别 別 bié to leave / to part (from) / (literary) to differentiate / to distinguish / (dialect) to turn away / to turn aside / to avert (one's face, gaze etc) / (bound form) other / another / different / don't ...! / to fasten with a pin or clip / to stick in / to insert (in order to hinder movement) / (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2]) 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 不要 bù yào don't! / must not 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 难道 難道 nán dào don't tell me ... / could it be that...? syn 罢了 罷了 bà liǎo a modal particle indicating (don't mind it, ok) syn 废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense / rubbish / superfluous words / You don't say! / No kidding! (gently sarcastic) syn 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 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 倒是 dào shi contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you syn 休想 xiū xiǎng don't think (that) / don't imagine (that) syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 请勿 請勿 qǐng wù please don't syn 提防 dī fáng to guard against / to be vigilant / watch you don't (slip) / also pr. [ti2 fang2] syn 一窍不通 一竅不通 yī qiào bù tōng lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) / I don't understand a word (idiom) / it's all Greek to me syn 母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) syn 鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) 不买账 不買賬 bù mǎi zhàng not to acknowledge sb as senior or superior / not to believe sth / don't buy it (slang) 不敢当 不敢當 bù gǎn dāng lit. I dare not (accept the honor) / fig. I don't deserve your praise / you flatter me 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 一步登天 yī bù dēng tiān reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom) / (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 顿河 頓河 dùn hé Don River 讳莫如深 諱莫如深 huì mò rú shēn important matter that must be kept secret (idiom) / don't breathe a word of it to anyone! syn 切莫 qiè mò you must not / Please don't... / be sure not to / on no account (do it) syn 不客气 不客氣 bù kè qi you're welcome / don't mention it / impolite / rude / blunt 别看 別看 bié kàn don't be fooled by the fact that 管它 guǎn tā no matter if / regardless of / don’t worry about (it, him etc) / doesn’t matter 不送 bù sòng don't bother to see me out 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 别着急 別著急 bié zháo jí Don't worry! 岂敢 豈敢 qǐ gǎn how could one dare? / I don't deserve such praise 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 不谢 不謝 bù xiè don't mention it / not at all syn 不打不相识 不打不相識 bù dǎ bù xiāng shí lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom) / an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord 饥不择食 飢不擇食 jī bù zé shí when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom) / beggars can't be choosers / When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives. syn 披甲 pī jiǎ to don armor 三思而行 sān sī ér xíng think three times then go (idiom) / don't act before you've thought it through carefully syn 一问三不知 一問三不知 yī wèn sān bù zhī lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance syn 过誉 過譽 guò yù to praise too much / I really don't deserve so much praise syn 休 xiū to rest / to stop doing sth for a period of time / to cease / (imperative) don't syn 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 甭 béng (contraction of 不用[bu4yong4]) need not / please don't syn 毋 wú (literary) no / don't / to not have / nobody syn 耳边风 耳邊風 ěr biān fēng lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other syn 堂吉诃德 堂吉訶德 táng jí hē dé Don Quixote 耳旁风 耳旁風 ěr páng fēng lit. wind past your ear / fig. sth you don't pay much attention to / in one ear and out the other syn 唐璜 táng huáng a dandy / a fop / Don Juan / a ladies man 罗斯托夫 羅斯托夫 luó sī tuō fū Rostov-on-Don, Russian river port and regional capital close to Sea of Azov (north of the Black Sea) 盖棺论定 蓋棺論定 gài guān lùn dìng don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom) 挂齿 掛齒 guà chǐ to mention (e.g. "don't mention it") 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 先生 xiān sheng teacher / gentleman / sir / mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL:位[wei4] syn 中 zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn 二 èr two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid syn 整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn 事儿 事兒 shì r one's employment / business / matter that needs to be settled / (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding / trying / troublesome / erhua variant of 事[shi4] / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 味道 wèi dao flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor syn 对付 對付 duì fu to handle / to deal with / to tackle / to get by with / to make do / (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb) syn 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 仔细 仔細 zǐ xì careful / attentive / cautious / to be careful / to look out / (dialect) thrifty / frugal syn 眼神 yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes / meaningful glance / wink / eyesight (dialect) syn 争 爭 zhēng to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary) syn 老爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir syn 价 價 jie particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective / (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bu4] or 別|别[bie2] without any other following element syn 周日 週日 zhōu rì (dialect) weekday syn 大大 dà dà greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle syn 阿拉 ā lā (Wu dialect) I / me / my / we / us / our 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) syn 耗子 hào zi (dialect) mouse / rat syn 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn 猩猩 xīng xing orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin syn 过早 過早 guò zǎo premature / untimely / (dialect) to have breakfast / breakfast 钳子 鉗子 qián zi pliers / pincers / tongs / forceps / vise / clamp / claw (of a crab etc) / CL:把[ba3] / (dialect) earring syn 汉子 漢子 hàn zi man / fellow / (dialect) husband syn 后续 後續 hòu xù follow-up / (dialect) to remarry syn 交朋友 jiāo péng you to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb 自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself / by oneself syn 麻雀 má què sparrow / (dialect) mahjong syn 方言 fāng yán topolect / dialect syn 妹子 mèi zi (dialect) younger sister / girl syn 马甲 馬甲 mǎ jiǎ corset / sockpuppet (Internet slang) / vest (dialect) syn 嘎嘎 gā gā (onom.) quack / honk / (northern dialect) very / also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc syn 来劲 來勁 lái jìn (dialect) to be full of zeal / high-spirited / exhilarating / to stir sb up syn 节骨眼 節骨眼 jiē gu yǎn (dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3] syn 冲凉 沖涼 chōng liáng (dialect) to take a shower syn 瘪三 癟三 biē sān (Wu dialect) bum / wretched-looking tramp who lives by begging or stealing syn 蚂蚱 螞蚱 mà zha (dialect) locust / grasshopper syn 天花 tiān huā smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil 娘子 孃子 niáng zǐ (dialect) form of address for one's wife / polite form of address for a woman syn 找钱 找錢 zhǎo qián to give change / to seek funding / (dialect) to make money / to earn a living 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person syn 发毛 發毛 fā máo to rant and rave / to be scared, upset (Beijing dialect) syn 蹲点 蹲點 dūn diǎn (of a cadre etc) to work for a period of time with a grassroots unit to gain firsthand experience / (dialect) taking a crap syn 梅花 méi huā plum blossom / clubs ♣ (a suit in card games) / wintersweet (dialect) syn 娘儿们 娘兒們 niáng r men (dialect) woman / wife syn 肩头 肩頭 jiān tóu on one's shoulders / (dialect) shoulder syn 引线 引線 yǐn xiàn fuse (for an explosive device) / electrical lead / intermediary / catalyst / (dialect) sewing needle syn 