"(fig.) (coll.) direct" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
直球 zhí qiú (baseball) fastball / (fig.) (coll.) direct / frank / upfront / blunt
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
直销 直銷 zhí xiāo to sell directly / direct sale (by a factory) / direct marketing
直接竞争 直接競爭 zhí jiē jìng zhēng direct competitor / direct competition
正定位问题 正定位問題 direct positioning problem / direct problem of positioning
家庭直播电视 家庭直播電視 direct-to-home television / direct-to-home broadcasting
家庭直播 direct-to-home television / direct-to-home broadcasting
léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) syn
zhào to cover / to spread over / a cover / a shade / a hood / bamboo fish trap / bamboo chicken coop / (Tw) (coll.) to protect / to have sb's back / (Tw) (coll.) awesome / incredible / (Tw) (coll.) (often as 罩得住[zhao4de2zhu4]) to have things under control / to be able to handle it syn
没法儿 沒法兒 méi fǎ r (coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ... / it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful) syn
热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn
一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece / a chunk / (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect / area / dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2gan3 zhe4 yi1kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)") / (coll.) one yuan / a dollar / together / in the same place / in company syn
蹦跶 蹦躂 bèng da (coll.) to jump about / to be active / to be lively / (coll.) (fig.) to struggle (before succumbing) / to be alive and kicking (esp. toward the end of one's life)
直来直去 直來直去 zhí lái zhí qù going directly (without detour) / (fig.) direct / straightforward (in one's manner or speech) syn
一手交钱,一手交货 一手交錢,一手交貨 yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom) / fig. to pay for what you want in cash / simple and direct transaction
青眼 qīng yǎn (to look) with a direct gaze / (fig.) respect / favor
不怕官,只怕管 bù pà guān , zhǐ pà guǎn lit. it is not an official to be feared, but a person in direct control over sb (proverb) / fig. to be obliged to comply with people in authority
自导自演 自導自演 zì dǎo zì yǎn to direct a movie in which one also plays a major role as an actor / (fig.) to plan and execute a scheme all by oneself
放血 fàng xiě (TCM) to practice bloodletting / (medicine) to perform phlebotomy / (coll.) to make sb bleed / to inflict grievous wounds / (fig.) to cough up a large amount of money / (fig.) to reduce prices drastically
礼拜 禮拜 lǐ bài to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday syn
末了 mò liǎo (coll.) final part / last bit / (coll.) in the end / finally syn
大牛 dà niú (coll.) leading light / superstar / badass / (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini
奶子 nǎi zi (coll.) milk / (coll.) breast / booby / tit syn
促狭 促狹 cù xiá (coll.) teasing / mischievous / (coll.) cunning / sly
滴管 dī guǎn intravenous drip tube / dropper / eyedropper / (coll.) pipette / (coll.) burette / drip-irrigation pipe (abbr. for 滴灌管[di1guan4guan3])
gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn
sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn
zhà to burst / to explode / to blow up / to bomb / (coll.) to fly into a rage / (coll.) to scamper off / to scatter syn
xióng bear / (coll.) to scold / to rebuke / (coll.) weak / incapable syn
zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn
dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn
zhá sluice / sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch syn
垫补 墊補 diàn bu (coll.) to cover a shortfall by using funds intended for another purpose or by borrowing some money / (coll.) to snack syn
跟手 gēn shǒu (coll.) while doing it / on the way through / (coll.) immediately / at once / (of a touch screen) responsive to the user's finger movements syn
过节儿 過節兒 guò jié r (coll.) grudge / strife / (coll.) good manners
𪨊 sóng (coll.) semen / (coll.) weak and incompetent
榆木脑袋 榆木腦袋 yú mù nǎo dai (coll.) thickhead / (coll.) thick skull (i.e. the brain of a thickhead)
念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of) / to cherish the memory of / aspiration / desire / sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)
念想儿 念想兒 niàn xiang r (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)
串串 chuàn chuàn (coll.) skewers / barbecued food on sticks / (in Sichuan) Sichuan-style hotpot skewers (abbr. for 串串香[chuan4 chuan4 xiang1]) / (coll.) non-pedigree pet (esp. dog or cat) / mutt / mixed-breed cat
