"(literary) death sentence" Chinese-English Dictionary

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大辟 dà pì (literary) death sentence / decapitation
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn
句式 jù shì sentence pattern / sentence structure / syntax
zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn
(literary) king / monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避[bi4]) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避[bi4]) syn
輿 (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]) / (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven) / land / territory / (literary) carriage / (literary) sedan chair / palanquin / (bound form) the multitudes / the people / the public syn
(literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause
rǎng (literary) to push up one's sleeves / (literary) to reject / to resist / (literary) to seize / to steal / (literary) to perturb / Taiwan pr. [rang2] syn
làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall
硙硙 磑磑 ái ái (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up
行刑 xíng xíng to carry out a (death) sentence / execution syn
判处死刑 判處死刑 pàn chǔ sǐ xíng to sentence to death
被判死刑 bèi pàn sǐ xíng to receive death sentence
死刑缓期执行 死刑緩期執行 sǐ xíng huǎn qī zhí xíng deferred death sentence / abbr. to 死緩|死缓[si3 huan3]
害死 hài sǐ to kill / to cause death / to do sb to death
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death / at death's door
哀悼 āi dào to grieve over sb's death / to lament sb's death / mourning syn
死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row syn
死于非命 死於非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom) / to die in a disaster / an unnatural death syn
凌迟 凌遲 líng chí the lingering death / the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment) syn
诈死 詐死 zhà sǐ to feign death / to fake death syn
非命 fēi mìng unnatural death / violent death
置之死地 zhì zhī sǐ dì to place sb on field of death / to confront with mortal danger / to give sb no way out / with one's back to the wall / looking death in the eye / part of idiom 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生
视死如归 視死如歸 shì sǐ rú guī to view death as a return home / to not be afraid of dying / to face death with equanimity (idiom) syn
导致死亡 導致死亡 dǎo zhì sǐ wáng to lead to death / to result in death
婴儿猝死综合症 嬰兒猝死綜合症 yīng ér cù sǐ zōng hé zhèng sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) / crib death
求死愿望 求死願望 qiú sǐ yuàn wàng death wish (translated from English) / Death wish, movie series with Charles Bronson is translated as 猛龍怪客|猛龙怪客[Meng3 long2 guai4 ke4]
头七 頭七 tóu qī the 7th day after a person's death / the first 7-day period after a person's death
蛋炒饭节 蛋炒飯節 dàn chǎo fàn jié Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.)
tìng (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow syn
发语辞 發語辭 fā yǔ cí literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn
婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn
(literary) bridle / halter / headstall / to rein in / to compel / to force / (literary) to carve / to engrave / (literary) to command / to lead (an army etc) / (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1]) syn
(literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn
liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn
(literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn
(literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled
sōu (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia) / (literary) to hunt, esp. in spring / (literary) to gather / to collect
婵媛 嬋媛 chán yuán (literary) (of a woman) graceful / (literary) to be interwoven / (literary) to be emotionally involved
guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden
(literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest
shì (literary) majestic / magnificent / (literary) rich, deep red / (literary) angry / furious
庶几 庶幾 shù jī (literary) similar / almost / (literary) if only / it is to be hoped that / (literary) maybe / perhaps syn
丁艰 丁艱 dīng jiān (literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
丁忧 丁憂 dīng yōu (literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
哀毁骨立 哀毀骨立 āi huǐ gǔ lì (idiom) (literary) to become emaciated due to grief (usu. due to the death of a parent)
之后 之後 zhī hòu after / behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards / since then syn
一句 yī jù a line of verse / a sentence
究竟 jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result syn
从来 從來 cóng lái always / at all times / never (if used in negative sentence) syn
判决 判決 pàn jué judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence syn
de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
语句 語句 yǔ jù sentence syn
句子 jù zi sentence / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn
一言 yī yán one sentence / brief remark
判处 判處 pàn chǔ to sentence / to condemn syn
判刑 pàn xíng to sentence (to prison etc) syn
刑罚 刑罰 xíng fá sentence / penalty / punishment syn
毕业证书 畢業證書 bì yè zhèng shū (PRC) (since 1985) graduation certificate, which certifies that the student has graduated, but not necessarily met all requirements to be awarded a degree certificate 學位證書|学位证书[xue2 wei4 zheng4 shu1] / (1981-1985) graduation certificate, which certified that the student graduated, and, if it included a final sentence indicating a degree type, also certified that the student met all the requirements for a degree syn
句型 jù xíng sentence pattern (in grammar)
见得 見得 jiàn dé to seem / to appear / (in a negative or interrogative sentence) to be sure
服刑 fú xíng to serve a prison sentence syn
造句 zào jù sentence-making
例句 lì jù example sentence
故称 故稱 gù chēng ... hence the name (used at the end of a sentence)
无期 無期 wú qī unspecified period / in the indefinite future / no fixed time / indefinite sentence (i.e. life imprisonment) syn
量刑 liàng xíng (law) to determine the sentence syn
缓刑 緩刑 huǎn xíng suspended sentence / probation
落款 luò kuǎn inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
徒刑 tú xíng prison sentence syn
减刑 減刑 jiǎn xíng to reduce penalty / shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence
发配 發配 fā pèi to send away to serve a penal sentence syn
疑问句 疑問句 yí wèn jù question (grammar) / interrogative sentence
病句 bìng jù defective sentence / error (of grammar or logic)
gěi to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of 被) / (grammatical equivalent of 把) / (sentence intensifier) syn
单句 單句 dān jù simple sentence (grammar)
处刑 處刑 chǔ xíng to sentence / to condemn syn
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes syn
ne particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?") / particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?") / particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?") / (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action / particle indicating strong affirmation syn
监外执行 監外執行 jiān wài zhí xíng to serve (a sentence) outside prison (law)
句读 句讀 jù dòu pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / punctuation / periods and commas / sentences and phrases
na (emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n") syn
(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude syn
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse syn
pàn (bound form) to differentiate / to distinguish / (bound form) clearly (different) / to judge / to decide / to grade / (of a judge) to sentence syn
a modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent syn
disciple / apprentice / believer / on foot / bare / empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence syn
xíng punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment syn
la sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation / particle placed after each item in a list of examples syn
o sentence-final particle that conveys informality, warmth, friendliness or intimacy / may also indicate that one is stating a fact that the other person is not aware of syn
yo (sentence-final particle expressing exhortation) / (syllable filler in a song) syn
ne final particle of a sentence (abbr. for 呢啊|呢啊[ne5 a5) syn
na sentence-final particle (abbr. for 呢啊[ne5 a5] or variant of 哪[na5]) syn
lei sentence-final particle similar to 了[le5], but carrying a tone of approval syn
陈述句 陳述句 chén shù jù declarative sentence
服完 fú wán serve out (a sentence)
肯定并例句 肯定並例句 kěn dìng bìng lì jù active conjoined sentence
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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