"Xidan book center" Chinese-English Dictionary

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西单图书大厦 西單圖書大廈 xī dān tú shū dà shà Xidan book center
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
西单 西單 xī dān Xidan neighborhood of central Beijing
六经 六經 liù jīng Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1] syn
善本 shàn běn old book / good book / reliable book / rare book
电子书 電子書 diàn zi shū electronic book / e-book / e-book reader
旧书 舊書 jiù shū second-hand book / old book / ancient book syn
成书 成書 chéng shū to finish (writing a book) / to appear in book form / a book already in circulation
五经 五經 wǔ jīng the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1]
伪书 偽書 wěi shū forged book / book of dubious authenticity / misattributed book / Apocrypha
十三经 十三經 shí sān jīng the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼[Zhou1 li3], Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4], Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4], The Analects 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经[Xiao4 jing1], Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] syn
电子书 電子書 diàn zǐ shū electronic book / e-book / e-book reader
喜蛋 xǐ dàn red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
站长 站長 zhàn zhǎng person in charge of a train station 車站|车站[che1 zhan4] (stationmaster), website 網站|网站[wang3 zhan4] (webmaster), volunteer center 志工站[zhi4 gong1 zhan4] (center manager), etc
信息中心 xìn xī zhōng xīn information center / abbr. for 中國人權民運信息中心|中国人权民运信息中心[Zhong1 guo2 ren2 quan2 min2 yun4 xin4 xi1 zhong1 xin1], Information center for human rights and democracy, Hong Kong
正中 zhèng zhōng middle / center / right in the middle or center / nub syn
中锋 中鋒 zhōng fēng (sports) midfielder / (basketball) center / (hockey, soccer) center forward / see 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1]
娱乐中心 娛樂中心 yú lè zhōng xīn amusement park / recreation center / entertainment center
商业中心 商業中心 shāng yè zhōng xīn business center / commerce center
加沙妇女事务中心 Women's Affairs Center - Gaza Women's Affairs Center
民用生物防卫策略中心 民用生物防衛策略中心 Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies / Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies
美国国际劳工团结中心 美國國際勞工團結中心 American Center for International Labor Solidarity / Solidarity Center
中美文化研究中心 zhōng - měi wén huà yán jiū zhōng xīn the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, located in Nanjing, est. 1986 (formally, the Johns Hopkins University - Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies)
全书 全書 quán shū entire book / unabridged book
书评 書評 shū píng book review / book notice
古书 古書 gǔ shū ancient book / old book syn
诗书 詩書 shī shū the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
读后感 讀後感 dú hòu gǎn impression of a book / opinion expressed in a book review
开卷 開卷 kāi juàn to open a book / open-book (exam) syn
白文 bái wén the text of an annotated book / an unannotated edition of a book / intagliated characters (on a seal) syn
书皮 書皮 shū pí book cover / book jacket syn
出埃及记 出埃及記 chū āi jí jì Book of Exodus / Second Book of Moses
簿 a book / a register / account-book syn
guà divinatory diagram / one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] / one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
仰屋著书 仰屋著書 yǎng wū zhù shū lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom) / to put one's whole body and soul into a book
利未记 利未記 lì wèi jì Book of Leviticus / Third Book of Moses
民数记 民數記 mín shù jì Book of Numbers / Fourth Book of Moses
申命记 申命記 shēn mìng jì Book of Deuteronomy / Fifth Book of Moses
乐经 樂經 yuè jīng Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
太极图说 太極圖說 tài jí tú shuō philosophical book by Song dynasty scholar Zhou Dunyi 周敦頤|周敦颐[Zhou1 Dun1 yi2], starting from an interpretation of the Book of Changes
诗礼 詩禮 shī lǐ the classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1jing1] and The Book of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3ji4])
K书 K書 K shū to cram (Taiwan, from Taiwanese khè su 齧書, lit. to gnaw a book) / to study / see also 啃書|啃书[ken3 shu1] / (Tw) to cram (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè su], lit. to gnaw a book) / to study / see also 啃書|啃书[ken3 shu1]
