例假 lì jià legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period 印台 印臺 yìn tái ink pad / stamp pad syn 垫 墊 diàn pad / cushion / mat / to pad out / to fill a gap / to pay for sb / to advance (money) syn 大姨妈 大姨媽 dà yí mā mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) / (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period) MC M C (Tw) (coll.) menstruation (from "menstrual cycle") 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn 罩 zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn 没法儿 沒法兒 méi fǎ r (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ... / it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) syn 经期 經期 jīng qī menstrual period 痛经 痛經 tòng jīng period pain / menstrual cramps / dysmenorrhea 安全期 ān quán qī safe period / safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception) 通经 通經 tōng jīng conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM) 血崩 xuè bēng metrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period) syn 好朋友 hǎo péng you good friend / (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) 崩症 bēng zhèng metrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period) 经痛 經痛 jīng tòng period pain / menstrual cramps / dysmenorrhea 黄体期 黃體期 huáng tǐ qī luteal phase (period in the menstrual cycle when an embryo can implant in the womb) 入月 rù yuè (of women) beginning of menstrual cycle / full-term gestation 生理假 shēng lǐ jià menstrual leave (Tw) 生理期 shēng lǐ qī menstrual period 月亮杯 yuè liang bēi menstrual cup (Tw) 痛经假 痛經假 tòng jīng jià menstrual leave 鼠标垫 鼠標墊 shǔ biāo diàn mouse pad 堆砌 duī qì lit. to pile up (bricks) / to pack / fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases) / ornate rhetoric syn 垫子 墊子 diàn zi cushion / mat / pad syn 吸盘 吸盤 xī pán suction pad / sucker 充填 chōng tián to fill (gap, hole, area, blank) / to pad out / to complement / (dental) filling / filled syn 便笺 便箋 biàn jiān a note / a memo / notepaper / memo pad syn 衬垫 襯墊 chèn diàn pad 巧立名目 qiǎo lì míng mù to fabricate excuses (idiom) / to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account) 护肘 護肘 hù zhǒu elbow pad / elbow support 垫肩 墊肩 diàn jiān shoulder pad 沓 dá classifier for sheets of papers etc: pile, pad / Taiwan pr. [ta4] syn 滑鼠垫 滑鼠墊 huá shǔ diàn mouse pad (Tw) 印盒 yìn hé seal case / box for seal and ink pad 哑鼓 啞鼓 yǎ gǔ drum practice pad (music) / a practice drum (music) 拭子 shì zi swab / cotton pad / smear (for medical test) 搭背 dā bèi harness pad (on draft animal) 搭腰 dā yāo harness pad (on draft animal) 书画毡 書畫氈 shū huà zhān felt desk pad for calligraphy 止血垫 止血墊 zhǐ xuè diàn dressing / pad to stop bleeding 班玛 班瑪 bān mǎ Baima or Banma county (Tibetan: pad ma rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[Guo3 luo4 zhou1], Qinghai 班玛县 班瑪縣 bān mǎ xiàn Baima or Banma county (Tibetan: pad ma rdzong) in Golog Tibetan autonomous prefecture 果洛州[Guo3 luo4 zhou1], Qinghai 画毡 畫氈 huà zhān felt desk pad for calligraphy 发射站 發射站 fā shè zhàn launch pad (for rocket or projectile) 轧染 軋染 yà rǎn pad dyeing 压盘 壓盤 pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head 传压板 傳壓板 pressure plate / pressure pad / pressure head 无菌纱布垫 無菌紗布墊 sterile gauze pad 拍纸簿 拍紙簿 pāi zhǐ bù writing pad 护胫 護脛 hù jìng shin pad / shin guard 肉垫 肉墊 ròu diàn pad (on animal paw) 鸡尾锯 雞尾鋸 jī wěi jù keyhole saw / pad saw 焊盘 焊盤 hàn pán (electronics) pad / land (a connection on a circuit board) 护翼 護翼 hù yì to provide protection / to take under one's wing / wings of a sanitary pad 一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn 礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn 末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn 大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini 奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn 促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly 滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3]) 够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 炸 zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn 熊 xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn 闸 閘 zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn 垫补 墊補 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack syn 蹦跶 蹦躂 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life) 跟手 gēn shǒu (coll.) while doing it / on the way through / (coll.) immediately / at once / (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements syn 过节儿 過節兒 guò jié r (coll.) grudge / strife / (coll.) good manners 𪨊 㞞 sóng (coll.) semen / (coll.) weak and incompetent 榆木脑袋 榆木腦袋 yú mù nǎo dai (coll.) thickhead / (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead) 念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of) / to cherish the memory of / aspiration / desire / sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 念想儿 念想兒 niàn xiang r (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind) 串串 chuàn chuàn (coll.) skewers / barbecued food on sticks / (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1]) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat) / mutt / mixed-breed cat 不会 不會 bù huì improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all syn 看看 kàn kan to take a look at / to examine / to survey / (coll.) pretty soon syn 真是 zhēn shi indeed / truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) syn 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if syn 那是 nà shi (coll.) of course / naturally / indeed 要是 yào shi (coll.) if syn 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife syn 尺寸 chǐ cun size / dimensions / measurements (esp. of clothes) / (coll.) propriety syn 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father / dad / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 估计 估計 gū jì to estimate / to assess / to calculate / (coll.) to reckon / to think (that ...) syn 垃圾 lā jī trash / refuse / garbage / (coll.) of poor quality / Taiwan pr. [le4 se4] syn 厂家 廠家 chǎng jiā factory / manufacturer / (coll.) a factory owner / the factory management 家伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture / domestic animal / (coll.) guy / chap / weapon syn 老公 lǎo gong (coll.) eunuch / see also 老公[lao3 gong1] syn 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband syn 小子 xiǎo zi (coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow syn 神经 神經 shén jīng nerve / mental state / (coll.) unhinged / nutjob 爷爷 爺爺 yé ye (coll.) paternal grandfather / grandpa syn 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star / the stars in the sky syn 收拾 shōu shi to put in order / to tidy up / to pack / to repair / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb syn 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother) / (respectful) mistress of the house / CL:位[wei4] / (coll.) boobies / breasts syn 