"(fig.) corrupting environment" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
大染缸	dà rǎn gāng	big dyeing vat / (fig.) corrupting environment

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
清流	qīng liú	clean flowing water / (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences / scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power	syn
熏染	xūn rǎn	to exert a gradual influence / to nurture / a corrupting influence	syn
糖弹糖彈	táng dàn	sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences (abbr. for 糖衣炮彈\|糖衣炮弹[tang2 yi1 pao4 dan4])	syn
糖衣炮弹糖衣炮彈	táng yī pào dàn	sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences	syn
全球妇女环境大会全球婦女環境大會		Global Women's Assembly on Environment: Women as the Voice for the Environment / Global Women's Assembly on Environment
放养放養	fàng yǎng	to raise (livestock or poultry) in an open environment / to breed (fish, bees, silkworms etc) in a suitable environment / to culture (kelp etc) / to release (a captive animal) into the wild	syn
全球立法者促进平衡环境组织全球立法者促進平衡環境組織	quán qiú lì fǎ zhě cù jìn píng héng huán jìng zǔ zhī	Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment / Global Legislators Organization for a Balanced Environment International
东盟环境高官東盟環境高官	dōng méng huán jìng gāo guān	ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment / Senior Officials on the Environment
环境部環境部	huán jìng bù	Department of the Environment / Environment Canada
国际儿童环境会议國際兒童環境會議		International Children's Conference on the Environment / Children's Conference on the Environment
儿童环境会议兒童環境會議		International Children's Conference on the Environment / Children's Conference on the Environment
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
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
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
出局	chū jú	(of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
逆水行舟	nì shuǐ xíng zhōu	lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom) / fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard)	syn
穷山恶水窮山惡水	qióng shān è shuǐ	lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom) / fig. inhospitable natural environment	syn
煅炉煅爐	duàn lú	forge / fig. extremely hot environment
蜜罐	mì guàn	honey pot / fig. comfortable living conditions / privileged environment
浸淫	jìn yín	(literary) (of a liquid or vapor etc) to permeate / to saturate / to suffuse / (literary) (fig.) to be steeped / to be immersed (in an environment, field of study, emotion etc)
目光	mù guāng	gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision	syn
味道	wèi dao	flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor	syn
塑造	sù zào	to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)	syn
规矩規矩	guī ju	lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved	syn
发烧發燒	fā shāo	to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular	syn
挂钩掛鉤	guà gōu	to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與\|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling	syn
架空	jià kōng	to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead	syn
出轨出軌	chū guǐ	to be derailed / to go off the rails / (fig.) to overstep the bounds / (fig.) to have an extramarital affair
鱼肉魚肉	yú ròu	flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)	syn
封顶封頂	fēng dǐng	to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
中招	zhòng zhāo	(martial arts) to get hit / to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap / to be taken in
小白兔	xiǎo bái tù	small white rabbit / (fig.) innocent and naive person / (fig.) (slang) breast
出笼出籠	chū lóng	(of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛\|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market
松柏	sōng bǎi	pine and cypress / fig. chaste and undefiled / fig. tomb	syn
搅和攪和	jiǎo huo	to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people)	syn
脱胎脫胎	tuō tāi	to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
走后门走後門	zǒu hòu mén	(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex	syn
瞻前顾后瞻前顧後	zhān qián gù hòu	lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully / to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive	syn
遮羞布	zhē xiū bù	loincloth / (fig.) fig leaf / CL:塊\|块[kuai4]	syn
矮化	ǎi huà	(plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay
熔断熔斷	róng duàn	(of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)	syn
浊流濁流	zhuó liú	turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends	syn
雏儿雛兒	chú ér	newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo	syn
一团漆黑一團漆黑	yī tuán qī hēi	pitch-dark / (fig.) completely in the dark / totally ignorant of / (fig.) grim / beyond salvation	syn
擦边擦邊	cā biān	to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age) / to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality)
切中要害	qiè zhòng yào hài	to hit the target and do real damage (idiom) / fig. to hit where it hurts / fig. to hit home / an argument that hits the nail on the head
