"UN fig leaf" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
叶子葉子	yè zi	leaf (CL:片[pian4]) / (slang) marijuana	syn
开花開花	kāi huā	to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish	syn
脱胎换骨脫胎換骨	tuō tāi huàn gǔ	to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc)	syn
热腾腾熱騰騰	rè téng téng	steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]	syn
改邪归正改邪歸正	gǎi xié guī zhèng	to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf	syn
绿叶綠葉	lǜ yè	green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role
枫叶楓葉	fēng yè	maple leaf	syn
烟叶煙葉	yān yè	leaf tobacco
秋叶秋葉	qiū yè	autumn leaf
枝叶枝葉	zhī yè	branch and leaf	syn
金箔	jīn bó	gold leaf
贴金貼金	tiē jīn	to cover (a statue) with gold leaf / to gild / (fig.) to prettify / to glorify
遮羞布	zhē xiū bù	loincloth / (fig.) fig leaf / CL:塊\|块[kuai4]	syn
芥菜	jiè cài	leaf mustard (Brassica juncea) / also pr. [gai4cai4]	syn
叶片葉片	yè piàn	blade (of propellor) / vane / leaf	syn
痛改前非	tòng gǎi qián fēi	completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom) / to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf / a reformed character	syn
枯叶枯葉	kū yè	dead leaf / withered leaf
板油	bǎn yóu	leaf fat / leaf lard	syn
蒲扇	pú shàn	palm-leaf fan / cattail-leaf fan
四叶草四葉草	sì yè cǎo	four-leaf clover
月桂	yuè guì	laurel (Laurus nobilis) / bay tree / bay leaf
互生	hù shēng	alternate leaf arrangement (botany)
洗心革面	xǐ xīn gé miàn	lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf	syn
叶脉葉脈	yè mài	venation (pattern of veins on a leaf)
子叶子葉	zǐ yè	cotyledon (first embryonic leaf)
芭蕉扇	bā jiāo shàn	palm-leaf fan	syn
页頁	yè	page / leaf	syn
叶葉	yè	leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats	syn
柄	bǐng	handle or shaft (of an axe etc) / (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem / sth that affords an advantage to an opponent / classifier for knives or blades	syn
改过自新改過自新	gǎi guò zì xīn	to reform and start afresh (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf	syn
扉	fēi	door with only one leaf	syn
叶落归根葉落歸根	yè luò guī gēn	a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.	syn
复叶複葉	fù yè	compound leaf (botany)
龟背竹龜背竹	guī bèi zhú	split-leaf philodendron / Monstera deliciosa
番泻叶番瀉葉	fān xiè yè	senna leaf (Folium sennae)
缨纓	yīng	tassel / sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc) / ribbon	syn
味道	wèi dao	flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor	syn
规矩規矩	guī ju	lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved	syn
发烧發燒	fā shāo	to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular	syn
目光	mù guāng	gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision	syn
出轨出軌	chū guǐ	to be derailed / to go off the rails / (fig.) to overstep the bounds / (fig.) to have an extramarital affair
塑造	sù zào	to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)	syn
搅和攪和	jiǎo huo	to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people)	syn
鱼肉魚肉	yú ròu	flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up)	syn
走后门走後門	zǒu hòu mén	(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex	syn
挂钩掛鉤	guà gōu	to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與\|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling	syn
封顶封頂	fēng dǐng	to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
雏儿雛兒	chú ér	newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo	syn
架空	jià kōng	to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead	syn
出笼出籠	chū lóng	(of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛\|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market
瞻前顾后瞻前顧後	zhān qián gù hòu	lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully / to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive	syn
松柏	sōng bǎi	pine and cypress / fig. chaste and undefiled / fig. tomb	syn
脱胎脫胎	tuō tāi	to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
中招	zhòng zhāo	(martial arts) to get hit / to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap / to be taken in
小白兔	xiǎo bái tù	small white rabbit / (fig.) innocent and naive person / (fig.) (slang) breast
矮化	ǎi huà	(plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay
熔断熔斷	róng duàn	(of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID)	syn
浊流濁流	zhuó liú	turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends	syn
下来下來	xià lai	to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders)	syn
带来帶來	dài lái	to bring / (fig.) to bring about / to produce	syn
加油	jiā yóu	to add oil / to top up with gas / to refuel / to accelerate / to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort / to cheer sb on	syn
套	tào	to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ)	syn
梦想夢想	mèng xiǎng	(fig.) to dream of / dream	syn
淘汰	táo tài	to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out	syn
深	shēn	deep (lit. and fig.)	syn
将军將軍	jiāng jūn	general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot	syn
舞台舞臺	wǔ tái	(lit. and fig.) stage / arena	syn
吸血鬼	xī xuè guǐ	leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers	syn
不知	bù zhī	not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
价值價值	jià zhí	value / worth / fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) / CL:個\|个[ge4]	syn
帽子	mào zi	hat / cap / (fig.) label / bad name / CL:頂\|顶[ding3]	syn
空间空間	kōng jiān	space / room / (fig.) scope / leeway / (astronomy) outer space / (physics, math.) space	syn
症癥	zhēng	abdominal tumor / bowel obstruction / (fig.) sticking point	syn
开门開門	kāi mén	to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
掌握	zhǎng wò	to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency	syn
龙龍	lóng	Chinese dragon / loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur	syn
感染	gǎn rǎn	to infect / infection / (fig.) to influence	syn
血液	xuè yè	blood / (fig.) lifeblood	syn
味	wèi	taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription	syn
硬	yìng	hard / stiff / solid / (fig.) strong / firm / resolutely / uncompromisingly / laboriously / with great difficulty / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial	syn
转移轉移	zhuǎn yí	to shift / to relocate / to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention) / to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize	syn
启动啟動	qǐ dòng	to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan)	syn
出局	chū jú	(of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
头脑頭腦	tóu nǎo	brains / mind / skull / (fig.) gist (of a matter) / leader / boss	syn
虫蟲	chóng	lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條\|条[tiao2],隻\|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic	syn
白色	bái sè	white / fig. reactionary / anti-communist	syn
森	sēn	(bound form) densely wooded / (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous / gloomy / forbidding	syn
做梦做夢	zuò mèng	to dream / to have a dream / fig. illusion / fantasy / pipe dream	syn
背景	bèi jǐng	background / backdrop / context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL:種\|种[zhong3]	syn
材料	cái liào	(raw) material / data / (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job	syn
起飞起飛	qǐ fēi	(of an aircraft or rocket) to take off / to lift off / (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly	syn
角落	jiǎo luò	corner (of a room, courtyard etc) / (fig.) remote spot / nook	syn
动力動力	dòng lì	motive power / (fig.) motivation / impetus
提起	tí qǐ	to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings)	syn
刷	shuā	a brush / to paint / to daub / to brush / to scrub / (fig.) to remove / to eliminate (from a contest) / to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish / rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind / to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)	syn
把握	bǎ wò	to grasp (also fig.) / to seize / to hold / assurance / certainty / sure (of the outcome)	syn
钓鱼釣魚	diào yú	to fish (with line and hook) / to angle / (fig.) to entrap / (Tw) to repeatedly nod one's head while dozing	syn
环节環節	huán jié	(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc	syn
身后身後	shēn hòu	the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background	syn
出场出場	chū chǎng	(of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue	syn

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"UN fig leaf" Chinese-English Dictionary

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