibet/Tang dynasty equivalent of 吏部, personnel office


id: 850de96e01403961c17e4d9e4d5669b19b0ec159
simplified: 文部省
traditional: 文部省
pinyin: wen2 bu4 sheng3
english:
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (Japan), ceased to exist in 2001 when it was merged with another ministry


id: 5f9c2de41e244665255ee5539d1e13e259293c0e
simplified: 斗
traditional: 斗
pinyin: dou3
radicalSimplified: 斗
radicalTraditional: 斗
english:
dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]/decaliter/peck/cup or dipper shaped object/old variant of 陡[dou3]/abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]


id: e3dba6ca671deeeb2eb81336fb2aa6000287c4e4
simplified: 斗拱
traditional: 斗拱
pinyin: dou3 gong3
english:
interlocking wooden brackets between the top of a column and crossbeams used in traditional Chinese architecture


id: 61c1784501e3ce95aa44f0da4f123c582fe01590
simplified: 斗转星移
traditional: 斗轉星移
pinyin: dou3 zhuan3 xing1 yi2
english:
lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved/time flies/also written 星移斗轉|星移斗转[xing1 yi2 Dou3 zhuan3]


id: aa3d8a8793fd17a8b08c8994aca3b7a5a913be81
simplified: 斗酒只鸡
traditional: 斗酒隻雞
pinyin: dou3 jiu3 zhi1 ji1
english:
lit. a chicken and a bottle of wine (idiom); fig. ready to make an offering to the deceased, or to entertain guests


id: 9d91f07588ae57ca5069433677082a022dfe4ec2
simplified: 斛
traditional: 斛
pinyin: hu2
radicalSimplified: 斗
radicalTraditional: 斗
english:
ancient measuring vessel/fifty liters/dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks)


id: 171c9deb50389c0b66a0ac0e087c0f8ad2c04510
simplified: 斤
traditional: 斤
pinyin: jin1
radicalSimplified: 斤
radicalTraditional: 斤
variants: 觔
english:
catty/(PRC) weight equal to 500 g/(Tw) weight equal to 600 g/(HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g


id: 545d5fecd0611afa661c42ff3a0d184a6a06dc5a
simplified: 斥
traditional: 斥
pinyin: chi4
radicalSimplified: 斤
radicalTraditional: 斤
variants: 㡿
english:
to blame/to reprove/to reprimand/to expel/to oust/to reconnoiter/(of territory) to expand/saline marsh


id: 821fe1b50aac8e82a654d5c542dd6235ce134e00
simplified: 斩钉截铁
traditional: 斬釘截鐵
pinyin: zhan3 ding1 jie2 tie3
english:
lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom)/fig. resolute and decisive/unhesitating/categorical


id: 0454e127d7899c8584f763f4510c98029d0cf14c
simplified: 斯图加特
traditional: 斯圖加特
pinyin: si1 tu2 jia1 te4
english:
Stuttgart city in southwest Germany and capital of Baden-Württemberg 巴登·符騰堡州|巴登·符腾堡州[Ba1 deng1 · Fu2 teng2 bao3 zhou1]


id: 22a17be1ad9584140fb8834517d2a711309c081c
simplified: 斯坦因
traditional: 斯坦因
pinyin: si1 tan3 yin1
english:
Stein (name)/Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), British adventurer and archaeologist who explorer Xinjiang in early 20th century


id: d9ab042f80a94d4a7faac7adf5500d8952b8f4c2
simplified: 斯大林格勒战役
traditional: 斯大林格勒戰役
pinyin: si1 da4 lin2 ge2 le4 zhan4 yi4
english:
Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed to take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces


id: a83091276aa9fa913555c84cac7b990e8be66945
simplified: 斯文·海定
traditional: 斯文·海定
pinyin: si1 wen2 · hai3 ding4
english:
Sven Hedin (1865-1952), famous Swedish adventurer and archaeologist, whose 1894-1900 Central Asian expeditions uncovered Kroraina or Loulan 樓蘭|楼兰[Lou2 lan2]/also written 斯文·赫定


id: e42d23d874d8ad3b838cb38408b911a635a75789
simplified: 斯文·赫定
traditional: 斯文·赫定
pinyin: si1 wen2 · he4 ding4
english:
Sven Hedin (1865-1952), famous Swedish adventurer and archaeologist, whose 1894-1900 Central Asian expeditions uncovered Kroraina or Loulan 樓蘭|楼兰


id: 218c43421c8e8aad43835006f01834ecda715656
simplified: 斯普拉特利群岛
traditional: 斯普拉特利群島
pinyin: si1 pu3 la1 te4 li4 qun2 dao3
english:
Spratly Islands, disputed between China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam/same as 南沙群島|南沙群岛[Nan1 sha1 Qun2 dao3]


id: 2d7cd37dd5aa3b110afcf99f14dcad90f327f6be
simplified: 斯特拉特福
traditional: 斯特拉特福
pinyin: si1 te4 la1 te4 fu2
english:
Stratford (place name)/Stratford-upon-Avon, UK city in Warwickshire and birthplace of William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[Sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4]


id: bf77ab5effba597a1e44e13e0af76fea2ce9ba64
simplified: 斯当东
traditional: 斯當東
pinyin: si1 dang1 dong1
english:
Staunton (name)/Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet, the second-in-command of the Macartney Mission of 1793


id: 80bb663505f8a5262b990d939d9e67c586397cd0
simplified: 斯维尔德洛夫
traditional: 斯維爾德洛夫
pinyin: si1 wei2 er3 de2 luo4 fu1
english:
Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (1885-1919), Bolshevik organizer, ordered the murder of the Tsar's family in 1918, died of Spanish influenza


id: 438e1c396c77861387bbb105f85a724ce9cc09b0
simplified: 斯蒂文
traditional: 斯蒂文
pinyin: si1 di4 wen2
english:
Steven (name)/Simon Stevin (1548-1620), Flemish engineer and mathematician, played a key role in introducing the decimal system to Europe


id: f259cca7b1b1f886823555b65650fcda38d31231
simplified: 斯诺
traditional: 斯諾
pinyin: si1 nuo4
english:
Snow (name)/Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China


id: b59354104cb63fab2784b0e2546dd69a578f20e3
simplified: 新
traditional: 新
pinyin: xin1
radicalSimplified: 斤
radicalTraditional: 斤
english:
new/newly/meso- (chemistry)/abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]/surname Xin


id: 3c7bb2253c8596a19a7118ddbbed2b189ffefc09
simplified: 新丁
traditional: 新丁
pinyin: xin1 ding1
english:
new addition to a family (i.e. a birth)/a boy who has just come of age/(in a job etc) newcomer/novice


id: fba2a9721731de47d3af0e0a8284802df2423e50
simplified: 新五代史
traditional: 新五代史
pinyin: xin1 wu3 dai4 shi3
english:
Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls


id: ea95ccdb646168438ed853b147b4fe79a934245b
simplified: 新儒家
traditional: 新儒家
pinyin: xin1 ru2 jia1
english:
New Confucianism, a social and political movement founded in 1920s China that combines aspects of Western and Eastern philosophy/see also 當代新儒家|当代新儒家[Dang1 dai4 Xin1 Ru2 jia1]


id: 32733cbcab3d7e04e02f0f95dbf1c2fcc5d82d9c
simplified: 新元史
traditional: 新元史
pinyin: xin1 yuan2 shi3
english:
New History of the Yuan Dynasty, completed by Ke Shaomin 柯劭忞[Ke1 Shao4 min2] in 1920, sometimes listed as one of the 24 Dynastic Histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]


id: 0be765221e19716fcbe5a045298e30d267b1b1d9
simplified: 新剧同志会
traditional: 新劇同志會
pinyin: xin1 ju4 tong2 zhi4 hui4
english:
New Dramatic Society, Chinese theatrical company from 1912, a continuation of Tokyo Spring Willow Society 春柳社[Chun1 liu3 she4]


id: 283c8a353e6d0d62bca790caa6862888b751ea65
simplified: 新化
traditional: 新化
pinyin: xin1 hua4
english:
Xinhua county in Loudi 婁底|娄底[Lou2 di3], Hunan/Hsinhua town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan


id: 582028b7fadc8eec877decec0a320ef34bc94387
simplified: 新北
traditional: 新北
pinyin: xin1 bei3
english:
Xinbei district of Changzhou city 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 shi4], Jiangsu/Hsinpei or New Taipei city in north Taiwan


id: d44ab2de9c1a4a46cd8d12587ee40173cfe1cb8d
simplified: 新唐书
traditional: 新唐書
pinyin: xin1 tang2 shu1
english:
History of the Later Tang Dynasty, seventeenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1] and Song Qi 宋祁[Song4 Qi2] in 1060 during Northern Song 北宋[Bei3 Song4], 225 scrolls


id: b6ff8d8a4cbe059cd706f1ebfa33c4c2501f4570
simplified: 新城区
traditional: 新城區
pinyin: xin1 cheng2 qu1
english:
Xincheng District of Xi'an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi/Xincheng District of Hohhot City 呼和浩特市[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4], Inner Mongolia


id: 91874d7e2ae3e639ecc31267262c9d91ea5d9e25
simplified: 新文化运动
traditional: 新文化運動
pinyin: xin1 wen2 hua4 yun4 dong4
english:
the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science


id: e372c6dc0f407c758a5b713829ed1a11e8cc8ebe
simplified: 新源
traditional: 新源
pinyin: xin1 yuan2
english:
Xinyuan county or Künes 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: 070fabc4d6827bc8c0b5a5a9df7962a4409d179b
simplified: 新竹
traditional: 新竹
pinyin: xin1 zhu2
english:
Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries/Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan


id: a59aa5a7e03692d03659b2388d3626e80dee4cd2
simplified: 新罗
traditional: 新羅
pinyin: xin1 luo2
english:
Silla, Korean kingdom 57 BC-935 AD/one of the Korean Three Kingdoms from 1st century AD, defeating its rivals Paikche 百濟|百济[Bai3 ji4] and Koguryo 高句麗|高句丽[Gao1 gou1 li2] around 660 in alliance with Tang China/unified Silla 658-935


id: ea5dee0cfecbe4ccb4622066ebec073af0bd1d19
simplified: 新兴
traditional: 新興
pinyin: xin1 xing1
english:
(of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising/emerging/in the ascendant/Xinxing county in Yunfu 雲浮|云浮[Yun2 fu2], Guangdong/Xinxing or Hsinhsing district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan


id: 5b6d607e28c3f7c3b2a1732f7249bfc2388d653d
simplified: 新兴区
traditional: 新興區
pinyin: xin1 xing1 qu1
english:
Xinxing district of Qitaihe city 七台河[Qi1 tai2 he2], Heilongjiang/Xinxing or Hsinhsing district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan


id: 19db59a81c5833dd6fb5547c4453a682fdf00646
simplified: 新华区
traditional: 新華區
pinyin: xin1 hua2 qu1
english:
Xinhua District/Xinhua District of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei/Xinhua District of Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei


id: 2f19d85067f61154d573534f45b00ae56aabf719
simplified: 新丰
traditional: 新豐
pinyin: xin1 feng1
english:
Xinfeng County in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Shao2 guan1], Guangdong/Xinfeng or Hsinfeng township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan


id: ca6885d8a493f7c2c30810c11cdbbb47ffdc2897
simplified: 新军
traditional: 新軍
pinyin: xin1 jun1
english:
New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)


id: 915815822b9515ea8491f32329e877e6f697f21c
simplified: 新都桥
traditional: 新都橋
pinyin: xin1 du1 qiao2
english:
Xinduqiao town in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[Kang1 ding4 xian4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan


id: e2bb99df972fd6a2a4dcc755e92d6dee1b9655f3
simplified: 新龙
traditional: 新龍
pinyin: xin1 long2
english:
Xinlong county (Tibetan: nyag rong 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: 2e195bbde8c36e111eabb99f85f5a1f1b0ba3462
simplified: 断
traditional: 斷
pinyin: duan4
radicalSimplified: 斤
radicalTraditional: 斤
variants: 斷,断
english:
to break/to snap/to cut off/to give up or abstain from sth/to judge/(usu. used in the negative) absolutely/definitely/decidedly


id: da71a94932e8d3a2495535cf5eac3c9a63ea35a7
simplified: 断层
traditional: 斷層
pinyin: duan4 ceng2
english:
fault (geology)/CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]/(fig.) gap/rupture (in the transmission of some skill)/(tomography) cross-sectional


id: 8895ada7dc8973cbe6b0c8c5b445519a3f3eb5a0
simplified: 断线
traditional: 斷線
pinyin: duan4 xian4
english:
(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break/(of a tradition etc) to be discontinued/(telephone or Internet connection) disconnected/cut off


id: 6c59a27b068e2c916f07acb959db9cee04b393a1
simplified: 断背
traditional: 斷背
pinyin: duan4 bei4
english:
homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)


id: 5f379fb3d643c70d9de19e184add82914607f6ae
simplified: 断袖之癖
traditional: 斷袖之癖
pinyin: duan4 xiu4 zhi1 pi3
english:
lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.


id: 0585c59ff5fb78b08d7e7a79e26d955f20712cea
simplified: 方
traditional: 方
pinyin: fang1
radicalSimplified: 方
radicalTraditional: 方
english:
square/power or involution (math.)/upright/honest/fair and square/direction/side/party (to a contract, dispute etc)/place/method/prescription (medicine)/just when/only or just/classifier for square things/abbr. for square or cubic meter/surname Fang


id: 4ad7be727c6976e335d5b48e862c9d61f8ee7478
simplified: 方丈
traditional: 方丈
pinyin: fang1 zhang5
english:
square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square)/monastic room 10 feet square/Buddhist or Daoist abbot/abbot's chamber/one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals


id: 791ff6b5a9e5534f33b30155b150c0a63cf1a08b
simplified: 方便
traditional: 方便
pinyin: fang1 bian4
english:
convenient/suitable/to facilitate/to make things easy/having money to spare/(euphemism) to relieve oneself


id: 6509a0adfd2e772464babf1d69661e2060dd4965
simplified: 方城
traditional: 方城
pinyin: fang1 cheng2
english:
square castle/mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square)/Fangcheng county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳[Nan2 yang2], Henan


id: 52ff1be0e4964f0a75dbafd4401298932871f3f1
simplified: 方正
traditional: 方正
pinyin: fang1 zheng4
english:
clear and square/neat/square (person)/Fangzheng county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang


id: d4c2cb4e2b9b81c7e16d80d3396310e66c121d55
simplified: 方言
traditional: 方言
pinyin: fang1 yan2
english:
topolect/dialect/the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters


id: 65c91af0c511f1e7959da7239a8fa8ab5c5281e9
simplified: 施明德
traditional: 施明德
pinyin: shi1 ming2 de2
english:
Shih Ming-te (1941-), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, since 2006 leader of protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3]


id: df662c066893178c79e842323fbd99c211dbe806
simplified: 施特劳斯
traditional: 施特勞斯
pinyin: shi1 te4 lao2 si1
english:
Strauss (name)/Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Austrian composer/Richard Strauss (1864-1949), German composer


id: ea38009ce786c805c5759306b80cd691d1ad6b5a
simplified: 施秉
traditional: 施秉
pinyin: shi1 bing3
english:
Shibing county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou


id: bb95b6e6fc126656fa2052c2d76a7782bce13b8e
simplified: 旁观者清
traditional: 旁觀者清
pinyin: pang2 guan1 zhe3 qing1
english:
The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear (idiom). The spectator sees more of the game.


id: 05ff8421f82ec7883261c08b0074f932a9703295
simplified: 旅大
traditional: 旅大
pinyin: lu:3 da4
english:
Lüshun 旅順|旅顺[Lu:3 shun4] port and Dalian city 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3]


id: 08b2ed845b50c7e9bcc09eedd6001ff5f8383641
simplified: 旅顺
traditional: 旅順
pinyin: lu:3 shun4
english:
Lüshun/Lüshunkou district of Dalian city 大連市|大连市, Liaoning/called Port Arthur during Russian occupation and Russian-Japanese war of 1905


id: 50b5a03242b4275c1c23231a450ca5bd548452d1
simplified: 旅顺港
traditional: 旅順港
pinyin: lu:3 shun4 gang3
english:
Lüshun port, on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula/called Port Arthur during Russian occupation and Russian-Japanese war of 1905/in Lüshunkou district of Dalian 大連|大连, Liaoning


id: 88e12aa9be707684c4deb3774a587fde2c7e4b99
simplified: 旗
traditional: 旗
pinyin: qi2
radicalSimplified: 方
radicalTraditional: 方
variants: 旂
english:
banner/flag/(in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2])/administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county/CL:面[mian4]


id: b0eaf8190edba98c0af0f64474d0f101061e3996
simplified: 旗开得胜
traditional: 旗開得勝
pinyin: qi2 kai1 de2 sheng4
english:
lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success/success in a single move


id: 5848fff3e93f8b57675999c97efba43e37efd608
simplified: 旗鼓相当
traditional: 旗鼓相當
pinyin: qi2 gu3 xiang1 dang1
english:
lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched/roughly comparable (opponents)


id: d448fcbb14a89220330c2f7791ee7fb080ae38b1
simplified: 既来之，则安之
traditional: 既來之，則安之
pinyin: ji4 lai2 zhi1 , ze2 an1 zhi1
english:
Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy./Since this is so, we should accept it./Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth./If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.


