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灵光 靈光 líng guāng divine light (around the Buddha) / a halo / a miraculous column of light / (slang) jolly good! syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
良药 良藥 liáng yào good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
不知好歹 bù zhī hǎo dǎi unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom) / not to know what's good for one / unable to recognize others' good intentions
动L 動L dòng L flowing / flexible / lively (internet slang) / flowing / flexible / lively (Internet slang)
小白 xiǎo bái (slang) novice / greenhorn / (old) (slang) fool / idiot / abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸[xiao3 bai2 lian3], pretty boy
尬舞 gà wǔ (slang) to battle each other in street dancing (derived from Taiwanese 較, which sounds similar to Mandarin 尬[ga4]) / (slang) to perform weird dance moves
下头 下頭 xià tóu (slang) (of a person or manner) off-putting / (slang) to feel put off syn
拆家 chāi jiā (slang) low-level drug dealer / (slang) (of a pet) to wreck the house (scattering trash, chewing on furniture etc)
捡漏 撿漏 jiǎn lòu to repair a leaky roof / (dialect) to find fault / to nitpick / (slang) to score a bargain (esp. when the seller is unaware of the item's true value) / (slang) to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity
树洞 樹洞 shù dòng tree hollow / (slang) anonymous platform for sharing secrets / (slang) confidant
好朋友 hǎo péng you good friend / (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
型男 xíng nán fashionable and good-looking guy (slang)
凯子 凱子 kǎi zi (slang) rich, good-looking guy
头香 頭香 tóu xiāng the first stick of incense placed in the censer (believed to bring good luck esp. during festivities) / (slang) (Tw) the first reply to a blog post etc
活好 huó hǎo to live (one's life) well / (slang) to be good in bed
好看 hǎo kàn good-looking / nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation syn
保养 保養 bǎo yǎng to take good care of (or conserve) one's health / to keep in good repair / to maintain / maintenance syn
好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality / (coll.) very bad syn
美貌 měi mào good looks / beauty / good-looking syn
晚安 wǎn ān Good night! / Good evening!
美誉 美譽 měi yù good name / good reputation syn
善恶 善惡 shàn è good and evil / good versus evil
善用 shàn yòng to be good at using (sth) / to put (sth) to good use syn
无益 無益 wú yì no good / not good for / not beneficial syn
风姿 風姿 fēng zī good looks / good figure / graceful bearing / charm syn
良方 liáng fāng good medicine / effective prescription / fig. good plan / effective strategy syn
伯乐 伯樂 bó lè Bole (a man who lived during Spring and Autumn Period, reputed to be able to spot a good horse) / a person who is good at spotting talent
自爱 自愛 zì ài self-respect / self-love / self-regard / regard for oneself / to cherish one's good name / to take good care of one's health syn
美名 měi míng good name / good reputation syn
良策 liáng cè good plan / good idea syn
hǎo good / appropriate / proper / all right! / (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to / (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so / (verb complement indicating completion) / (of two people) close / on intimate terms / (after a personal pronoun) hello syn
彩头 彩頭 cǎi tóu good omen / good luck (in business etc) / profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc) syn
以德报怨 以德報怨 yǐ dé bào yuàn to return good for evil (idiom) / to requite evil with good syn
待价而沽 待價而沽 dài jià ér gū to sell only for a good price (idiom) / to wait for a good offer syn
宝刀不老 寶刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it syn
好好儿 好好兒 hǎo hāo r in good condition / perfectly good / carefully / well / thoroughly syn
shàn good (virtuous) / benevolent / well-disposed / good at sth / to improve or perfect syn
多钱善贾 多錢善賈 duō qián shàn gǔ much capital, good business (idiom) / fig. good trading conditions
生财有道 生財有道 shēng cái yǒu dào lit. there are principles behind making money (idiom) / fig. to have a knack for good business / knowing how to accumulate wealth / good at feathering one's own nest syn
善者不辩,辩者不善 善者不辯,辯者不善 shàn zhě bù biàn , biàn zhě bù shàn Good words are not persuasive, persuasive words are not good (idiom, from Laozi 老子 81). Do not be taken in by appearances.
好事不出门,恶事传千里 好事不出門,惡事傳千里 hǎo shì bù chū mén , è shì chuán qiān lǐ lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles / a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
好故事百听不厌 好故事百聽不厭 hǎo gù shi bǎi tīng bù yàn The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times. / One never tires of hearing good new.
