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"(idiom) troubled times" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
多事之秋 duō shì zhī qiū (idiom) troubled times / eventful period
Chinese Pinyin Translation
昏天黑地 hūn tiān hēi dì lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom) / fig. pitch dark / to black out / disorderly / troubled times syn
乱世 亂世 luàn shì the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world syn
浊世 濁世 zhuó shì the world in chaos / troubled times / the mortal world (Buddhism) syn
事不过三 事不過三 shì bù guò sān (idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times
混水摸鱼 混水摸魚 hún shuǐ mō yú to fish in troubled water (idiom) / to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain / also written 渾水摸魚|浑水摸鱼 syn
浑水摸鱼 渾水摸魚 hún shuǐ mō yú to fish in troubled water (idiom) / to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain syn
寝食难安 寢食難安 qǐn shí nán ān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled syn
方寸已乱 方寸已亂 fāng cùn yǐ luàn (idiom) confused / troubled / bewildered syn
寝食难安 寢食難安 qǐn shí - nán ān lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) / fig. extremely worried and troubled syn
苦尽甘来 苦盡甘來 kǔ jìn gān lái bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom) / the hard times are over, the good times just beginning syn
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
无时无刻 無時無刻 wú shí - wú kè (idiom) (when followed by 不[bu4]) at no time / never (Note: 無時無刻不|无时无刻不[wu2shi2-wu2ke4 bu4] therefore means "at no time not ...", i.e. "at all times".) / (when not followed by 不[bu4]) at all times / always syn
关切 關切 guān qiè to be deeply concerned / to be troubled (by) syn
心烦 心煩 xīn fán to feel agitated / to be troubled / to be annoyed / an upset or distraction syn
不良资产 不良資產 toxic asset / troubled asset
耿耿 gěng gěng bright / devoted / having sth on one's mind / troubled
挂怀 掛懷 guà huái concerned / troubled / having sth on one's mind syn
愦 憒 kuì confused / troubled
恓 xī troubled / vexed
多累 duō lèi I have troubled you
张心 張心 zhāng xīn to be troubled / to be concerned
甚感诧异 甚感詫異 shèn gǎn chà yì amazed / astonished / deeply troubled
穷愁 窮愁 qióng chóu destitute / troubled / penniless and full of care
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
时报 時報 shí bào "Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn
上古 shàng gǔ the distant past / ancient times / antiquity / early historical times syn
三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn
古往今来 古往今來 gǔ wǎng jīn lái since ancient times / since times immemorial syn
三跪九叩 sān guì jiǔ kòu to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
同甘苦 tóng gān kǔ to share joys and sorrows / sharing good times and hard times / same as 同甘共苦 syn
尚书经 尚書經 shàng shū jīng Book of History / a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down to the times of Confucius
匴 suǎn bamboo utensil used for washing rice in ancient times / bamboo container for a hat used in the capping ceremony 冠禮|冠礼[guan4 li3] in ancient times
古早 gǔ zǎo (Tw) old times / former times
几度 幾度 jǐ dù how many times / several times / how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle) / several degrees / to what degree / to what extent syn
古今中外 gǔ jīn zhōng wài at all times and in all places (idiom)
今非昔比 jīn fēi xī bǐ (idiom) things are very different now / times have changed syn
居安思危 jū ān sī wēi to think of danger in times of safety / to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom) syn
风雨同舟 風雨同舟 fēng yǔ tóng zhōu lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom) / fig. to stick together in hard times syn
三顾茅庐 三顧茅廬 sān gù máo lú lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb syn
三思而行 sān sī ér xíng think three times then go (idiom) / don't act before you've thought it through carefully syn
不识时务 不識時務 bù shí shí wù to show no understanding of the times (idiom) / cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason syn
百闻不如一见 百聞不如一見 bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom) / seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing
百读不厌 百讀不厭 bǎi dú bù yàn to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom) syn
百思不解 bǎi sī bù jiě to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) / to remain perplexed despite much thought syn
富国强兵 富國強兵 fù guó qiáng bīng lit. rich country, strong army (idiom) / slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times / Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) syn
千虑一失 千慮一失 qiān lǜ yī shī reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom) / to err is human syn
几次三番 幾次三番 jǐ cì sān fān lit. twice then three times (idiom) / fig. repeatedly / over and over again
患难之交 患難之交 huàn nàn zhī jiāo a friend in times of tribulations (idiom) / a friend in need is a friend indeed syn
应天承运 應天承運 yìng tiān chéng yùn lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom) / to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings
时乖命蹇 時乖命蹇 shí guāi mìng jiǎn bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
枕戈寝甲 枕戈寢甲 zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ lit. to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom) / fig. to keep ready for battle at all times
违时绝俗 違時絕俗 wéi shí jué sú to defy the times and reject custom (idiom) / in breach of current conventions
女大十八变 女大十八變 nǚ dà shí bā biàn lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
人心不古 rén xīn bù gǔ (idiom) moral standards are much lower now than in former times syn
不识时变 不識時變 bù shí shí biàn to show no understanding of the times (idiom) / cannot adapt to current circumstances / not amenable to reason
俗随时变 俗隨時變 sú suí shí biàn customs change with time (idiom) / other times, other manners / O Tempora, O Mores!
