铁幕 鐵幕 tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.) 拉开序幕 拉開序幕 lā kāi xù mù (fig.) to raise the curtain / to lift the curtain / to be a curtain raiser for 窗口 chuāng kǒu window / opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window) / computer operating system window / fig. medium / intermediary / showpiece / testing ground 闭幕 閉幕 bì mù the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting) syn 车窗 車窗 chē chuāng car window / window of a vehicle (bus, train etc) 落地窗 luò dì chuāng floor-to-ceiling window / French window 铁窗 鐵窗 tiě chuāng window with an iron grating (apartment etc) / barred window of a prison cell syn 窗扇 chuāng shàn window / the opening panel of a window syn 窗钩 窗鉤 chuāng gōu window hook / window latch 冲击窗口 沖擊窗口 shock window / shocks window 窗口期 chuāng kǒu qī window (interval of time) / (epidemiology) window period 栊 櫳 lóng (literary) window / (literary) cage for animals syn 秩 zhì (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade 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 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 倪 ní (literary) small child / (literary) limit / bound / extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin / cause 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 阆 閬 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 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 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 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 俱 jù (literary) all / both / entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike syn 聊 liáo (coll.) to chat / (literary) temporarily / for a while / (literary) somewhat / slightly / (literary) to depend upon syn 虞 yú (literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe syn 怃 憮 wǔ (literary) to have tender affection for / (literary) discouraged / disappointed / (literary) startled 蒐 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 佹 guǐ (literary) perverse / unreasonable / (literary) eccentric / enigmatic / (literary) by chance / all of a sudden 塈 jì (literary) to plaster / (literary) to pick up / (literary) to rest 奭 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 帷幕 wéi mù heavy curtain syn 落幕 luò mù the curtain drops / the end of the show syn 夜幕 yè mù curtain of night / gathering darkness syn 幕墙 幕牆 mù qiáng curtain wall (architecture) 谢幕 謝幕 xiè mù to take a curtain call / (fig.) to come to an end 帘子 簾子 lián zi curtain syn 幕布 mù bù (theater) curtain syn 撩开 撩開 liāo kai to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something / to toss aside syn 帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn 浴帘 浴簾 yù lián shower curtain 垂帘听政 垂簾聽政 chuí lián tīng zhèng lit. to govern from behind the curtain / to rule in place of the emperor (idiom) 帷幔 wéi màn drapery / curtain syn 窗幔 chuāng màn curtain syn 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn 幕 幙 mù old variant of 幕[mu4] / curtain / screen syn 帐 帳 zhàng (bound form) curtain / tent / canopy / variant of 賬|账[zhang4] syn 帘 簾 lián hanging screen or curtain syn 幢 zhuàng classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows syn 帷 wéi curtain / screen syn 幔 màn curtain syn 帏 幃 wéi curtain / women's apartment / tent 簾 lián curtain 帱 幬 chóu canopy / curtain syn 裯 chóu bed curtain / coverlet 幨 chān curtain in carriage / screen 幔子 màn zi curtain / veil 幰 xiǎn curtain at front of carriage 幙 mù curtain / screen 扑棱 撲稜 pū leng (of wings, curtain etc) to flap / to flutter 珠箔 zhū bó curtain of pearls / screen of beads 开场戏 開場戲 kāi chǎng xì curtain-raiser 帐幔 帳幔 zhàng màn curtain 幮 chú a kind of mosquito net / bed curtain 床帐 床帳 chuáng zhàng bed curtain / mosquito net 窗帷 chuāng wéi curtain syn 雨幕 yǔ mù curtain of rain / downpour syn 关闭 關閉 guān bì to close / to shut (a window etc) / (of a shop, school etc) to shut down syn 刷新 shuā xīn to renovate / to refurbish / to refresh (computer window) / to write a new page (in history) / to break (a record) syn 窗户 窗戶 chuāng hu window / CL:個|个[ge4],扇[shan4] syn 视窗 視窗 shì chuāng a window (on a computer screen) 逛街 guàng jiē to take a walk / to window-shop / to stroll down the street 窗帘 窗簾 chuāng lián window curtains syn 窗体 窗體 chuāng tǐ form (used in programming languages such as Visual Basic and Delphi to create a GUI window) 窗子 chuāng zi window syn 窗台 窗臺 chuāng tái windowsill / window ledge syn 时间段 時間段 shí jiān duàn time window 橱窗 櫥窗 chú chuāng display window 采光 採光 cǎi guāng to get natural light (e.g. through a window) 标题栏 標題欄 biāo tí lán title bar (of a window) (computing) 靠窗 kào chuāng by the window (referring to seats on a plane etc) 铺面 鋪面 pù miàn front window / store front syn 纱窗 紗窗 shā chuāng screen window 窗棂 窗欞 chuāng líng window lattice syn 窗玻璃 chuāng bō lí window pane 窗框 chuāng kuàng window frame syn 蜘蛛人 zhī zhū rén (coll.) rope access technician / industrial climber / (esp.) high-rise window washer 探身 tàn shēn to lean forward / to lean out (of a window, door etc) 插销 插銷 chā xiāo bolt (for locking a window, cabinet etc) / (electrical) plug syn 窗明几净 窗明几淨 chuāng míng jī jìng lit. clear window and clean table (idiom) / fig. bright and clean syn 窗饰 窗飾 chuāng shì window decoration 钢窗 鋼窗 gāng chuāng metal window 售票口 shòu piào kǒu ticket window 钩 鉤 gōu to hook / to sew / to crochet / hook / check mark or tick / window catch syn 寮 liáo hut / shack / small window / variant of 僚[liao2] syn 牖 yǒu to enlighten / lattice window syn 樘 táng pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows syn 