id: 773af97bd05c34fb864f0c88eab14a9df422928f
simplified: 既往不咎
traditional: 既往不咎
pinyin: ji4 wang3 bu4 jiu4
english:
to forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones/There is no point in crying over spilt milk.


id: 53209024ca9124fb270acbc22f2add79e4016dbe
simplified: 日惹
traditional: 日惹
pinyin: ri4 re3
english:
Yogyakarta, city of Java, Indonesia, and capital of the Special Region of Yogyakarta 日惹特區|日惹特区[Ri4 ye3 Te4 qu1]


id: b02935d03dbe424dfe5a6fc48e296251a1bcf1e3
simplified: 日经
traditional: 日經
pinyin: ri4 jing1
english:
Nikkei, abbr. for Nikkei Shimbun 日本經濟新聞|日本经济新闻[Ri4 ben3 Jing1 ji4 Xin1 wen2]/abbr. for Nikkei 225 index 日經指數|日经指数[Ri4 jing1 zhi3 shu4]


id: b38c50a2cc40eeee2629a8542c6eb5f51ec9e2e0
simplified: 日落西山
traditional: 日落西山
pinyin: ri4 luo4 xi1 shan1
english:
the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end/fig. time of decline/the end of an era/Sic transit gloria mundi


id: f1db3f284107f8bd3356cfacf2a3099b28c5d421
simplified: 日薄崦嵫
traditional: 日薄崦嵫
pinyin: ri4 bo2 yan1 zi1
english:
lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom)/fig. the day is drawing to an end/the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)


id: bb575fa43a0e30f76433123bae304510e5482e50
simplified: 旦
traditional: 旦
pinyin: dan4
radicalSimplified: 日
radicalTraditional: 日
variants: 蛋
english:
dawn/morning/daybreak/day/dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)


id: d6f34a0389a989da086521ed8cf2822a96b253cc
simplified: 早操
traditional: 早操
pinyin: zao3 cao1
english:
morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries)


id: 4f14409a1d025f42e890d020bb981bbc1d62ccbf
simplified: 早知今日何必当初
traditional: 早知今日何必當初
pinyin: zao3 zhi1 jin1 ri4 he2 bi4 dang1 chu1
english:
if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)/to regret vainly one's past behavior


id: 4dbddda61ad0b3e56959d10430ce75896ebfa98e
simplified: 昂山
traditional: 昂山
pinyin: ang2 shan1
english:
Aung San (1915-1947), Burmese general and politician, hero of Myanmar independence movement and father of Aung San Su Kyi 昂山素季[Ang2 Shan1 Su4 Ji4]


id: 606ed386a05a8ce722f52ebc4b6009967df39ab9
simplified: 昂纳克
traditional: 昂納克
pinyin: ang2 na4 ke4
english:
Honecker (name)/Erich Honecker (1912-1994), East German communist politician, party general secretary 1971-1989, tried for treason after German unification


id: d4fb410718f3cfeb6fb79397518cf150945ed1a5
simplified: 昌吉市
traditional: 昌吉市
pinyin: chang1 ji2 shi4
english:
Changji county level city in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州[Chang1 ji2 Hui2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang


id: 4ca0e02861ca59481306501ee4f364ef9624b79b
simplified: 昌江
traditional: 昌江
pinyin: chang1 jiang1
english:
Changjiang district of Jingdezhen city 景德鎮市|景德镇市, Jiangxi/Changjiang Lizu autonomous county, Hainan/Chang River, Jiangxi


id: 3914a911ee955f9256b42467fab355913cd8cd4e
simplified: 昌都
traditional: 昌都
pinyin: chang1 du1
english:
Kham or Chamdo, Tibetan: Chab mdo historic capital of Kham prefecture of Tibet (Chinese Qamdo or Changdu)/also Qamdo county


id: 2ee622c6c9a8d5a2bedf0a924aa4a7306587bf0b
simplified: 明
traditional: 明
pinyin: ming2
radicalSimplified: 日
radicalTraditional: 日
variants: 朙
english:
bright/opposite: dark 暗[an4]/(of meaning) clear/to understand/next/public or open/wise/generic term for a sacrifice to the gods/Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)/surname Ming/Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God


id: ac4b56771733ca04b4a57d4896ed3f49e2aa9ed1
simplified: 明人不做暗事
traditional: 明人不做暗事
pinyin: ming2 ren2 bu4 zuo4 an4 shi4
english:
The honest person does nothing underhand (idiom)./fig. Do what you want to do openly and without dissimulation.


id: 763c79aae2cf0c007565cce322793d5a4ae7b757
simplified: 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓
traditional: 明修棧道，暗渡陳倉
pinyin: ming2 xiu1 zhan4 dao4 , an4 du4 chen2 cang1
english:
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)/fig. to feign one thing while doing another/to cheat under cover of a diversion


id: c307f080189ef597f17f02c76b1630fd707da159
simplified: 明史
traditional: 明史
pinyin: ming2 shi3
english:
History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉[Zhang1 Ting2 yu4] in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls


id: 45aad4846564559edfbc980ed596e0547fb74518
simplified: 明和
traditional: 明和
pinyin: ming2 he2
english:
Minghe, rail station in South Taiwan/Meiwa (Japanese reign name 1764-1772)/Meiwa (common name for Japanese companies or schools)


id: d7ec276734e46ac4678060df12054bd57ee4d620
simplified: 明天启
traditional: 明天啟
pinyin: ming2 tian1 qi3
english:
Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校[Zhu1 You2 xiao4] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, Temple name 明熹宗[Ming2 Xi1 zong1]


id: 4e13165f54a2e4d81c50b617fa161da12f0cdf52
simplified: 明孝陵
traditional: 明孝陵
pinyin: ming2 xiao4 ling2
english:
Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], a World Heritage site


id: 0467c1fe2f9817adee13e32c5688eb601a5f1271
simplified: 明察暗访
traditional: 明察暗訪
pinyin: ming2 cha2 an4 fang3
english:
open enquiries and secret search (idiom); to investigate openly and in secret/taking information from all sides


id: 1c9cd0ce1e65e4bbe94607b37e7c4f4f01028bbf
simplified: 明察秋毫
traditional: 明察秋毫
pinyin: ming2 cha2 qiu1 hao2
english:
lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius)/fig. perceptive of even the finest detail


id: 1b4ce9f6d041b1d518380c65bd8ade252050e5e3
simplified: 明日黄花
traditional: 明日黃花
pinyin: ming2 ri4 huang2 hua1
english:
lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom)/fig. outdated/thing of the past/dead letter


id: bacacfe0607c959925f8529252955a9bca7502c8
simplified: 明枪好躲，暗箭难防
traditional: 明槍好躲，暗箭難防
pinyin: ming2 qiang1 hao3 duo3 , an4 jian4 nan2 fang2
english:
lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies


id: 72c9a0f2dd2379ab0a618c4398018bb7fb5f8b2b
simplified: 明知山有虎，偏向虎山行
traditional: 明知山有虎，偏向虎山行
pinyin: ming2 zhi1 shan1 you3 hu3 , pian1 xiang4 hu3 shan1 xing2
english:
lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom)/fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers


id: 89231fd0325b7e316600044123337bf3a3ef9da6
simplified: 明码
traditional: 明碼
pinyin: ming2 ma3
english:
non-secret code (such as Morse code, Chinese telegraph code, ASCII etc)/plaintext (cryptography)/(of prices) clearly marked


id: 717b767c60d229b605349ec39b0526c0dc9c5030
simplified: 明镜
traditional: 明鏡
pinyin: ming2 jing4
english:
mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat -- such as a lake -- or sth that provides clarity and insight)/Der Spiegel


id: aff74ab60c52ac624cfca0b5ef146487d2d34794
simplified: 易
traditional: 易
pinyin: yi4
radicalSimplified: 日
radicalTraditional: 日
variants: 易
english:
easy/amiable/to change/to exchange/prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"/surname Yi/abbr. for 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], the Book of Changes


id: 7734a3d654fb026d1b628674a7042ac3d5c2020c
simplified: 星宿
traditional: 星宿
pinyin: xing1 xiu4
english:
constellation (arch., now 星座)/one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese astronomy and astrology/motion of stars since one's birth (predetermining one's fate in astrology)


id: 1fa9b89b4e07c3a38141600ac8b4105b404c5d8f
simplified: 星移斗转
traditional: 星移斗轉
pinyin: xing1 yi2 dou3 zhuan3
english:
lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved/time flies/also written 斗轉星移|斗转星移[Dou3 zhuan3 xing1 yi2]


id: 171177af2c233146c36b86cffeeb48eaed25a8f4
simplified: 春光
traditional: 春光
pinyin: chun1 guang1
english:
scenes of springtime/the radiance of spring/(fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic/an indication of a love affair


id: d5c614520c8a235b98cdffd48616721797671b76
simplified: 春光乍泄
traditional: 春光乍泄
pinyin: chun1 guang1 zha4 xie4
english:
spring sunshine emerges to bring the world alive (idiom)/to give a glimpse of sth intimate (e.g. one's underwear)


id: 24a2895971764c1a717364bc0b02cb27e431bc75
simplified: 春柳
traditional: 春柳
pinyin: chun1 liu3
english:
Spring Willow Society, pioneering Chinese theatrical company set up in Tokyo in 1906, part of New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4], continued in China from 1912 as 新劇同志會|新剧同志会[Xin1 ju4 Tong2 zhi4 hui4]


id: eb8b6ca66896e896a96f57c4a49ef50436303d0c
simplified: 春江水暖鸭先知
traditional: 春江水暖鴨先知
pinyin: chun1 jiang1 shui3 nuan3 ya1 xian1 zhi1
english:
lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom)/fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows


id: e966315b3dcf1b0f249cd66da8032222eccc042a
simplified: 春灯谜
traditional: 春燈謎
pinyin: chun1 deng1 mi2
english:
Spring lantern riddles (guessing game at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节, at the end of Spring festival 春節|春节)


id: 11a31268098da070a0756409cd0416b8ee570d01
simplified: 春秋
traditional: 春秋
pinyin: chun1 qiu1
english:
spring and autumn/four seasons/year/a person's age/annals (used in book titles)/Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)/Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)


id: e368cf9aedfba4dbc9c5bfe073802fd64780c946
simplified: 春秋三传
traditional: 春秋三傳
pinyin: chun1 qiu1 san1 zhuan4
english:
Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], including 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] and Mr Zuo's annals or Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]


id: 51b2281ee46ec2fd90f010d2de9318173a43ff08
simplified: 春秋五霸
traditional: 春秋五霸
pinyin: chun1 qiu1 wu3 ba4
english:
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公[Qi2 Huan2 gong1], Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王[Chu3 Zhuang1 wang2], and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公[Song4 Xiang1 gong1] and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公[Qin2 Mu4 gong1] or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾[Wu2 wang2 He2 Lu:2] and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践[Yue4 wang2 Gou1 Jian4]


id: 89ec5e3d53024819c929e7e248930595e85a132a
simplified: 春秋战国时代
traditional: 春秋戰國時代
pinyin: chun1 qiu1 zhan4 guo2 shi2 dai4
english:
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods/Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC)


id: 3294bbac2249a2711592d4503612447a56eef496
simplified: 春秋繁露
traditional: 春秋繁露
pinyin: chun1 qiu1 fan2 lu4
english:
Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals, ideological tract by Han dynasty political philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒[Dong3 Zhong4 shu1]


id: f4c502a2b22edaa3b12140775ae6f324c29ac315
simplified: 春联
traditional: 春聯
pinyin: chun1 lian2
english:
Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side)


id: 8a9fe3b68060a96eea7b94cbb44e9cd74fc1acd0
simplified: 春蚕
traditional: 春蠶
pinyin: chun1 can2
english:
Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]


id: 5b4a243cdd287c2e54ab7192b8faa42012c98958
simplified: 春闱
traditional: 春闈
pinyin: chun1 wei2
english:
metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times)/Crown Prince's chambers/by extension, the Crown Prince


id: 513737c66f380b0da1c7cf313f780216ccf62f6c
simplified: 昭披耶帕康
traditional: 昭披耶帕康
pinyin: zhao1 pi1 ye2 pa4 kang1
english:
Chao Phraya Phra Klang (Royal Finance and External Affairs Minister), the honorary title of the 18th century official of the royal court of Thailand who translated 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) into Thai


id: 0f3cd317f96fb8237ebe055ae46b06c36320ff71
simplified: 昭苏
traditional: 昭蘇
pinyin: zhao1 su1
english:
Zhaosu county or Mongghulküre 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: cce15ec1d290d34e34903e7981b8af5a60dd49dc
simplified: 昭觉
traditional: 昭覺
pinyin: zhao1 jue2
english:
Zhaojue 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: d47157bdfd1c12094e8e02b84e3a4d71ac4771c0
simplified: 是非自有公论
traditional: 是非自有公論
pinyin: shi4 fei1 zi4 you3 gong1 lun4
english:
to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom)/Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong.


id: 8c68619c331f213197e0f80e588f6094059193c3
simplified: 时代曲
traditional: 時代曲
pinyin: shi2 dai4 qu3
english:
shidaiqu, a musical genre that originated in Shanghai in the 1920s, a fusion of Chinese folk music and Western jazz


id: 78fe1a6065cfd01d2df0444ad7a1eeb91afea94e
simplified: 时间是把杀猪刀
traditional: 時間是把殺豬刀
pinyin: shi2 jian1 shi4 ba3 sha1 zhu1 dao1
english:
lit. time is a butcher's knife/fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving/nothing gold can stay


id: c42c12dd69f1106831c3cedf6507adb9e2b987ef
simplified: 晋
traditional: 晉
pinyin: jin4
radicalSimplified: 日
radicalTraditional: 日
variants: 晉,晋
english:
to move forward/to promote/to advance/surname Jin/the Jin Dynasties (265-420)/Western Jin 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316), Eastern Jin 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420) and Later Jin Dynasty (936-946)/short name for Shanxi province 山西[Shan1 xi1]


id: 5fa1cb27cb2c8b704e694b7db960996ccc4d9dd7
simplified: 晋察冀
traditional: 晉察冀
pinyin: jin4 cha2 ji4
english:
Shanxi 山西, Chahar 察哈爾|察哈尔 and Hebei 河北 (three provinces of the Republic of China in the period 1912-1936)


id: d40bf9c750661679d3e0979dcfa68cdb84561165
simplified: 晋州
traditional: 晉州
pinyin: jin4 zhou1
english:
Jinzhou county-level city in Hebei/Jin Prefecture, established under the Northern Wei dynasty, centered on present-day Linfen 臨汾市|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 shi4] in Shanxi


id: 0792e6e753d8e95a54492f5509a6461b88cf7b31
simplified: 晋州市
traditional: 晉州市
pinyin: jin4 zhou1 shi4
english:
Jinzhou county-level city in Hebei, administered by the provincial capital, Shijiazhuang 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4]


id: 8a29c049e20daa963636b734474aa0f911e6d77d
simplified: 晋惠帝
traditional: 晉惠帝
pinyin: jin4 hui4 di4
english:
Emperor Hui of Jin (259-307), personal name 司馬衷|司马衷[Si1 ma3 Zhong1], 2nd emperor of Jin Dynasty 晉朝|晋朝[Jin4 chao2], reigned 290-307


id: 54961e151c59862302382be597d327668bee5b19
simplified: 晋书
traditional: 晉書
pinyin: jin4 shu1
english:
History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡|房玄龄[Fang2 Xuan2 ling2] in 648 during Tang Dynasty 唐朝[Tang2 chao2], 130 scrolls


id: 176cea38c8797dfcc8539312a0ba7717dc91d680
simplified: 晏婴
traditional: 晏嬰
pinyin: yan4 ying1
english:
Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as 晏子, hero of book 晏子春秋


