敏感 mǐn gǎn sensitive / susceptible syn 感性 gǎn xìng perception / perceptual / sensibility / sensitive / emotional / sentimental syn 洗耳恭听 洗耳恭聽 xǐ ěr gōng tīng to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears syn 灵敏 靈敏 líng mǐn smart / clever / sensitive / keen / quick / sharp syn 竖起 豎起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) syn 细微 細微 xì wēi tiny / minute / fine / subtle / sensitive (instruments) syn 耳目 ěr mù eyes and ears / sb's attention or notice / information / knowledge / spies syn 婆婆妈妈 婆婆媽媽 pó po mā mā effeminate / old-womanish / garrulous / fainthearted / overly careful / overly sensitive / maudlin syn 捂住 摀住 wǔ zhù to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc) syn 亲耳 親耳 qīn ěr with one's own ears 乳臭未干 乳臭未乾 rǔ xiù wèi gān lit. smell of breast milk not yet dried (idiom) / fig. immature and inexperienced / still wet behind the ears syn 识相 識相 shí xiàng sensitive / tactful syn 充耳不闻 充耳不聞 chōng ěr bù wén to block one's ears and not listen (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear syn 五官 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features 机要 機要 jī yào (attributive) (of a person) involved in sensitive, confidential work / (of information) secret / classified syn 含羞草 hán xiū cǎo mimosa / sensitive plant (that closes its leaves when touched) 疲于奔命 疲於奔命 pí yú bēn mìng (idiom) terribly busy / up to one's ears in work syn 掩耳盗铃 掩耳盜鈴 yǎn ěr dào líng lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) syn 感光 gǎn guāng light-sensitive 重地 zhòng dì location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the general public) / sensitive area syn 爱面子 愛面子 ài miàn zi to like to look good in the eyes of others / sensitive about how one is regarded by others / proud syn 七窍 七竅 qī qiào the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth 时效性 時效性 shí xiào xìng sensitivity to timing / time-sensitive / timeliness 耳畔 ěr pàn ears syn 敏感性 mǐn gǎn xìng sensitive / sensitivity syn 热敏 熱敏 rè mǐn heat-sensitive / thermal (printing) 亲民 親民 qīn mín in touch with the people / sensitive to people's needs 善感 shàn gǎn sensitive / emotional 抓耳挠腮 抓耳撓腮 zhuā ěr náo sāi to tweak one's ears and scratch one's cheeks (as an expression of anxiety, delight, frustration etc) (idiom) syn 少不更事 shào bù gēng shì (idiom) young and inexperienced / wet behind the ears syn 玻璃心 bō li xīn (slang) overly sensitive / butthurt 脸皮薄 臉皮薄 liǎn pí báo thin-skinned / sensitive syn 白面书生 白面書生 bái miàn shū shēng lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom) / young and inexperienced person without practical experience / still wet behind the ears syn 秀 xiù (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears syn 捂 wǔ to enclose / to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears) / to cover up (an affair) / contrary / to contradict syn 耳聪目明 耳聰目明 ěr cōng mù míng sharp ears and keen eyes (idiom) / keen and alert / perceptive syn 打耳光 dǎ ěr guāng to slap on the face / to box sb's ears syn 蝴蝶犬 hú dié quǎn papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears) 耷 dā (literary) big ears / (bound form) to droop 聃 dān ears without rim 衄 nǜ to bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc) / fig. to be defeated syn 中听 中聽 zhōng tīng pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news) / to one's liking / music to one's ears / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 ting1] syn 脱敏 脫敏 tuō mǐn to desensitize / to become desensitized / to anonymize (data) / to remove sensitive content 俯首帖耳 fǔ shǒu tiē ěr bowed head and ears glued (idiom) / docile and obedient / at sb's beck and call syn 对牛弹琴 對牛彈琴 duì niú tán qín lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom) / fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience / to cast pearls before swine / caviar to the general / to preach to deaf ears / to talk over sb's head syn 忠言逆耳 zhōng yán nì ěr loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom) 长生久视 長生久視 cháng shēng jiǔ shì to grow