庄周梦蝶 莊周夢蝶 zhuāng zhōu mèng dié Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?) 一姐 yī jiě (coll.) top-ranked female / leading female / top female personality (in a particular field, esp. in entertainment or sports) 男女 nán nǚ male-female / male and female syn 表妹 biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line 表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin via female line 女同胞 nǚ tóng bāo woman / female / female compatriot 臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler) 女选手 女選手 nǚ xuǎn shǒu female contestant / female athlete 表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line 母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn 麀 yōu female deer / doe / female animal 牝鸡司晨 牝雞司晨 pìn jī sī chén female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 牝鸡牡鸣 牝雞牡鳴 pìn jī mǔ míng female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom) / a woman usurps authority / women meddle in politics / The female wears the trousers. 表姑 biǎo gū father's female cousin via female line 宅女 zhái nǚ female geek / female nerd / otaku girl 表姐妹 biǎo jiě mèi female cousins via female line 切割女性生殖器官 female genital mutilation / female genital cutting 非政府组织今日女童问题论坛 非政府組織今日女童問題論壇 Non-Governmental Organizations Forum on the Female Child of Today / NGO Forum on the Female Child of Today 大姐头 大姐頭 dà jiě tóu (Tw) female gang leader / female boss / big sister 表妹夫 biǎo mèi fu husband of younger female cousin via female line 表弟妹 biǎo dì mèi wife of younger male cousin via female line / younger cousins via female line 女大 nǚ dà (slang) female university student / female college student 女宾 女賓 nǚ bīn female guest / female visitor 女主 nǚ zhǔ female lead / female protagonist 姐们 姐們 jiě men (coll.) close female friend / sis (between female friends) 蝴蝶 hú dié butterfly / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn 梁祝 liáng zhù The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale / abbr. for 梁山伯與祝英台|梁山伯与祝英台[Liang2 Shan1 bo2 yu3 Zhu4 Ying1 tai2] 蝶泳 dié yǒng butterfly stroke (swimming) syn 蛱蝶 蛺蝶 jiá dié nymphalid / butterfly 蝴蝶犬 hú dié quǎn papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears) 蝶 dié (bound form) butterfly syn 梁山伯与祝英台 梁山伯與祝英臺 liáng shān bó yǔ zhù yīng tái The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale of the tragic love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai 燕尾蝶 yān wěi dié swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae) 破蛹 pò yǒng to emerge from a pupa (of a butterfly etc) 蝴蝶效应 蝴蝶效應 hú dié xiào yìng butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory) 蝶类 蝶類 dié lèi butterfly (family) 鸳鸯蝴蝶 鴛鴦蝴蝶 yuān yang hú dié Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900 鸳鸯蝴蝶派 鴛鴦蝴蝶派 yuān yang hú dié pài Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists 凤蝶 鳳蝶 fèng dié swallowtail butterfly 腹翼鱼 腹翼魚 fù yì yú butterfly kingfish 破茧成蝶 破繭成蝶 pò jiǎn chéng dié lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom) / fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle / to get to a better place after going through difficult period 粉蝶 fěn dié pierid (butterfly of the Pieridae family) 虎斑蝶 hǔ bān dié common tiger butterfly (Danaus genutia) 燕尾蝶 yàn wěi dié swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae) 应酬 應酬 yìng chou to engage in social activities / to socialize / dinner party / banquet / social engagement syn 社工 shè gōng social work / social worker 高攀 gāo pān social climbing / to claim connections with people in higher social class 边缘人 邊緣人 biān yuán rén marginalized people (not part of mainstream society) / marginal man (term coined by social psychologist Kurt Lewin, referring to a person in transition between two cultures or social groups, not fully belonging to either) 社交恐惧症 社交恐懼症 shè jiāo kǒng jù zhèng social phobia / social anxiety 阶级成分 階級成分 jiē jí chéng fèn social composition / social status (in Marxist theory, esp. using during the Cultural Revolution) 社会保障最低标准 social security floor / social floor 欧洲经济和社会委员会 European Economic and Social Committee / Economic and Social Committee 经济和社会委员会 European Economic and Social Committee / Economic and Social Committee 社会发展问题世界首脑会议 World Summit for Social Development / Social Summit 社发首脑会议 World Summit for Social Development / Social Summit 社会经济问题和土地状况协定 社會經濟問題和土地狀況協定 Agreement on Social and Economic Aspects and Agrarian Situation / Social and Economic Agreement 社会经济协定 社會經濟協定 Agreement on Social and Economic Aspects and Agrarian Situation / Social and Economic Agreement 社会安置 ; 社会融合 社會安置 ; 社會融合 social resettlement / social integration 亚太社会福利和社会发展部长级会议 亞太社會福利和社會發展部長級會議 Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Social Welfare and Social Development 社会保守主义党 社會保守主義黨 Social Conservative Party / Conservative Social Party 社会福利和社会发展部长区域会议 社會福利和社會發展部長區域會議 Regional Conference of Ministers of Social Welfare and Social Development 社会支助服务 社會支助服務 social support services / social welfare services 社会福利服务 社會福利服務 social support services / social welfare services 社会瓦解 社會瓦解 social collapse / social disruption 社会溷乱 社會混亂 social collapse / social disruption 社交牛逼症 shè jiāo niú bī zhèng (neologism c. 2021) gregariousness / facility in social interaction / confidence in social settings 女性 nǚ xìng woman / the female sex syn 女子 nǚ zǐ woman / female syn 女生 nǚ shēng schoolgirl / female student / girl 女歌手 nǚ gē shǒu female singer 女星 nǚ xīng female star / famous actress syn 两性 兩性 liǎng xìng male and female / both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc) / (chemistry) amphoteric 小妹 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc) 师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher 伊人 yī rén (literary) that person (usually female) / she / one's intended 空姐 kōng jiě abbr. for 空中小姐 / stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant syn 老板娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife syn 白虎 bái hǔ White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia 花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) syn 表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line 天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman syn 师妹 師妹 shī mèi junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher 小公主 xiǎo gōng zhǔ lit. little princess / fig. spoiled girl / female version of 小皇帝[xiao3 huang2 di4] 艺伎 藝伎 yì jì geisha (Japanese female entertainer) / also written 藝妓|艺妓[yi4 ji4] 女婴 女嬰 nǚ yīng female baby 表弟 biǎo dì younger male cousin via female line 学姐 學姐 xué jiě senior or older female schoolmate 学妹 學妹 xué mèi junior or younger female schoolmate 阿兰 阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name) 螺母 luó mǔ nut (female component of nut and bolt) syn 女佣 女傭 nǚ yōng (female) maid syn 管家婆 guǎn jiā pó housewife (jocular) / female housekeeper of a higher rank (old) / busybody syn 巫婆 wū pó witch / sorceress / female shaman syn 林黛玉 lín dài yù Lin Daiyu, female character in The Dream of Red Mansions, cousin and thwarted lover of Jia Baoyu 賈寶玉|贾宝玉 发情 發情 fā qíng (zoology) (of a female) to be in heat / (of a male) to be in rut 女伴 nǚ bàn female companion 惊鸿 驚鴻 jīng hóng graceful (esp. of female posture) / lithe 衣裙 yī qún female clothing 女仆 女僕 nǚ pú female servant / maid syn 