中路 zhōng lù midway / mediocre (quality) / midfield (soccer) syn 攻防 gōng fáng attack and defense / the midfield (in soccer) 足球 zú qiú soccer ball / a football / CL:個|个[ge4] / soccer / football 足协 足協 zú xié soccer association / soccer federation (abbr. for 足球協會|足球协会[zu2qiu2 xie2hui4]) 足坛 足壇 zú tán soccer circles / soccer world 足球赛 足球賽 zú qiú sài soccer match / soccer competition 男足 nán zú abbr. for 男子足球 men's soccer / abbr. for 男子足球隊|男子足球队 men's soccer team 足球协会 足球協會 zú qiú xié huì soccer association / soccer federation 女足 nǚ zú women's soccer / women's football / women's soccer team 中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 贝克汉姆 貝克漢姆 bèi kè hàn mǔ Beckenham or Beckham (name) / David Beckham (1975-), British midfield footballer 叫板 jiào bǎn to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge 彭德怀 彭德懷 péng dé huái Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution 撕咬 sī yǎo to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another) 围魏救赵 圍魏救趙 wéi wèi jiù zhào lit. to besiege 魏[Wei4] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhao4] (idiom) / fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers syn "消灭贫穷, 促进团结, 增加就业" "消滅貧窮, 促進團結, 增加就業" Attacking poverty, Building solidarity, Creating jobs 礌石 lèi shí (old) stones that can be rolled down onto an attacking enemy 怒气攻心 怒氣攻心 nù qì gōng xīn (TCM) sudden strong emotions attacking the heart, leading to faints etc / (fig.) to fly into a fit of anger syn 礌石 léi shí (old) rocks that can be dropped from a height onto an attacking enemy 球队 球隊 qiú duì sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc) 皇马 皇馬 huáng mǎ Real Madrid soccer team / abbr. for 皇家馬德里|皇家马德里 英超 yīng chāo Premier League / England Premier Soccer League 过人 過人 guò rén to surpass others / outstanding / (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent syn 前卫 前衛 qián wèi advanced guard / vanguard / avant-garde / forward (soccer position) 回合 huí hé one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents / round (boxing etc) / rally (tennis etc) / frame (billiards etc) / inning / (tennis, soccer etc) rubber or leg / round (of negotiations) syn 国足 國足 guó zú national soccer team 射门 射門 shè mén (soccer, handball etc) to kick or shoot the ball towards the goal 门将 門將 mén jiàng official gatekeeper / goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc) 中锋 中鋒 zhōng fēng (sports) midfielder / (basketball) center / (hockey, soccer) center forward / see 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] 足球队 足球隊 zú qiú duì soccer team 头球 頭球 tóu qiú (soccer) header 切入 qiē rù to cut into / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team) / (cinema) to cut (to the next scene) 球门 球門 qiú mén goalmouth (in soccer) 足球场 足球場 zú qiú chǎng football field / soccer field 大脚 大腳 dà jiǎo naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiao3 jiao3]) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal) 欧洲杯 歐洲杯 ōu zhōu bēi European Cup (e.g. soccer) 乌龙 烏龍 wū lóng black dragon / unexpected mistake or mishap / own goal (soccer) / oolong (tea) / (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon 埃弗顿 埃弗頓 āi fú dùn Everton (town in northwest England) / Everton soccer team 角球 jiǎo qiú corner kick (in soccer) / free strike in hockey 扑救 撲救 pū jiù firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer) syn 范志毅 fàn zhì yì Fan Zhiyi (1969-), soccer player 边路 邊路 biān lù sidewalk / side road / shoulder (of a road) / wing (soccer) 运球 運球 yùn qiú to dribble (basketball, soccer etc) 黑哨 hēi shào (soccer etc) corrupt officiating / dubious call 劲射 勁射 jìng shè power shot (e.g. in soccer) 人墙 人牆 rén qiáng human barricade / (soccer) defensive wall 开球 開球 kāi qiú open ball (math.) / to start a ball game / to kick off (soccer) / to tee off (golf) syn 清道夫 qīng dào fū street cleaner / garbage collector / (soccer) sweeper syn 手球 shǒu qiú handball (the game or the ball itself) / handball (a foul in soccer) 大球 dà qiú sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball that use large balls / see also 小球[xiao3 qiu2] 临门 臨門 lín mén to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth 铲球 鏟球 chǎn qiú (soccer) to do a sliding tackle 蹴鞠 cù jū cuju, ancient Chinese football (soccer) syn 全攻全守 quán gōng quán shǒu total football (soccer) 踢 tī to kick / to play (e.g. soccer) / (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship) syn 深圳健力宝 深圳健力寶 shēn zhèn jiàn lì bǎo Shenzhen Jianlibao (soccer team) 邓加 鄧加 dèng jiā Dunga (1963-), former Brazilian soccer player 杜威 dù wēi Du Wei (1982-), Shanghai soccer star / Dewey (name) 郝海东 郝海東 hǎo hǎi dōng Hao Haidong (1970-), former Chinese soccer player 罗纳尔多 羅納爾多 luó nà ěr duō Ronaldo (name) / Cristiano Ronaldo (1985-), Portuguese soccer player 朱广沪 朱廣滬 zhū guǎng hù Zhu Guanghu (1949-), PRC soccer coach 中前卫 中前衛 zhōng qián wèi center forward (soccer position) 右前卫 右前衛 yòu qián wèi right forward (soccer position) 左前卫 左前衛 zuǒ qián wèi left forward (soccer position) 汉福斯 漢福斯 hàn fú sī Hønefoss, city (and soccer team) in Buskerud, Norway 球会 球會 qiú huì (HK) ball sports club (soccer, basketball etc) 皇家马德里 皇家馬德里 huáng jiā mǎ dé lǐ Real Madrid (soccer team) 英超赛 英超賽 yīng chāo sài England premier soccer league 超足球 chāo zú qiú premier soccer league / superleague 险球 險球 xiǎn qiú dangerous ball (in soccer, volleyball etc) 世界足球明星为儿基会筹款义赛 World All-Star Soccer Match for UNICEF 齐内丁・齐达内 齊內丁・齊達內 qí nèi dīng · qí dá nèi Zinedine Zidane (Zizou), a past French soccer player C罗 C羅 C luó nickname of Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo 齐内丁·齐达内 齊內丁·齊達內 qí nèi dīng · qí dá nèi Zinedine Zidane (Zizou), a past French soccer player 世足 shì zú World Cup (soccer) (Tw) 二过一 二過一 èr guò yī (soccer) one-two / push-and-run 盘带 盤帶 pán dài (soccer) to dribble 假摔 jiǎ shuāi (soccer) diving / simulation / flopping 卧草 臥草 wò cǎo (substitute for 我肏[wo3 cao4]) fuck / WTF / (soccer) to waste time by feigning injury 足协杯 足協杯 zú xié bēi soccer association cup 花式足球 huā shì zú qiú freestyle soccer 升班马 升班馬 shēng bān mǎ (sports, esp. soccer) newly promoted team (one that has advanced from a lower league to a higher league) 滑跪 huá guì (of a soccer player) to knee slide after scoring a goal / (slang) to drop to one's knees in contrition or surrender (usu. figurative) 苏超 蘇超 sū - chāo Scottish Premiership, the top division of professional football (soccer) in Scotland (abbr. for 蘇格蘭超級聯賽|苏格兰超级联赛[Su1ge2lan2 Chao1ji2 Lian2sai4]) 