反裘负刍反裘負芻	fǎn qiú fù chú	lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly
夫唱妇随夫唱婦隨	fū chàng fù suí	fig. the man sings and the woman follows / fig. marital harmony	syn
操斧伐柯	cāo fǔ fá kē	(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
旧瓶装新酒舊瓶裝新酒	jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ	lit. new wine in old bottles / fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
来踪去迹來蹤去跡	lái zōng qù jì	the traces of a person's movements / (fig.) sb's history / (fig.) the ins and out of a matter	syn
伐柯	fá kē	(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
刺儿刺兒	cì r	a thorn / fig. to ridicule sb / fig. sth wrong
周瑜打黄盖周瑜打黃蓋	zhōu yú dǎ huáng gài	fig. with the connivance of both sides / fig. by mutual consent / cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰\|赤壁之战[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 Zhan4]
脱裤子放屁脫褲子放屁	tuō kù zi fàng pì	lit. to take off trousers to fart / fig. to do something absolutely unnecessary / fig. to make things too complicated
西克莫无花果西克莫無花果	xī kè mò wú huā guǒ	sycamore fig / common cluster fig
树高千丈，叶落归根樹高千丈，葉落歸根	shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn	fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
万箭穿心萬箭穿心	wàn jiàn chuān xīn	lit. to have one's heart pierced by thousands of arrows (idiom) / fig. overcome with sorrow / fig. to lambaste / to rip sb to shreds	syn
回过头来回過頭來	huí guò tóu lái	to turn one's head / to turn around / (fig.) to return (to a previous point) / to come back (to what one was saying before) / (fig.) to look back (in time) / to reflect on the past
火候	huǒ hou	heat control / (fig.) mastery / (fig.) crucial moment	syn
卷铺盖捲鋪蓋	juǎn pū gai	to roll up one's bedding / to pack one's things / (fig.) to quit / (fig.) to get fired / to get the sack	syn
操刀	cāo dāo	to hold a knife / (fig.) (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (fig.) to personally handle or take charge of a task / to take the reins
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
斩获斬獲	zhǎn huò	to kill or capture (in battle) / (fig.) (sports) to score (a goal) / to win (a medal) / (fig.) to reap rewards / to achieve gains
磋磨	cuō mó	to polish and rub / (fig.) to torment / to torture / (fig.) to engage in discussion to hone an idea or skill
总汇總匯	zǒng huì	(of streams) to come together / to converge / confluence / (fig.) compendium / (fig.) aggregation / (in the name of a shop) emporium / (Tw) club sandwich (abbr. for 總匯三明治\|总汇三明治[zong3hui4 san1ming2zhi4])	syn
踩雷	cǎi léi	to step on a mine / (fig.) to inadvertently do sth that has an unpleasant result / (fig.) to be accidentally exposed to a spoiler
环境環境	huán jìng	environment / circumstances / surroundings / CL:個\|个[ge4] / ambient	syn
生态环境生態環境	shēng tài huán jìng	ecosystem / natural environment
居家	jū jiā	to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc)	syn
情境	qíng jìng	situation / context / setting / environment	syn
环保局環保局	huán bǎo jú	environment protection office / PRC National bureau of environmental protection
生活环境	shēng huó huán jìng	living environment
自然环境自然環境	zì rán huán jìng	physical environment
社会环境社會環境	shè huì huán jìng	social environment / milieu
冷藏	lěng cáng	refrigeration / cold storage / to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment
本地化	běn dì huà	localization / adaptation (to foreign environment)
周围环境周圍環境	zhōu wéi huán jìng	one's surroundings / environment
涵养涵養	hán yǎng	to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support / to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)	syn
风平浪静風平浪靜	fēng píng làng jìng	lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / all is quiet / a dead calm (at sea)	syn
生存环境生存環境	shēng cún huán jìng	habitat / living environment
无烟無煙	wú yān	nonsmoking (e.g. environment)
水土	shuǐ tǔ	water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate
调适調適	tiáo shì	to adapt (to an environment etc) / to make sth suitable / adaptation / adjustment / adaptive
水环境水環境	shuǐ huán jìng	aquatic environment
灯红酒绿燈紅酒綠	dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ	lanterns red, wine green (idiom) / feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment	syn
大气环境大气環境	dài qì huán jìng	atmospheric environment
海洋环境海洋環境	hǎi yáng huán jìng	marine environment
雕楹碧槛雕楹碧檻	diāo yíng bì kǎn	carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom) / heavily decorated environment
操作环境操作環境	cāo zuò huán jìng	operating environment
分布式环境分佈式環境	fēn bù shì huán jìng	distributed environment (computing)
开发环境開發環境	kāi fā huán jìng	development environment (computer)
客户机服务器环境客戶機服務器環境	kè hù jī fú wù qì huán jìng	client-server environment
联网环境聯網環境	lián wǎng huán jìng	networking environment
实时操作环境實時操作環境	shí shí cāo zuò huán jìng	real time operating environment
网路环境網路環境	wǎng lù huán jìng	network environment
网络环境網絡環境	wǎng luò huán jìng	network environment
虚拟环境虛擬環境	xū nǐ huán jìng	virtual environment

The four tones

"(fig.) corrupting environment" Chinese-English Dictionary

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