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"(classical) to boil" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
涫 guàn (classical) to boil
Chinese Pinyin Translation
格 gé 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 syn
沸腾 沸騰 fèi téng (of a liquid) to boil / (of sentiments etc) to boil over / to flare up / to be impassioned syn
烹 pēng to boil / to brew (tea) / to cook by briefly stir-frying and then mixing in sauce / (old) to boil to death (judicial punishment in ancient times) syn
汆 cuān quick-boil / to boil for a short time
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn
乎 hū (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in / at / from / because / than / (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment) syn
王肃 王肅 wáng sù Wang Su (c. 195-256), classical scholar of Cao Wei dynasty, believed to have forged several classical texts
下面 下麵 xià miàn to boil noodles syn
翻滚 翻滾 fān gǔn to roll / to boil syn
涌起 yǒng qǐ to well up / to boil out / to bubble forth / to spurt
煮熟 zhǔ shóu to boil thoroughly / to cook thoroughly
煮沸 zhǔ fèi to boil
滚开 滾開 gǔn kāi to boil (of liquid) / boiling hot / Get out! / Go away! / fuck off (rude) syn
烧开 燒開 shāo kāi to boil
开 開 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format syn
烧水 燒水 shāo shuǐ to heat water / to boil water
汽化 qì huà to boil / to vaporize
开锅 開鍋 kāi guō to season a wok / to take the lid off a pot / (of the contents of a pot) to start to boil / (fig.) to become rowdy syn
民怨沸腾 民怨沸騰 mín yuàn fèi téng seething discontent (idiom) / popular grievances boil over syn
兔死狗烹 tù sǐ gǒu pēng lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose syn
练 練 liàn to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk syn
烧 燒 shāo to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head syn
爆 bào to explode or burst / to quick fry or quick boil syn
滚 滾 gǔn to boil / to roll / to take a hike / Get lost! syn
煮 zhǔ to cook / to boil syn
沸 fèi to boil syn
熬 āo to boil / to simmer syn
瘩 dá sore / boil / scab
疱 皰 pào pimple / acne / blister / boil / ulcer
疖 癤 jié pimple / sore / boil syn
炝 熗 qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further syn
疔 dīng boil / carbuncle syn
瀹 yuè to cleanse / to boil syn
湅 liàn to boil raw silk (to soften and clean it)
烋 xiāo to boil or fumigate
哪壶不开提哪壶 哪壺不開提哪壺 nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom) / to touch a sore spot / to talk about sb's weak point
民怨鼎沸 mín yuàn dǐng fèi seething discontent (idiom) / popular grievances boil over
潽 pū to boil over
烹煮 pēng zhǔ to cook / to boil
煮硬 zhǔ yìng to hard-boil (eggs)
煮开 煮開 zhǔ kāi to boil (food)
趾疔 zhǐ dīng boil on the toe
暗疔 àn dīng axillary furuncle / armpit boil
滚沸 滾沸 gǔn fèi (of a liquid) to boil syn
疖 癤 jiē pimple / sore / boil / Taiwan pr. [jie2] syn
疖子 癤子 jiē zi (medicine) boil / furuncle / knot (in wood) syn
经典 經典 jīng diǎn the classics / scriptures / classical / classic (example, case etc) / typical syn
权利 權利 quán lì right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) / (classical) power and wealth syn
古典 gǔ diǎn classical syn
留住 liú zhù to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical) syn
书院 書院 shū yuàn academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty) syn
复古 復古 fù gǔ 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) syn
小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn
古典音乐 古典音樂 gǔ diǎn yīn yuè classical music
大典 dà diǎn ceremony / collection of classical writings syn
典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth syn
古诗 古詩 gǔ shī old verse / Classical Chinese poem syn
古典文学 古典文學 gǔ diǎn wén xué classical literature
管子 guǎn zǐ Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period / Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school syn
仿古 fǎng gǔ pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style
启明 啟明 qǐ míng Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the east before dawn syn
文言文 wén yán wén Classical Chinese writing syn
出 齣 chū variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) syn
摩羯 mó jié Capricorn (star sign) / northern people in classical times, a branch of the Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴
文言 wén yán Classical Chinese syn
韩愈 韓愈 hán yù Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4] and neoclassical 復古|复古[fu4 gu3] movements
百家争鸣 百家爭鳴 bǎi jiā zhēng míng a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom) / refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
词人 詞人 cí rén writer of 詞|词[ci2] (a kind of Classical Chinese poem) / person of literary talent syn
诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
抚琴 撫琴 fǔ qín to play the zither / classical variant of 彈琴|弹琴[tan2 qin2]
长庚 長庚 cháng gēng Classical Chinese name for planet Venus in the west after dusk syn
平仄 píng zè level and oblique tones (technical term for Classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)
尔雅 爾雅 ěr yǎ "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
柳宗元 liǔ zōng yuán 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
格律 gé lǜ 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
海顿 海頓 hǎi dùn Haydn (name) / Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian classical composer
比 bǐ to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) syn
北 běi north / (classical) to be defeated syn
夫 fú (classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion) syn
远 遠 yuàn to distance oneself from (classical) syn
山水诗 山水詩 shān shuǐ shī shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry
刘 劉 liú (classical) a type of battle-ax / to kill / to slaughter
伊 yī (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn
耳 ěr ear / handle (archaeology) / and that is all (Classical Chinese) syn
耶 yé interrogative particle (classical) syn
牌 pái signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2]) syn
祭 jì to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors) / (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon / to wield (sth magic) / (bound form) ceremony / (Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival syn
薛 xuē wormwood like grass (classical)
矣 yǐ classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5] syn
甫 fǔ (classical) barely / just / just now syn
鼎 dǐng ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes syn
侬 儂 nóng you (Wu dialect) / I, me (classical) syn
汶 wèn Wen River in northwest Sichuan (same as 汶川) / classical name of river in Shandong, used to refer to Qi 齊國|齐国
啻 chì only (classical, usually follows negative or question words) / (not) just
榱 cuī rafter (classical)
齣 chū variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
之乎者也 zhī hū zhě yě lit. 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom) / fig. archaic expressions syn
薠 fán plant similar to coco-grass 莎草[suo1 cao3] (classical)
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴 huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells / good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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