自然保护联盟红皮书 自然保護聯盟紅皮書 IUCN Red Data Book / Red Data Book
纸书 紙書 zhǐ shū print book / printed book
纸质书 紙質書 zhǐ zhì shū physical book / printed book
中心 zhōng xīn center / heart / core syn
中央 zhōng yāng central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state) syn
商城 shāng chéng shopping center / department store syn
当中 當中 dāng zhōng among / in the middle / in the center syn
围绕 圍繞 wéi rào to revolve around / to center on (an issue) syn
商场 商場 shāng chǎng shopping mall / shopping center / department store / emporium / CL:家[jia1] / the business world syn
市区 市區 shì qū urban district / downtown / city center syn
服务中心 服務中心 fú wù zhōng xīn service center
研究中心 yán jiū zhōng xīn research center
市中心 shì zhōng xīn city center / downtown
重心 zhòng xīn center of gravity / central core / main part syn
网点 網點 wǎng diǎn (computing) node in a network / (commerce) sales outlet / branch / service center / (illustration) screentone / halftone dot
人中 rén zhōng philtrum / infranasal depression / the "human center" acupuncture point
圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest
购物中心 購物中心 gòu wù zhōng xīn shopping center
司令部 sī lìng bù headquarters / military command center
回收站 huí shōu zhàn recycling center / waste materials collection depot / (computing) recycle bin
闹市 鬧市 nào shì downtown area / city center
中枢 中樞 zhōng shū center / hub / the central administration syn
活动中心 活動中心 huó dòng zhōng xīn activity center / CL:處|处[chu4]
皇城 huáng chéng Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center
呼叫中心 hū jiào zhōng xīn call center
三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn
看守所 kān shǒu suǒ detention center syn
集散地 jí sàn dì distribution center
客户服务中心 客戶服務中心 kè hù fú wù zhōng xīn customer service center
指挥中心 指揮中心 zhǐ huī zhōng xīn command center
重镇 重鎮 zhòng zhèn (military) strategic town / (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc) syn
发展研究中心 發展研究中心 fā zhǎn yán jiū zhōng xīn Development Research Center (PRC State Council institution)
zhōng within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right syn
边远 邊遠 biān yuǎn far from the center / remote / outlying syn
圆心 圓心 yuán xīn center of circle
中心点 中心點 zhōng xīn diǎn center / central point / focus
洗浴中心 xǐ yù zhōng xīn bathing and recreation center
xīn heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] syn
戒毒所 jiè dú suǒ drug rehabilitation center
五方 wǔ fāng the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center / all parts / China and the lands beyond its frontiers syn
收容所 shōu róng suǒ temporary shelter / hospice / refuge (e.g. for animals) / detention center
医学中心 醫學中心 yī xué zhōng xīn medical center
天台山 tiān tāi shān Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴[Shao4 xing1] in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗[Tian1 tai2 zong1]
拘留所 jū liú suǒ detention center / prison syn
牛棚 niú péng cowshed / makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution / (baseball) bullpen
靶心 bǎ xīn center of target / bull's eye
银楼 銀樓 yín lóu silverware store / jewelry center
转运站 轉運站 zhuǎn yùn zhàn distribution depot / staging post / transit center
正当中 正當中 zhèng dāng zhōng dead center / the very middle syn
水立方 shuǐ lì fāng Water Cube, nickname of Beijing National Aquatics Center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
日心说 日心說 rì xīn shuō heliocentric theory / the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe
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
yāng center / end / to beg / to plead syn
(bound form) remote / out of the way / off-center / eccentric syn
yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn
center or bull's eye of an archery target (old) / goal / target syn
疾病预防中心 疾病預防中心 jí bìng yù fáng zhōng xīn Center for Disease Control (US)
卡纳维拉尔角 卡納維拉爾角 kǎ nà wéi lā ěr jiǎo Cape Canaveral, Florida, home of Kennedy space center 肯尼迪航天中心[Ken3 ni2 di2 Hang2 tian1 Zhong1 xin1]
联合核事故协调中心 聯合核事故協調中心 lián hé hé shì gù xié diào zhōng xīn Joint nuclear Accident Coordinating Center (JNACC)
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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