id: 1aa83bb6ab626ba2b53a779eeb97a2c5c7b998d1
simplified: 晏子
traditional: 晏子
pinyin: yan4 zi3
english:
Yanzi (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States, also known as 晏婴, hero of book 晏子春秋


id: 7d0c12b4ae26cca8f652f5e5dd210160000dea1e
simplified: 晏子春秋
traditional: 晏子春秋
pinyin: yan4 zi3 chun1 qiu1
english:
Tales of Yanzi, book describing the life and wisdom of Yanzi 晏子 (-c 500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States


id: 9e1c8311f5af3979b8c1999eb02c7f5ff650b5cd
simplified: 晏平仲
traditional: 晏平仲
pinyin: yan4 ping2 zhong4
english:
another name for Yan Ying 晏嬰|晏婴 or Yanzi 晏子 (-500 BC), famous statesman from Qi of the Warring States 齊國|齐国


id: 82d5409fb8369634dd0b7245850b94a7eff44e3a
simplified: 晨钟暮鼓
traditional: 晨鐘暮鼓
pinyin: chen2 zhong1 mu4 gu3
english:
lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress


id: df6c4ea3769790bfa91d2e5deb082254383328f4
simplified: 普加乔夫
traditional: 普加喬夫
pinyin: pu3 jia1 qiao2 fu1
english:
Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachov (1742-1775), Russian Cossack, leader of peasant rebellion 1773-1775 against Catherine the Great


id: 90bd0afbada6ccb00c26c83596600bf8fcfd21c5
simplified: 普朗克常数
traditional: 普朗克常數
pinyin: pu3 lang3 ke4 chang2 shu4
english:
Planck's constant h, approximately equal to 6.626 x 10^-34 joule.seconds or 4.135 x 10^-15 electron volt.seconds


id: d093c68a93be810409befcbf7bbdbf9b6c8f6a2e
simplified: 普格
traditional: 普格
pinyin: pu3 ge2
english:
Puge 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: 601edef5d8b2beef7696ac96942c1cb8289c0ab5
simplified: 普氏
traditional: 普氏
pinyin: pu3 shi4
english:
Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基 (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870


id: be6822f359562e8b28df438130053931e9a6f305
simplified: 普氏野马
traditional: 普氏野馬
pinyin: pu3 shi4 ye3 ma3
english:
Przevalski horse (Equus przewalskii) wild horse of Central Asia first identified in 1881 by Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski 普爾熱瓦爾斯基|普尔热瓦尔斯基


id: d101a9b9ab2e2567ecfb132f3ec0ac534aee98f3
simplified: 普洱
traditional: 普洱
pinyin: pu3 er3
english:
Pu'er prefecture level city in Yunnan/county capital of Ning'er Hani and Yi autonomous county 寧洱哈尼族彞族自治縣|宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县


id: 0d8932f3f89f860a181fb19b5f113386ea8616f6
simplified: 普洱哈尼族彝族自治县
traditional: 普洱哈尼族彞族自治縣
pinyin: pu3 er3 ha1 ni2 zu2 yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
english:
former Pu'er Hani and Yi autonomous county in Yunnan, renamed in 2007 Ning'er Hani and Yi autonomous county 寧洱哈尼族彞族自治縣|宁洱哈尼族彝族自治县, capital Pu'er city 普洱市


id: 7ff2542d07323871f34e152cd15366b4521e902c
simplified: 普尔热瓦尔斯基
traditional: 普爾熱瓦爾斯基
pinyin: pu3 er3 re4 wa3 er3 si1 ji1
english:
Nikolai Mikhailovich Przevalski (1839-1888), Russian explorer who made four expeditions to Central Asian from 1870/abbr. to 普氏


id: 1a3febabda2669db630579cd318dd7c9a8eb7b4d
simplified: 普罗大众
traditional: 普羅大眾
pinyin: pu3 luo2 da4 zhong4
english:
proletariat/abbr. for 普羅列塔利亞|普罗列塔利亚[pu3 luo2 lie4 ta3 li4 ya4] plus masses/also written 無產階級|无产阶级[wu2 chan3 jie1 ji2] in PRC Marxist theory


id: 02b7659c210f4925c6737f37ef18940e38eeefaf
simplified: 普考
traditional: 普考
pinyin: pu3 kao3
english:
examination for lower levels of Taiwan government service (short for 普通考試|普通考试[pu3 tong1 kao3 shi4])


id: bfca0b25a42b17361a50e5ca540dda6f0ea11a8a
simplified: 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试
traditional: 普通高等學校招生全國統一考試
pinyin: pu3 tong1 gao1 deng3 xue2 xiao4 zhao1 sheng1 quan2 guo2 tong3 yi1 kao3 shi4
english:
NCEE, National College Entrance Examination (college entrance exam in PRC)/usually abbr. to 高考[gao1 kao3]


id: 54d046139f8429f01e254b2f0198c502eded1e05
simplified: 普陀山
traditional: 普陀山
pinyin: pu3 tuo2 shan1
english:
Mt Potala at Zhoushan 舟山市 in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Guanyin 觀音|观音 (Avalokiteśvara)


id: 5d4ede60e5b4d114c50b3a5dd62ed38759e7005f
simplified: 景泰
traditional: 景泰
pinyin: jing3 tai4
english:
Jingtai county in Baiyin 白銀|白银[Bai2 yin2], Gansu/Jiangtai Emperor, reign name of seventh Ming Emperor Zhu Qiyu 朱祁鈺|朱祁钰[Zhu1 Qi2 yu4] (1428-1457), reigned 1449-1457, Temple name 代宗[Dai4 zong1]


id: 0026edd88cc68de384cedf31fffaccfdbd0f6d9b
simplified: 景洪
traditional: 景洪
pinyin: jing3 hong2
english:
Jinghong county level city 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: 00304779c5d3c6be268f280f38e12c38fcd02db5
simplified: 晴隆
traditional: 晴隆
pinyin: qing2 long2
english:
Qinglong county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔西南州[Qian2 xi1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou


id: e868a958e4d5971e99f133edbd57d31876d479ac
simplified: 智者千虑，必有一失
traditional: 智者千慮，必有一失
pinyin: zhi4 zhe3 qian1 lu:4 , bi4 you3 yi1 shi1
english:
lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible


id: dea13652cea1effe7ced17f827c12360cb29d6fb
simplified: 暗渡陈仓
traditional: 暗渡陳倉
pinyin: an4 du4 chen2 cang1
english:
lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)/fig. to feign one thing while doing another/to cheat under cover of a diversion


id: 74914254a8deda08135855be5a0b1089fd2ab6cc
simplified: 畅所欲言
traditional: 暢所欲言
pinyin: chang4 suo3 yu4 yan2
english:
lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic/to hold forth to one's heart's content


id: d9e1bd029e4a8e6acb1a1b7dc154ed6e212a2254
simplified: 暮鼓晨钟
traditional: 暮鼓晨鐘
pinyin: mu4 gu3 chen2 zhong1
english:
lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice/the passage of time in a disciplined existence


id: 60852052f7a52fb1da92acf987a22c2578d41bf6
simplified: 暴虎冯河
traditional: 暴虎馮河
pinyin: bao4 hu3 ping2 he2
english:
lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)/fig. to display foolhardy courage


id: 64542fdb1e675075425a69dd7de36e8138e88aad
simplified: 向
traditional: 曏
pinyin: xiang4
radicalSimplified: 口
radicalTraditional: 日
variants: 嚮
english:
variant of 向[xiang4]/direction/orientation/to face/to turn toward/to/towards/shortly before/formerly


id: 766abac172bbe7b821fa6a9a24fa0447f9464c61
simplified: 晒
traditional: 曬
pinyin: shai4
radicalSimplified: 日
radicalTraditional: 日
variants: 曬,晒
english:
(of the sun) to shine on/to bask in (the sunshine)/to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun/(fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share")/(coll.) to give the cold shoulder to


id: aea0e1e5c25797f14bdcb10640de0bf82b9621b5
simplified: 曲突徙薪
traditional: 曲突徙薪
pinyin: qu1 tu1 xi3 xin1
english:
lit. to bend the chimney and remove the firewood (to prevent fire) (idiom)/fig. to take preventive measures


id: e0dabbdd69d05bdfd10dcbfae50c55739a61913d
simplified: 曲麻莱
traditional: 曲麻萊
pinyin: qu3 ma2 lai2
english:
Qumarleb county (Tibetan: chu dmar leb 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: 4c66087339c70bd730d36c069f9889eab8d9e220
simplified: 更
traditional: 更
pinyin: geng1
radicalSimplified: 曰
radicalTraditional: 曰
variants: 更,㪅
english:
to change or replace/to experience/one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided/watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)


id: e8d4c54824b04058f523f330a6be5ef17b7858cf
simplified: 书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉
traditional: 書中自有黃金屋，書中自有顏如玉
pinyin: shu1 zhong1 zi4 you3 huang2 jin1 wu1 , shu1 zhong1 zi4 you3 yan2 ru2 yu4
english:
lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb)/fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow


id: 3e8f269e1155d702a62e37249437ecd69d05615a
simplified: 书经
traditional: 書經
pinyin: shu1 jing1
english:
the Book of History, one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1], a compendium of documents which make up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the time of Confucius, also known as 尚書經|尚书经[Shang4 shu1 jing1], 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], 書|书[Shu1]


id: f8ecb7bf2e1f17f9f7fe89230ff45dfce907133e
simplified: 书圣
traditional: 書聖
pinyin: shu1 sheng4
english:
great calligraphy master/the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之[Wang2 Xi1 zhi1] (303-361)


id: d34d707e508480a57f4ac26028b5433327189106
simplified: 书馆
traditional: 書館
pinyin: shu1 guan3
english:
teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers/(attached to name of publishing houses)/(in former times) private school/library (of classic texts)


id: a8af0ee2e1537f42a87cb68fa2c174d24d80e2c6
simplified: 曹
traditional: 曹
pinyin: cao2
radicalSimplified: 曰
radicalTraditional: 曰
variants: 曺
english:
class or grade/generation/plaintiff and defendant (old)/government department (old)/surname Cao/Zhou Dynasty vassal state


id: 4cf4f6e0de2c67e399b8db8a24df03c133876c7a
simplified: 曹不兴
traditional: 曹不興
pinyin: cao2 bu4 xing1
english:
Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semilegendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家


id: 80f811f9550834100aa807ff6a43b4e6a98093dc
simplified: 曹丕
traditional: 曹丕
pinyin: cao2 pi1
english:
Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher


id: a421bda7d235e2870ab34eb7cfdd5d42ae850d26
simplified: 曹参
traditional: 曹參
pinyin: cao2 can1
english:
Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]/also pr. [Cao2 Shen1]


id: 86f35ae138fbf6487dda8d1d12d5d87a33257393
simplified: 曹操
traditional: 曹操
pinyin: cao2 cao1
english:
Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕/the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义


id: 6bfb2eafac88dd8bc71a612f5014873685fdc2eb
simplified: 曹魏
traditional: 曹魏
pinyin: cao2 wei4
english:
Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265


id: 565f2504efb6120c6c96276c385866d84d255288
simplified: 曼陀罗
traditional: 曼陀羅
pinyin: man4 tuo2 luo2
english:
flower of north India (Datura stramonium, Sanskrit: mandara), considered sacred and grown in temples, similar to belladonna


id: 23938d787e3b45f137bcac633602b234cb248707
simplified: 曾参
traditional: 曾參
pinyin: zeng1 shen1
english:
Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子[Zeng1 zi3], student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2]


id: 1952c34b65a293d6314aae48c7cfa31ad122e03b
simplified: 曾子
traditional: 曾子
pinyin: zeng1 zi3
english:
Zengzi (505-435 BC), student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2]


id: f8e8e0344992890ef6ed7a9b75273e8b77bd63cf
simplified: 曾纪泽
traditional: 曾紀澤
pinyin: zeng1 ji4 ze2
english:
Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia


id: cdf0642c59beefabe05c862537c89222f6b00878
simplified: 曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云
traditional: 曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲
pinyin: ceng2 jing1 cang1 hai3 nan2 wei2 shui3 , chu2 que4 wu1 shan1 bu4 shi4 yun2
english:
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)/one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things


id: f19fac90b6374589fa188ce184f434de65f16f3c
simplified: 曾金燕
traditional: 曾金燕
pinyin: zeng1 jin1 yan4
english:
Zeng Jinyan (1983-), Chinese blogger and human rights activist, wife of dissident activist Hu Jia 胡佳[Hu2 Jia1]


id: c56d94216181b9ddfef13443449cf71fcd8a6ac0
simplified: 替古人担忧
traditional: 替古人擔憂
pinyin: ti4 gu3 ren2 dan1 you1
english:
to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily/crying over spilt milk/often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues


id: 62794051864d87c0f3fe8a014cdc7faa39b1e6a0
simplified: 替补
traditional: 替補
pinyin: ti4 bu3
english:
to replace (a damaged component with a new one, an injured player with a substitute player, full-time workers with casual workers etc)/a substitute/a replacement


id: 02a426f9e62d87bda4676e604af8deaa596bbd1b
simplified: 会
traditional: 會
pinyin: hui4
radicalSimplified: 人
radicalTraditional: 曰
variants: 會,会
english:
can/to be possible/to be able to/will/to be likely to/to be sure to/to assemble/to meet/to gather/to see/union/group/association/CL:個|个[ge4]/a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])


id: 21a2262ce4658be8e432e87678779b44069a4e20
simplified: 会元
traditional: 會元
pinyin: hui4 yuan2
english:
provincial imperial examination graduate who ranked 1st in metropolitan examination (in Ming and Qing dynasties)


id: 6bfe6c1b7fa44f04ab41e23a4ffd61d54eefdeac
simplified: 会士
traditional: 會士
pinyin: hui4 shi4
english:
member of religious order/penitent/frater/translation of French agregé (holder of teaching certificate)


id: 72dc8c75c1030ba990b2ddacd15517d66af5918e
simplified: 会意
traditional: 會意
pinyin: hui4 yi4
english:
combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters)/Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements/also known as joint ideogram or associative compounds/to comprehend without being told explicitly/to cotton on/knowing (smile, glance etc)


id: 8939c65e21022af32de2491d8752493c30c27838
simplified: 会意字
traditional: 會意字
pinyin: hui4 yi4 zi4
english:
combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements/also known as joint ideogram or associative compounds


id: f09187db32844a53a13510fc8ad2564bf7a7e266
simplified: 会期
traditional: 會期
pinyin: hui4 qi1
english:
the duration of a conference/the period over which a conference (or expo etc) is held/session/the date of a meeting


id: 7f8007f4584191224167f062db6491f527bf9256
simplified: 会东
traditional: 會東
pinyin: hui4 dong1
english:
Huidong 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: 7506f6f25bd2278a52da580484cbd3c05ecb4b25
simplified: 会奖旅游
traditional: 會獎旅遊
pinyin: hui4 jiang3 lu:3 you2
english:
MICE tourism (acronym for "meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions"), aka "meetings industry" or "events industry"


id: 78aa234b882ea7534c6db5fb44c272388ebb6eb2
simplified: 会理
traditional: 會理
pinyin: hui4 li3
english:
Huili 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: 35a117b1b45895a062c1a3b51dad23efd3e6c145
simplified: 会盟
traditional: 會盟
pinyin: hui4 meng2
english:
meetings conducted by rulers in feudal China for the purpose of formalizing alliances, finalizing treaties


id: 1f4d5b9b2bb417b4c2e8a17bc2f7cd96c148c07b
simplified: 会社
traditional: 會社
pinyin: hui4 she4
english:
a guild/(in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild/the Japanese word for company


id: 96f00c550f048a96929a6b5c13e14c3ed889c47b
simplified: 月光族
traditional: 月光族
pinyin: yue4 guang1 zu2
english:
lit. moonlight group/fig. those who spend their monthly income even before they earn their next salary (slang)


id: 827f0077b97c9283bcd7d61a3db1d5a735f059ad
simplified: 月孛
traditional: 月孛
pinyin: yue4 bei4
english:
lunar apogee (point in the moon's orbit furthest from earth)/imaginary heavenly body occupying the second focus of the moon's elliptic orbit/dark moon/Lilith


id: c39d93de1af050bbefd03a0a48d13d9b3047438c
simplified: 月相
traditional: 月相
pinyin: yue4 xiang4
english:
phases of moon, namely: new moon 朔[shuo4], first quarter or waxing moon 上弦[shang4 xian2], full moon 望[wang4] and last quarter or waning moon 下弦[xia4 xian2]


id: 4e6b8b93e8aeb11211046101d821e6b2f653e646
simplified: 有奶便是娘
traditional: 有奶便是娘
pinyin: you3 nai3 bian4 shi4 niang2
english:
lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)/fig. to follow whoever is feeding you/to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie


id: 4bcb2ba2b7f90a9e9254f1c7296299033ec7dcba
simplified: 有始无终
traditional: 有始無終
pinyin: you3 shi3 wu2 zhong1
english:
to start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through/lack of sticking power/short attention span


id: 59461d97d69308bbde3dd9d619b571227d6924c9
simplified: 有意栽花花不发，无心插柳柳成阴
traditional: 有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成陰
pinyin: you3 yi4 zai1 hua1 hua1 bu4 fa1 , wu2 xin1 cha1 liu3 liu3 cheng2 yin1
english:
lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree/fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect/well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it


id: 7213fc6d91649f859ee250870631e11c71e83abf
simplified: 有意义
traditional: 有意義
pinyin: you3 yi4 yi4
english:
to make sense/to have meaning/to have significance/meaningful/significant/worthwhile/important/interesting


id: 5942bf30a9d403e201ea40a6214077a517f59a65
simplified: 有没有
traditional: 有沒有
pinyin: you3 mei2 you3
english:
(before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?/Is there a ...?/(before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?/Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?


