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"best friends" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
死党 死黨 sǐ dǎng best friends / inseparable sidekick / diehard followers syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn
老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn
交 jiāo to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of 跤[jiao1] syn
王 wáng king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great syn
最佳 zuì jiā optimum / optimal / peak / best (athlete, movie etc) syn
最好 zuì hǎo best / had better ... / it would be best to ... syn
尽可能 儘可能 jǐn kě néng as far as possible / to the best of one's ability syn
海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
顶尖 頂尖 dǐng jiān peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field) syn
伴郎 伴郞 bàn láng best man syn
卖力 賣力 mài lì to work hard / to do one's very best / to throw oneself into the task at hand syn
选拔 選拔 xuǎn bá to select the best syn
极品 極品 jí pǐn best quality / item of the highest quality / (slang) outrageous / annoying in the extreme / gross / person with these qualities syn
排行榜 pái háng bǎng the charts (of best-sellers) / table of ranking
致意 zhì yì to send one's greetings / to send one's best regards / to devote attention to syn
精华 精華 jīng huá best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul syn
亲友 親友 qīn yǒu friends and relatives syn
顶多 頂多 dǐng duō at most / at best syn
结交 結交 jié jiāo to make friends with syn
交友 jiāo yǒu to make friends
要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement syn
盛装 盛裝 shèng zhuāng splendid clothes / rich attire / one's Sunday best syn
畅销书 暢銷書 chàng xiāo shū best-seller / best-selling book / blockbuster
力所能及 lì suǒ néng jí as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom) / to the best of one's ability / within one's powers syn
交朋友 jiāo péng you to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb
尖端 jiān duān sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best syn
精选 精選 jīng xuǎn carefully chosen / handpicked / best of the bunch / choice (product) / concentration (mining) / to concentrate / to winnow syn
隐情 隱情 yǐn qíng sth one wishes to keep secret / ulterior motive / a subject best avoided syn
心想事成 xīn xiǎng shì chéng to have one's wishes come true / wish you the best! syn
亲朋好友 親朋好友 qīn péng hǎo yǒu friends and family / kith and kin syn
跻身 躋身 jī shēn to rise into the ranks of / to be among (the best) / to get into (an industry, trade etc) syn
力求 lì qiú to make every effort to / striving to do one's best syn
尽善尽美 盡善盡美 jìn shàn jìn měi perfect (idiom) / perfection / the best of all possible worlds / as good as it gets syn
尖子 jiān zi best of its kind / cream of the crop syn
充其量 chōng qí liàng at most / at best syn
精锐 精銳 jīng ruì elite (e.g. troops) / crack / best quality personnel syn
相交 xiāng jiāo to cross over (e.g. traffic) / to intersect / to make friends syn
数一数二 數一數二 shǔ yī shǔ èr (idiom) reckoned to be best or second best / one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one syn
两全其美 兩全其美 liǎng quán qí měi to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too syn
万事如意 萬事如意 wàn shì rú yì to have all one's wishes (idiom) / best wishes / all the best / may all your hopes be fulfilled syn
上乘 shàng chéng first-class / best quality / also pr. [shang4 sheng4] syn
名列前茅 míng liè qián máo to rank among the best syn
仗义 仗義 zhàng yì to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by syn
病友 bìng yǒu a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital / wardmate
亲朋 親朋 qīn péng relatives and friends syn
不力 bù lì not to do one's best / not to exert oneself syn
交游 交遊 jiāo yóu to have friendly relationships / circle of friends syn
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
讨巧 討巧 tǎo qiǎo to act cleverly to get what one desires / to get the best at least expense syn
如故 rú gù as before / as usual / (to be) like old friends syn
抢手货 搶手貨 qiǎng shǒu huò a best-seller / a hot property
望子成龙 望子成龍 wàng zǐ chéng lóng lit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom) / fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life / to have great hopes for one's offspring / to give one's child the best education as a career investment syn
荣辱与共 榮辱與共 róng rǔ yǔ gòng (of friends or partners) to share both the honor and the disgrace (idiom) syn
恭祝 gōng zhù to congratulate respectfully / to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior) / with best wishes (in writing)
