"Great-Sage Sun" Chinese-English Dictionary

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孙大圣 孫大聖 sūn dà shèng Great-Sage Sun / Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1]
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
圣人 聖人 shèng rén sage / the Sage (i.e. Confucius) / (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty / (religion) saint syn
晒太阳 曬太陽 shài tài yáng to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
智者 zhì zhě sage / wise man / clever and knowledgeable person syn
圣贤 聖賢 shèng xián a sage / wise and holy man / virtuous ruler / Buddhist lama / wine syn
波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn
厚望 hòu wàng great hopes / great expectations
诸葛亮 諸葛亮 zhū gě liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind syn
大业 大業 dà yè great cause / great undertaking syn
民族主义 民族主義 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
圣手 聖手 shèng shǒu divine physician / sage doctor / highly skilled practitioner syn
大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn
暴晒 暴曬 bào shài (of the sun) to scorch / to expose to a scorching sun
丹参 丹參 dān shēn (botany) red sage (Salvia miltiorrhiza) syn
贤人 賢人 xián rén great person of the past / venerable forebear / the great and the good syn
向阳 向陽 xiàng yáng facing the sun / exposed to the sun syn
释迦牟尼 釋迦牟尼 shì jiā móu ní Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
宏愿 宏願 hóng yuàn great aspiration / great ambition syn
圣庙 聖廟 shèng miào shrine to a sage (esp. Confucius) syn
朝阳 朝陽 cháo yáng to be exposed to the sun / in a position facing the sun syn
孙子 孫子 sūn zǐ Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] syn
中山大学 中山大學 zhōng shān dà xué Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists
大圣 大聖 dà shèng great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding personage / Buddha
大功 dà gōng great merit / great service syn
齐天大圣 齊天大聖 qí tiān dà shèng Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, self-proclaimed title of the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
宋庆龄 宋慶齡 sòng qìng líng Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925
王羲之 wáng xī zhī Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣
先贤 先賢 xiān xián (literary) ancient sage syn
圣明 聖明 shèng míng enlightened sage / brilliant master (flattering words applied to ruler)
孙武 孫武 sūn wǔ Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
姜子牙 薑子牙 jiāng zǐ yá Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王[Zhou1 Wen2 wang2] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
贤王 賢王 xián wáng sage kings
鼠尾草 shǔ wěi cǎo sage (Salvia officinalis)
贤能 賢能 xián néng sage syn
圣训 聖訓 shèng xùn sage's instructions / imperial edict
shèng (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual / paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy / sacred syn
shài (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to syn
zhé wise / a sage syn
玄孙 玄孫 xuán sūn great-great-grandson
诗圣 詩聖 shī shèng "sage of poetry", epithet of Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3] syn
书圣 書聖 shū shèng great calligraphy master / the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之[Wang2 Xi1 zhi1] (303-361)
圣雄 聖雄 shèng xióng sage hero / refers to Mahatma Gandhi
五大湖 wǔ dà hú Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes
shùn Shun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader
big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn
大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn
很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb syn
wàn ten thousand / a great number
sun / day / date, day of the month syn
多么 多麼 duō me how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent syn
伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn
英国 英國 yīng guó United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lian2 he2 wang2 guo2] / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Ying1 ge2 lan2]
wáng king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great syn
hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn
大多数 大多數 dà duō shù (great) majority syn
太阳 太陽 tài yang sun / CL:個|个[ge4] / abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2] syn
重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn
大量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous syn
大师 大師 dà shī great master / master syn
大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn
好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult syn
出没 出沒 chū mò to come and go / to roam about (mostly unseen) / (of a ghost) to haunt (a place) / (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets) / (of the sun) to rise and set
大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn
费力 費力 fèi lì to expend a great deal of effort syn
老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn
曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn
急速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) syn
伟人 偉人 wěi rén great person syn
用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort syn
上山 shàng shān to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise
大帝 dà dì heavenly emperor / "the Great" (title) syn
天窗 tiān chuāng hatchway / skylight / sun roof
长城 長城 cháng chéng the Great Wall syn
不列颠 不列顛 bù liè diān Britain / British / Great Britain
惋惜 wǎn xī to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sb syn
重担 重擔 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility syn
夕阳 夕陽 xī yáng sunset / the setting sun syn
北斗 běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan syn
抢手 搶手 qiǎng shǒu (of goods) popular / in great demand syn
大雪 dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December
大不列颠 大不列顛 dà bù liè diān Great Britain
辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly / with great trouble syn
老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn
转头 轉頭 zhuàn tóu nutation (plants turning to face the sun) syn
雄心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration syn
抬举 擡舉 tái ju to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3] syn
太阳神 太陽神 tài yáng shén Sun God / Apollo
远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight
狄更斯 dí gēng sī Dickens (name) / Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist
毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn
兴高采烈 興高采烈 xìng gāo cǎi liè happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight syn
珍视 珍視 zhēn shì to place great importance on / to treasure syn
落日 luò rì setting sun syn
盛情 shèng qíng great kindness / magnificent hospitality syn
下山 xià shān to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves / billows syn
巨变 巨變 jù biàn great changes
淋漓尽致 淋漓盡致 lín lí jìn zhì lit. extreme saturation (idiom) / fig. vividly and thoroughly / in great detail / without restraint / (of a performance) brilliant syn
悉心 xī xīn to put one's heart (and soul) into sth / with great care 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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