old with unfailing eyes and ears (idiom) 执牛耳 執牛耳 zhí niú ěr to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony) 耳根清净 耳根清淨 ěr gēn qīng jìng lit. ears pure and peaceful (idiom) / to stay away from the filth and unrest of the world 言犹在耳 言猶在耳 yán yóu zài ěr words still ringing in one's ears (idiom) syn 扩散敏感物品 擴散敏感物品 proliferation-sensitive item / sensitive technology / sensitive item 闭目塞听 閉目塞聽 bì mù sè tīng to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears / out of touch with reality / to bury one's head in the sand syn 刵 èr cutting off the ears as punishment 咡 èr space between mouth and ears 斝 jiǎ small jade cup with ears 吐穗 tǔ suì to have the ears of grain come up syn 甋 dì a jar without ears 做眼 zuò yǎn (in the game of Go) to make an "eye" / to serve as eyes and ears (i.e. go and seek out information) / to be a scout 塞耳 sāi ěr to block one's ears (not wishing to hear) 眼观六路耳听八方 眼觀六路耳聽八方 yǎn guān liù lù ěr tīng bā fāng lit. the eyes watch six roads and the ears listen in all directions / to be observant and alert (idiom) 竖起耳朵 豎起耳朵 shù qǐ ěr duo to prick up one's ears / to strain to hear sth 隔壁有耳 gé bì yǒu ěr walls have ears 七孔 qī kǒng the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth 九窍 九竅 jiǔ qiào nine orifices of the human body (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus) 眼观四面，耳听八方 眼觀四面，耳聽八方 yǎn guān sì miàn , ěr tīng bā fāng lit. the eyes observe all sides and the ears listen in all directions (idiom) / fig. to be observant and alert 扇风耳朵 扇風耳朵 shān fēng ěr duo protruding ears 隔墙有耳 gé qiáng yǒu ěr the walls have ears (idiom) syn 分身乏术 分身乏術 fēn shēn fá shù to be up to one's ears in work (idiom) / to be unable to attend to other things at the same time 招风耳 招風耳 zhāo fēng ěr jug ears 虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁 虱子多了不癢，債多了不愁 shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu lit. when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (saying) / fig. to be past worrying (about sth) 隔空喊话 隔空喊話 gé kōng hǎn huà to converse with sb by shouting from some distance away / (fig.) to say sth intended for the ears of sb who is not in one's presence (often, by making a public statement or by posting online) 债多不愁 債多不愁 zhài duō - bù chóu lit. when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom) / fig. to be past worrying (about sth) 百口莫辩 百口莫辯 bǎi kǒu - mò biàn (idiom) (of sb unfairly accused) to have all one's protestations fall on deaf ears / to be unable to convince sb of one's innocence 敏感物质 敏感物質 mǐn gǎn wù zhì sensitive materials 应激性 應激性 yīng jī xìng irritable / sensitive / excitable 中央凹 zhōng yāng āo fovea centralis (depression in the macula retina, most sensitive optic region) 光感应 光感應 guāng gǎn yìng optical response / reaction to light / light sensitive / photoinduction 区分大小写 區分大小寫 qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě case sensitive / distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters 对性别问题有敏感认识的 gender-sensitive (adj) 敏感物种 sensitive species 对环境敏感土地资源 environmentally sensitive land resources 敏感地点 sensitive site 敏感信息 mǐn gǎn xìn xī sensitive information 敏感产品清单 Sensitive List 对冲突敏感的 conflict sensitive 撤离尼科西亚敏感地区阵地协定 Agreement on Unmanning of Positions in Sensitive Areas of Nicosia 两性平等敏感指标 兩性平等敏感指標 liǎng xìng píng děng mǐn gǎn zhǐ biāo gender-equity-sensitive indicator / gender indicator 敏感的 sensitive 扩散敏感核活动 擴散敏感核活動 proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities 考虑到环境因素的政策 考慮到環境因素的政策 environmentally sensitive policy 光敏开关 光敏開關 guāng mǐn kāi guān light-sensitive switch 与导弹有关的敏感转让准则 Guidelines for sensitive missile-relevant transfers 对环境敏感的部门 對環境敏感的部門 environmentally sensitive sector 敏感种群 敏感種群 sensitive stock 敏感起爆药 敏感起爆藥 mǐn gǎn qǐ bào yào stab-sensitive initiator 环境敏感型货物 環境敏感型貨物 huán jìng mǐn gǎn xíng huò wù environment-sensitive goods 特别敏感海区 特別敏感海區 Particularly Sensitive Sea Area 脆弱地区 脆弱地區 vulnerable area / militarily sensitive area 军事敏感地区 軍事敏感地區 vulnerable area / militarily sensitive area 