应天顺时 應天順時 yìng tiān shùn shí lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom) / to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings
抢险救灾 搶險救災 qiǎng xiǎn jiù zāi to provide relief during times of emergency and disaster (idiom)
时代不同，风尚不同 時代不同，風尚不同 shí dài bù tóng , fēng shàng bù tóng customs change with time (idiom) / other times, other manners / O Tempora, O Mores!
智者千虑，必有一失 智者千慮，必有一失 zhì zhě qiān lǜ , bì yǒu yī shī lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom) / fig. nobody is infallible
花无百日红 花無百日紅 huā wú bǎi rì hóng No flower can bloom for a hundred days. / Good times do not last long. (idiom)
风起潮涌 風起潮涌 fēng qǐ cháo yǒng lit. wind rises, tide bubbles up / turbulent times / violent development (idiom)
濡沫涸辙 濡沫涸轍 rú mò hé zhé to help each other out in hard times (idiom)
亘古不变 亙古不變 gèn gǔ bù biàn unchanging since times immemorial (idiom) / unalterable / unvarying / monotonous
大旱望云霓 大旱望雲霓 dà hàn wàng yún ní lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom) / fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation syn
十赌九输 十賭九輸 shí dǔ jiǔ shū lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom) / fig. gambling is a mug's game
千刀万剐 千刀萬剮 qiān dāo - wàn guǎ (idiom) to hack (sb) to pieces (punishment in former times)
相濡以沫 xiāng rú - yǐ mò lit. (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom) / fig. to share meager resources and support each other in times of difficulty syn
罗雀掘鼠 羅雀掘鼠 luó què - jué shǔ lit. to net sparrows and dig out rats (idiom) / fig. to try every possible means of obtaining food (in times of starvation)
天南地北 tiān nán - dì běi (idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places / from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that syn
次数 次數 cì shù number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.)
现代 現代 xiàn dài modern times / modern age / modern era syn
随时 隨時 suí shí at any time / at all times / at the right time / whenever necessary syn
平时 平時 píng shí ordinarily / in normal times / in peacetime syn
多次 duō cì many times / repeatedly syn
几次 幾次 jǐ cì several times
古代 gǔ dài ancient times syn
江南 jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
人次 rén cì person-times / visits / classifier for number of people participating
从来 從來 cóng lái always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence) syn
三次 sān cì third / three times / (math.) degree three, cubic (equation)
传世 傳世 chuán shì handed down from ancient times / family heirloom syn
武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
制服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4]
中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance
自古 zì gǔ (since) ancient times / (from) time immemorial syn
古人 gǔ rén people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person syn
一世 yī shì generation / period of 30 years / one's whole lifetime / lifelong / age / era / times / the whole world / the First (of numbered European kings) syn
护卫 護衛 hù wèi to guard / to protect / bodyguard (for officials in ancient times) syn
四次 sì cì fourth / four times / quartic
司徒 sī tú minister of land and people (in ancient times)
与时俱进 與時俱進 yǔ shí jū jìn abreast of modern developments / to keep up with the times / progressive / timely
与时俱进 與時俱進 yǔ shí jù jìn abreast of modern developments / to keep up with the times / progressive / timely
传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition / an inheritance syn
有的时候 有的時候 yǒu de shí hòu sometimes / at times
远古 遠古 yuǎn gǔ antiquity / ancient times syn
群雄 qún xióng outstanding heroes / warlords vying for supremacy (in former times) / stars (of sports or pop music) syn
会社 會社 huì shè a guild / (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild / the Japanese word for company
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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