独占鳌头 獨佔鰲頭 dú zhàn áo tóu to come first in triennial palace examinations (idiom, refers to the carved stone turtle head in front of the imperial palace, next to which the most successful candidate in the imperial examinations was entitled to stand) / to be the champion / to be the very best in any field syn
神交 shén jiāo soul brothers / friends in spirit who have never met / to commune with syn
会友 會友 huì yǒu to make friends / to meet friends / member of the same organization syn
相得益彰 xiāng dé yì zhāng to bring out the best in each other (idiom) / to complement one another well syn
至交 zhì jiāo best friend syn
顶尖级 頂尖級 dǐng jiān jí first class / top / world best syn
因势利导 因勢利導 yīn shì lì dǎo to take advantage of the new situation (idiom) / to make the best of new opportunities syn
忘年交 wàng nián jiāo friends despite the difference in age syn
最佳影片 zuì jiā yǐng piàn best movie (in film awards)
讲义气 講義氣 jiǎng yì qì to be loyal (to one's friends) / to value loyalty
好自为之 好自為之 hǎo zì wéi zhī to do one's best / to shape up / to fend for oneself / you're on your own
征友 徵友 zhēng yǒu to seek new friends through personal ads, dating apps etc
麻吉 má jí (slang) (Tw) close friend / best pal / to get along well / to be tight / congenial
天各一方 tiān gè yī fāng (of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other syn
人尽其才 人盡其才 rén jìn qí cái employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best syn
不打不相识 不打不相識 bù dǎ bù xiāng shí lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom) / an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord
魁首 kuí shǒu chief / first / brightest and best syn
好说歹说 好說歹說 hǎo shuō dǎi shuō (idiom) to try one's very best to persuade sb / to reason with sb in every way possible syn
铁哥们 鐵哥們 tiě gē men (coll.) very close male friends
宾朋 賓朋 bīn péng guests / invited friends syn
将错就错 將錯就錯 jiāng cuò jiù cuò lit. if it's wrong, it's wrong (idiom) / to make the best after a mistake / to accept an error and adapt to it / to muddle through
只争朝夕 只爭朝夕 zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī (idiom) to seize every minute / to make the best use of one's time syn
故旧 故舊 gù jiù old friends syn
百思买 百思買 bǎi sī mǎi Best Buy (retailer)
裙带关系 裙帶關係 qún dài guān xi favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates
尖 jiān pointed / tapering / sharp / (of a sound) shrill / piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp / acute / keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point / tip / the best of sth / the cream of the crop syn
轧 軋 gá to crush together (in a crowd) / to make friends / to check (accounts) syn
关门大吉 關門大吉 guān mén dà jí to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom) syn
青梅竹马 青梅竹馬 qīng méi zhú mǎ lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends syn
物尽其用 物盡其用 wù jìn qí yòng to use sth to the full / to make the best use of everything syn
男傧相 男儐相 nán bīn xiàng best man (in a marriage) syn
傧 儐 bīn best man / to entertain
隐衷 隱衷 yǐn zhōng a secret / sth best not told to anyone / confidential information syn
敌众我寡 敵衆我寡 dí zhòng wǒ guǎ multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers syn
仗义疏财 仗義疏財 zhàng yì shū cái to help the needy for justice (idiom) / to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy syn
风流云散 風流雲散 fēng liú yún sàn lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom) / fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives) syn
俦 儔 chóu comrades / friends / companions syn
乔迁之喜 喬遷之喜 qiáo qiān zhī xǐ congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom) / Best wishes for your new home!
车到山前必有路 車到山前必有路 chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù lit. when we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through (idiom) / fig. everything will turn out for the best / let's worry about it when it happens / it will be all right on the night
抢镜头 搶鏡頭 qiǎng jìng tóu to scoop the best camera shots / to grab the limelight
高朋满座 高朋滿座 gāo péng mǎn zuò surrounded by distinguished friends (idiom) / in company syn
舜日尧天 舜日堯天 shùn rì yáo tiān sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) / all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
舜日尧年 舜日堯年 shùn rì yáo nián sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) / all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
三朋四友 sān péng sì yǒu friends / cronies
不打不成相识 不打不成相識 bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí don't fight, won't make friends (idiom) / an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
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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