右 yòu (bound form) right / right-hand side / (bound form) (politics) right of center / (bound form) (old) west / (literary) the right side as the side of precedence syn 欲盖弥彰 欲蓋彌彰 yù gài mí zhāng trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom) / A cover up only makes matters worse. 右边 右邊 yòu bian right side / right, to the right syn 优先承购权 優先承購權 yōu xiān chéng gòu quán prior purchase right / right of first refusal (ROFR) / preemptive right to purchase 人道主义干预权 right of interference / right to intervene in humanitarian crises / right of intervention on humanitarian grounds 劈头 劈頭 pī tóu straight away / right off the bat / right on the head / right in the face syn 右手 yòu shǒu right hand / right-hand side syn 对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong? / Is it right? / OK, yes? (colloquial) 向右 xiàng yòu facing right / rightwards / to the right 右翼 yòu yì the right flank / (politically) right-wing syn 对头 對頭 duì tóu correct / normal / to be on good terms with / on the right track / right syn 天经地义 天經地義 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course syn 左右手 zuǒ yòu shǒu left and right hands / (fig.) capable assistant / right-hand man syn 对症下药 對症下藥 duì zhèng xià yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom) / fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps 右派 yòu pài (political) right / right wing / rightist syn 够味 夠味 gòu wèi lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent 不是味儿 不是味兒 bù shì wèi r not the right flavor / not quite right / a bit off / fishy / queer / amiss / feel bad / be upset syn 适逢其会 適逢其會 shì féng qí huì (idiom) to happen to be in the right place at the right time syn 对症发药 對症發藥 duì zhèng fā yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom) / fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps 是非自有公论 是非自有公論 shì fēi zì yǒu gōng lùn to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong. 知人善任 zhī rén shàn rèn (idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities / to put the right people in the right places 正当时 正當時 zhèng dāng shí the right time for sth / the right season (for planting cabbage) 良图 良圖 liáng tú good plan / right strategy / to take one's time forming the right decision 车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直 車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直 chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù , chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí (idiom) everything will turn out all right / let's worry about it when it happens / it will be all right on the night 可转让发展权利 transferable development right / tradeable development right 落实发展权问题高级别工作队 high-level task force on the implementation of the right to development / High-Level Task Force on the Right to Development 获得饮水的权利 獲得飲水的權利 right to have access to drinking water / right to water 饮水权 飲水權 yǐn shuǐ quán right to have access to drinking water / right to water 适足食物权作为一项人权问题特别报告员 適足食物權作為一項人權問題特別報告員 Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate food as a human right 使发展权成为一项人权全球协商 使發展權成為一項人權全球協商 Global Consultation on the Right to Development as a Human Right 集体权利 集體權利 group right / collective right 团体权利 團體權利 group right / collective right 外手 wài shǒu right-hand side (of a machine) / right-hand side (passenger side) of a vehicle syn 打千 dǎ qiān genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand 近在眼前 jìn zài yǎn qián right under one's nose / right in front of one's eyes / close at hand / imminent syn 眼皮子底下 yǎn pí zi dǐ xià right in front of sb's eyes / right under sb's nose / current / at the moment 被选举权 被選舉權 bèi xuǎn jǔ quán the right to be elected / the right to stand for election 灯下黑 燈下黑 dēng xià hēi (lit.) it's dark right under the lamp / (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses 可能 kě néng might (happen) / possible / probable / possibility / probability / maybe / perhaps / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 有可能 yǒu kě néng possible / probable / possibly / probably / may / might 倒是 dào shi contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you syn 拼命 pīn mìng to do one's utmost / with all one's might / at all costs / (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it syn 威力 wēi lì might / formidable power 不妨 bù fáng there is no harm in / might as well syn 并未 並未 bìng wèi (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ... / has not actually ... syn 索性 suǒ xìng you might as well (do it) / simply / just syn 霸道 bà dào the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent syn 无妨 無妨 wú fáng no harm (in doing it) / One might as well. / It won't hurt. / no matter / it's no bother syn 威武 wēi wǔ might / formidable syn 试问 試問 shì wèn I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically) / one might well ask syn 