"answering" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
相应 相應 xiāng yìng v. to correspond / answering (one another) / to agree (among the part) / corresponding / relevant / appropriate / (modify) accordingly syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
喂 wéi hello (when answering the phone) syn
应声 應聲 yìng shēng an answering voice / to answer a voice / to respond / to copy a voice / to parrot syn
对唱 對唱 duì chàng in duet / answering phrase / antiphonal answer syn
对歌 對歌 duì gē answering phrase of duet / to sing antiphonal answer syn
答录机 答錄機 dá lù jī answering machine
对对子 對對子 duì duì zǐ to supply the answering phrase
李靖 lǐ jìng Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对[Tang2 Tai4 zong1 Li3 Wei4 Gong1 Wen4 dui4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
唐太宗李卫公问对 唐太宗李衛公問對 táng tài zōng lǐ wèi gōng wèn duì "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang", military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖[Li3 Jing4] and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
对课 對課 duì kè to give answering phrase (school exercise in memory or composition)
武经七书 武經七書 wǔ jīng qī shū Seven Military Classics of ancient China viz "Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], "Methods of Sima" 司馬法|司马法[Si1 ma3 Fa3], "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], "Wuzi" 吳子|吴子[Wu2 zi3], "Wei Liaozi" 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5], "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4] and "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对[Tang2 Tai4 zong1 Li3 Wei4 Gong1 Wen4 dui4]
一递一声 一遞一聲 yī dì yī shēng (of singers etc) one answering the other
对对子 對對子 duì duì zi to supply the answering phrase
即以其人之道，还治其人之身 jí yǐ qí rén zhī dào huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn (idiom) To use against someone the very methods that person used against others. It often conveys retaliation or answering like with like.
记问之学 記問之學 jì wèn zhī xué (idiom) This is knowledge limited to memorizing books for conversation or answering questions.
云合响应 yún hé xiǎng yìng (idiom) Describes people gathering in large numbers and responding in concert, like clouds gathering and echoes answering.
其验如响 qí yàn rú xiǎng (idiom) The expected effect or result appears immediately. The result is as prompt and certain as an echo answering a sound.
唇齿之戏 chún chǐ zhī xì (idiom) It refers to joking or verbal teasing, sometimes while talking around an issue instead of answering directly.
心问口，口问心 心問口，口問心 xīn wèn kǒu，kǒu wèn xīn (idiom) To think something over repeatedly by asking oneself questions and answering them internally.
推东主西 推東主西 tuī dōng zhǔ xī (idiom) To evade a question with excuses instead of telling the truth or answering directly.
顾而言他 顧而言他 gù ér yán tā (idiom) To deliberately avoid the subject by answering evasively and talking about something else. It is synonymous with “顾左右而言他.”
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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