挼 ruá (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled / crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak / feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor / inferior 溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn 敲打 qiāo dǎ to beat sb / to beat (a drum) syn 巡逻路线 巡邏路線 police beat / beat 心慌 xīn huāng to be flustered / (dialect) irregular heart-beat syn 擂 léi to pound (with a mortar and pestle) / to hit (a person) / to beat (a drum) / to bang on (a door) / (dialect) to scold syn 咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 㞎 bǎ (dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit 启海话 啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai 媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn 拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative 磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule 馃子 餜子 guǒ zi (dialect) pastry / (dialect) youtiao / deep-fried cruller 齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental 巴适 巴適 bā shì (Sichuan dialect) comfortable / suitable / excellent / really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb) / to curry favor with 节奏 節奏 jié zòu rhythm / tempo / musical pulse / cadence / beat syn 反击 反擊 fǎn jī to strike back / to beat back / to counterattack syn 击败 擊敗 jī bài to defeat / to beat syn 打死 dǎ sǐ to kill / to beat to death 走路 zǒu lù to walk / to go on foot / to leave / to depart / (informal) to clear off / to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job / to get out syn 打败 打敗 dǎ bài to defeat / to overpower / to beat / to be defeated syn 走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave / to walk away / to beat it / to move aside syn 不敌 不敵 bù dí no match for / cannot beat 走人 zǒu rén (coll.) to leave / to beat it syn 打压 打壓 dǎ yā to suppress / to beat down 殴打 毆打 ōu dǎ to beat up / to come to blows / battery (law) syn 鼓动 鼓動 gǔ dòng to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral) / to encourage / to agitate / to instigate / to incite / to beat / to flap (wings, a fan etc) syn 击退 擊退 jī tuì to beat back / to repel syn 暴打 bào dǎ to beat viciously 节拍 節拍 jié pāi beat (music) / meter syn 闪人 閃人 shǎn rén (coll.) to beat it / to take French leave 击打 擊打 jī dǎ to beat / to lash 伤脑筋 傷腦筋 shāng nǎo jīn to be a real headache / to find sth a real headache / to beat one's brains syn 乱跳 亂跳 luàn tiào to jump about / (of the heart) to beat wildly 毒打 dú dǎ to viciously beat (sb) up / CL:頓|顿[dun4] syn 轻取 輕取 qīng qǔ to beat easily / to gain an easy victory 搪塞 táng sè to muddle through / to fob sb off / to beat around the bush / to dodge syn 打鼓 dǎ gǔ to beat a drum / to play a drum / (fig.) to feel nervous syn 砍价 砍價 kǎn jià to bargain / to cut or beat down a price syn 打骂 打罵 dǎ mà to beat and scold 转圈 轉圈 zhuàn quān to rotate / to twirl / to run around / to encircle / rotation / (coll.) to speak indirectly / to beat about the bush syn 打散 dǎ sàn to scatter / to break sth up / to beat (an egg) syn 拳打脚踢 拳打腳踢 quán dǎ jiǎo tī lit. to punch and kick (idiom) / to beat up / fig. determined to sort out a problem syn 拍板 pāi bǎn clapper-board / auctioneer's hammer / to beat time with clappers syn 滚蛋 滾蛋 gǔn dàn get out of here! / beat it! syn 杀价 殺價 shā jià to beat down the price / to haggle / to slash one's prices syn 拍子 pāi zi beat (music) / paddle-shaped object (flyswatter etc) / racket (sports) syn 消暑 xiāo shǔ to spend a summer holiday / to beat the summer heat 鼓噪 gǔ zào (in ancient times) to beat the drums and yell (at the moment of launching into battle) / to create a clamor / to make a din / to kick up a fuss about syn 心心相印 xīn xīn xiāng yìn two hearts beat as one (idiom) / a kindred spirit syn 开锣 開鑼 kāi luó to beat the gong to open a performance 拐弯抹角 拐彎抹角 guǎi wān mò jiǎo lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush syn 痛打 tòng dǎ to beat sb soundly syn 围殴 圍毆 wéi ōu to gang up and beat 打退 dǎ tuì to beat back / to repel / to repulse 一拍即合 yī pāi jí hé lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom) / to hit it off / to click together / to chime in easily syn 打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others 追打 zhuī dǎ to chase and beat 将计就计 將計就計 jiāng jì jiù jì to beat sb at their own game (idiom) 鼓点 鼓點 gǔ diǎn drum beat / rhythm 捶打 chuí dǎ to beat / to pound / to thump syn 费尽心机 費盡心機 fèi jìn xīn jī to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom) / to beat one's brains out syn 拷打 kǎo dǎ to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions) / to give sb the third degree / to torture syn 溜之大吉 liū zhī dà jí to steal away / to beat it syn 打退堂鼓 dá tuì táng gǔ lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail syn 打退堂鼓 dǎ tuì táng gǔ lit. to beat the return drum (idiom) / fig. to give up / to turn tail syn 敲锣 敲鑼 qiāo luó to beat a gong 捣烂 搗爛 dǎo làn to mash / to beat to a pulp 拍击 拍擊 pāi jī to smack / to beat syn 兜圈子 dōu quān zi to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush syn 棒槌 bàng chuí wooden club (used to beat clothes in washing) syn 鸣金 鳴金 míng jīn to beat a gong / to sound the retreat 搏动 搏動 bó dòng to beat rhythmically / to throb / to pulsate 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail syn 口技 kǒu jì beat boxing / vocal mimicry / ventriloquism 捶胸顿足 捶胸頓足 chuí xiōng dùn zú (idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc) syn 打 dǎ 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 syn 绕圈子 繞圈子 rào quān zi to go around in circles / to make a detour / (fig.) to beat about the bush syn 克 剋 kēi to scold / to beat syn 摔打 shuāi da to knock / to grasp sth in the hand and beat it / to toughen oneself up syn 打落水狗 dǎ luò shuǐ gǒu lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down syn 早搏 zǎo bó (medicine) premature beat / extrasystole 打开天窗说亮话 打開天窗說亮話 dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà (let's) not mince words / (let's) not beat about the bush syn 绕弯子 繞彎子 rào wān zi lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush syn 打拍子 dǎ pāi zi to beat time syn 胜 勝 shèng victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task) syn 鸣锣开道 鳴鑼開道 míng luó kāi dào to beat the gong to clear the way / (fig.) to pave the way for sth syn 闪 閃 shǎn to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine syn 拍 pāi to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music) syn 扁 biǎn flat / (coll.) to beat (sb) up / old variant of 匾[bian3] syn 