id: 40395220186ae3d6a866b37ed64e102d91c65431
simplified: 有目无睹
traditional: 有目無睹
pinyin: you3 mu4 wu2 du3
english:
has eyes but can't see (idiom); unable or unwilling to see the importance of sth/blind (to sth great)


id: 856193e9272607dcd668350000886b132507198d
simplified: 有眼不识泰山
traditional: 有眼不識泰山
pinyin: you3 yan3 bu4 shi2 tai4 shan1
english:
lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom)/fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent/to be blind to the fact


id: 35579fdc7fee20b8b61ddd27dadc0b1edf023d78
simplified: 有眼无珠
traditional: 有眼無珠
pinyin: you3 yan3 wu2 zhu1
english:
(idiom) blind as a bat (figuratively)/unaware of who (or what) one is dealing with/to fail to recognize what sb a bit more perceptive would


id: 02bcb522b6a97898bcde282c7ea4d90b648b3920
simplified: 有脸
traditional: 有臉
pinyin: you3 lian3
english:
lit. having face/to have prestige/to command respect/to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous)/to have the gall/not ashamed to


id: 1f7755781ae23e53e31e227ba5d568d7ec85a740
simplified: 有色无胆
traditional: 有色無膽
pinyin: you3 se4 wu2 dan3
english:
to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it/to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it/to be all talk and no action


id: d10e759f8e27457ad5dea0ced729c094231b10d5
simplified: 有钱能使鬼推磨
traditional: 有錢能使鬼推磨
pinyin: you3 qian2 neng2 shi3 gui3 tui1 mo4
english:
lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)/fig. with money, you can do anything you like


id: 698becb34c086c4560841e3e4987532dfe20ecb3
simplified: 服
traditional: 服
pinyin: fu2
radicalSimplified: 月
radicalTraditional: 月
english:
clothes/dress/garment/to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc)/to obey/to be convinced (by an argument)/to convince/to admire/to acclimatize/to take (medicine)/mourning clothes/to wear mourning clothes


id: 84b669ceae857950b2a1d2596f6068cca657d721
simplified: 服他灵
traditional: 服他靈
pinyin: fu2 ta1 ling2
english:
voltaren, a trade name for diclofenac sodium, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce swelling and as painkiller/also called 扶他林


id: 951c6a8c51b814f437916693e98a3608dfa85af2
simplified: 服侍
traditional: 服侍
pinyin: fu2 shi5
english:
to attend to/to care for (patients etc)/to look after/to wait upon/to serve/also written 伏侍, see also 服事[fu2 shi4]


id: 8dda027f0002170c9e221e4b2d2a543e52200ac9
simplified: 服贸
traditional: 服貿
pinyin: fu2 mao4
english:
Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement/abbr. for 兩岸服務貿易協議|两岸服务贸易协议[Liang3 an4 Fu2 wu4 Mao4 yi4 Xie2 yi4]


id: 09b45b34ccc5357ca09734e0cdc92ddcd1c3bb80
simplified: 望女成凤
traditional: 望女成鳳
pinyin: wang4 nu:3 cheng2 feng4
english:
lit. to hope one's daughter becomes a phoenix (idiom)/fig. to hope one's daughter is a success in life


id: e76a0508b89ca89330d30eb293b68951e21190fb
simplified: 望子成龙
traditional: 望子成龍
pinyin: wang4 zi3 cheng2 long2
english:
lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life/to have great hopes for one's offspring/to give one's child the best education as a career investment


id: d86cd15355a71f477bf9fe79b18fa07c91f4f959
simplified: 望文生义
traditional: 望文生義
pinyin: wang4 wen2 sheng1 yi4
english:
lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning/a far-fetched interpretation


id: e07c3cb26fd7f389bec05c06886d602bee9460a4
simplified: 望洋兴叹
traditional: 望洋興嘆
pinyin: wang4 yang2 xing1 tan4
english:
lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)/fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)


id: bbe763838a830651f8475028bea31536f64f6704
simplified: 朝
traditional: 朝
pinyin: chao2
radicalSimplified: 月
radicalTraditional: 月
variants: 晁
english:
imperial or royal court/government/dynasty/reign of a sovereign or emperor/court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor/to make a pilgrimage to/facing/towards/abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Chao2 xian3] Korea


id: c98390dd0c4ded388d0d21da08ad1a9a15ca7767
simplified: 朝三暮四
traditional: 朝三暮四
pinyin: zhao1 san1 mu4 si4
english:
lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon/indecisive/to blow hot and cold


id: 8554e2ac4b9dff8443edf14c5adee98eec9c1696
simplified: 朝不保夕
traditional: 朝不保夕
pinyin: zhao1 bu4 bao3 xi1
english:
at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state/imminent crisis/living from hand to mouth


id: cdc1d86259cf2023723a6f4cc3d78dd9a2c8898e
simplified: 朝天
traditional: 朝天
pinyin: chao2 tian1
english:
to have an audience with the Emperor/to be presented at court/to look skyward/to look up/Chaotian district of Guangyuan city 廣元市|广元市[Guang3 yuan2 shi4], Sichuan


id: 684338987e185948e78e306fd181a810d9746be5
simplified: 朝永振一郎
traditional: 朝永振一郎
pinyin: chao2 yong3 zhen4 yi1 lang2
english:
TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō (1906-1979), Japanese physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger


id: 2a64a7d231591e78ce6559ea1068f7a713aff4e0
simplified: 朝阳
traditional: 朝陽
pinyin: chao2 yang2
english:
to be exposed to the sun/in a position facing the sun/Chaoyang district in east and northeast Beijing, a county level district of Beijing municipality/Chaoyang prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China/Chaoyang district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin/Chaoyang county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳, Liaoning


id: cc8352e32168136715e05fc4f6335379cc55bab0
simplified: 朝露溘至
traditional: 朝露溘至
pinyin: zhao1 lu4 ke4 zhi4
english:
the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence


id: f61eb998650ba1bbe82c03e04082fcbfeb3db398
simplified: 朝饔夕飧
traditional: 朝饔夕飧
pinyin: zhao1 yong1 xi1 sun1
english:
lit. breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening (idiom)/fig. to do nothing but eat and drink


id: 23e6078132cf6cc5359da103c388a4131f3f9bea
simplified: 朝鲜族
traditional: 朝鮮族
pinyin: chao2 xian3 zu2
english:
Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China)/the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula)


id: 83fbbe73b8c763ab8fe8a9acb5d586c910fad04a
simplified: 期
traditional: 期
pinyin: qi1
radicalSimplified: 月
radicalTraditional: 月
variants: 朞,逞
english:
a period of time/phase/stage/classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study/time/term/period/to hope/Taiwan pr. [qi2]


id: 6f301d6397b481763840461dbc6790b43b49161c
simplified: 期房
traditional: 期房
pinyin: qi1 fang2
english:
forward delivery apartment/unfinished housing to be paid for in advance by the buyer and then completed within certain time frame


id: 46d0dd460203665c8e79f2fea3bb18f981d5f04a
simplified: 木
traditional: 木
pinyin: mu4
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
tree/wood/coffin/wooden/simple/numb/one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]/surname Mu


id: 7441752a8d07ddcaa54dc90c0d099164323b81b5
simplified: 木垒哈萨克自治县
traditional: 木壘哈薩克自治縣
pinyin: mu4 lei3 ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 xian4
english:
Mori Kazakh autonomous county or Mori Qazaq aptonom nahiyisi in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州[Chang1 ji2 Hui2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang


id: eb56b91c8c687ee61e51ad8af18debb1feebf46d
simplified: 木格措
traditional: 木格措
pinyin: mu4 ge2 cuo4
english:
Lake Mibgai Co or Miga Tso, in Dartsendo or Kangding 康定[Kang1 ding4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan


id: 97e1667dc9495a76a60e68851149ca078c0dd826
simplified: 木瓜
traditional: 木瓜
pinyin: mu4 gua1
english:
papaya (Carica papaya)/genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae/Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)


id: c52cc8ddc4e7537ca4db604913316a1196320d4a
simplified: 木兰
traditional: 木蘭
pinyin: mu4 lan2
english:
lily magnolia (Magnolia liliflora)/Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang/see 花木蘭|花木兰[Hua1 Mu4 lan2]


id: 7baf36227406a292f2fc332658c56bdc20c7e13d
simplified: 木里藏族自治县
traditional: 木里藏族自治縣
pinyin: mu4 li3 zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
english:
Muli Tibetan autonomous 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: d31428445df2df4100f2edc0e9bef4f346405c3c
simplified: 未
traditional: 未
pinyin: wei4
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
not yet/did not/have not/not/8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep/ancient Chinese compass point: 210°


id: 73e0e530209a6e2e2418632add1574423d50b1a9
simplified: 未央
traditional: 未央
pinyin: wei4 yang1
english:
(literary) not ended/not yet over/close to the end/Weiyang District of Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi


id: 8cf0dc070e83e89452d93a7695660e5bb51c25f5
simplified: 未雨绸缪
traditional: 未雨綢繆
pinyin: wei4 yu3 chou2 mou2
english:
lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead/to prepare for a rainy day


id: 170282a19fb92323d0deef84fe634d3d2d954dc4
simplified: 本
traditional: 本
pinyin: ben3
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
variants: 夲
english:
root/stem/origin/source/this/the current/original/inherent/originally/classifier for books, periodicals, files etc


id: c5ee4064430080f3717f554a4bace71ac610fe7a
simplified: 本分
traditional: 本分
pinyin: ben3 fen4
english:
(to play) one's part/one's role/one's duty/(to stay within) one's bounds/dutiful/keeping to one's role


id: 1d3ac1fbff04db3b7efb8621c9dc3f3d55577fd0
simplified: 本因坊
traditional: 本因坊
pinyin: ben3 yin1 fang1
english:
Honinbo, major school of Go in Japan (1612-1940)/title held by the winner of the Honinbo Go tournament (1941-)


id: 0847b4034c6008afc9eea259837231f9987e0447
simplified: 本性难移
traditional: 本性難移
pinyin: ben3 xing4 nan2 yi2
english:
It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are./Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)


id: 16f56b3e90f6093f21144f990fc9f9762370269c
simplified: 本末倒置
traditional: 本末倒置
pinyin: ben3 mo4 dao4 zhi4
english:
lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect/to stress the incidental over the fundamental/to put the cart before the horse


id: 1f2a0a092d40a1688e86611ef4d8bb1c9a4a30f3
simplified: 本业
traditional: 本業
pinyin: ben3 ye4
english:
business in which a company has traditionally engaged (e.g. before diversifying)/original business/core business/(literary) agriculture


id: 5651377fe863bb2d9dd79f102522de83db1bef43
simplified: 本省人
traditional: 本省人
pinyin: ben3 sheng3 ren2
english:
people of this province/(in Taiwan) Han Chinese people other than those who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after 1945 and their descendants


id: d699b0b55912dad02f061bd4f7224f572e5807c6
simplified: 本体
traditional: 本體
pinyin: ben3 ti3
english:
main part/torso/the thing in itself/noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant)


id: cd0d7c2078102485bdacf6d8ac527eb5667cccb2
simplified: 札
traditional: 札
pinyin: zha2
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
variants: 箚
english:
thin piece of wood used a writing tablet (in ancient China)/a kind of official document (in former times)/letter/note/plague


id: dcb239a84320e320a6508a9e7a43c8f4ec1e87fe
simplified: 朱利亚尼
traditional: 朱利亞尼
pinyin: zhu1 li4 ya4 ni2
english:
Giuliani (name)/Rudolph W (Rudy) Giuliani (1944-), US Republican politician, Mayor of New York City 1994-2001


id: 406200f4cd6c454f4081a9bb594b1ec3f8e26dbd
simplified: 朱温
traditional: 朱溫
pinyin: zhu1 wen1
english:
Zhu Wen (852-912), military governor 節度使|节度使[jie2 du4 shi3] at the end of Tang, founder of Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)/also called 后梁太祖|後梁太祖[Hou4 Liang2 tai4 zu3]


id: e00f25ff4f2055aedeb2c1fdb39c732e7fb06fd8
simplified: 朱熹
traditional: 朱熹
pinyin: zhu1 xi1
english:
Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism


id: d7687f4fcaf9d109e97abdd2452e888a89b517b6
simplified: 朱由校
traditional: 朱由校
pinyin: zhu1 you2 xiao4
english:
personal name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天啟|明天启[Ming2 Tian1 qi3] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627


id: 5c699bb9a26f64d6afcc75aaba5fda4023acdbb3
simplified: 朱祁钰
traditional: 朱祁鈺
pinyin: zhu1 qi2 yu4
english:
Zhu Qiyu, personal name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰[Jing3 tai4] (1428-1457), reigned 1449-1457


id: 51f3f6e6006bd867dd4ae1b441490966d2c88638
simplified: 朱祁镇
traditional: 朱祁鎮
pinyin: zhu1 qi2 zhen4
english:
Zhu Qizhen, personal name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong 正統|正统[Zheng4 tong3], afterwards Tianshun Emperor 天順|天顺[Tian1 shun4] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449 and 1457-1464


id: 38b7a215a0641a0d1c1f41b3673cb37afe535c9a
simplified: 朴槿惠
traditional: 朴槿惠
pinyin: piao2 jin3 hui4
english:
Park Geun-hye (1952-), Korean politician, daughter of former dictator Park Chung-Hee 朴正熙[Piao2 Zheng4 xi1], president of Korea 2013-2017


id: 3adde2b2c8657a3edf108d9100d59c72d3d07be7
simplified: 朴正熙
traditional: 朴正熙
pinyin: piao2 zheng4 xi1
english:
Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard


id: e2eaa229ab1244c9262c5861ba7a83db6e20ceef
simplified: 李世民
traditional: 李世民
pinyin: li3 shi4 min2
english:
Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), reigned 626-649


id: 0f4865dae9d3295464bb3f8d6c42c63d66dc6116
simplified: 李代桃僵
traditional: 李代桃僵
pinyin: li3 dai4 tao2 jiang1
english:
lit. the plum tree withers in place of the peach tree/to substitute one thing for another/to carry the can for sb


id: d24f6826e3a5597f6a37fefcfd4d3d2f0c8339ab
simplified: 李伯元
traditional: 李伯元
pinyin: li3 bo2 yuan2
english:
Li Boyuan or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉 (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记


id: 5fa137ea91e44e4e5407646dd80df93458c53416
simplified: 李卜克内西
traditional: 李卜克內西
pinyin: li3 bo5 ke4 nei4 xi1
english:
Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826-1900), political activist and founding member of the German Socialist Party SPD


id: 3e1d1892c5e85c56ced9dadfd4fbe800f2b548cc
simplified: 李叔同
traditional: 李叔同
pinyin: li3 shu1 tong2
english:
Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4] after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] of 1911


id: 437b34eb94df8b9be290df670b7e190bc527d234
simplified: 李哲
traditional: 李哲
pinyin: li3 zhe2
english:
Li Zhe, personal name of fourth Tang Emperor Zhongzong 唐中宗[Tang2 Zhong1 zong1] (656-710), reigned 705-710


id: 02c65d9b63f72d7df2a8be84ed5bfab970702115
simplified: 李四
traditional: 李四
pinyin: li3 si4
english:
Li Si, name for an unspecified person, second of a series of three: 張三|张三[Zhang1 San1], 李四, 王五[Wang2 Wu3] Tom, Dick and Harry


id: 6e47bc8fe982b45e039c2e74bd2beabbc9a53cc7
simplified: 李四光
traditional: 李四光
pinyin: li3 si4 guang1
english:
Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration


id: 8ca5c22dc04003f20465efe86ad4424fdc8afeaf
simplified: 李娃传
traditional: 李娃傳
pinyin: li3 wa2 zhuan4
english:
Tale of Courtesan Li Wa, novel by Tang writer Bai Xingjian 白行簡|白行简[Bai2 Xing2 jian3] along the lines of La Traviata, favorite opera plot


id: 19fb1cdac029be06c8d7248d8fc4e26bae969c7c
simplified: 李娜
traditional: 李娜
pinyin: li3 na4
english:
Li Na (1982-), Chinese tennis player, first Asian player to win a Grand Slam singles title (2011 French Open women's singles)


id: 8ecb4de0bb379ba4a9a18159a5b4ea3dafaf55b1
simplified: 李安
traditional: 李安
pinyin: li3 an1
english:
Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山)


id: 1ede415d8c3f900fd5d557feed68b430beea6319
simplified: 李宝嘉
traditional: 李寶嘉
pinyin: li3 bao3 jia1
english:
Li Boyuan 李伯元 or Li Baojia (1867-1906), late Qing journalist, novelist and social observer, author of Observations on the current state of officialdom 官場現形記|官场现形记


id: 3cbfdf871aee3ca9bc05374a7ba5a63d25f9df4e
simplified: 李希霍芬
traditional: 李希霍芬
pinyin: li3 xi1 huo4 fen1
english:
Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路


id: 39eb6d7706987cadb86ef8385e8a9e6f939cf123
simplified: 李广
traditional: 李廣
pinyin: li3 guang3
english:
Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴


id: 1a6f3deaa2a7ab041cfd50b50270d3530805557b
simplified: 李建成
traditional: 李建成
pinyin: li3 jian4 cheng2
english:
Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李淵|唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武門之變|玄武门之变/Professor Li Jiancheng (1993-), geophysicist and specialist in satellite geodesy


id: 4053ae5a2b648a5c5883261c0fef860c9828314a
simplified: 李后主
traditional: 李後主
pinyin: li3 hou4 zhu3
english:
Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet/given name Li Yu 李煜


id: 04a50ea998c809700b9cd69b7c9f4bc7c74a4f5a
simplified: 李忱
traditional: 李忱
pinyin: li3 chen2
english:
Li Chen, personal name of seventeenth Tang emperor Xuanzong 宣宗[Xuan1 zong1] (810-859), reigned 846-859


id: 8bb07bb832aa68fcb24e7509fe621dd5f278f51d
simplified: 李承晚
traditional: 李承晚
pinyin: li3 cheng2 wan3
english:
Syngman Rhee (1875-1965), US trained Korean politician and dictator, president of Republic of Korea 1948-1960


id: 3921b323425093eac32cc81cc45135ce45bc923d
simplified: 李斯
traditional: 李斯
pinyin: li3 si1
english:
Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC


id: d09d07f114a8a4733f9a1b81edee07b2da8ba577
simplified: 李斯特
traditional: 李斯特
pinyin: li3 si1 te4
english:
Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer/Joseph Lister (1883-1897), British surgeon and bacteriologist


id: 2d08dde2c1c1427e4f0ab18992865434b52ebf7e
simplified: 李旦
traditional: 李旦
pinyin: li3 dan4
english:
Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 唐睿宗[Tang2 Rui4 zong1] (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712


id: 01463b8f3e9aacacf113fe76b21fd0970c59b4a6
simplified: 李明博
traditional: 李明博
pinyin: li3 ming2 bo2
english:
Lee Myung-bak (1941-), South Korean businessman, one-time chairman of Hyundai, president of South Korea 2008-2013


id: 75a76d6fd060d3f1f30d0bb2785968cfa868ae5b
simplified: 李时珍
traditional: 李時珍
pinyin: li3 shi2 zhen1
english:
Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Ming botanist and pharmacologist, author of Compendium of Medical Herbs 本草綱目|本草纲目[Ben3 cao3 Gang1 mu4]


id: b990806ea1ec8f632b981da7b350d0a09f294e26
simplified: 李格非
traditional: 李格非
pinyin: li3 ge2 fei1
english:
Li Gefei (active c. 1090), Northern Song writer and father of southern Song female poet Li Qingzhao 李清照


id: 2da4cddcf5ddc7525b7ecdef0d95aa3f6c6ec445
simplified: 李汝珍
traditional: 李汝珍
pinyin: li3 ru3 zhen1
english:
Li Ruzhen (c. 1763-c. 1830), Qing novelist and phonologist, author of fantasy novel Jinghua Yuan 鏡花緣|镜花缘 or Flowers in the Mirror


id: 1475c613c4897c53ad50287c00362aded1d3e27b
simplified: 李治
traditional: 李治
pinyin: li3 zhi4
english:
Li Zhi, personal name of third Tang emperor Gaozong 唐高宗[Tang2 Gao1 zong1], (628-683), reigned 649-683


id: e315010b58f8d18a93ba8d5e3648ccc60614d980
simplified: 李湛
traditional: 李湛
pinyin: li3 zhan4
english:
Li Zhan, personal name of fourteenth Tang emperor Jingzong 敬宗[Jing4 Zong1] (809-827), reigned 825-827


id: 7274f273eb86fba883c2750d95e207fe80c9dec5
simplified: 李煜
traditional: 李煜
pinyin: li3 yu4
english:
Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李後主|李后主, a renowned poet


id: 8719a948ae2c503e716974bfd21ef8d781dbf04a
simplified: 李百药
traditional: 李百藥
pinyin: li3 bai3 yao4
english:
Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书


id: c9ae5ed46ee8e9526d75e00b633398d0bfbeac36
simplified: 李祝
traditional: 李祝
pinyin: li3 zhu4
english:
Lizhu, personal name of twenty-first and last Tang emperor Aidi 哀帝[Ai1 di4] (892-908), reigned 904-907


id: a1d97215168d2bad138dbeeb04f767d969f4aca5
simplified: 李纯
traditional: 李純
pinyin: li3 chun2
english:
Li Chun, personal name of twelfth Tang emperor Xianzong 憲宗|宪宗[Xian4 zong1] (778-820), reigned 805-820


id: da56e0c4f6b2543a57a0c7ec5dec7efb5324088d
simplified: 李绿园
traditional: 李綠園
pinyin: li3 lu:4 yuan2
english:
Li Lüyuan (1707-1790), Qing dynasty writer, author of novel Lamp in the Side Street 岐路燈|岐路灯[Qi2 lu4 Deng1]


id: d1451d6ae87ceb3eb46a51b7983a2d09d37acd22
simplified: 李翱
traditional: 李翱
pinyin: li3 ao2
english:
Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈 in promoting classical writing 古文運動|古文运动


id: 324ba8044866ee21e935e608f87c79a92f24c349
simplified: 李舜臣
traditional: 李舜臣
pinyin: li3 shun4 chen2
english:
Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders


id: 0c3f9e0d46d63ed26f110f22e0e2b740ec893365
simplified: 李英儒
traditional: 李英儒
pinyin: li3 ying1 ru2
english:
Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists


id: e1d9f6d227c311e1b010a823c51d4b8523d9a025
simplified: 李诵
traditional: 李誦
pinyin: li3 song4
english:
Li Song, personal name of eleventh Tang emperor Shunzong 順宗|顺宗[Shun4 zong1] (761-806), reigned 805-806


id: d63852484e6c4400d9fb0d8e141eff9e72a6d9e6
simplified: 李重茂
traditional: 李重茂
pinyin: li3 chong2 mao4
english:
Li Chongmao, personal name of fifth Tang emperor Shang 唐殤帝|唐殇帝[Tang2 Shang1 Di4] (c. 695-715), reigned 710


id: 7f6ea7b0aca345dae99e6454dd48fd069ff3d15a
simplified: 李铁拐
traditional: 李鐵拐
pinyin: li3 tie3 guai3
english:
Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine


id: 3f0cb33a84a18258cee6694dd8822a7cc5ad7583
simplified: 李开复
traditional: 李開復
pinyin: li3 kai1 fu4
english:
Kai-Fu Lee (1961-), Taiwanese computer scientist and IT executive, founding president of Google China 2005-2009


id: 394c3a2b6d2d2203139e363597be991048192fff
simplified: 李陵
traditional: 李陵
pinyin: li3 ling2
english:
Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 in 104 BC led to a major scandal


id: 44a68aa77fdae4bfc2e666bf88681a09e81cbda3
simplified: 李云娜
traditional: 李雲娜
pinyin: li3 yun2 na4
english:
Euna Lee (phonetic transcription), US woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009/also written 李誠恩|李诚恩[Li3 Cheng2 en1]


id: 9c51cc9ae636c281afcc50fb3e47b9bb58b94477
simplified: 李靖
traditional: 李靖
pinyin: li3 jing4
english:
Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对[Tang2 Tai4 zong1 Li3 Wei4 Gong1 Wen4 dui4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]


id: d5be0f7e9b8e9aba8e84770eb797adfe4ba92a09
simplified: 李显龙
traditional: 李顯龍
pinyin: li3 xian3 long2
english:
Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀[Li3 Guang1 yao4], prime minister from 2004


id: 94f7206f818a0872f4f751c4290994f24ab9cb38
simplified: 李鹏
traditional: 李鵬
pinyin: li3 peng2
english:
Li Peng (1928-), leading PRC politician, prime minister 1987-1998, reportedly leader of the conservative faction advocating the June 1989 Tiananmen clampdown


id: d567a53c090e1b546c92519cfa77d1821bd4377e
simplified: 杏林
traditional: 杏林
pinyin: xing4 lin2
english:
forest of apricot trees/fig. honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉, 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)/Xinglin district of Xiamen city (renamed Haicang 海沧区 in 2003)


id: fe668d0437244d74906cc4144402483f5e7b1bfa
simplified: 杏花村
traditional: 杏花村
pinyin: xing4 hua1 cun1
english:
village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 by 杜牧[Du4 Mu4])


id: e5b06e54f6bf00b07998ee97a2c624e6d456448d
simplified: 村证房
traditional: 村證房
pinyin: cun1 zheng4 fang2
english:
"village-certificated house", residence supposedly only transferable to other village residents but often sold on the open market


id: 3b154df33b481ad9fc0b2d495fb97b834745b024
simplified: 杜鹃
traditional: 杜鵑
pinyin: du4 juan1
english:
cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp., also written 杜鵑鳥|杜鹃鸟)/Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii Planch, also written 杜鵑花|杜鹃花)


id: 4cc16efa3188d40f2bc1cc5ccc2d262f6a9f88d1
simplified: 杞国
traditional: 杞國
pinyin: qi3 guo2
english:
the State of Qǐ in modern Qǐ county 杞縣|杞县, Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of Shang and Western Zhou for most of its existence


id: d8c98fff05e0298a2cb14f1dc6bc08a34b1a8c22
simplified: 杞妇
traditional: 杞婦
pinyin: qi3 fu4
english:
the wife of 杞梁[Qi3 Liang2], a senior official of the state of Qi 杞[Qi3] who died on a military expedition/(fig.) a widow


id: b81d76c7040d4c8d08aa2bbbf05d2cdb183ac353
simplified: 杞梓之林
traditional: 杞梓之林
pinyin: qi3 zi3 zhi1 lin2
english:
forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent


id: f15307a9dabffdb1afa83d1fab95b9c678ce5bab
simplified: 束手无策
traditional: 束手無策
pinyin: shu4 shou3 wu2 ce4
english:
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis


id: 9e70a12eb525ae4a50f14bb5256841d6577f8477
simplified: 杭锦
traditional: 杭錦
pinyin: hang2 jin3
english:
Hanggin banner, Mongolian Xanggin khoshuu, in Ordos prefecture 鄂爾多斯|鄂尔多斯[E4 er3 duo1 si1], Inner Mongolia


id: c664f774574c7a71c72376951ab4d21f168794de
simplified: 杭锦后旗
traditional: 杭錦後旗
pinyin: hang2 jin3 hou4 qi2
english:
Hanggin Rear banner or Xanggin Xoit khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彥淖爾|巴彦淖尔[Ba1 yan4 nao4 er3], Inner Mongolia


id: f4097516631ae9fd22bad8442ba00fe98969bee5
simplified: 杯酒释兵权
traditional: 杯酒釋兵權
pinyin: bei1 jiu3 shi4 bing1 quan2
english:
to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups/cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces


id: 508c6c1b2bb6cabe20975e515fe401c0c7f7b4e2
simplified: 东三省
traditional: 東三省
pinyin: dong1 san1 sheng3
english:
the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3], Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]


id: e471a0a3f6f6ea5ff7cd06bb10d9da55fe0c4eb9
simplified: 东伊运
traditional: 東伊運
pinyin: dong1 yi1 yun4
english:
abbr. for 東突厥斯坦伊斯蘭運動|东突厥斯坦伊斯兰运动[Dong1 Tu1 jue2 si1 tan3 Yi1 si1 lan2 Yun4 dong4] East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)


id: d2d0ab7e4818579510b23a079d142efa2aa709cf
simplified: 东北大学
traditional: 東北大學
pinyin: dong1 bei3 da4 xue2
english:
Northeastern University (in Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 shi4], Liaoning)/Tōhoku University, Sendai, Japan


id: fbee094a810fb94f4694844722634c6616077989
simplified: 东南亚联盟
traditional: 東南亞聯盟
pinyin: dong1 nan2 ya4 lian2 meng2
english:
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)/same as 東南亞國家聯盟|东南亚国家联盟[Dong1 nan2 ya4 Guo2 jia1 Lian2 meng2]


id: 148f6594414ba87928ae90deaead86c9c80352f7
simplified: 东吴
traditional: 東吳
pinyin: dong1 wu2
english:
Eastern Wu (222-280)/the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权


id: da4c7fd5addb79fd1428aba6bb66a2834a3ca0bd
simplified: 东坡肘子
traditional: 東坡肘子
pinyin: dong1 po1 zhou3 zi5
english:
Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡


id: a04888f4fa9379f9f536e2b148bd54d7f295b075
simplified: 东奔西走
traditional: 東奔西走
pinyin: dong1 ben1 xi1 zou3
english:
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily/to bustle about/to hopscotch/also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠[dong1 pao3 xi1 dian1]


id: aa292e08bf9b4de38cf58fcc814d4302997ed182
simplified: 东安
traditional: 東安
pinyin: dong1 an1
english:
Dongan county in Yongzhou 永州[Yong3 zhou1], Hunan/Dong'an district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang


id: 9169cb50083edb3dc62837792f41b2788501ed3e
simplified: 东山
traditional: 東山
pinyin: dong1 shan1
english:
Dongshan county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian/Tungshan township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan


id: f5b84a89d288b136430ee8f3925cf092d129c406
simplified: 东山再起
traditional: 東山再起
pinyin: dong1 shan1 zai4 qi3
english:
lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback


id: 35316165c94128deeec67a3b979ff3e24c9c169a
simplified: 东山区
traditional: 東山區
pinyin: dong1 shan1 qu1
english:
Dongshan district (Uighur: Dungsen Rayoni) of Urumqi city 烏魯木齊市|乌鲁木齐市[Wu1 lu3 mu4 qi2 Shi4], Xinjiang/Dongshan district of Hegang city 鶴崗|鹤岗[He4 gang3], Heilongjiang


id: 6e161fd94a68633b38a247035104e2dc366fdff8
simplified: 东引
traditional: 東引
pinyin: dong1 yin3
english:
Tungyin Island, one of the Matsu Islands/Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4], Taiwan


id: c3649ba38888fd47bf96d4d15a5c47df0e9cb5ca
simplified: 东德
traditional: 東德
pinyin: dong1 de2
english:
East Germany (1945-1990)/German Democratic Republic 德意志民主共和國|德意志民主共和国[De2 yi4 zhi4 Min2 zhu3 Gong4 he2 guo2]


id: 6b2cf35c3e142d7b7a95aaeecdda66af8dfd8afc
simplified: 东施效颦
traditional: 東施效顰
pinyin: dong1 shi1 xiao4 pin2
english:
lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)/fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself


id: 432eea60eb7d59f18e01d93ae4445ec71487de06
simplified: 东沟
traditional: 東溝
pinyin: dong1 gou1
english:
Donggou town in Liangzihu district 梁子湖區|梁子湖区[Liang2 zi5 hu2 qu1] of Ezhou city 鄂州市[E4 zhou1 shi4], Hubei


id: ebdb468277f56612ad91b9fa8e94901d2eb7e5c9
simplified: 东乌珠穆沁旗
traditional: 東烏珠穆沁旗
pinyin: dong1 wu1 zhu1 mu4 qin4 qi2
english:
East Ujimqin banner or Züün Üzemchin khoshuu in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia


id: 42f975dc03d88163d72a98375c724f839f4f4020
simplified: 东突
traditional: 東突
pinyin: dong1 tu1
english:
East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), Chinese dissident group/abbr. for 東突厥斯坦解放組織|东突厥斯坦解放组织


id: d84a45a5f514f4801899423dfb4cd8cc365119b1
simplified: 东突组织
traditional: 東突組織
pinyin: dong1 tu1 zu3 zhi1
english:
abbr. for 東突厥斯坦解放組織|东突厥斯坦解放组织[Dong1 Tu1 jue2 si1 tan3 Jie3 fang4 Zu3 zhi1], East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO)


id: 5b321f53e55ab7e79daa336295131da510b8d98e
simplified: 东兴
traditional: 東興
pinyin: dong1 xing1
english:
Dongxing district of Neijiang city 內江市|内江市[Nei4 jiang1 shi4], Sichuan/Dongxing county level city in Fangchenggang 防城港[Fang2 cheng2 gang3], Guangxi


id: c017c61e2b4e83c156bd8978b7e80fa53c16339e
simplified: 东西德
traditional: 東西德
pinyin: dong1 xi1 de2
english:
East and West Germany/refers to the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)


id: e39d61dfd93e8b4378a82d013074136be0b3d2c5
simplified: 东观汉记
traditional: 東觀漢記
pinyin: dong1 guan1 han4 ji4
english:
History of Later Han dynasty, internal palace record by many 1st and 2nd century authors, 143 scrolls


id: 61f632353827032e0eb37febaa271245170a3922
simplified: 东乡
traditional: 東鄉
pinyin: dong1 xiang1
english:
Dongxiang or East village (place name)/Donxiang (ethnic group)/Dongxiang County in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi


id: f329ad313e419fd7a2f89a405146378e154b0a05
simplified: 东乡族自治县
traditional: 東鄉族自治縣
pinyin: dong1 xiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
english:
Dongxiang autonomous 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: b4a4b2c1e1aea16efed0b0b4540cb3a4d5cd47c7
simplified: 东魏
traditional: 東魏
pinyin: dong1 wei4
english:
Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏


id: f846297e78b14eaf14caa0fb8091e838acd8d806
simplified: 松山
traditional: 松山
pinyin: song1 shan1
english:
Songshan or Sungshan district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan/Matsuyama, city in Japan


id: 560107680a095c87d04abd91dd0ec58667dc6e8a
simplified: 松山区
traditional: 松山區
pinyin: song1 shan1 qu1
english:
Songshan or Sungshan district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan/Songshan district of Chifeng city 赤峰市, Inner Mongolia


id: 734cc669c3377a29fd24f242137152017e97d899
simplified: 松潘
traditional: 松潘
pinyin: song1 pan1
english:
Songpan county (Tibetan: zung chu 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: 686135e399cb784b9f543f054bcdeb081642ae6c
simplified: 松辽平原
traditional: 松遼平原
pinyin: song1 liao2 ping2 yuan2
english:
Songliao Plain of northeast China including Songhua River 松花江 through the Liaoning Peninsula, also called the Northeast Plain 東北平原|东北平原[Dong1 bei3 Ping2 yuan2]


id: 8af36b8385f017cb5b15a417bb5ad53a6f6ffbdb
simplified: 板
traditional: 板
pinyin: ban3
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
variants: 版
english:
board/plank/plate/shutter/table tennis bat/clappers (music)/CL:塊|块[kuai4]/accented beat in Chinese music/hard/stiff/to stop smiling or look serious


id: 957d526b7e3a30cab41093fbcb71d3d4465a3fbf
simplified: 枕戈待旦
traditional: 枕戈待旦
pinyin: zhen3 ge1 dai4 dan4
english:
to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)/fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle


id: d21fc21f54ab6ec622ffa9f7616edd4e343e8e7d
simplified: 林
traditional: 林
pinyin: lin2
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
variants: 林
english:
woods/forest/CL:片[pian4]/circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)/a collection (of similar things)/surname Lin/Japanese surname Hayashi


id: cf2e15328daeaae6b833f0d5417660ed0e23afce
simplified: 林则徐
traditional: 林則徐
pinyin: lin2 ze2 xu2
english:
Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842


id: f0b8f67c25359fe4a924601008aac9e1970e0eae
simplified: 林口
traditional: 林口
pinyin: lin2 kou3
english:
Linkou county in Mudanjiang 牡丹江, Heilongjiang/Linkou township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan


id: 2983e526992793e27ecd69df78da32dfcd5eed5f
simplified: 林旭
traditional: 林旭
pinyin: lin2 xu4
english:
Lin Xu (1875-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898


id: 5441676bcc5915932ee9c0c57e7d00ac08f737bf
simplified: 林森
traditional: 林森
pinyin: lin2 sen1
english:
Lin Sen (1868-1943), revolutionary politician, colleague of Sun Yat-sen, chairman of the Chinese nationalist government (1928-1932)


id: e048928fb707481c42f459ca0555653bb59a5999
simplified: 林纾
traditional: 林紓
pinyin: lin2 shu1
english:
Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese


id: 5038138728d61757dc6b2cba3d640782bf9f545e
simplified: 林芝县
traditional: 林芝縣
pinyin: lin2 zhi1 xian4
english:
Nyingchi county, Tibetan: Nying khri rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[Lin2 zhi1 di4 qu1], Tibet


id: a365d60b95c7411970e058a24563bb53febca7a7
simplified: 林郑
traditional: 林鄭
pinyin: lin2 zheng4
english:
Carrie Lam (1957-), chief executive of Hong Kong 2017-, full name 林鄭月娥|林郑月娥[Lin2 Zheng4 Yue4 e2] Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor


id: 2f507da43feff1f3db6bf845d4a96543f82c7a62
simplified: 林黛玉
traditional: 林黛玉
pinyin: lin2 dai4 yu4
english:
Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉


id: 62fe2905daf90399f927c7664ebb07acad694ede
simplified: 枚
traditional: 枚
pinyin: mei2
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc/tree trunk/whip/wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old)/surname Mei


id: 8e268a03f5bb4cea7e8e2899ed314ef90943bf8f
simplified: 果实累累
traditional: 果實累累
pinyin: guo3 shi2 lei2 lei2
english:
lit. prodigious abundance of fruit (idiom)/fruit hangs heavy on the bough/fig. countless accomplishments/one great result after another


id: 3b2138b5eea630a5325921a14f0ee4972fdd882d
simplified: 枯木逢春
traditional: 枯木逢春
pinyin: ku1 mu4 feng2 chun1
english:
lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)/fig. to get a new lease on life/to be revived/(of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve


id: 649f253cec1819659eaf16999d508f1cb1efda96
simplified: 架空
traditional: 架空
pinyin: jia4 kong1
english:
to build (a hut etc) on stilts/to install (power lines etc) overhead/(fig.) unfounded/impractical/(fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead


id: fc3b910549478b533f4ade69ad119d4cf7dfe896
simplified: 柄
traditional: 柄
pinyin: bing3
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
variants: 棅
english:
handle or shaft (of an axe etc)/(of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem/sth that affords an advantage to an opponent/classifier for knives or blades


id: 91c0fee3ead78242c79ce9a39f1ebd064f4d6ea2
simplified: 柏克莱
traditional: 柏克萊
pinyin: bai3 ke4 lai2
english:
Berkeley (name)/George Berkeley (1685-1753), Bishop of Cloyne, famous British philosopher/Berkeley, university city in the San Francisco bay area, California


id: 720d93b3a691a1c697b61192b986dc160266995d
simplified: 柏崎
traditional: 柏崎
pinyin: bai3 qi2
english:
Kashiwazaki (Japanese surname)/Kashiwazaki, town in Niigata prefecture, Japan/Kashiwazaki, title of a Noh play


id: 58398ebcadb94a0743f7d72b7d2bc8789eafbc29
simplified: 染
traditional: 染
pinyin: ran3
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
to dye/to catch (a disease)/to acquire (bad habits etc)/to contaminate/to add color washes to a painting


id: 3c8203b62a0c82e51ed86fca2db522c7101c8758
simplified: 染指
traditional: 染指
pinyin: ran3 zhi3
english:
to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie/to get a share of the action/abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎


id: 4a08d23c824d085fc9c8d5d4a87ed9fc137ede46
simplified: 染指于鼎
traditional: 染指於鼎
pinyin: ran3 zhi3 yu2 ding3
english:
lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie/to get a share of the action


id: e043fa9c91b2f092feab14ab2194231ee95fe79c
simplified: 柘
traditional: 柘
pinyin: zhe4
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
a thorny tree/sugarcane/Cudrania triloba/three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata)/Chinese mulberry (Cudrania)


id: 7c6009a2db75cee022dad0f5e85578375e2c69f8
simplified: 查戈斯群岛
traditional: 查戈斯群島
pinyin: cha2 ge1 si1 qun2 dao3
english:
Chagos Archipelago, coral archipelago in tropical Indian Ocean, with Diego Garcia 迪戈·加西亞島|迪戈·加西亚岛[Di2 ge1 · Jia1 xi1 ya4 Dao3] as largest island


id: c698301ddaabc7b77dec1d11e398d24b0b16a075
simplified: 查抄
traditional: 查抄
pinyin: cha2 chao1
english:
to take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions/to search and confiscate (forbidden items)/to raid


id: 0fd08776f3e2fd14d6cf6ca505ebdb21fab6cb8b
simplified: 查水表
traditional: 查水表
pinyin: cha2 shui3 biao3
english:
(Internet slang) (of the police) to ask to be let in on the pretext of checking the water meter/to barge into people's home on false pretences


id: bd8213fe70b79f598abb23c129a59fafb5125799
simplified: 柯林顿
traditional: 柯林頓
pinyin: ke1 lin2 dun4
english:
(Tw) Clinton (name)/Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, president 1993-2001/Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician


id: be1d792a98f24e3d68d2be271d4597d429a9d6a5
simplified: 柯棣华
traditional: 柯棣華
pinyin: ke1 di4 hua2
english:
Dwarkanath Kotnis (1910-1942), one of five Indian doctors sent to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War


id: 10e437e0a2477876e73d2234e1a3e709517313ab
simplified: 柯达
traditional: 柯達
pinyin: ke1 da2
english:
Kodak (brand, US film company)/full name Eastman Kodak Company 伊士曼柯達公司|伊士曼柯达公司[Yi1 shi4 man4 Ke1 da2 Gong1 si1]


id: 07e7241235df7dd212830c14fad82117541a058c
simplified: 柳宗元
traditional: 柳宗元
pinyin: liu3 zong1 yuan2
english:
Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 and neoclassical 復古|复古 movements


id: 23e026022124e3667b5cb2fee111840c5d814bfb
simplified: 柳暗花明
traditional: 柳暗花明
pinyin: liu3 an4 hua1 ming2
english:
lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope/light at the end of the tunnel


id: 2292d9fde1547bd567b49aeca8a16bcfbdabca38
simplified: 柳条湖事件
traditional: 柳條湖事件
pinyin: liu3 tiao2 hu2 shi4 jian4
english:
the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria/also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事變|九一八事变[Jiu3 Yi1 ba1 Shi4 bian4]


id: 4561098edfef72dabf983813caecce77fab6938a
simplified: 柳毅传
traditional: 柳毅傳
pinyin: liu3 yi4 zhuan4
english:
story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties


id: 7f88f1783d69957bf936f50fe65f3c621c14ce1d
simplified: 柳琴
traditional: 柳琴
pinyin: liu3 qin2
english:
liuqin lute, smaller version of the pipa 琵琶, with holes in the soundbox, and range similar to that of a violin


id: 74df040ae454ffa783e25a6835522c88fec6b129
simplified: 柴科夫斯基
traditional: 柴科夫斯基
pinyin: chai2 ke1 fu1 si1 ji1
english:
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky (1840-1893), Russian composer, composer of 6 symphonies and the opera Eugene Onegin


id: a98456aa6220e4d0b1c5a729d9c6f927809bd231
simplified: 柴达木
traditional: 柴達木
pinyin: chai2 da2 mu4
english:
Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.


id: 5dec3df7b339be86bb59cc29f5ea70c95602a243
simplified: 柿子挑软的捏
traditional: 柿子挑軟的捏
pinyin: shi4 zi5 tiao1 ruan3 de5 nie1
english:
lit. it's the soft persimmons that people choose to squeeze (idiom)/fig. it's the weak (i.e. 軟柿子|软柿子[ruan3 shi4 zi5]) who get picked on/bullies pick soft targets


id: c344b11b4ac6bc86383dd7b5211d0cabe72cb912
simplified: 校花
traditional: 校花
pinyin: xiao4 hua1
english:
the prettiest girl in the school (see also 校草[xiao4 cao3])/school beauty queen/campus belle/prom queen


id: e7293ee5077db5b186d05b07ca0d01da62b4d738
simplified: 株
traditional: 株
pinyin: zhu1
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
tree trunk/stump (tree root)/a plant/classifier for trees or plants/strain (biology)/to involve others (in shady business)


id: 132c3eb17573a4b20b67bc73148de6f6a9006ae1
simplified: 核四
traditional: 核四
pinyin: he2 si4
english:
Fourth Nuclear Power Plant near New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan/also called Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant


id: c9a833ed24f0e06c7068c780c7a2561bb7773322
simplified: 核定
traditional: 核定
pinyin: he2 ding4
english:
to audit and determine/to check and ratify/to appraise and decide/determination/on a deemed basis (taxation)/to deem


id: 614b9995f61fbf54621be42a587006bd8b173db3
simplified: 根
traditional: 根
pinyin: gen1
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
root/basis/classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings/CL:條|条[tiao2]/radical (chemistry)


id: 11e0ac2f0d7b63168c86ed240c5785298426fa86
simplified: 根河
traditional: 根河
pinyin: gen1 he2
english:
Genhe county level city, Mongolian Gegeen-gol xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia


id: 9e063b1cb4a7b095412ab0775792c87bc6d49728
simplified: 格
traditional: 格
pinyin: ge2
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
square/frame/rule/(legal) case/style/character/standard/pattern/(grammar) case/(classical) to obstruct/to hinder/(classical) to arrive/to come/(classical) to investigate/to study exhaustively


id: 9983d5dcede945e901df6b9c41f081bf562cfd72
simplified: 格律
traditional: 格律
pinyin: ge2 lu:4
english:
forms of versification/conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition/metrical verse


id: 6a95aea47b28ee69f72246bf0b2a24b121c4b2d6
simplified: 格斯塔
traditional: 格斯塔
pinyin: ge2 si1 ta3
english:
Gestalt (loanword)/coherent whole/technical word used in psychology meaning the whole is more than the sum of its parts/holistic/integrated/total/also written 格式塔


id: 54805f51072be64c313cbf4fb0f0ad90b89f94c2
simplified: 格林尼治
traditional: 格林尼治
pinyin: ge2 lin2 ni2 zhi4
english:
Greenwich (former location of Greenwich observatory, at zero longitude)/refers to Greenwich mean time


id: 74048f348221b2a674c119d2ca44fbd45c94e105
simplified: 格洛纳斯
traditional: 格洛納斯
pinyin: ge2 luo4 na4 si1
english:
GLONASS (Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelitnaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System), the Russian equivalent of GPS


id: 7a033853c31701d5a54de15752975e45c3453e13
simplified: 格尔木
traditional: 格爾木
pinyin: ge2 er3 mu4
english:
Golmud or Ge'ermu city (Tibetan: na gor mo grong khyer) 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: 1a393843609dbd3f0170e66f98cb5c63ba864975
simplified: 格物
traditional: 格物
pinyin: ge2 wu4
english:
to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2]/word for Western natural sciences during late Qing


id: c53115397fcde6ac9ade6d948f6a6940eeebab84
simplified: 格致
traditional: 格致
pinyin: ge2 zhi4
english:
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知[ge2 wu4 zhi4 zhi1])/word for Western natural sciences during late Qing


id: e821c9fad86cd3e4cc357505731049117c163930
simplified: 桀王
traditional: 桀王
pinyin: jie2 wang2
english:
King Jie, the final ruler of the Xia dynasty (until c. 1600 BC), a notoriously cruel and immoral tyrant


id: ee5a612bb5200d740d4a98bc3f6ea7f0febf6de8
simplified: 桂
traditional: 桂
pinyin: gui4
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
cassia/laurel/surname Gui/abbr. for Guangxi Autonomous Region 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区[Guang3 xi1 Zhuang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]


