千金 qiān jīn thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter syn 大小姐 dà xiǎo jie eldest daughter of an affluent family / (polite) your daughter / bossy or indulged young woman / Miss High and Mighty 鼎力 dǐng lì (honorific) your kind efforts / thanks to your help syn 驾临 駕臨 jià lín to grace sb with one's presence / your arrival (honorific) / your esteemed presence syn 高足 gāo zú honorific: Your distinguished disciple / Your most brilliant pupil syn 尊意 zūn yì (honorific) your respected opinion / What do you think, your majesty? 敬悉 jìng xī (honorific) revered news / the most valuable information (in your recent letter, book etc) / Thank you for your letter. 见访 見訪 jiàn fǎng your visit (honorific) / you honor me with your visit 鼎助 dǐng zhù (honorific) your inestimable assistance / thanks to your help 大笔 大筆 dà bǐ (formal, honorific) your writing / your handwriting / pen / calligraphy brush / a large sum of (money) syn 三族 sān zú (old) three generations (father, self and sons) / three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's) 母女 mǔ nǚ mother and daughter / mother-daughter 外甥女 wài sheng nǚ sister's daughter / wife's sibling's daughter syn 外孙女 外孫女 wài sūn nǚ daughter's daughter / granddaughter 外孙女儿 外孫女兒 wài sūn nǚ r granddaughter (one's daughter's daughter) 望女成凤 望女成鳳 wàng nǚ chéng fèng lit. to hope one's daughter becomes a phoenix (idiom) / fig. to hope one's daughter is a success in life 令爱 令愛 lìng ài (courteous) your daughter syn 公子 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) syn 大作 dà zuò your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly syn 少爷 少爺 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) syn 殿下 diàn xià Your Majesty (honorific) / His or Her Highness syn 千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years / your birthday (honorific) 贵校 貴校 guì xiào (honorific) your school 令尊 lìng zūn Your esteemed father (honorific) syn 宽衣 寬衣 kuān yī please take off your coat (honorific) / loose-fitting garment syn 高 gāo high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific) syn 令堂 lìng táng (honorific) your mother syn 令郎 lìng láng your esteemed son (honorific) syn 贵府 貴府 guì fǔ your home (honorific) 府 fǔ seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) syn 贵庚 貴庚 guì gēng your age (honorific) 贵 貴 guì expensive / (bound form) highly valued / precious / (bound form) noble / of high rank / (prefix) (honorific) your syn 钧 鈞 jūn 30 catties / great / your (honorific) syn 紫芝眉宇 zǐ zhī méi yǔ your appearance (honorific) 仙乡 仙鄉 xiān xiāng fairyland / honorific: your homeland 令兄 lìng xiōng Your esteemed older brother (honorific) 令尊令堂 lìng zūn lìng táng (honorific) your parents 令慈 lìng cí Your esteemed mother (honorific) 令正 lìng zhèng (honorific) your wife 令亲 令親 lìng qīn Your esteemed parent (honorific) 令阃 令閫 lìng kǔn your wife (honorific) 尊公 zūn gōng (honorific) your father 尊君 zūn jūn (honorific) your father 尊命 zūn mìng your order (honorific) 尊堂 zūn táng (honorific) your mother 尊翁 zūn wēng (honorific) your father 尊亲 尊親 zūn qīn (honorific) your parent 芝宇 zhī yǔ your appearance (honorific) / cf 紫芝眉宇 兰玉 蘭玉 lán yù your son (honorific) 兰章 蘭章 lán zhāng a beautiful speech or piece of writing / your beautiful article (honorific) 阁下 閣下 gé xià your distinguished self / your majesty / sire syn 主公 zhǔ gōng Your Highness / Your Majesty syn 贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname? / (May I ask) your surname? syn 尊驾 尊駕 zūn jià lit. your honored carriage / your highness / honored Sir (also sarcastic) / you 不吝珠玉 bù lìn zhū yù lit. do not begrudge gems of wisdom (idiom, humble expr.) / fig. Please give me your frank opinion. / Your criticism will be most valuable. 饮水思源 飲水思源 yǐn shuǐ sī yuán lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) / gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings! syn 浑身解数 渾身解數 hún shēn xiè shù to give it your all / to go at it with all you've got / to throw your whole weight behind it / also pr. [hun2 shen1 jie3 shu4] 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲 shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì , lǎo dà tú shāng bēi if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age 患难见真情 患難見真情 huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíng true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom) / you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together / you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties 盼睐 盼睞 pàn lài your favors / your consideration 讨扰 討擾 tǎo rǎo I beg to disturb you / I trespass on your hospitality / Thank you for your hospitality! 雅意 yǎ yì your kind offer / your valued advice / delicate interest and charm syn 雅教 yǎ jiào (hon.) your distinguished thoughts / Thank you (for your esteemed contribution to our discussion). 饮流怀源 飲流懷源 yǐn liú huái yuán lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) / gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings! 你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥 你走你的陽關道，我過我的獨木橋 nǐ zǒu nǐ de yáng guān dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom) / fig. you go your way, I'll go mine / you do it your way, I'll do it mine 各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 各人自掃門前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜 gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom) 瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠 guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued 不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前 bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril 管住嘴迈开腿 管住嘴邁開腿 guǎn zhù zuǐ mài kāi tuǐ lit. shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight) 口嫌体正直 口嫌體正直 kǒu xián tǐ zhèng zhí your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (borrowed from Japanese) 口嫌体直 口嫌體直 kǒu xián tǐ zhí your lips say one thing, but your body language reveals what you really think (four-character version of 口嫌體正直|口嫌体正直[kou3 xian2 ti3 zheng4 zhi2]) 关你屁事 關你屁事 guān nǐ pì shì (coll.) None of your goddamn business! / Mind your own business! 不吝珠玉 bù lìn - zhū yù (idiom) (courteous) please give me your frank opinion / your criticism will be most valuable 女儿 女兒 nǚ ér daughter syn 姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 女婿 nǚ xù daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 师姐 師姐 shī jiě senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher 玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn 师妹 師妹 shī mèi junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher 孙女 孫女 sūn nǚ son's daughter / granddaughter 父女 fù nǚ father and daughter 侄女 姪女 zhí nǚ brother's daughter / niece syn 小女 xiǎo nǚ my daughter (humble) 比亚 比亞 bǐ yà Bia, daughter of Pallas and Styx in Greek mythology, personification of violence 闺女 閨女 guī nu: maiden / unmarried woman / daughter syn 闺女 閨女 guī nǚ maiden / unmarried woman / daughter syn 儿媳 兒媳 ér xí daughter-in-law syn 亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn 婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law 儿媳妇 兒媳婦 ér xí fu daughter-in-law syn 养女 養女 yǎng nǚ adopted daughter syn 姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach 外孙 外孫 wài sūn daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line syn 长女 長女 zhǎng nǚ eldest daughter 掌上明珠 zhǎng shàng míng zhū lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom) / fig. beloved person (esp. daughter) syn 独生女 獨生女 dú shēng nǚ a daughter who is an only child syn 娶媳妇 娶媳婦 qǔ xí fù to get oneself a wife / to take a daughter-in-law 