惰性 duò xìng inert (chemistry) / apathy / inertia / laziness 赤贫妇女问题讨论会 赤貧婦女問題討論會 Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty, Integration of Women's Concerns in National Development Planning / Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty 幽默 yōu mò (loanword) humor / humorous syn 恶搞 惡搞 è gǎo spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc) 风趣 風趣 fēng qù charm / humor / wit / humorous / witty syn 母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) syn 诙谐 詼諧 huī xié humorous / jocular / zany syn 碉堡 diāo bǎo (military) pillbox / blockhouse / humorous way of writing 屌爆[diao3bao4] syn 开光 開光 kāi guāng eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy) 打油诗 打油詩 dǎ yóu shī humorous poem / limerick 哭鼻子 kū bí zi to snivel (usually humorous) syn 谐谑 諧謔 xié xuè banter / humorous repartee syn 谐 諧 xié (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) humorous / (literary) to reach agreement 诙 詼 huī whimsical / humorous syn 恶搞文化 惡搞文化 è gǎo wén huà spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc) 谐称 諧稱 xié chēng humorous nickname 谐谈 諧談 xié tán joking / humorous talk 笑点 笑點 xiào diǎn funny bits / humorous parts / jokes / punchline 捉急 zhuō jí humorous pronunciation of 著急|着急[zhao2 ji2] 烘焙鸡 烘焙雞 hōng bèi jī homepage (loanword) (humorous) 孔方兄 kǒng fāng xiōng (coll., humorous) money (so named because in former times, Chinese coins had a square hole in the middle) 段子手 duàn zi shǒu sb who crafts and delivers witty, humorous or satirical short stories, jokes or punchlines / a wit / a humorist 约吗 約嗎 yuē ma (neologism c. 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity) 俳谐 俳諧 pái xié (literary) humorous / facetious 天条 天條 tiān tiáo heavenly decree / divine commandment / (fig.) unbreakable taboo / absolute edict (often humorous or sarcastic) / prohibition decrees of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国[Tai4 ping2 Tian1 guo2] syn 小登 xiǎo dēng (slang) youngster / kid (humorous or self-deprecating neologism derived from 老登[lao3 deng1], established since c. 2022) 激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense / fierce / (of pain) acute / (of an expression of opinion) impassioned / vehement / (of a course of action) drastic / extreme syn 极品 極品 jí pǐn best quality / item of the highest quality / (slang) outrageous / annoying in the extreme / gross / person with these qualities syn 极限 極限 jí xiàn limit / extreme boundary syn 极端 極端 jí duān extreme syn 极点 極點 jí diǎn extreme point / pole / the origin (in polar coordinates) syn 心碎 xīn suì heartbroken / extreme depth of sorrow syn 吐血 tù xiě to cough up blood / (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) syn 淋漓尽致 淋漓盡致 lín lí jìn zhì lit. extreme saturation (idiom) / fig. vividly and thoroughly / in great detail / without restraint / (of a performance) brilliant syn 淋漓 lín lí dripping wet / pouring / saturated / (fig.) uninhibited / fluid / emotionally unrestrained / extreme syn 咬牙切齿 咬牙切齒 yǎo yá qiè chǐ gnashing one's teeth (idiom) / displaying extreme anger / fuming with rage between gritted teeth syn 激进 激進 jī jìn radical / extreme / extremist syn 偏激 piān jī extreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances) syn 极乐 極樂 jí lè bliss / extreme happiness 过激 過激 guò jī drastic / extreme / aggressive syn 奋勇 奮勇 fèn yǒng dauntless / to summon up courage and determination / using extreme force of will syn 血泪 血淚 xuè lèi tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering) / blood and tears 偏执 偏執 piān zhí extreme and inflexible / fixated / stubborn in clinging to a notion / (psychology) paranoid syn 也 yě also / too / as well / (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5] syn 极限运动 極限運動 jí xiàn yùn dòng extreme sport 燃眉之急 rán méi zhī jí lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom) / fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency syn 卓绝 卓絕 zhuó jué unsurpassed / extreme / extraordinary