第 dì (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 礼物 禮物 lǐ wù gift / present / CL:件[jian4],個|个[ge4],份[fen4] syn 则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn 天赋 天賦 tiān fù gift / innate skill syn 天才 tiān cái talent / gift / genius / talented / gifted syn 捐赠 捐贈 juān zèng to contribute (as a gift) / to donate / benefaction syn 份子 fèn zi one's share of expenses (e.g. when buying a gift collectively) / cash gift 天分 tiān fèn natural gift / talent syn 赠送 贈送 zèng sòng to present as a gift syn 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 污秽 污穢 wū huì (literary) dirty / filthy / (literary) dirt / filth syn 礼品 禮品 lǐ pǐn gift / present syn 朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn 赠品 贈品 zèng pǐn gift / complimentary item / freebie / giveaway syn 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 馈赠 饋贈 kuì zèng to present (a gift) to (sb) syn 谢礼 謝禮 xiè lǐ honorarium / gift as thanks syn 回礼 回禮 huí lǐ to return a greeting / to send a gift in return syn 踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn 贺礼 賀禮 hè lǐ congratulatory gift syn 酬谢 酬謝 chóu xiè to thank with a gift syn 能说会道 能說會道 néng shuō huì dào can talk really well (idiom) / the gift of the gab syn 红包 紅包 hóng bāo money wrapped in red as a gift / bonus payment / kickback / bribe syn 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn 天资 天資 tiān zī innate talent / gift / flair / native resource / dowry syn 受聘 shòu pìn hired (for employment) / invited (e.g. to lecture) / engaged (for a task) / (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family syn 落款 luò kuǎn inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription 伶牙俐齿 伶牙俐齒 líng yá lì chǐ clever and eloquent (idiom) / fluent / having the gift of the gab syn 口若悬河 口若懸河 kǒu ruò xuán hé mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab syn 斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn 文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors syn 礼金 禮金 lǐ jīn monetary gift syn 回赠 回贈 huí zèng to give sb (a gift) in return syn 压岁钱 壓歲錢 yā suì qián money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve 花红 花紅 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica) syn 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 春雨 chūn yǔ spring rain / gift from above 他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn 惺忪 xīng sōng drowsy-eyed / (literary) wavering / indecisive / (literary) awake / conscious / clearheaded syn 禀赋 稟賦 bǐng fù natural endowment / gift / talent syn 周章 zhōu zhāng (literary) effort / trouble / pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened / terrified 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 聘礼 聘禮 pìn lǐ betrothal gift syn 还礼 還禮 huán lǐ to return a politeness / to present a gift in return syn 彪炳 biāo bǐng (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc) / (literary) outstanding / splendid / glorious 答礼 答禮 dá lǐ to return a courtesy / return gift 所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view 达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist 眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead / (literary) countenance / features syn 东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn 惺惺 xīng xīng (literary) awake / (literary) intelligent / clever 顾盼 顧盼 gù pàn (literary) to look around / (literary) to care for syn 见面礼 見面禮 jiàn miàn lǐ gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time 礼券 禮券 lǐ quàn gift voucher / gift coupon 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 收礼 收禮 shōu lǐ to accept a gift / to receive presents 彩礼 彩禮 cǎi lǐ betrothal gift / bride price syn 寿桃 壽桃 shòu táo (myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu / fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift 整饬 整飭 zhěng chì (literary) to put in good order / to make shipshape / (literary) orderly / neat / tidy syn 睚眦 睚眥 yá zì (literary) to glare in anger / (literary) (fig.) a small grievance syn 聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn 勒 lè (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 礼 禮 lǐ gift / rite / ceremony / CL:份[fen4] / propriety / etiquette / courtesy syn 柯 kē (literary) branch / stem / stalk / (literary) ax handle syn 裔 yì (bound form) descendants / (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔[Hua2yi4] "of Chinese descent") / (literary) distant lands / (literary) fringe / periphery syn 骚 騷 sāo (bound form) to disturb / to disrupt / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / (literary) literary writings / poetry / foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1]) / (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male syn 俱 jù (literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn 藉 jiè (literary) cushion / mat / (literary) to put some padding underneath syn 摄 攝 shè (bound form) to take in / to absorb / to assimilate / to capture (video or still images) / (literary) to conserve (one's health) / (literary) to act for syn 馈 饋 kuì (bound form) to present (a gift) / (bound form) to send / to transmit syn 詹 zhān (literary) verbose / (literary) to arrive, to reach 苑 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn 斐 fěi phonetic fei or fi / (literary) (bound form) rich with literary elegance / phi (Greek letter Φφ) 眩 xuàn (literary) dizzy / (literary) dazzled / bewildered / to dazzle (variant of 炫[xuan4]) syn 匡 kuāng (literary) to rectify / (literary) to assist / (coll.) to calculate roughly / to estimate syn 惺 xīng (literary) to come to one's senses / to awaken / (literary) astute / sharp-witted 莳 蒔 shì (literary) to grow / (literary) to transplant / Taiwan pr. [shi2] syn 辟 bì (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 颐 頤 yí (literary) chin / jaw / (literary) to foster / to nurture / to protect syn 盎 àng (literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth / (literary) brimming / abundant 殊 shū (literary) to kill / to behead / to sever / to separate / to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special / remarkable / (literary) very / extremely syn 稔 rěn (literary) ripe grain / ripe / harvest / year / (literary) very familiar with / well acquainted with syn 敛 斂 liǎn (literary) to hold back / (literary) to restrain / to control (oneself) / to collect / to gather / Taiwan pr. [lian4] syn 虞 yú (literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn 诡 詭 guǐ (bound form) sly / crafty / (literary) weird / bizarre / (literary) contradictory / inconsistent syn 攘 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 跖 zhí metatarsus / (literary) sole of the foot / (literary) to tread on syn 杓 biāo (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle / (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper 薄礼 薄禮 bó lǐ my meager gift (humble) syn 凑份子 湊份子 còu fèn zi to pool resources (for a gift, project etc) syn 舆 輿 yú (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 秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade syn 缥 縹 piǎo (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric 钜 鉅 jù (literary) hard iron / (literary) hook / barb / used in personal names and place names / variant of 巨[ju4] 羁旅 羈旅 jī lǚ (literary) to stay long in a place far from home / (literary) person who lives in an alien land 馈送 饋送 kuì sòng to present (a gift) / offering / to feed (a signal to a device, paper to a printer etc) syn 财礼 財禮 cái lǐ betrothal gift / bride price syn 酬答 chóu dá to thank with a gift syn 瑛 yīng (literary) translucent stone similar to jade / (literary) luster of jade 