开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish syn
鬼扯脚 鬼扯腳 guǐ chě jiǎo lit. ghost pulls your leg / involuntary tug of muscles / fig. very unlucky / fig. argumentative / fig. can't help doing it
外溢 wài yì (of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed
直接 zhí jiē direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]) / immediate / straightforward syn
指导 指導 zhǐ dǎo to guide / to direct / to instruct / coach / trainer syn
导演 導演 dǎo yǎn to direct / director (film etc)
主持 zhǔ chí to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor syn
指挥 指揮 zhǐ huī to conduct / to command / to direct / conductor (of an orchestra) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
正面 zhèng miàn front / obverse side / right side / positive / direct / open syn
主导 主導 zhǔ dǎo leading / dominant / prevailing / to lead / to direct / to dominate syn
直播 zhí bō (TV, radio) to broadcast live / live broadcast / (Internet) to livestream / (agriculture) direct seeding
遥控 遙控 yáo kòng to direct operations from a remote location / to remotely control
直流 zhí liú to flow steadily / direct current (DC)
直观 直觀 zhí guān direct observation / directly perceived through the senses / intuitive / audiovisual
直达 直達 zhí dá to reach (a place) directly / (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping / (of a train, flight etc) direct / nonstop syn
外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业
执导 執導 zhí dǎo to direct (a film, play etc)
切身 qiè shēn direct / concerning oneself / personal syn
督导 督導 dū dǎo to direct / to oversee
编导 編導 biān dǎo to write and direct (a play, film etc) / playwright-director / choreographer-director / scenarist-director
直飞 直飛 zhí fēi to fly non-stop / to fly direct (to ...)
直截了当 直截了當 zhí jié liǎo dàng direct and plainspoken (idiom) / blunt / straightforward syn
干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well syn
直航 zhí háng to fly or sail direct (to ...)
整流 zhěng liú to rectify (alternating current to direct current)
直选 直選 zhí xuǎn direct election
统率 統率 tǒng shuài to command / to direct syn
dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
直流电 直流電 zhí liú diàn direct current
嫡系 dí xì direct line of descent / under one's personal command / school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine syn
整流器 zhěng liú qì rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current)
治军 治軍 zhì jūn running of armed forces / military management / to govern armed forces / to direct troops
嫡传 嫡傳 dí chuán handed down in a direct line from the founder
导播 導播 dǎo bō to direct a television or radio broadcast / director (TV, radio)
直接选举 直接選舉 zhí jiē xuǎn jǔ direct election
正比 zhèng bǐ direct ratio / directly proportional syn
dǎo to transmit / to lead / to guide / to conduct / to direct syn
to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take / (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object) syn
诤友 諍友 zhèng yǒu a friend capable of direct admonition syn
正比例 zhēng bǐ lì direct proportionality syn
正比例 zhèng bǐ lì direct proportionality syn
dǒng to supervise / to direct / director
恶语伤人 惡語傷人 è yǔ shāng rén to insult / to direct bad language at sb / to slag off
干脆利落 乾脆利落 gān cuì lì luo (of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around syn
授受不亲 授受不親 shòu shòu bù qīn (in ancient times) no direct contact between men and women
辐射直接效应 輻射直接效應 fú shè zhí jiē xiào yìng direct effect of radiation
迳直 逕直 jìng zhí straight / direct
直接数据 直接數據 zhí jiē shù jù data-direct (in LAN emulation)
直接影响 直接影響 zhí jiē yǐng xiǎng direct influence / immediate impact
直接税 直接稅 zhí jiē shuì direct tax
外商直接投资 外商直接投資 wài shāng zhí jiē tóu zī overseas foreign direct investment (OFDI)
孔门 孔門 kǒng mén Confucius' school (i.e. his direct disciples)
恶言伤人 惡言傷人 è yán shāng rén to insult / to direct bad language at sb / to slag off
指授 zhǐ shòu to instruct / to direct
huī to split / to direct / to brandish / humble
浅露 淺露 qiǎn lù blunt / direct (i.e. not tactful)
直感 zhí gǎn intuition / direct feeling or understanding
直接宾语 直接賓語 zhí jiē bīn yǔ direct object (grammar)
直积 直積 zhí jī direct product (in set theory)
直系祖先 zhí xì zǔ xiān direct ancestor
直系血亲 直系血親 zhí xì xuè qìng direct descendant / blood relative
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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