"(literary) personal letter" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
手札 手劄 shǒu zhá (literary) personal letter
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
私信 sī xìn private correspondence / personal letter / (computing) personal message (PM) / to message sb
个人装备表 個人裝備表 personal equipment list / personal equipment listing / standardized personal equipment list / standard equipment listing
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
fěi phonetic fei or fi / (literary) (bound form) rich with literary elegance / phi (Greek letter Φφ)
(literary) hard iron / (literary) hook / barb / used in personal names and place names / variant of 巨[ju4]
来信 來信 lái xìn incoming letter / to send us a letter syn
来函 來函 lái hán incoming letter / letter from afar / same as 來信|来信[lai2 xin4] syn
介绍信 介紹信 jiè shào xìn letter of introduction / recommendation letter / reference
信笺 信箋 xìn jiān letter / letter paper syn
书不尽言 書不盡言 shū bù jìn yán I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
郢书燕说 郢書燕說 yǐng shū yān shuō lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it / fig. to misinterpret the original meaning / to pile up errors / refers to the letter from capital 郢[Ying3] of 楚[Chu3] in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕[Yan1] as "promote the wise"
敬悉 jìng xī (honorific) revered news / the most valuable information (in your recent letter, book etc) / Thank you for your letter.
死信 sǐ xìn lost letter / letter containing news of sb's death syn
盘符 盤符 pán fú drive letter (letter assigned to a disk drive or partition) (computing)
协助通知书 xié zhù tòng zhī shū letter of assist / assist letter
调查委托书 調查委托書 letter of request / letter rogatory
代询证人委托书 代詢證人委托書 letter of request / letter rogatory
审计业务约定书 審計業務約定書 audit engagement letter / engagement letter
业务约定书 業務約定書 audit engagement letter / engagement letter
手书 手書 shǒu shū to write personally / personal letter syn
私人 sī rén private / personal / interpersonal / sb with whom one has a close personal relationship / a member of one's clique syn
损人利己 損人利己 sǔn rén lì jǐ harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom) / personal gain to the detriment of others syn
损公肥私 損公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom) / personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior syn
个人知识管理项目 Personal Knowledge Management programme / Personal Knowledge Management
个域网 gè yù wǎng personal area network / wireless personal area network
秘书长个人特使 Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General / Personal Envoy
个人特使 Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General / Personal Envoy
西撒哈拉问题秘书长个人特使 西撒哈拉問題秘書長個人特使 Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara / Personal Envoy for Western Sahara
西撒哈拉问题个人特使 西撒哈拉問題個人特使 Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara / Personal Envoy for Western Sahara
个人防护设备 個人防護設備 personal protection equipment / personal protective equipment
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
收悉 shōu xī (literary) to receive and understand the contents of (a letter)
pài (literary) tributary / branch of a river / clique / school / group / faction / (bound form) style / manner / to send (a person or resource) / to dispatch / to allocate (a resource or task) / to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一[yi]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ) / the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie syn
来鸿 來鴻 lái hóng incoming letter (literary) syn
远方来鸿 遠方來鴻 yuǎn fāng lái hóng letter from afar (literary)
书简 書簡 shū jiǎn (literary) letter syn
尺牍 尺牘 chǐ dú (literary) a one-foot-long strip of wood or bamboo, used for writing in ancient times / (as a metonym) letter / written message syn
尺素 chǐ sù (literary) a one-foot-long piece of white silk, used for writing in ancient times / (as a metonym) letter / written message
děng to wait for / to await / by the time / when / till / and so on / etc. / et al. / (bound form) class / rank / grade / (bound form) equal to / same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) syn
朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn
所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view
文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities
烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity 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
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
文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors syn
踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn
他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn
眉宇 méi yǔ (literary) forehead / (literary) countenance / features syn
污秽 污穢 wū huì (literary) dirty / filthy / (literary) dirt / filth syn
东瀛 東瀛 dōng yíng (literary) East China Sea / (literary) Japan syn
名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn
先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors 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
惺忪 xīng sōng drowsy-eyed / (literary) wavering / indecisive / (literary) awake / conscious / clearheaded syn
周章 zhōu zhāng (literary) effort / trouble / pains (to get sth done) / (literary) frightened / terrified
彪炳 biāo bǐng (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc) / (literary) outstanding / splendid / glorious
(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
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
羁旅 羈旅 jī lǚ (literary) to stay long in a place far from home / (literary) person who lives in an alien land
shū (literary) to kill / to behead / to sever / to separate / to surpass / (bound form) different / (bound form) special / remarkable / (literary) very / extremely syn
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
(literary) branch / stem / stalk / (literary) ax handle syn
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
zhān (literary) verbose / (literary) to arrive, to reach
guǐ (bound form) sly / crafty / (literary) weird / bizarre / (literary) contradictory / inconsistent syn
jiè (literary) cushion / mat / (literary) to put some padding underneath syn
(bound form) descendants / (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 華裔|华裔[Hua2yi4] "of Chinese descent") / (literary) distant lands / (literary) fringe / periphery syn
yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn
xuàn (literary) dizzy / (literary) dazzled / bewildered / to dazzle (variant of 炫[xuan4]) syn
liǎn (literary) to hold back / (literary) to restrain / to control (oneself) / to collect / to gather / Taiwan pr. [lian4] syn
yīng (literary) translucent stone similar to jade / (literary) luster of jade
(literary) chin / jaw / (literary) to foster / to nurture / to protect syn
dài (literary) dangerous / perilous / (literary) almost / well-nigh syn
kuāng (literary) to rectify / (literary) to assist / (coll.) to calculate roughly / to estimate syn
xīng (literary) to come to one's senses / to awaken / (literary) astute / sharp-witted
àng (literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth / (literary) brimming / abundant
yān (literary) to sink into oblivion / (literary) to silt up / Taiwan pr. [yin1]
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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