配乐 配樂 pèi yuè to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music 雅郑 雅鄭 yǎ zhèng court music and vulgar music (i.e. 雅樂|雅乐[ya3 yue4], music of the court, and 鄭聲|郑声[Zheng4 sheng1], music of the state of Zheng, which was regarded as lewd) 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 平板 píng bǎn slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] syn 一马平川 一馬平川 yī mǎ píng chuān flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom) / wide expanse of flat country syn 㓥房 劏房 tāng fáng (HK) subdivided flat (apartment) / partitioned apartment / tiny residential unit created by dividing a larger flat 变音记号 變音記號 biàn yīn jì hao (music) accidental (symbol such as a sharp (♯), flat (♭), natural (♮) etc) 乐坛 樂壇 yuè tán music circles / music world 歌坛 歌壇 gē tán singing stage / music business (esp. pop music) 乡村音乐 鄉村音樂 xiāng cūn yīn yuè country music (country & western music genre) 国乐 國樂 guó yuè national music / Chinese traditional music 调 調 diào to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody syn 谱 譜 pǔ chart / list / table / register / score (music) / spectrum (physics) / to set to music syn 现代音乐 現代音樂 xiàn dài yīn yuè modern music / contemporary music 印度音乐 印度音樂 yìn dù yīn yuè Bhangra, Indian music (music genre) 哑鼓 啞鼓 yǎ gǔ drum practice pad (music) / a practice drum (music) 胡乐 胡樂 hú yuè Hu music / central Asian music (e.g. as appreciated by Tang literati) 郑声 鄭聲 zhèng shēng folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] / lascivious, decadent music 曲风 曲風 qǔ fēng music style / music genre 平台 平臺 píng tái platform / terrace / flat-roofed building syn 平面 píng miàn plane (flat surface) / print media syn 平淡 píng dàn flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special syn 套房 tào fáng small room opening off another / inner room / suite / apartment / flat / (Tw) room with private bathroom 平坦 píng tǎn level / even / smooth / flat syn 平滑 píng huá flat and smooth syn 顶楼 頂樓 dǐng lóu top floor / attic / loft / garret / penthouse / (flat) rooftop (often used as an outdoor living area etc) 扁平 biǎn píng flat / planar syn 明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight) 平缓 平緩 píng huǎn level / almost flat / not strongly sloping / (fig.) moderate / mild-mannered / gentle syn 泄气 洩氣 xiè qì to leak (gas) / to be discouraged / to despair / (disparaging) pathetic / to vent one's anger / (of a tire) to be flat syn 没电 沒電 méi diàn discharged / flat / dead (of batteries) 飞机场 飛機場 fēi jī chǎng airport / (slang) flat chest / CL:處|处[chu4] syn 大饼 大餅 dà bǐng large flat bread syn 眉间 眉間 méi jiān the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows / glabella 露台 露臺 lù tái balcony / patio / flat roof / terrace / deck (unroofed platform) / outdoor stage / ancient imperial celestial observation terrace 银元 銀元 yín yuán flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀圓|银圆 / silver dollar syn 蟠桃 pán táo flat peach (aka Saturn peach or donut peach) / the peaches of immortality kept by Xi Wangmu 西王母 syn 压扁 壓扁 yā biǎn to squash / to crush flat 平底 píng dǐ flat bottomed / low heeled syn 平川 píng chuān an expanse of flat land syn 平顶 平頂 píng dǐng flat roof 平胸 píng xiōng flat-chested 木片 mù piàn flat piece of wood / wood chip / CL:塊|块[kuai4],片[pian4] 横躺 橫躺 héng tǎng to lie flat 薄饼 薄餅 báo bǐng thin flat cake / pancake / pizza 平 píng flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1] syn 烙饼 烙餅 lào bǐng pancake / flat bread / griddle cake syn 倒伏 dǎo fú (of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat 撒气 撒氣 sā qì to leak (of air) / to go flat (of a tire) / to vent one's anger syn 张 張 zhāng to open up / to spread / sheet of paper / classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes syn 银圆 銀圓 yín yuán flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元 / silver dollar syn 搓板 cuō bǎn washboard / (slang) flat-chested (woman) 洗衣板 xǐ yī bǎn washboard / (jocular) flat chest 扁桃 biǎn táo almond tree / almond / flat peach syn 银洋 銀洋 yín yáng flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元 syn 髂骨 qià gǔ ilium (the large flat bone of the pelvic girdle) syn 坦 tǎn flat / open-hearted / level / smooth syn 横 橫 héng horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent syn 扁 biǎn flat / (coll.) to beat (sb) up / old variant of 匾[bian3] syn 枚 méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn 扇 shàn fan / sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth / classifier for doors, windows etc syn 饼 餅 bǐng round flat cake / cookie / cake / pastry / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn 粑 bā a round flat cake (dialect) 崮 gù steep-sided flat-topped mountain / mesa / (element in mountain names) 笸 pǒ flat basket-tray 痦 wù (flat) mole 四脚朝天 四腳朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān four legs facing the sky (idiom) / flat on one's back 扁骨 biǎn gǔ flat bone 幵 qiān (literary) flat / level 踼 táng to fall flat / to fall on the face 圆面饼 圓麵餅 yuán miàn bǐng round flat bread / pita bread 塌棵菜 tā kē cài Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard) / Chinese flat cabbage 拱璧 gǒng bì a flat round jade ornament with a hole at the center / fig. a treasure 放平 fàng píng to set level / to lay flat 毫无效果 毫無效果 háo wú xiào guǒ to no avail / achieving nothing / totally ineffective / to have no effect / to fall flat (esp. of joke or speech that is completely ignored) 洋钱 洋錢 yáng qián foreign money / flat silver (former coinage) / also written 銀元|银元 syn 爆胎 bào tāi flat tire / burst tire / blowout 虾虎鱼 蝦虎魚 xiā hǔ yú goby (flat fish, Gobiidae) 袋子包 dài zi bāo pita bread (Middle eastern flat bread) 潮滩 cháo tān tidal flat 平重 flat-loading (n.) 折迭房 折叠房 flat-packing container 平扇叶风扇 平扇葉風扇 flat-bladed fan 定额津贴 定額津貼 flat-rate allowances 狗吃屎 gǒu chī shǐ to fall flat on one's face (vulgar) syn 錍 pī flat arrow-head / plow blade / also pr. [pi2] 嘴啃泥 zuǐ kěn ní to fall flat on one's face 石硪 shí wò flat stone with ropes attached, used to ram the ground 呆扳手 dāi bān shǒu open spanner / open end spanner / flat spanner 扑跌 撲跌 pū diē to fall flat on one's face / (martial arts) pouncing and falling (i.e. all kinds of moves) 手刀 shǒu dāo hand formed into a flat shape, as for a karate chop 埫 tǎng flat land / (used in place names) 塅 duàn large area of flat terrain (used in place names) 圢 tǐng flat / level / (used in place names) / variant of 町[ting3] 放倒 fàng dǎo to knock over / to knock down / to lay flat / to fell / to bring down 扁平足 biǎn píng zú flat feet syn 贫乳 貧乳 pín rǔ small breasts / flat-chested 饹馇 餎餷 gē zha a kind of flat cake made from bean flour, often cut up and fried 音乐 音樂 yīn yuè music / CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4] syn 