id: 6910f10d43dbf2532148184344533e43644da4b4
simplified: 桃园三结义
traditional: 桃園三結義
pinyin: tao2 yuan2 san1 jie2 yi4
english:
Oath of the Peach Garden, sworn by Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4], Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞[Zhang1 Fei1] and Guan Yu 關羽|关羽[Guan1 Yu3] at the start of the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]


id: 296956866b2806b997b6bb4081daeb2cf6b34674
simplified: 桃园结义
traditional: 桃園結義
pinyin: tao2 yuan2 jie2 yi4
english:
to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) (idiom)


id: 9aa0772ae51068cb20703f199a8f589f5385cda3
simplified: 桃源
traditional: 桃源
pinyin: tao2 yuan2
english:
see 桃花源[tao2 hua1 yuan2]/Taoyuan county in Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan/Taoyuan township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan


id: 7c5d9a0453d03837cd3799c66248823cdc1e5425
simplified: 桃花扇
traditional: 桃花扇
pinyin: tao2 hua1 shan4
english:
The Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong Shangren 孔尚任[Kong3 Shang4 ren4]


id: 5a9bac62b6498b754249794a45371574ace2ce5a
simplified: 框
traditional: 框
pinyin: kuang4
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
frame (e.g. door frame)/casing/fig. framework/template/to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth)/to frame/to restrict/Taiwan pr. [kuang1]


id: 5d06481359d85dec878dfc984a137e601cceefde
simplified: 案首
traditional: 案首
pinyin: an4 shou3
english:
candidate who ranked 1st in imperial examination on prefecture or county level (in Ming and Qing dynasties)


id: 301fc9e27070cee26a6a61a16440198529d6c0bc
simplified: 桑帕约
traditional: 桑帕約
pinyin: sang1 pa4 yue1
english:
Sampaio (name)/Jorge Sampaio (1939-), Portuguese lawyer and politician, president of Portugal 1996-2006/Sampaio, town in Brazil


id: 8036c0044ee97ebe1747f4b9e2edb0e7bc7187fd
simplified: 桑间濮上
traditional: 桑間濮上
pinyin: sang1 jian1 pu2 shang4
english:
Sangjian by the Pu River, a place in the ancient state of Wei known for wanton behavior/lovers' rendezvous


id: de3b80913e25d96a99e29a4acf67cdabe464e0d8
simplified: 桴鼓相应
traditional: 桴鼓相應
pinyin: fu2 gu3 xiang1 ying4
english:
lit. the hammer fits the drum (idiom); appropriate relation between the different parts/closely interrelated


id: ac758ebccb4d0e6a725d343badc9dc7eae55dcea
simplified: 梁
traditional: 梁
pinyin: liang2
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
variants: 梁,樑
english:
roof beam/beam (structure)/bridge/Liang Dynasty (502-557)/Later Liang Dynasty (907-923)/surname Liang


id: c7477541c1633d5f1ce526647be5c5ad5d405b9d
simplified: 梁书
traditional: 梁書
pinyin: liang2 shu1
english:
History of Liang of the Southern Dynasties, eighth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yao2 Si1 lian2] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 56 scrolls


id: c8c3938668e7694c9ec407b85d1ddce653802ab3
simplified: 梁木
traditional: 梁木
pinyin: liang2 mu4
english:
beam/rafter/lintel/person able to bear heavy responsibility/mainstay (of organization)/pillar (of state)


id: b68e9ca0f63f9253a0ee8acebe25f23bf9b0f4d3
simplified: 梁河
traditional: 梁河
pinyin: liang2 he2
english:
Lianghe county in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州[De2 hong2 Dai3 zu2 Jing3 po1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan


id: 43a71e90aecf3f859e3dc757c3956b5e763b0abe
simplified: 梁祝
traditional: 梁祝
pinyin: liang2 zhu4
english:
The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale/abbr. for 梁山伯與祝英台|梁山伯与祝英台[Liang2 Shan1 bo2 yu3 Zhu4 Ying1 tai2]


id: 6a117d13b653ec74f756f1c19379f14ea8adaebc
simplified: 梅德韦杰夫
traditional: 梅德韋傑夫
pinyin: mei2 de2 wei2 jie2 fu1
english:
Medvedyev (name)/Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev (1965-), Russian lawyer and politician, president of Russian Federation from 2008


id: 67ec870c269d6881cd1b133d5d7b59bdcbcaaf4f
simplified: 梅里美
traditional: 梅里美
pinyin: mei2 li3 mei3
english:
Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870), French scholar and writer, author of novel Carmen on which Bizet based his opera


id: 5ca514afbad78c8b751493fff29c141d62c7333e
simplified: 梅里雪山
traditional: 梅里雪山
pinyin: mei2 li3 xue3 shan1
english:
Meilixue or Meri snow mountains, with peaks up to 6000 m., in 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], Yunnan


id: 3786832c34da67775ec2e636eb8286128e9b0c80
simplified: 梗
traditional: 梗
pinyin: geng3
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
branch/stem/stalk/CL:根[gen1]/to block/to hinder/(Tw) interesting, fresh, or amusing subject matter or scenario


id: 6562dd4c88c86977c7411cb388f947558c7b5a47
simplified: 条
traditional: 條
pinyin: tiao2
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
variants: 條,条,糶
english:
strip/item/article/clause (of law or treaty)/classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)


id: f858f3457af478b325a676873199ba587b5cc5d0
simplified: 条条框框
traditional: 條條框框
pinyin: tiao2 tiao2 kuang4 kuang4
english:
fixed framework (idiom); restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory)/regulations and restrictions


id: 02b3f3407aa2e3e9052febe10521a80dc54a031f
simplified: 梵
traditional: 梵
pinyin: fan4
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
abbr. for 梵教[Fan4 jiao4] Brahmanism/abbr. for Sanskrit 梵語|梵语[Fan4 yu3] or 梵文[Fan4 wen2]/abbr. for 梵蒂岡|梵蒂冈[Fan4 di4 gang1], the Vatican


id: 7bec083bc886e92a5f4a6a9429fd75b64c64152e
simplified: 棒喝
traditional: 棒喝
pinyin: bang4 he4
english:
practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism)/to rebuke sternly


id: 48dc3223200021759fd992d51ae9eb0e9bb19fc7
simplified: 棕绷
traditional: 棕繃
pinyin: zong1 beng1
english:
rectangular frame with a palm fiber mat woven across it (placed on a bed frame as the sleeping surface)


id: 52e1fbdbe83a0f41814354077f8ef59a6e234f6f
simplified: 栋梁
traditional: 棟梁
pinyin: dong4 liang2
english:
ridgepole/ridgepole and beams/person able to bear heavy responsibility/mainstay (of organization)/pillar (of state)


id: 4b4f7e7ce5fd7553ce016395eabe6397d5e3f1c2
simplified: 栈道
traditional: 棧道
pinyin: zhan4 dao4
english:
plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff/(archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers


id: e29776f0d9df18368e15e108e265e1eea3cf951b
simplified: 森喜朗
traditional: 森喜朗
pinyin: sen1 xi3 lang3
english:
MORI Yoshirō (1937-), Japanese rugby player and politician, prime minister 2000-2001, famous for numerous gaffes


id: a594b517e65024d77f9e195bdc2382d360165d34
simplified: 植树节
traditional: 植樹節
pinyin: zhi2 shu4 jie2
english:
Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日[Quan2 min2 Yi4 wu4 Zhi2 shu4 ri4]


id: f9c8742b0ed01a5533e05fe58d5914325910e62d
simplified: 杨守仁
traditional: 楊守仁
pinyin: yang2 shou3 ren2
english:
Yang Shouren (1912-2005), PRC agricultural scientist/Yang Shouren (16th century), Ming dynasty scholar


id: 8e4ace5a0b067dcc9cf86ddad2dc90cda4306324
simplified: 杨家将
traditional: 楊家將
pinyin: yang2 jia1 jiang4
english:
Yang Saga, a popular fiction from the Northern Song, depicting the heroic Yang family 楊業|杨业 of warriors


id: 1a0a109caa030ef44d807440e7499c876ab241f8
simplified: 杨振宁
traditional: 楊振寧
pinyin: yang2 zhen4 ning4
english:
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (1922-), theoretical physicist, co-developer of Yang-Mills gauge theory, 1957 Nobel laureate


id: 987a8ee5f7b0a8ef3c303caf73e5b7fe60fa63b9
simplified: 杨梅
traditional: 楊梅
pinyin: yang2 mei2
english:
red bayberry/Chinese bayberry/Japanese bayberry/Myrica rubra/CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]/Yangmei town in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan


id: cd7700b2c4be7d1eb3d29aee9cc32fef0a80f688
simplified: 杨业
traditional: 楊業
pinyin: yang2 ye4
english:
famous Song dynasty family of warriors (c. 10th century AD), resisted the Liao 遼|辽 and defended the Song/the subject of the popular fiction Yang Saga 楊家將|杨家将


id: 5dcda0e38a4bcf426e99909665e58d7e7367dd9f
simplified: 杨深秀
traditional: 楊深秀
pinyin: yang2 shen1 xiu4
english:
Yang Shenxiu (1849-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[Wu4 xu1 Liu4 jun1 zi5] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898


id: 7e4ff100f8df5b0f0a5a5b2a3d1aed484a8dbd2f
simplified: 杨玉环
traditional: 楊玉環
pinyin: yang2 yu4 huan2
english:
Yang Yuhuan or Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1] (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1], blamed for extravagance and killed as a scapegoat during the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4]


id: 0ef1e51647da8c4edb54ac8a38b9226f073c5a56
simplified: 杨贵妃
traditional: 楊貴妃
pinyin: yang2 gui4 fei1
english:
Yang Yuhuan 楊玉環|杨玉环[Yang2 Yu4 huan2] or Yang Guifei (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1], blamed for extravagance and killed as a scapegoat during the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱[An1 Shi3 zhi1 Luan4]


id: 15e19569acb1b470c6212bb5f0f5e406a432f76f
simplified: 杨锐
traditional: 楊銳
pinyin: yang2 rui4
english:
Yang Rui (1855-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898/Yang Rui (1963-), host of "Dialogue" on CCTV News


id: 6ae07089d9344b69b0aa4146dda7db6432cd0425
simplified: 楗
traditional: 楗
pinyin: jian4
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike/(literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)


id: be5df48502e4fc905e590592d361b0a473c51df6
simplified: 楚
traditional: 楚
pinyin: chu3
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
variants: 椘
english:
distinct/clear/orderly/pain/suffering/deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex)/punishment cane (old)/surname Chu/abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together/Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722-221 BC)


id: 4bf9f961fab7f42fef19a37a32c767421663da73
simplified: 楚国
traditional: 楚國
pinyin: chu3 guo2
english:
the state of Chu, one of the most important of the small states contending for power in China between 770 and 223 BC, located around present-day Hubei


id: e2c028d6e6e06d7f0bb43a3a7ba1778b20faffec
simplified: 楚河汉界
traditional: 楚河漢界
pinyin: chu3 he2 han4 jie4
english:
lit. the river that divides Chu and Han/fig. a line that divides rival territories/the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard


id: b4cd12f8322df138ee70d8cf8edba2d1123dadef
simplified: 楚汉战争
traditional: 楚漢戰爭
pinyin: chu3 han4 zhan4 zheng1
english:
Chu-Han Contention (206-202 BC), power struggle between Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] of Han and Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu


id: f0e0992da817eb5561012815b4bcf3767015b8ab
simplified: 楚辞
traditional: 楚辭
pinyin: chu3 ci2
english:
Chu Ci, the Songs of Chu (ancient book of poems, collected during Han but esp. from country of Chu c. 500 BC)


id: 0c5e9a7321b36bbe0a9694953075df0f0dde9994
simplified: 楚雄
traditional: 楚雄
pinyin: chu3 xiong2
english:
Chuxiong county level city, capital of 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] in central Yunnan


id: 9c0fda5a1aa4b8a72d8c36618413c3d9d035817f
simplified: 楞
traditional: 楞
pinyin: leng2
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
variants: 棱,稜
english:
variant of 稜|棱, corner/square beam/edge/arris (curve formed by two surfaces meeting at an edge)/see 楞迦 Sri Lanka


id: ae4dbc6452a2bde4bfab0704725f52831f8e061d
simplified: 业
traditional: 業
pinyin: ye4
radicalSimplified: 一
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
line of business/industry/occupation/job/employment/school studies/enterprise/property/(Buddhism) karma/deed/to engage in/already/surname Ye


id: 17f976d08bf5fb649a3e2858724034783a6f910b
simplified: 业精于勤
traditional: 業精於勤
pinyin: ye4 jing1 yu2 qin2
english:
mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study./Excellence in work is only possible with diligence./Practice makes perfect.


id: 7920d6429be45875d7739598ce03a4f5b648c6c6
simplified: 业障
traditional: 業障
pinyin: ye4 zhang4
english:
karmic hindrance (buddhism)/karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment/(term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn/(fig.) money


id: 66a53ddf1352b0c45d8e219ba66f55ff111e3baf
simplified: 极品
traditional: 極品
pinyin: ji2 pin3
english:
best quality/item of the highest quality/(slang) outrageous/annoying in the extreme/gross/person with these qualities


id: 8e35b316529f9faeef50ef4c9dbff83c9c45f27d
simplified: 榆罔
traditional: 榆罔
pinyin: yu2 wang3
english:
Yuwang (c. 2000 BC), last of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4], defeated by the Yellow Emperor 黄帝[Huang2 di4]


id: 3c010e859663b75f6d22de387e5873191a1d32da
simplified: 榊
traditional: 榊
pinyin: shen2
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
(Japanese kokuji) sakaki (Cleyera japonica), evergreen tree used in Shinto to decorate sacred spaces


id: d1418824f0aa91fef6829643c26a73b897949a87
simplified: 榕江
traditional: 榕江
pinyin: rong2 jiang1
english:
Rongjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou


id: 993590d94e9aef2189816290b33a6d9a5b11e4f2
simplified: 荣毅仁
traditional: 榮毅仁
pinyin: rong2 yi4 ren2
english:
Rong Yiren (1916-2005), PRC Vice President from 1993-1998, played an important role in opening Chinese economy to Western investors


id: eba5f48a9d87f35408e1a04ce2b00b9b1d11404d
simplified: 荣辱观
traditional: 榮辱觀
pinyin: rong2 ru3 guan1
english:
precepts regarding what is honorable and what is shameful (in particular, refers to the Socialist Concepts on Honors and Disgraces, PRC official moral principles promulgated from 2006)/abbr. for 社會主義榮辱觀|社会主义荣辱观/also known as the Eight Honors and Eight Shames 八榮八恥|八荣八耻[Ba1 Rong2 Ba1 Chi3]


id: 5a54e8f61ed3f8c26d51c38c1dabf120ac05fc1a
simplified: 构
traditional: 構
pinyin: gou4
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
to construct/to form/to make up/to compose/literary composition/paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)


id: 953a90164bd8ee9dc73056e6db11344ce2cee809
simplified: 枪
traditional: 槍
pinyin: qiang1
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
gun/firearm/rifle/spear/thing with shape or function similar to a gun/CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1]/to substitute for another person in a test/to knock/classifier for rifle shots/surname Qiang


id: aeafec52d3d40c02788bf91be29d010e16a48e0c
simplified: 枪手
traditional: 槍手
pinyin: qiang1 shou3
english:
gunman/sharpshooter/sb who takes an exam for sb else/sb who produces a piece of work for sb else to pass off as their own


id: 4b271305e8df05b4ee1a8ed822a04823eb9aebdc
simplified: 杠
traditional: 槓
pinyin: gang4
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
variants: 槓,杠,篢
english:
thick pole/bar/rod/thick line/to mark with a thick line/to sharpen (knife)/(old) coffin-bearing pole


id: 852b29fe5262f3c01d0cd97c12b582edada72f67
simplified: 桩脚
traditional: 樁腳
pinyin: zhuang1 jiao3
english:
pier foundation (architecture)/(Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support one side in an election


id: aa13b4ea2b14ce0d683d9637acf8e17230b6cb3d
simplified: 乐府诗集
traditional: 樂府詩集
pinyin: yue4 fu3 shi1 ji2
english:
Collection of Yuefu Songs and Ballads, compiled in the 11th century by Guo Maoqian 郭茂倩[Guo1 Mao4 qian4]


id: e6b58b99fe3c40dcf3e72f4b0d70d20647d2be8b
simplified: 乐经
traditional: 樂經
pinyin: yue4 jing1
english:
Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经


id: d7bddb4d880b59718e3d557270080d66dd2c8553
simplified: 标
traditional: 標
pinyin: biao1
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
variants: 檁
english:
mark/sign/label/to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc/to bear (a brand name, registration number etc)/prize/award/bid/target/quota/(old) the topmost branches of a tree/visible symptom/classifier for military units


id: e7efaca9f997c930007d989d5762ba6e46194930
simplified: 标会
traditional: 標會
pinyin: biao1 hui4
english:
private loan association where money is allocated through bidding/meeting of such an association/to win the bidding at such a meeting


id: f59b3ea96b2f8bad1aa419674143a02653840bc5
simplified: 标注
traditional: 標注
pinyin: biao1 zhu4
english:
to mark out/to tag/to put a sign on sth explaining or calling attention to/to annotate (e.g. a character with its pinyin)


id: 744eef8ac9c46df1d0e6a2136f55814ec450de2d
simplified: 标题党
traditional: 標題黨
pinyin: biao1 ti2 dang3
english:
"sensational headline writers", people who write misleading titles in order to generate clicks from Internet users/clickbait


id: edae337494baa4309bbe12f8bd38e82dd113818f
simplified: 树倒猢狲散
traditional: 樹倒猢猻散
pinyin: shu4 dao3 hu2 sun1 san4
english:
When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause/Rats leave a sinking ship.


