公假 gōng jià official leave from work (e.g. maternity leave, sick leave or leave to attend to official business) 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) 退场 退場 tuì chǎng to leave a place where some event is taking place / (of an actor) to exit / (sports) to leave the field / (of an audience) to leave 留白 liú bái to leave a message / to leave some empty space in a work of art / to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc) 娱乐假津贴 娛樂假津貼 leave welfare allowance / recreational leave allowance / recreational leave welfare allowance 假别 假別 jià bié category of leave (maternity leave, sick leave etc) 生理假 shēng lǐ jià menstrual leave (Tw) 痛经假 痛經假 tòng jīng jià menstrual leave 离休 離休 lí xiū to retire / to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres) syn 先走一步 xiān zǒu yī bù to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself) / (euphemism) to predecease / to die first (e.g. before one's spouse) 留言 liú yán to leave a message / to leave one's comments / message 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 留空 liú kòng to leave blank space in a document / to leave some time free 离职 離職 lí zhí to leave one's job temporarily (e.g. for study) / to leave one's job / to resign syn 别离 別離 bié lí to take leave of / to leave / separation syn 闯荡 闖盪 chuǎng dàng to leave home to make one's way in the world / to leave the life one knows to seek success syn 离任 離任 lí rèn to leave office / to leave one's post syn 遗落 遺落 yí luò to leave behind (inadvertently) / to forget / to omit / to leave out syn 下逐客令 xià zhú kè lìng to ask sb to leave / to show sb the door / to give a tenant notice to leave 留余地 留餘地 liú yú dì to leave room to maneuver / to leave a margin for error syn 落 là to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind syn 安土重迁 安土重遷 ān tǔ zhòng qiān to hate to leave a place where one has lived long / to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it syn 来去无踪 來去無蹤 lái qù wú zōng come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom) / to come and leave without a trace 留尾巴 liú wěi ba to leave loose ends / to leave matters unresolved 留话 留話 liú huà to leave word / to leave a message 逃席 táo xí to leave a banquet (without taking one's leave) 带薪 帶薪 dài xīn to receive one's regular salary (while on vacation, study leave etc) / paid (leave) / on full pay 第二回籍假国 第二回籍假國 alternative home leave country / alternate home leave country 替代回籍假国 替代回籍假國 alternative home leave country / alternate home leave country 中途退场 中途退場 zhōng tú tuì chǎng to leave in the middle of the play / (fig.) to leave before the matter is concluded 退院 tuì yuàn to leave the hospital / (old) (of a monk) to leave the monastery 无薪假 無薪假 wú xīn jià unpaid leave / leave without pay 留名 liú míng to leave one's name / to leave one's mark 离场 離場 lí chǎng to leave the venue / (of an athlete) to leave the field / (of an investor) to exit the market / (of an aircraft) to depart 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) M巾 M jīn (coll.) menstrual pad 入月 rù yuè (of women) beginning of menstrual cycle / full-term gestation 生理期 shēng lǐ qī menstrual period MC M C (Tw) (coll.) menstruation (from "menstrual cycle") 月亮杯 yuè liang bēi menstrual cup (Tw) 方便 fāng biàn convenient / suitable / to facilitate / to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself syn 不在 bù zài not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased 和谐 和諧 hé xié harmonious / harmony / (euphemism) to censor syn 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn 老二 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis syn 小便 xiǎo biàn urine / to urinate / (euphemism) penis or vulva syn 下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn 回扣 huí kòu brokerage / a commission paid to a middleman / euphemism for a bribe / a kickback syn 作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) syn 更衣室 gēng yī shì change room / dressing room / locker room / (euphemism) toilet syn 更衣 gēng yī to change clothes / to go to the toilet (euphemism) syn 长眠 長眠 cháng mián (euphemism) to rest eternally / to lie buried in (one's final resting place) syn 辞世 辭世 cí shì to die / to depart this life (euphemism) / same as 去世 syn 去 qù to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn 行房 xíng fáng euphemism for sexual intercourse / to go to bed with sb syn 归西 歸西 guī xī to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise) syn 茅房 máo fáng toilet (rural euphemism) / thatched hut or house syn 出恭 chū gōng to defecate (euphemism) / to go to the toilet syn 富态 富態 fù tai (euphemism) stout / portly 断袖之癖 斷袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve. 委婉语 委婉語 wěi wǎn yǔ euphemism 另觅新欢 另覓新歡 lìng mì xīn huān to seek happiness elsewhere (euphemism for extramarital sex) / a bit on the side 她经济 她經濟 tā jīng jì "she-economy" reflecting women's economic contribution / euphemism for prostitution-based economy 委婉词 委婉詞 wěi wǎn cí euphemism 婉称 婉稱 wǎn chēng euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death) 婉词 婉詞 wǎn cí euphemism 欠安 qiàn ān ill (euphemism) syn 讳称 諱稱 huì chēng euphemism / word used to avoid a taboo reference 违和 違和 wéi hé unwell / indisposed / out of sorts / euphemism or honorific for ill 阿堵物 ē dǔ wù (literary) (euphemism) money (literally, "this thing") 岛国动作片 島國動作片 dǎo guó dòng zuò piàn euphemism for Japanese porn movie 附带损害 附帶損害 fù dài sǔn hài collateral damage (both as a legal term, and as a military euphemism) 结恭 結恭 jié gōng to be constipated (euphemism) 定点茶 定點茶 dìng diǎn chá (Tw) (euphemism) prostitute service at a massage parlor or other place designated by the service provider 离开 離開 lí kāi to depart / to leave syn 出口 chū kǒu an exit / CL:個|个[ge4] / to speak / to export / (of a ship) to leave port syn 分别 分別 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually syn 留下 liú xià to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go syn 走出 zǒu chū to leave (a room etc) / to go out through (a door etc) 前往 qián wǎng to leave for / to proceed towards / to go to syn 出台 出臺 chū tái to officially launch (a policy, program etc) / to appear on stage / to appear publicly / (of a bar girl) to leave with a client syn 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn 起身 qǐ shēn to get up / to leave / to set forth syn 离去 離去 lí qù to leave / to exit syn 告别 告別 gào bié to leave / to part from / to bid farewell to / to say goodbye to syn 出国 出國 chū guó to go abroad / to leave the country syn 出场 出場 chū chǎng (of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue syn 存放 cún fàng to deposit / to store / to leave in sb's care syn 下场 下場 xià chǎng to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) syn 间隔 間隔 jiàn gé gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) syn 