syn 奇缺 qí quē very short of (food, clean water etc) / extreme shortage / deficit 精雕细刻 精雕細刻 jīng diāo xì kè lit. fine sculpting (idiom) / fig. to work with extreme care and precision syn 仁至义尽 仁至義盡 rén zhì yì jìn extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom) / meticulous virtue and attention to duty syn 否极泰来 否極泰來 pǐ jí tài lái extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom) syn 恶贯满盈 惡貫滿盈 è guàn mǎn yíng lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom) / filled with extreme evil / replete with vice / guilty of monstrous crimes syn 涂炭 塗炭 tú tàn extreme distress / in utter misery 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom) syn 尽 儘 jǐn to the greatest extent / (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme / to be within the limits of / to give priority to syn 火烧眉毛 火燒眉毛 huǒ shāo méi mao lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom) / fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency syn 切齿腐心 切齒腐心 qiè chǐ fǔ xīn to detest sth or sb to the utmost extreme (idiom) 家贫如洗 家貧如洗 jiā pín rú xǐ extreme poverty (idiom) / destitute / penniless / poor as church mice 杜鹃啼血 杜鵑啼血 dù juān tí xuè lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) / fig. extreme grief 乐极生悲 樂極生悲 lè jí shēng bēi extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom) / Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong! syn 殊深轸念 殊深軫念 shū shēn zhěn niàn extreme solicitude (idiom) / expressing the deepest condolences / to feel deeply concerned 穷奢极侈 窮奢極侈 qióng shē jí chǐ extravagant in the extreme (idiom) syn 穷奢极欲 窮奢極欲 qióng shē jí yù to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom) / extreme extravagance 风雨晦冥 風雨晦冥 fēng yǔ huì míng conditions of extreme adversity (idiom) 无以复加 無以復加 wú yǐ fù jiā in the extreme (idiom) / incapable of further increase syn 物极必反 物極必反 wù jí bì fǎn when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom) 蔇 jì luxuriant growth / extreme / reach 勒庞 勒龐 lè páng Jean-Marie Le Pen (1928-), French Front National extreme right-wing politician 怒恨 nù hèn extreme hatred / animosity / spite 极北 極北 jí běi extreme north 极南 極南 jí nán extreme south 极右分子 極右份子 jí yòu fèn zǐ an extreme right-winger 极右翼 極右翼 jí yòu yì extreme right (politics) 洁癖 潔癖 jié pǐ mysophobia / obsession with cleanliness / extreme fastidiousness 磊落大方 lěi luò dà fāng to be generous in the extreme (idiom) 精彫細刻 jīng diāo xì kè lit. fine sculpting (idiom) / fig. to work with extreme care and precision / also written 精雕細刻|精雕细刻 终傅 終傅 zhōng fù (Catholicism) extreme unction (the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick) 极端气候事件 極端氣候事件 jí duān qì hòu shì jiàn extreme weather event 极端贫穷 jí duān pín qióng extreme poverty 远紫外线 遠紫外線 yuàn zǐ wài xiàn extreme ultraviolet 极端现象农业气象工作组 极端現象農業气象工作組 jí duān xiàn xiàng nóng yè qì xiàng gōng zuò zǔ Working Group on Agrometeorology Related to Extreme Events 环境条件因素 環境條件因素 huán jìng tiáo jiàn yīn sù extreme environmental factor / environmental conditions factor 人权和赤贫宣言草桉 人權和赤貧宣言草案 draft declaration on human rights and extreme poverty 人权与赤贫问题独立专家 人權與赤貧問題獨立專家 Independent expert on the question of human rights and extreme poverty 人权与赤贫问题特别报告员 人權與赤貧問題特別報告員 Special Rapporteur on human rights and extreme poverty 克服极度贫困世界日 克服極度貧困世界日 World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty 极度低氧区 極度低氧區 extreme oxygen minimum zone / dysaerobic basin 极端贫困和剥夺人权问题讨论会 極端貧困和剝奪人權問題討論會 Seminar on extreme poverty and the denial of human rights 重者 zhòng zhě more serious case / in extreme cases syn 爆表 bào biǎo off the charts / extreme / beyond the normal range of measurement 疲惫不堪 疲憊不堪 pí bèi bù kān exhausted / fatigued to the extreme syn 扑袭 撲襲 pū xí (of an animal) to pounce (on its prey) / (of extreme weather conditions) to hit (a city, province etc) 精雕细刻 精雕細刻 jīng diāo - xì kè lit. fine sculpting (idiom) / fig. to work (at sth) with extreme care and precision syn 