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"(sb's) background story" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn
背景说明 背景說明 background paper / background note
背调 背調 bèi diào background check (abbr. for 背景調查|背景调查[bei4 jing3 diao4 cha2]) / to conduct a background check
扬言 揚言 yáng yán to put about (a story, plan, threat etc) / to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story) / to threaten syn
典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth syn
戏说 戲說 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest syn
自圆其说 自圓其說 zì yuán qí shuō to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story
阿Ｑ ā Q Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The true story of Ah Q 阿Ｑ正傳|阿Ｑ正传[A1 Q zheng4 chuan2] / Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella "The True Story of Ah Q" 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q Zheng4zhuan4] ("Q" here is typically pronounced as [kiu1] or [qiu1])
自圆其说 自圓其說 zì yuán - qí shuō (idiom) to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story
背景 bèi jǐng background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
学历 學歷 xué lì educational background / academic qualifications
身后 身後 shēn hòu the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background syn
后台 後臺 hòu tái backstage area / behind-the-scenes supporter / (computing) back-end / background syn
出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn
质地 質地 zhì dì texture / background (texture) / grain / quality / character / disposition syn
背景音乐 背景音樂 bèi jǐng yīn yuè background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting
桌布 zhuō bù tablecloth / (computing) desktop background / wallpaper / CL:條|条[tiao2],塊|块[kuai4],張|张[zhang1]
家世 jiā shì family background syn
烘托 hōng tuō background (of a painting) / backdrop / a foil (to set off something to advantage) / to offset (something to advantage) syn
履历 履歷 lǚ lì background (academic and work) / curriculum vitae / résumé
历史背景 歷史背景 lì shǐ bèi jǐng historical background
旁白 páng bái aside (theater) / voice-over / background narration
回良玉 huí liáng yù Hui Liangyu (1944-) PRC Hui national career politician from Guilin, background in economics, politburo member 2002-2012, deputy chair of State Council 2003-2013
画外音 畫外音 huà wài yīn voice-over / background narration
根底 gēn dǐ foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause syn
刘云山 劉雲山 liú yún shān Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012
底 dǐ bottom / base / background / foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix / base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3shu4]) syn
来历不明 來歷不明 lái lì bù míng (idiom) of unknown origin / of dubious background
有教无类 有教無類 yǒu jiào wú lèi education for everyone, irrespective of background syn
青天白日 qīng tiān bái rì (idiom) in broad daylight / in the middle of the day / KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background syn
本底 běn dǐ background
本底调查 本底調查 běn dǐ diào chá background investigation
本底辐射 本底輻射 běn dǐ fú shè background radiation
本底计数 本底計數 běn dǐ jì shù background count
国际见闻 國際見聞 guó jì jiàn wén International Background Knowledge
天然本地 tiān rán běn dì natural background
来路不明 來路不明 lái lù bù míng unidentified origin / no-one knows where it comes from / of dubious background syn
德雷福斯 dé léi fú sī Dreyfus (name) / Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewish background, infamously imprisoned 1894 in miscarriage of justice
教育背景 jiào yù bèi jǐng educational background
历史沿革 歷史沿革 lì shǐ yán gé historical development / background
聚萤映雪 聚螢映雪 jù yíng yìng xuě lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom) / fig. ambitious student from impoverished background / burning the midnight oil
脚色 腳色 jué sè background (one's origin) / role (esp in Chinese opera)
预备知识 預備知識 yù bèi zhī shi background knowledge / prerequisite
背景辐射 背景輻射 bèi jǐng fú shè background radiation
宇宙背景辐射 yǔ zhòu bèi jǐng fú shè cosmic background radiation / cosmic microwave radiation
地震背景噪音 seismic background noise
本底一氧化碳血红蛋白含量 background carboxyhaemoglobin level
本底空气污染监测网 Background Air Pollution Monitoring Network
自然含量 background level
背景文件 bèi jǐng wén jiàn background document
高本底辐射地区 高本底輻射地區 high background radiation area
高本底地区 高本底地區 high background radiation area
宇宙本底勘探者 Cosmic Background Explorer
本底臭氧 background ozone
苏丹生命线行动第二阶段背景呼吁文件 蘇丹生命線行動第二階段背景呼籲文件 Operation Lifeline Sudan Phase II Background Appeal Document
漫红外背景实验 漫紅外背景實驗 Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment
背景吹风会 背景吹風會 background briefing
背景介绍 背景介紹 background briefing
背景杂波 背景雜波 background clutter / surface clutter
本底噪声电平 本底噪聲電平 background noise level
本底浓度 本底濃度 background concentration
本底污染 本底汙染 background pollution
本底地震噪声 本底地震噪聲 background seismic noise
背景调查 背景調查 background check
后台进程 後台進程 hòu tái jìn chéng background process (computing)
背景虚化 背景虛化 bèi jǐng xū huà background blurring (photography)
抠图 摳圖 kōu tú (image processing) to extract a foreground object from its background / image matting
身家 shēn jiā oneself and one's family / family background / pedigree / one's property / one's total assets syn
身家调查 身家調查 shēn jiā diào chá to do a background check on sb
背景调查 背景調查 bèi jǐng diào chá background check
半路出家 bàn lù - chū jiā lit. to enter monastic life at a mature age (idiom) / fig. to change one's career / to take up a new line of work or specialization / to enter a profession from a different background syn
去背 qù bèi (Tw) to remove the background from an image
故事 gù shi narrative / story / tale
通讯 通訊 tōng xùn communications / news story / dispatch / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn
剧情 劇情 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre)
高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm
楼层 樓層 lóu céng floor / story (of a building) syn
演绎 演繹 yǎn yì (of a story etc) to unfold / to play out / to develop (a technique etc) / to enact / (logic) to deduce / to infer syn
刊登 kān dēng to carry a story / to publish (in a newspaper or magazine) syn
本事 běn shì source material / original story syn
线索 線索 xiàn suǒ trail / clues / thread (of a story) syn
内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn
叙述 敘述 xù shù to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account syn
改成 gǎi chéng to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium) syn
成语 成語 chéng yǔ Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
启示 啟示 qǐ shì to reveal / to enlighten / enlightenment / revelation / illumination / moral (of a story etc) / lesson syn
片段 piàn duàn fragment (of speech etc) / extract (from book etc) / episode (of story etc) syn
要闻 要聞 yào wén important news story / headline
却说 卻說 què shuō and the story continues thus: (literary auxiliary particle 發語辭|发语辞)
波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn
爆出 bào chū to burst out / to appear unexpectedly / to break (media story) syn
加盖 加蓋 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story syn
头条 頭條 tóu tiáo lead story (on the news) syn
奇闻 奇聞 qí wén anecdote / fantastic story
趣事 qù shì entertaining anecdote / interesting story or incident syn
寓意 yù yì moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning syn
平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house
内情 內情 nèi qíng inside story / inside information 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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