然 rán correct / right / so / thus / like this / -ly syn 同 tóng like / same / similar / together / alike / with syn 被 bèi quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip") syn 尔 爾 ěr thus / so / like that / you / thou syn 像 xiàng to resemble / to be like / to look as if / such as / appearance / image / portrait / image under a mapping (math.) syn 让 讓 ràng to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4]) syn 爱 愛 ài to love / to be fond of / to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth) / to tend to (happen) syn 一样 一樣 yī yàng same / like / equal to / the same as / just like syn 喜欢 喜歡 xǐ huan to like / to be fond of syn 好像 hǎo xiàng as if / to seem like syn 立刻 lì kè forthwith / immediate / prompt / promptly / straightway / thereupon / at once syn 爱好 愛好 ài hào to like / to be fond of / to take pleasure in / to be keen on / interest / hobby / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 犹如 猶如 yóu rú similar to / like syn 这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so / such / this way / like this 盒子 hé zi box / case / hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines syn 层出不穷 層出不窮 céng chū bù qióng more and more emerge / innumerable succession / breeding like flies (idiom) syn 星火 xīng huǒ spark / meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火[ji2 ru2 xing1 huo3]) syn 爱不释手 愛不釋手 ài bù shì shǒu (idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down / to find sth utterly irresistible syn 形同 xíng tóng tantamount to / to be like 力克 lì kè to prevail with difficulty syn 堆积如山 堆積如山 duī jī rú shān to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth syn 撕咬 sī yǎo to tear at (with the teeth, like one animal attacking another) 如许 如許 rú xǔ (literary) like this / such (as this) / so much / so many 上善若水 shàng shàn ruò shuǐ the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1]) 活雷锋 活雷鋒 huó léi fēng selfless model citizen, just like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1] 赤子之心 chì zǐ zhī xīn pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn / sincere syn 万马奔腾 萬馬奔騰 wàn mǎ bēn téng lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom) / fig. going full steam ahead syn 心如刀绞 心如刀絞 xīn rú dāo jiǎo to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom) 套头 套頭 tào tóu (of a garment) designed to be put on by pulling it over one's head (like a sweater or T-shirt etc) 叫春 jiào chūn to caterwaul / to call like an animal in heat 巧舌如簧 qiǎo shé rú huáng lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom) / fig. to have a glib tongue syn 饿虎扑食 餓虎撲食 è hǔ pū shí like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey 丁 dīng male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl syn 串 chuàn to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across syn 似的 shì de seems as if / rather like / Taiwan pr. [si4 de5] syn 这样 這樣 zhè yàng this kind of / so / this way / like this / such syn 那么 那麼 nà me like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case syn 这么 這麼 zhè me so much / this much / how much? / this way / like this syn 如此 rú cǐ like this / so / such syn 想要 xiǎng yào to want to / to feel like / to fancy / to care for sb / desirous of 好象 hǎo xiàng to seem / to be like (variant of 好像[hao3 xiang4]) 便是 biàn shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as syn 如同 rú tóng like / as syn 为止 為止 wéi zhǐ until / (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止) syn 喜爱 喜愛 xǐ ài to like / to love / to be fond of / favorite syn 有如 yǒu rú to be like sth / similar to / alike syn 好似 hǎo sì to seem / to be like syn 这般 這般 zhè bān like this / this way syn 欢喜 歡喜 huān xǐ happy / joyous / delighted / to like / to be fond of syn 听起来 聽起來 tīng qi lai to sound like 喜好 xǐ hào to like / fond of / to prefer / to love / one's tastes / preference syn 懒得 懶得 lǎn dé not to feel like (doing sth) / disinclined to syn 宛如 wǎn rú to be just like syn 一如 yī rú to be just like 理科 lǐ kē the sciences (as opposed to the humanities 文科[wen2 ke1]) 撒娇 撒嬌 sā jiāo to act like a spoiled child / to throw a tantrum / to act coquettishly syn 狂奔 kuáng bēn to run like crazy / to rush syn 咪咪 mī mī oboe-like musical instrument used in folk music of Gansu, Qinghai etc / (onom.) meow / kitty kitty! / Mimi (Western name) / tits (i.e. slang for breasts) syn 俨然 儼然 yǎn rán just like / solemn / dignified / neatly laid out syn 爱美 愛美 ài měi to pay attention to one's appearance / to like to be well-groomed / (literary) on very friendly terms 好比 hǎo bǐ to be just like / can be compared to syn 飘零 飄零 piāo líng to fall and wither (like autumn leaves) / (fig.) drifting and homeless syn 猪八戒 豬八戒 zhū bā jiè Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation 航空母舰 航空母艦 háng kōng mǔ jiàn aircraft carrier (CL:艘[sou1]) / (coll.) (metaphor for sth huge, whale-like) 试问 試問 shì wèn I would like to ask (usually used rhetorically) / one might well ask syn 大卖场 大賣場 dà mài chǎng hypermarket / large warehouse-like self-service retail store 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 如火如荼 rú huǒ rú tú like wildfire (idiom) / unstoppable syn 宛若 wǎn ruò to be just like syn 马尾 馬尾 mǎ wěi ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants) 志同道合 zhì tóng dào hé (idiom) to be devoted to a common cause / to be like-minded syn 烟消云散 煙消雲散 yān xiāo yún sàn to vanish like smoke in thin air / to disappear syn 风起云涌 風起雲湧 fēng qǐ yún yǒng to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds syn 韭菜 jiǔ cài garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives / (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives) syn 天马行空 天馬行空 tiān mǎ xíng kōng like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style syn 闭合 閉合 bì hé to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop syn 虎视眈眈 虎視眈眈 hǔ shì dān dān to glare like a tiger watching his prey (idiom) / to eye covetously syn 吃不下 chī bu xià not feel like eating / be unable to eat any more 恰似 qià sì just like / exactly like syn 随地 隨地 suí dì according to the location / everywhere / any place / from any location / from wherever you like syn 活像 huó xiàng to look exactly like / to be the spitting image of syn 水饺 水餃 shuǐ jiǎo boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli) 恍若 huǎng ruò as if / as though / rather like syn 诸如此类 諸如此類 zhū rú cǐ lèi things like this (idiom) / and so on / and the rest / etc syn 神出鬼没 神出鬼沒 shén chū guǐ mò lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom) / fig. elusive 如故 rú gù as before / as usual / (to be) like old friends syn 一溜烟 一溜煙 yī liù yān like a wisp of smoke / (to disappear etc) in an instant syn 恍如 huǎng rú to be as if... / to be rather like... syn 不翼而飞 不翼而飛 bù yì ér fēi to disappear without trace / to vanish all of a sudden / to spread fast / to spread like wildfire syn 如日中天 rú rì zhōng tiān lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc syn 飞镖 飛鏢 fēi biāo darts (game) / dart (weapon shaped like a spearhead) 如鱼得水 如魚得水 rú yú dé shuǐ like a fish back in water (idiom) / glad to be back in one's proper surroundings syn 鼎立 dǐng lì lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces syn 不啻 bù chì just as / no less than / like (sth momentous) / as good as / tantamount to syn 妖气 妖氣 yāo qì sinister appearance / monster-like appearance 敲开 敲開 qiāo kāi to get sth open by tapping or striking it / (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门[xx5 de5 da4 men2]) to open the door to ~ / to gain access to ~ syn 野火 yě huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields) syn 套数 套數 tào shù song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses) syn 一窝蜂 一窩蜂 yī wō fēng like a swarm of bees / in droves (used to describe people flocking to do sth) syn 