滑旱冰 huá hàn bīng (roller)blading / roller skating / inline skating 花样 花樣 huā yàng pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1] figure skating) syn 花式 huā shì fancy-style (as in 花式溜冰|花式溜冰[hua1 shi4 liu1 bing1] figure skating) 花样滑冰 花樣滑冰 huā yàng huá bīng figure skating 花式溜冰 huā shì liū bīng figure skating 花滑 huā huá figure skating (abbr. for 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰[hua1yang4 hua2bing1]) 人物 rén wù person / personage / figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting syn 人士 rén shì person / figure / public figure syn 手办 手辦 shǒu bàn garage kit / action figure / model figure 8字航迹 8字航跡 8zi4 háng jì figure 8 track / figure eight track 滑冰 huá bīng to skate / skating syn 轮滑 輪滑 lún huá roller skating 溜冰 liū bīng ice skating / (slang) to do meth syn 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice syn 溜冰场 溜冰場 liū bīng chǎng ice rink / skating rink 溜冰鞋 liū bīng xié skating shoes / ice skates / roller skates / roller blades 旱冰 hàn bīng roller skating 双人滑 雙人滑 shuāng rén huá pair skating 冰场 冰場 bīng chǎng skating or ice rink / ice stadium / ice arena 冰鞋 bīng xié skating boots / skates 姚滨 姚濱 yáo bīn Yao Bin (1957-), PRC champion ice skater during early 1980s and more recently national skating coach 速度滑冰 sù dù huá bīng speed skating 竞速滑冰 競速滑冰 jìng sù huá bīng speed skating (Tw) 跑刀 pǎo dāo racing skates (for ice-skating) 数字 數字 shù zì numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 形象 xíng xiàng image / form / figure / CL:個|个[ge4] / visualization / vivid syn 身材 shēn cái stature / build (height and weight) / figure syn 图形 圖形 tú xíng picture / figure / diagram / graph / depiction / graphical syn 身影 shēn yǐng silhouette / figure syn 外形 wài xíng figure / shape / external form / contour 背影 bèi yǐng rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object) syn 人影 rén yǐng the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb) syn 身形 shēn xíng figure (esp. a woman's) syn 合计 合計 hé jì to add up the total / to figure what sth amounts to / to consider syn 死神 sǐ shén mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death syn 均匀 均勻 jūn yún even / well-distributed / homogeneous / well-proportioned (figure, body etc) syn 销售额 銷售額 xiāo shòu é sales figure / total income from sales / turnover 想出 xiǎng chū to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc) 比喻 bǐ yù to compare / to liken to / metaphor / analogy / figure of speech / figuratively syn 教主 jiào zhǔ founder or leader of a religion or sect / (fig.) revered figure 狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation / to cut a sorry figure / scoundrel! (derog.) syn 豪杰 豪傑 háo jié hero / towering figure syn 元老 yuán lǎo senior figure / elder / doyen syn 大关 大關 dà guān strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs 形体 形體 xíng tǐ figure / physique / form and structure syn 体形 體形 tǐ xíng figure / bodily form syn 整数 整數 zhěng shù whole number / integer (math.) / round figure syn 发威 發威 fā wēi to unleash one's power / (of an animal) to go on a rampage / (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc / (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger / to assert one's dominance 身段 shēn duàn a woman's physique / figure / posture on stage syn 体态 體態 tǐ tài figure / physique / posture syn 佼佼者 jiǎo jiǎo zhě well-known figure / excellent (person, company etc) syn 玩偶 wán ǒu toy figurine / action figure / stuffed animal / doll / (fig.) sb's plaything syn 风云人物 風雲人物 fēng yún rén wù the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure syn 风姿 風姿 fēng zī good looks / good figure / graceful bearing / charm syn 揣摩 chuǎi mó to analyze / to try to figure out / to try to fathom syn 纤体 纖體 xiān tǐ to get a slender figure / slimming 主将 主將 zhǔ jiàng commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization) syn 小数 小數 xiǎo shù 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 英姿 yīng zī heroic bearing / dashing figure syn 平面图 平面圖 píng miàn tú a plan / a planar graph / a plane figure 正则 正則 zhèng zé regular (figure in geometry) 炙手可热 炙手可熱 zhì shǒu kě rè lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor) 大鳄 大鱷 dà è lit. big crocodile / fig. major figure / big shot / top boss (esp. criminal) 想不开 想不開 xiǎng bu kāi cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles syn 猜中 cāi zhòng to guess correctly / to figure out the right answer syn 穆罕默德 mù hǎn mò dé Muhammad (c. 570-632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God 知名人士 zhī míng rén shì public figure / celebrity syn 土人 tǔ rén native / aborigine / clay figure syn 弄懂 nòng dǒng to make sense of / to grasp the meaning of / to figure out 重臣 zhòng chén important minister / major figure in government syn 亚伯 亞伯 yà bó Abe (short form for Abraham) / Abel, a figure of Jewish, Christian and Muslim mythologies 女将 女將 nǚ jiàng female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise syn 宋庆龄 宋慶齡 sòng qìng líng Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925 纹饰 紋飾 wén shì decorative motif / figure 蜡像 蠟像 là xiàng waxwork / wax figure 政治人物 zhèng zhì rén wù political figure / politician / statesman 该隐 該隱 gāi yǐn Cain (name) / Cain (biblical character), a figure of Judeo-Christian-Muslim mythology 小卒 xiǎo zú foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn syn 急先锋 急先鋒 jí xiān fēng daring vanguard / pioneer / leading figure syn 几何图形 幾何圖形 jǐ hé tú xíng geometric figure syn 钟馗 鐘馗 zhōng kuí Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits) / (fig.) a person with the courage to fight against evil 立体图 立體圖 lì tǐ tú three-dimensional figure / hologram / stereogram 招摇撞骗 招搖撞騙 zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority syn 掌故 zhǎng gù anecdote / tales (esp. about a historical figure) syn 社会名流 社會名流 shè huì míng liú celebrity / public figure syn 王震 wáng zhèn Wang Zhen (1908-1993), Chinese political figure 数 數 shù number / figure / several / a few syn 彭祖 péng zǔ Peng Zu (legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years) 彩塑 cǎi sù painted clay figure 折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg 蔡锷 蔡鍔 cài è Cai E (1882-1916), military leader who was a key figure in the establishment the National Protection Army 護國軍|护国军[Hu4guo2jun1], which in 1916 fought the forces of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4kai3], who had tried to reestablish the monarchy with himself as emperor 头面人物 頭面人物 tóu miàn rén wù leading figure / bigwig syn 算 suàn to regard as / to figure / to calculate / to compute syn 泰山北斗 tài shān běi dǒu lit. Mount Tai and the North Star (idiom) / fig. an outstanding figure in one's field syn 塑 sù to model (a figure) in clay / (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material) syn 揣 chuǎi to estimate / to guess / to figure / to surmise syn 夔 kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui 筭 suàn to regard as / to figure 大器晚成 dà qì wǎn chéng lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom) / fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day syn 