干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well syn 威势 威勢 wēi shì might / power and influence syn 强权 強權 qiáng quán power / might 猛力 měng lì with all one's might / with sudden force / violently / to slam 能 néng can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy syn 力战 力戰 lì zhàn to fight with all one's might 或 huò maybe / perhaps / might / possibly / or syn 狐假虎威 hú jiǎ hǔ wēi lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom) / fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people syn 倒 dào to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet syn 威 wēi power / might / prestige syn 瓜田不纳履 瓜田不納履 guā tián bù nà lǚ lit. don't tie your shoe-laces in a melon-patch / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued 英雄无用武之地 英雄無用武之地 yīng xióng wú yòng wǔ zhī dì a hero with no chance of using his might / to have no opportunity to display one's talents syn 国富兵强 國富兵強 guó fù bīng qiáng prosperous country with military might 核威 hé wēi nuclear strength / nuclear might 既来之，则安之 既來之，則安之 jì lái zhī , zé ān zhī Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it. 缵不可能的事 纘不可能的事 zuǎn bù kě néng de shì pigs might fly (idiom) 还不如 還不如 hái bù rú to be better off ... / might as well ... 死劲 死勁 sǐ jìn all one's strength / with might and main 瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠 瓜田不納履，李下不整冠 guā tián bù nà lǚ , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom) / fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion / innocent acts may be misconstrued PU P U the degree of suspicion that a woman might, after she marries, cheat on her husband (abbr. for "paternity uncertainty") 东方不亮西方亮 東方不亮西方亮 dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàng if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom) / if something doesn't work here, it might work somewhere else 当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯 當官不為民做主不如回家賣紅薯 dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔ if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes 厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn 驾轻就熟 駕輕就熟 jià qīng jiù shú lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom) / fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back syn 色魔 sè mó sex fiend / molester / sex attacker / sex demon (a spirit that enters people's souls and makes them desire sex) 乌鸦嘴 烏鴉嘴 wū yā zuǐ crow's beak / (fig.) person who makes an inauspicious remark 船家 chuán jiā person who lives and makes a living on a boat / boatman / boat dweller syn 饮鸩止渴 飲鴆止渴 yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) / fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse syn 时势造英雄 時勢造英雄 shí shì zào yīng xióng Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero. 聚沙成塔 jù shā chéng tǎ sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom) / by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity / many a mickle makes a muckle syn 集腋成裘 jí yè chéng qiú many hairs make a fur coat (idiom) / many small contributions add up to sth big / many a mickle makes a muckle syn 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ three men talking makes a tiger (idiom) / repeated rumor becomes a fact 久病成医 久病成醫 jiǔ bìng chéng yī (proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor 俭以养廉 儉以養廉 jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián (idiom) frugality makes honesty 和气生财 和氣生財 hé qì shēng cái (idiom) amiability makes you rich 欲速则不达 欲速則不達 yù sù zé bù dá (idiom) (the Analects) haste makes waste / things can't be rushed 救焚益薪 jiù fén yì xīn add firewood to put out the flames (idiom) / fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse / to add fuel to the fire 业精于勤 業精於勤 yè jīng yú qín mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect. 熏陶成性 xūn táo chéng xìng (idiom) nurture makes second nature / good habits come by long assimilation 熟能生巧 shú néng shēng qiǎo with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom) / practice makes perfect syn 牵一发而动全身 牽一髮而動全身 qiān yī fà ér dòng quán shēn lit. pulling a single hair makes the whole body move (idiom) / fig. a small change in one part can affect the whole system 近墨者黑 jìn mò zhě hēi proximity to pitch makes you black (idiom, from Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修) / different environments provide different influence. / Nurture determines a person's character. 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 头昏脑眩 頭昏腦眩 tóu hūn nǎo xuàn dizzying / it makes one's head spin 彼此彼此 bǐ cǐ bǐ cǐ you and me both / that makes two of us syn 没有差别 沒有差別 méi yǒu chā bié there is no difference / it makes no difference 孰能生巧 shú néng shēng qiǎo practice makes perfect 三个女人一个墟 三個女人一個墟 sān gè nǚ rén yī gè xū three women makes a crowd 不俭则匮 不儉則匱 bù jiǎn zé kuì wastage makes one destitute (idiom) 