工欲善其事,必先利其器 gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
彰善癉惡 彰善瘅恶 zhāng shàn dàn è to distinguish good and evil (idiom) / to uphold virtue and condemn evil / to praise good and expose vice
欲善其事,必先利其器 yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
无量寿 無量壽 wú liàng shòu boundless life (expression of good wishes) / Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom
解决达尔富尔问题的善意和建立信任协议 解決達爾富爾問題的善意和建立信任協議 Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building for the Settlement of the Problem in Darfur / Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building
善意和建立信任协议 善意和建立信任協議 Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building for the Settlement of the Problem in Darfur / Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building
睦邻关系 睦鄰關系 good neighbourly relations / good neigbourliness
彰善瘅恶 彰善癉惡 zhāng shàn dàn è to distinguish good and evil (idiom) / to uphold virtue and condemn evil / to praise good and expose vice syn
好心倒做了驴肝肺 好心倒做了驢肝肺 hǎo xīn dào zuò le lǘ gān fēi lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom) / fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent
不是东西 不是東西 bù shì dōng xi (derog.) to be a good-for-nothing / worthless nobody / no-good
好料 hǎo liào sth of good quality / good person (usu. in the negative) / (Tw) delicious food
小姐 xiǎo jie young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn
同志 tóng zhì comrade / (slang) homosexual / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4] syn
玻璃 bō li glass / CL:張|张[zhang1],塊|块[kuai4] / (slang) male homosexual syn
机场 機場 jī chǎng airport / airfield / (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship / CL:家[jia1],處|处[chu4] syn
我去 wǒ qù (slang) what the ...! / oh my god! / that's insane!
楼上 樓上 lóu shàng upstairs / (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
沙发 沙發 shā fā sofa (loanword) / CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1] / (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post
极品 極品 jí pǐn best quality / item of the highest quality / (slang) outrageous / annoying in the extreme / gross / person with these qualities syn
变态 變態 biàn tài to metamorphose (biology) / abnormal / perverted / hentai / (slang) pervert
绿化 綠化 lǜ huà to make green with plants / to reforest / (Internet slang) Islamization
叶子 葉子 yè zi leaf (CL:片[pian4]) / (slang) marijuana syn
空军 空軍 kōng jūn air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip) / to get skunked syn
真空 zhēn kōng (physics, fig.) vacuum / (slang) to not wear underwear
一号 一號 yī hào first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)
不分 bù fēn not to distinguish / to make no distinction / (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role)
恐龙 恐龍 kǒng lóng dinosaur (CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]) / (old) (slang) ugly person
青蛙 qīng wā frog (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (old) (slang) ugly guy syn
性福 xìng fú (neologism c. 2008) (slang) (coined as a pun on 幸福[xing4 fu2]) satisfied with one's sex life
大洋 dà yáng ocean / (old) silver dollar / (slang) Chinese yuan syn
白金 bái jīn platinum / silver / (slang) handcuffs syn
绿茶 綠茶 lǜ chá green tea / (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative / a girl who has these qualities
大虾 大蝦 dà xiā prawn / (Internet slang) expert / whiz syn
霹雳 霹靂 pī lì thunderclap / (slang) awesome / shocking / terrifying syn
机车 機車 jī chē locomotive / train engine car / (Tw) scooter / (Tw) (slang) hard to get along with / to be a pain in the ass / (Tw) damn! / crap! syn
膝盖 膝蓋 xī gài knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration) syn
马甲 馬甲 mǎ jiǎ corset / sockpuppet (Internet slang) / vest (dialect) syn
灯泡 燈泡 dēng pào light bulb / see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
菊花 jú huā chrysanthemum / (TCM) chrysanthemum flower / (slang) anus syn
鸭子 鴨子 yā zi duck / male prostitute (slang) syn
白虎 bái hǔ White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky) / (slang) hairless female genitalia
巨龙 巨龍 jù lóng gigantic dragon (lit. and fig.) / titanosaur (abbr. for 泰坦巨龍|泰坦巨龙[tai4 tan3 ju4 long2]) / (slang) big dick / schlong
咪咪 mī mī oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts) syn
双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome
波霸 bō bà (slang) (loanword) big boobs / big-breasted / (coll.) tapioca balls, in 波霸奶茶[bo1 ba4 nai3 cha2]
菠菜 bō cài spinach (CL:棵[ke1]) / (slang) gambling / gambler (alternative term for 博彩[bo2cai3])
的哥 dī gē male taxi driver / cabbie (slang) syn
大神 dà shén deity / (Internet slang) guru / expert / whiz
猩猩 xīng xing orangutan / (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin syn
母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen / don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) syn
丁丁 dīng dīng (neologism) (slang) penis (丁丁 resembles "JJ", which is short for 雞雞|鸡鸡[ji1ji1]) syn
米粉 mǐ fěn rice flour / rice-flour noodles / (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan syn
进宫 進宮 jìn gōng to enter the emperor's palace / (slang) to go to jail
正点 正點 zhèng diǎn (of a train etc) on time / punctual / (slang) awesome / (Tw) on the hour syn
小白兔 xiǎo bái tù small white rabbit / (fig.) innocent and naive person / (fig.) (slang) breast
发卡 發卡 fā kǎ to issue a card / (slang) to reject a guy or a girl / to chuck syn
条子 條子 tiáo zi short note / slip of paper / stripe / (slang) cop / (old) prostitute syn
马子 馬子 mǎ zi bandit / brigand / gambling chip / chamber pot / (slang) girl / chick / babe 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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