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 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 掩护 掩護 yǎn hù to screen / to shield / to cover / protection / cover / CL:面[mian4] syn 画面 畫面 huà miàn scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view syn 屏幕 píng mù screen (TV, computer or movie) 上演 shàng yǎn to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging syn 上映 shàng yìng to screen / to show (a movie) syn 放映 fàng yìng to show (a movie) / to screen syn 烟火 煙火 yān huǒ smoke and fire / cooked food / (literary) beacon fire / (literary) descendants / posterity syn 屏蔽 píng bì to screen / to block (sth or sb) / to shield / (protective) shield syn 污秽 污穢 wū huì (literary) dirty / filthy / (literary) dirt / filth syn 银幕 銀幕 yín mù movie screen 朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim / (literary) murky / indistinct syn 荧幕 熒幕 yíng mù TV screen 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 荧屏 熒屏 yíng píng fluorescent screen / TV screen 踌躇 躊躇 chóu chú to hesitate / (literary) to pace back and forth / (literary) self-satisfied syn 显示屏 顯示屏 xiǎn shì píng display screen 先祖 xiān zǔ (literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors syn 掩蔽 yǎn bì shelter / screen / cover / protection syn 屏风 屏風 píng fēng (furniture) screen syn 斐然 fěi rán (literary) of great literary talent / (literary) (of achievements etc) brilliant / outstanding syn 对比度 對比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast 文采 wén cǎi literary talent / literary grace / rich and bright colors syn 丝网 絲網 sī wǎng silk screen / screen (printing) 视窗 視窗 shì chuāng a window (on a computer screen) 审定 審定 shěn dìng to examine sth and make a decision / to screen / to evaluate / to approve syn 文体 文體 wén tǐ genre of writing / literary form / style / literary recreation and sporting activities 他日 tā rì (literary) some day / (literary) days in the past syn 甄别 甄別 zhēn bié to screen / to discriminate / to reexamine a case / screening (of applicants etc) 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 银屏 銀屏 yín píng television / TV screen / the silver screen 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 荧光屏 熒光屏 yíng guāng píng fluorescent screen / TV screen 纱窗 紗窗 shā chuāng screen window 彪炳 biāo bǐng (literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc) / (literary) outstanding / splendid / glorious 所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees / (literary) opinion / view 萤幕 螢幕 yíng mù screen (of a TV, computer etc) (Tw) 液晶屏 yè jīng píng liquid crystal screen 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 天龙八部 天龍八部 tiān lóng bā bù Demigods and Semidevils, wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] and its TV and screen adaptations 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 挡风玻璃 擋風玻璃 dǎng fēng bō li windshield / wind screen 视屏 視屏 shì píng screen (of a TV, computer etc) 试镜 試鏡 shì jìng to take a screen test / to audition / screen test / audition / tryout 婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn 筛查 篩查 shāi chá to screen (for disease etc) 照壁 zhào bì a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy) syn 帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn 影剧 影劇 yǐng jù film and theater / screen and stage 过筛 過篩 guò shāi to put through a sieve / to sift (flour etc) / to strain (a liquid) / (fig.) to screen / to filter / to select 影壁 yǐng bì spirit wall (screen wall used to shield an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture) 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 围网 圍網 wéi wǎng seine net / wire mesh fence / fence screen 萧墙 蕭牆 xiāo qiáng (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture 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 幕 幙 mù old variant of 幕[mu4] / curtain / screen 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 遮 zhē to cover up (a shortcoming) / to screen off / to hide / to conceal syn 㝉 宁 zhù to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen 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 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 屏 píng (standing) screen syn 帘 簾 lián hanging screen or curtain 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 蔽 bì to cover / to shield / to screen / to conceal 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 阑 闌 lán railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late syn 帷 wéi curtain / screen 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 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 翳 yì feather screen / to screen / to shade / cataract 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] 