"(of actions) indecisive" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
拖泥带水 拖泥帶水 tuō ní - dài shuǐ (idiom) muddy and wet / (idiom) (of speech, writing etc) slovenly / sloppy / (of actions) indecisive syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
联合国支援消除对妇女暴力行为信托基金 United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women / Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women
支援消除对妇女暴力行为信托基金 United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women / Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women
惺忪 xīng sōng drowsy-eyed / (literary) wavering / indecisive / (literary) awake / conscious / clearheaded syn
拿不准 ná bù zhǔn in doubt / unsure of sth / unable to decide / indecisive
瞻前顾后 瞻前顧後 zhān qián gù hòu lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully / to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive syn
朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom) / to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold syn
优柔 優柔 yōu róu gentle / carefree / indecisive / weak syn
优柔寡断 優柔寡斷 yōu róu guǎ duàn indecisive / irresolute syn
把持不定 bǎ chí bù dìng indecisive (idiom)
粘皮带骨 粘皮帶骨 nián pí dài gǔ (old) (idiom) muddled / indecisive / plodding
chán indecisive / irresolute
摇摆不定 搖擺不定 yáo bǎi bù dìng indecisive / wavering syn
蔫呼呼 niān hū hū weak and indecisive
龟毛 龜毛 guī máo (Tw) (coll.) indecisive / fussy / nitpicking (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ku-moo])
媕婀 ān ē (literary) hesitant / indecisive
踌躇不决 躊躇不決 chóu chú bù jué to hesitate / indecisive
东摇西摆 東搖西擺 dōng yáo - xī bǎi (idiom) to sway from side to side / unsteady / (idiom) indecisive / hesitant
粘皮带骨 粘皮帶骨 nián pí - dài gǔ (old) (idiom) muddled / indecisive / plodding
言行 yán xíng words and actions / what one says and what one does
流露 liú lù to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc syn
风头 風頭 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight syn
自找 zì zhǎo to suffer as a consequence of one's own actions / you asked for it / to bring it on oneself (sth unpleasant) syn
好话 好話 hǎo huà friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions syn
身不由己 shēn bù yóu jǐ (idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control / unable to do anything about it / (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself) syn
过火 過火 guò huǒ to go too far / to go overboard (in words or actions) / over the top / excessive / burned syn
谱写 譜寫 pǔ xiě to compose (a piece of music) / (fig.) to create, by one's actions, a narrative (generally one that can be recounted with pride) syn
粗野 cū yě insolent / boorish / rough (in actions) syn
擦边球 擦邊球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable
善行 shàn xíng good actions
积德 積德 jī dé to accumulate merit / to do good / to give to charity / virtuous actions syn
咎由自取 jiù yóu zì qǔ (idiom) to have only oneself to blame / to bring trouble through one's own actions syn
吃苦头 吃苦頭 chī kǔ tou to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers syn
zhuàn to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions syn
thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (finance) stock / share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions syn
biàn everywhere / all over / classifier for actions: one time syn
fān (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind / a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double") syn
直情径行 直情徑行 zhí qíng jìng xíng straightforward and honest in one's actions (idiom)
听其言而观其行 聽其言而觀其行 tīng qí yán ér guān qí xíng hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects) / judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
言行一致 yán xíng yī zhì (idiom) one's actions are in keeping with what one says syn
言行若一 yán xíng ruò yī (idiom) one's actions are in keeping with what one says
迷魂汤 迷魂湯 mí hún tāng potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka 孟婆湯|孟婆汤[meng4po2tang1]) / magic potion / (fig.) bewitching words or actions syn
干脆利落 乾脆利落 gān cuì lì luo (of speech or actions) direct and efficient / without fooling around syn
社会行动 社會行動 shè huì xíng dòng social actions
保呈 bǎo chéng document guaranteeing the words or actions of a third party (old)
含含糊糊 hán hán hú hú (of speech) obscure / unclear / (of actions) vague / ineffectual syn
城门失火,殃及池鱼 城門失火,殃及池魚 chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom) / the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
大吃苦头 大吃苦頭 dà chī kǔ tou to suffer / to suffer for one's actions / to pay dearly / to burn one's fingers
好汉做事,好汉当 好漢做事,好漢當 hǎo hàn zuò shì , hǎo hàn dāng daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
放刁 fàng diāo to act wickedly / to bully / to make life difficult for sb by unreasonable actions syn
敢做敢当 敢做敢當 gǎn zuò gǎn dāng daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆 種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆 zhòng guā dé guā , zhòng dòu dé dòu lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom) / fig. As you sow, so shall you reap. / One must live with the consequences of one's actions. / You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
听其言观其行 聽其言觀其行 tīng qí yán guān qí xíng hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects) / judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
2007年10月3日共同声明 2007年10月3日共同聲明 Joint Statement of 3 October 2007 / Second-Phase Actions for the Implementation of the September 2005 Joint Statement
落实共同声明第二阶段行动 Joint Statement of 3 October 2007 / Second-Phase Actions for the Implementation of the September 2005 Joint Statement
优先行动纲领 Programme for Priority Actions
水行动一揽子项目 Portfolio of Water Actions
制订减少污染的国家政策和行动的准则 Guidelines for Development of National Policies and Actions for Pollution Reduction
和平和人道主义行动大会 Congress on Peace and Humanitarian Actions
国际森林问题商定行动 internationally agreed actions on forests
落实共同声明起步行动 落實共同聲明起步行動 Initial Actions for Implementation of the Joint Statement
国际团结和人道主义行动大会 國際團結和人道主義行動大會 Congress on International Solidarity and Humanitarian Actions
边境安全反恐行动合作声明 邊境安全反恐行動合作聲明 Statement on Cooperative Counter-Terrorist Actions on Border Security
区域海洋公约和行动计划全球会议 區域海洋公約和行動計劃全球會議 Global Meeting of Regional Seas Conventions and Actions Plans
欧洲共同体对外援助合同程序实用指南 歐洲共同體對外援助合同程序實用指南 Practical Guide to contract procedures for EC external actions
无心插柳柳成阴 無心插柳柳成陰 wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫
行不更名,坐不改姓 xíng bù gēng míng , zuò bù gǎi xìng I am who I am and not ashamed of it / to be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions
好汉做事好汉当 好漢做事好漢當 hǎo hàn zuò shì hǎo hàn dāng daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom) / a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions / the buck stops here
打麻雀运动 打麻雀運動 dǎ má què yùn dòng the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大躍進|大跃进[Da4 yue4 jin4] aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows
自食恶果 自食惡果 zì shí è guǒ lit. to eat one's own bitter fruit (idiom) / fig. to suffer the consequences of one's own actions / to stew in one's own juice
积土成山 積土成山 jī tǔ chéng shān lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom) / fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn
迷魂药 迷魂藥 mí hún yào magic potion / (fig.) bewitching words or actions / knockout drug / ecstasy / MDMA syn
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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