"(fig.) plain" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
赤裸裸	chì luǒ luǒ	bare / naked / (fig.) plain / undisguised / unadorned	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
白	bái	white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera	syn
便	biàn	plain / informal / suitable / convenient / opportune / to urinate or defecate / equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then / in that case / even if / soon afterwards	syn
质質	zhì	character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2]	syn
坦诚坦誠	tǎn chéng	candid / frank / plain dealing	syn
明了明瞭	míng liǎo	to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear	syn
开诚布公開誠布公	kāi chéng bù gōng	lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom) / frank and open-minded / plain speaking / Let's talk frankly and openly between ourselves. / to put one's cards on the table	syn
平原	píng yuán	field / plain / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
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
便衣	biàn yī	civilian clothes / plain clothes / plainclothesman	syn
一帆风顺一帆風順	yī fān fēng shùn	propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom) / plain sailing / to go smoothly / have a nice trip!	syn
台面臺面	tái miàn	tabletop / countertop / (fig.) public view / plain sight / (gambling) stake
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
平地	píng dì	to level the land / level ground / plain	syn
河畔	hé pàn	riverside / river plain
朴素樸素	pǔ sù	plain and simple / unadorned / simple living / not frivolous	syn
原野	yuán yě	plain / open country	syn
白水	bái shuǐ	plain water	syn
朴实樸實	pǔ shí	plain / simple / guileless / down-to-earth / sincere and honest	syn
平易近人	píng yì jìn rén	amiable and approachable (idiom) / easygoing / modest and unassuming / (of writing) plain and simple / easy to understand	syn
简朴簡樸	jiǎn pǔ	simple and unadorned / plain	syn
质朴質樸	zhì pǔ	simple / plain / unadorned / unaffected / unsophisticated / rustic / earthy	syn
白肉	bái ròu	plain boiled pork / white meat (fish, poultry etc)	syn
中原	zhōng yuán	Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei	syn
干饭乾飯	gān fàn	plain cooked rice (as opposed to rice porridge)
白布	bái bù	plain white cloth / calico
白开水白開水	bái kāi shuǐ	plain boiled water	syn
平实平實	píng shí	simple and unadorned / plain / (of land) level / even	syn
白饭白飯	bái fàn	plain cooked rice / rice with nothing to go with it	syn
平顺平順	píng shùn	smooth / smooth-going / plain sailing	syn
粗茶淡饭粗茶淡飯	cū chá dàn fàn	plain tea and simple food / (fig.) bread and water	syn
布衣	bù yī	plain cotton clothing / (literary) the common people	syn
原味	yuán wèi	authentic taste / plain cooked / natural flavor (without spices and seasonings)
关中關中	guān zhōng	Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi
秦岭秦嶺	qín lǐng	Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原\|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] and the Han River 漢水\|汉水[Han4 shui3] valley
微服	wēi fú	(of a high-ranking official) to wear plain clothes in order to go about incognito
光面光麵	guāng miàn	plain noodles in broth
渭河	wèi hé	Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原\|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
可掬	kě jū	conspicuous / plain to see
白醋	bái cù	white vinegar / plain vinegar	syn
平易	píng yì	amiable (manner) / unassuming / written in plain language / easy to take in	syn
渭水	wèi shuǐ	Wei River in Shaanxi, through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原\|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
平纹平紋	píng wén	plain weave
野	yě	field / plain / open space / limit / boundary / rude / feral	syn
素	sù	raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever	syn
朴樸	pǔ	plain and simple / Taiwan pr. [pu2]	syn
川	chuān	(bound form) river / creek / plain / an area of level country	syn
坪	píng	a plain / ping, unit of area equal to approx. 3.3058 square meters (used in Japan and Taiwan)	syn
陋	lòu	low / humble / plain / ugly / mean / vulgar	syn
渭	wèi	the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原\|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
缦縵	màn	plain thin silk / slow / unadorned
缟縞	gǎo	plain white silk	syn
岙嶴	ào	plain in the middle of the mountains / used in place names, esp. in 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1] and 福建[Fu2 jian4]
味道	wèi dao	flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor	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
目光	mù guāng	gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision	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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
雏儿雛兒	chú ér	newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo	syn
遮羞布	zhē xiū bù	loincloth / (fig.) fig leaf / CL:塊\|块[kuai4]	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
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
松柏	sōng bǎi	pine and cypress / fig. chaste and undefiled / fig. tomb	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)
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
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
下来下來	xià lai	to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)	syn
带来帶來	dài lái	to bring / (fig.) to bring about / to produce	syn
加油	jiā yóu	to add oil / to top up with gas / to refuel / to accelerate / to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort / to cheer sb on	syn
套	tào	to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)	syn
梦想夢想	mèng xiǎng	(fig.) to dream of / dream	syn
淘汰	táo tài	to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out	syn
深	shēn	deep (lit. and fig.)	syn
将军將軍	jiāng jūn	general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot	syn
舞台舞臺	wǔ tái	(lit. and fig.) stage / arena	syn
吸血鬼	xī xuè guǐ	leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers	syn
不知	bù zhī	not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
价值價值	jià zhí	value / worth / fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
帽子	mào zi	hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL:頂\|顶[ding3]	syn
空间空間	kōng jiān	space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space	syn
症癥	zhēng	abdominal tumor / bowel obstruction / (fig.) sticking point	syn
开门開門	kāi mén	to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
掌握	zhǎng wò	to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency	syn
龙龍	lóng	Chinese dragon / loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur	syn
感染	gǎn rǎn	to infect / infection / (fig.) to influence	syn
血液	xuè yè	blood / (fig.) lifeblood	syn
味	wèi	taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription	syn
硬	yìng	hard / stiff / solid / (fig.) strong / firm / resolutely / uncompromisingly / laboriously / with great difficulty / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial	syn
转移轉移	zhuǎn yí	to shift / to relocate / to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention) / to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize	syn
启动啟動	qǐ dòng	to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan)	syn

The four tones

"(fig.) plain" Chinese-English Dictionary

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