id: 77e0f372ef090cb79f3bf5924749365ac7387771
simplified: 树欲静而风不止
traditional: 樹欲靜而風不止
pinyin: shu4 yu4 jing4 er2 feng1 bu4 zhi3
english:
lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom)/fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not


id: 9148b894d20aad1ae93b7acdb601c1b740c7e1ee
simplified: 树碑立传
traditional: 樹碑立傳
pinyin: shu4 bei1 li4 zhuan4
english:
lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom)/to monumentalize/to glorify/to sing the praises of


id: ccd9eec780179a9d8c0d53ad030ae3f629a9e58c
simplified: 树高千丈，叶落归根
traditional: 樹高千丈，葉落歸根
pinyin: shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1
english:
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)/fig. everything has its ancestral home/in old age, an expatriate returns home


id: f36f3f92eb479f9f81287f20b15cfaedb067cd7b
simplified: 桥东
traditional: 橋東
pinyin: qiao2 dong1
english:
Qiaodong District (various)/Qiaodong District of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei


id: a884068567d314c82cb06a5646f8c402344c76f1
simplified: 桥西
traditional: 橋西
pinyin: qiao2 xi1
english:
Qiaoxi District (various)/Qiaoxi District of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei


id: fa30207ae1937dccacfc0540e0a8b050a57979ec
simplified: 桥头
traditional: 橋頭
pinyin: qiao2 tou2
english:
either end of a bridge/a bridgehead/Qiaotou or Chiaotou township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan


id: f4f15c3772012a53d5443e9b773f45d15d121c8b
simplified: 橘录
traditional: 橘錄
pinyin: ju2 lu4
english:
classification of orange trees by 12th century Song dynasty botanist Han Yanzhi 韓彥直|韩彦直[Han2 Yan4 zhi2]


id: 744ce8b460df74075bd898a27b25a30f25f8a655
simplified: 机
traditional: 機
pinyin: ji1
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
variants: 機,机
english:
machine/engine/opportunity/intention/aircraft/pivot/crucial point/flexible (quick-witted)/organic/CL:臺|台[tai2]/surname Ji


id: 9d65e3e1fcd2ac0134bda97ca52b11a54d3fb50f
simplified: 机车
traditional: 機車
pinyin: ji1 che1
english:
locomotive/train engine car/scooter (Tw)/(slang) (Tw) hard to get along with/a pain in the ass/damn!/crap!


id: 8781ba1ec0501f4a0917acd47bdbff310ef008cb
simplified: 机关
traditional: 機關
pinyin: ji1 guan1
english:
mechanism/gear/machine-operated/office/agency/organ/organization/establishment/institution/body/stratagem/scheme/intrigue/plot/trick/CL:個|个[ge4]


id: 726708e3eff1751f1588ff01630df9dd1e685a3e
simplified: 横山
traditional: 橫山
pinyin: heng2 shan1
english:
Hengshan County in Yulin 榆林[Yu2 lin2], Shaanxi/Hengshan township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县[Xin1 zhu2 Xian4], northwest Taiwan/Yokoyama (Japanese surname)


id: 4bc6577c6179534f1f0c30f1167b5c8851970027
simplified: 横断山脉
traditional: 橫斷山脈
pinyin: heng2 duan4 shan1 mai4
english:
Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet


id: 9445b98fe3bef87fa5a4f892cdd8d8d9acad92a7
simplified: 横眉冷对千夫指
traditional: 橫眉冷對千夫指
pinyin: heng2 mei2 leng3 dui4 qian1 fu1 zhi3
english:
to face a thousand pointing fingers with a cool scowl (citation from Lu Xun)/to treat with disdain/to defy


id: d85393ac47c13285d72e0917fd1841c37352437a
simplified: 横冲直撞
traditional: 橫衝直撞
pinyin: heng2 chong1 zhi2 zhuang4
english:
lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping/to barge/to charge around violently


id: 25d6205eee75b5c33f90c1e8ea77b869d77678f2
simplified: 档
traditional: 檔
pinyin: dang4
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
variants: 欓
english:
official records/grade (of goods)/file/records/shelves/slot/gap/crosspiece/classifier for crosspieces/classifier for events, affairs etc/Taiwan pr. [dang3]


id: 39440c677638bd13ca93c59218763a4021f4fc5a
simplified: 档期
traditional: 檔期
pinyin: dang4 qi1
english:
slot within a schedule/timeslot (for a TV program, a session with a photographer etc)/range of dates in which an event is to be held (film screening, exhibition etc)


id: b5cac246ceb3701af06333b58fbe1b8596c3ed1e
simplified: 槚
traditional: 檟
pinyin: jia3
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
variants: 榎,斝
english:
Catalpa, a genus of mostly deciduous trees/old term for Camellia sinensis, the tea plant 茶/also called Thea sinensis/small evergreen shrub (Mallotus japonicus)


id: a29f054473b12a422b5d285d7e1d0de5ae226018
simplified: 检察官
traditional: 檢察官
pinyin: jian3 cha2 guan1
english:
public prosecutor/public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution)


id: 5823eecba6e261f6f808034cec7bb67d68984842
simplified: 检警调
traditional: 檢警調
pinyin: jian3 jing3 diao4
english:
(Tw) public prosecutors, the police, and the Investigation Bureau (abbr. for 檢察官、警察、調查局|检察官、警察、调查局[jian3 cha2 guan1 , jing3 cha2 , diao4 cha2 ju2])


id: 252a459f68d7ed1a5bd7e617a4e46db7d4518f92
simplified: 槟榔西施
traditional: 檳榔西施
pinyin: bing1 lang5 xi1 shi1
english:
betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a glass-walled roadside booth (Tw)


id: ca6071c17a163b17b6b02da32998759784c236d9
simplified: 栉风沐雨
traditional: 櫛風沐雨
pinyin: zhi4 feng1 mu4 yu3
english:
lit. to comb one's hair in the wind and wash it in the rain (idiom)/fig. to work in the open regardless of the weather


id: 93bd6295e3ea78394631e31c802d073201ee5255
simplified: 樱花
traditional: 櫻花
pinyin: ying1 hua1
english:
oriental cherry (Prunus serrulata or Prunus yedoensis), prized for its blossom/also known as sakura (Japanese) or Yoshino cherry


id: f9d69087424d979dbe5da2e05b6db6b1f7da784a
simplified: 欀
traditional: 欀
pinyin: xiang1
radicalSimplified: 木
radicalTraditional: 木
english:
inner lining of wooden utensils/component beam used in building construction/species of oak tree with medicinal bark (old)


id: b3d0a1e30ed9209546d3e77916bb2633f5dda00d
simplified: 次
traditional: 次
pinyin: ci4
radicalSimplified: 欠
radicalTraditional: 欠
english:
next in sequence/second/the second (day, time etc)/secondary/vice-/sub-/infra-/inferior quality/substandard/order/sequence/hypo- (chemistry)/classifier for enumerated events: time


id: f7840c10db5a8904d651e36cbf7d9d07534d6ce3
simplified: 欲加之罪，何患无辞
traditional: 欲加之罪，何患無辭
pinyin: yu4 jia1 zhi1 zui4 , he2 huan4 wu2 ci2
english:
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb/Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.


id: 1f6b35c5cadc5b5de21e83154e7b6f8f2df6eb7e
simplified: 欲益反损
traditional: 欲益反損
pinyin: yu4 yi4 fan3 sun3
english:
wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster/It all ends in tears.


id: 806a51dd7f3c4868834143f1991a2c723e5270e9
simplified: 欲速则不达
traditional: 欲速則不達
pinyin: yu4 su4 ze2 bu4 da2
english:
lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more haste, less speed/don't try to run before you can walk


id: 71307ad94c00a0bb09f73bbe0c797063e186c70f
simplified: 欲速而不达
traditional: 欲速而不達
pinyin: yu4 su4 er2 bu4 da2
english:
lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more haste, less speed/also written 慾速則不達|欲速则不达


id: 973e3f8f17a0c8558ab828f7e099f49ba64b5b29
simplified: 欺生
traditional: 欺生
pinyin: qi1 sheng1
english:
to cheat strangers/to bully strangers/(of domesticated animals) to be rebellious with unfamiliar people


id: edfc4cd37e35467160bf2d4e16226527308a4153
simplified: 钦奈
traditional: 欽奈
pinyin: qin1 nai4
english:
Chennai, capital of southeast Indian state Tamil Nadu 泰米爾納德邦|泰米尔纳德邦[Tai4 mi3 er3 Na4 de2 bang1]/formerly called Madras 馬德拉斯|马德拉斯[Ma3 de2 la1 si1]


id: 101872b7893b13d8f6d355c53be9518126aca695
simplified: 歇后语
traditional: 歇後語
pinyin: xie1 hou4 yu3
english:
saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part


id: 3b3155652f1a4e46cded1508fd52ae0b66e8213e
simplified: 歌台
traditional: 歌台
pinyin: ge1 tai2
english:
boisterous live show held during the Ghost Festival 中元節|中元节[Zhong1 yuan2 jie2] in Singapore and other parts of Southeast Asia


id: 885c682df3a100467f18d806b9f7bc07e6c3a797
simplified: 歌舞升平
traditional: 歌舞升平
pinyin: ge1 wu3 sheng1 ping2
english:
lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom)/fig. to make a show of happiness and prosperity


id: 318e94bfb1115ed8d1786f9a8f1189c38901c93c
simplified: 欧安组织
traditional: 歐安組織
pinyin: ou1 an1 zu3 zhi1
english:
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), abbr. for 歐洲安全與合作組織|欧洲安全与合作组织[Ou1 zhou1 An1 quan2 yu3 He2 zuo4 Zu3 zhi1]


id: 1788e293ab6d58fc78980e202f2d5d29842c84ff
simplified: 欧巴马
traditional: 歐巴馬
pinyin: ou1 ba1 ma3
english:
Taiwanese variant of 奧巴馬|奥巴马[Ao4 ba1 ma3], Barack Obama (1961-), US Democrat politician, president 2009-2017


id: c6de6b5227e51b08fa31b5060824112662ad5b26
simplified: 正
traditional: 正
pinyin: zheng4
radicalSimplified: 止
radicalTraditional: 止
english:
straight/upright/proper/main/principal/to correct/to rectify/exactly/just (at that time)/right (in that place)/(math.) positive


id: eece9b4be6da59491331ade897ff491a7e54a71c
simplified: 正仓院
traditional: 正倉院
pinyin: zheng1 cang1 yuan4
english:
Shōsō-in, treasure house belonging to Tōdai-ji 東大寺, Nara 奈良, Japan, an extensive repository of imperial treasures from Tang times/described as the east-most end of the Silk road


id: 98fc4d514827ee666929db96d82db5e503f1ff37
simplified: 正史
traditional: 正史
pinyin: zheng4 shi3
english:
the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories/true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends


id: d62286936edd5ab96b5cfd7e33ca4fdead91afb5
simplified: 正名
traditional: 正名
pinyin: zheng4 ming2
english:
to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature/rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy)


id: 9e15341e6c082383382496a7a8f643c0d1d6baee
simplified: 正字
traditional: 正字
pinyin: zheng4 zi4
english:
to correct an erroneously written character/regular script (calligraphy)/standard form (of a character or spelling)


id: f53e01a5129dfaaf5cf38ce4c0bc6eecbbb01052
simplified: 正字通
traditional: 正字通
pinyin: zheng4 zi4 tong1
english:
Zhengzitong, Chinese character dictionary with 33,549 entries, edited by Ming scholar Zhang Zilie 張自烈|张自烈[Zhang1 Zi4 lie4] in 17th century


id: 1a67393d120b77db6875ca8539e7479b18ffaf74
simplified: 正德
traditional: 正德
pinyin: zheng4 de2
english:
Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, Temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1]


id: a421a2bb32eb7ef659f9edd81bfd42052bb0827c
simplified: 正教
traditional: 正教
pinyin: zheng4 jiao4
english:
lit. true religion/orthodox religion/orthodox Christianity/Islam (in the writing of Chinese or Hui theologians)


id: 8a7b4492082d8894b66f602bf1ead85d0d77d7f8
simplified: 正教真诠
traditional: 正教真詮
pinyin: zheng4 jiao4 zhen1 quan2
english:
Exegesis of true religion by Wang Daiyu 王岱輿|王岱舆[Wang2 Dai4 yu2], a study of Islam/also translated as Real hermeneutics of orthodox religion


id: ab0518c5e009163b0a595a52283fcabba2357817
simplified: 正统
traditional: 正統
pinyin: zheng4 tong3
english:
orthodox/Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, Temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]


id: 06dac59c512709f1b7774917ed8cde52a77bf664
simplified: 正职
traditional: 正職
pinyin: zheng4 zhi2
english:
main job/day job/steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual)/chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy)


id: 7bac64d8c4c1a39ceecca18913e857088c53cf58
simplified: 正蓝旗
traditional: 正藍旗
pinyin: zheng4 lan2 qi2
english:
Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia/also written 正蘭旗|正兰旗


id: 205e00cbefeb9e01acb34804a83244736f87e446
simplified: 正兰旗
traditional: 正蘭旗
pinyin: zheng4 lan2 qi2
english:
Plain Blue banner or Shuluun Höh khoshuu in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia


id: 25717ae7f4839e77c0b61bc18b5c2227cb65a860
simplified: 正邪相争
traditional: 正邪相爭
pinyin: zheng4 xie2 xiang1 zheng1
english:
term in TCM describing the progress of disease as an opposition between vital energy 正氣|正气[zheng4 qi4] and pathogeny 邪氣|邪气[xie2 qi4]


id: 95e5dad2732bc12efce98fc990a815808c9444a0
simplified: 正镶白旗
traditional: 正鑲白旗
pinyin: zheng4 xiang1 bai2 qi2
english:
Plain and Bordered White banner or Shuluun Hövööt Chagaan khoshuu in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia


id: 9bf642bb7038c9b42a38109510d92302ecb5025e
simplified: 正体
traditional: 正體
pinyin: zheng4 ti3
english:
standard form (of a Chinese character)/plain font style (as opposed to bold or italic)/printed style (as opposed to cursive)/(Tw) traditional (i.e. unsimplified) characters


id: e2dbafcebecaa5c18515f2efe19620fbd41f3b67
simplified: 此起彼伏
traditional: 此起彼伏
pinyin: ci3 qi3 bi3 fu2
english:
up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession/no sooner one subsides, the next arises/repeating continuously/occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)


id: 3234a89ecaa116435e65eea613c5db8faa633c3e
simplified: 武侯祠
traditional: 武侯祠
pinyin: wu3 hou2 ci2
english:
memorial hall to Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (many of them in different town)/refers to tourist attraction in Chengdu 成都


id: 2d9edb110cd137b23880d4202b0de0445fcca4d1
simplified: 武功
traditional: 武功
pinyin: wu3 gong1
english:
martial art/military accomplishments/(Peking opera) martial arts feats/Wugong County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳[Xian2 yang2], Shaanxi


id: db4d51ec152fb8a7d8f8489318d78d86fc5c892b
simplified: 武夷山
traditional: 武夷山
pinyin: wu3 yi2 shan1
english:
Mt Wuyi in Fujian/Wuyishan nature reserve/Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平[Nan2 ping2] Fujian


id: dec86b065a8e805260978295ec817863ff5c2194
simplified: 武定
traditional: 武定
pinyin: wu3 ding4
english:
Wuding reign name (543-550) during Eastern Wei of the Northern Dynasties 東魏|东魏[Dong1 Wei4]/Wuding 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


