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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
齑粉 齏粉 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
to enter / to go into / to join / to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2]) / abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1] / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") syn
伤心 傷心 shāng xīn to grieve / to be broken-hearted / to feel deeply hurt syn
修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken) / to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds syn
打碎 dǎ suì to shatter / to smash / to break into pieces syn
破碎 pò suì to smash to pieces / to shatter syn
石膏 shí gāo gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O) / plaster / plaster cast (for a broken bone) syn
肉酱 肉醬 ròu jiàng minced meat sauce / (fig.) mincemeat / a person cut to pieces
破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng chóng yuán a shattered mirror put back together (idiom) / (of marriage) to pick up the pieces and start anew / for a separated couple to reconcile and reunite syn
分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn
碎裂 suì liè to disintegrate / to shatter into small pieces
残破 殘破 cán pò broken / dilapidated syn
头破血流 頭破血流 tóu pò xuè liú lit. head broken and blood flowing / fig. badly bruised syn
捣碎 搗碎 dǎo suì to pound into pieces / to mash syn
破鞋 pò xié broken shoes / worn-out footwear / loose woman / slut syn
稀烂 稀爛 xī làn smashed up / broken into pieces / thoroughly mashed / pulpy syn
零星 líng xīng fragmentary / piecemeal / in bits and pieces / sporadic / scattered syn
一掷千金 一擲千金 yī zhì qiān jīn lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom) / to throw away money recklessly / extravagant syn
依依不舍 yī yī bù shě reluctant to part (idiom) / broken-hearted at having to leave syn
习作 習作 xí zuò (writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece / an exercise
七零八落 qī líng bā luò (idiom) everything broken and in disorder syn
细碎 細碎 xì suì fragments / bits and pieces syn
化整为零 化整為零 huà zhěng wéi líng to break up the whole into pieces (idiom) / dealing with things one by one / divide and conquer
边角料 邊角料 biān jiǎo liào scrap / bits and pieces left over
切块 切塊 qiē kuài to cut into pieces syn
征文 徵文 zhēng wén to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
切成 qiē chéng to cut up (into pieces) / to slice / to carve / to dice / to shred
丁丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc syn
坏掉 壞掉 huài diào to get broken / to get damaged / to get ruined
断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou)
四分五裂 sì fēn wǔ liè all split up and in pieces (idiom) / disunity (in an organization) / complete lack of unity / to disintegrate / falling apart / to be at sixes and sevens syn
击碎 擊碎 jī suì to smash to pieces
星罗棋布 星羅棋布 xīng luó qí bù scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom) / spread all over the place syn
断腿 斷腿 duàn tuǐ broken leg
血肉横飞 血肉橫飛 xuè ròu héng fēi flesh and blood flying (idiom) / carnage / people blown to pieces syn
分崩离析 分崩離析 fēn bēng lí xī to collapse and fall apart (idiom) / to break up / falling to pieces syn
压碎 壓碎 yā suì to crush to pieces
揉碎 róu suì to crush / to crumble into pieces
稀里哗啦 稀裡嘩啦 xī li huā lā (onom.) chaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc) / smashed to pieces / completely routed
摔破 shuāi pò to fall and smash into pieces
撕烂 撕爛 sī làn to tear up / to tear to pieces
折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
kuài lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units / lump syn
huài bad / spoiled / broken / to break down / (suffix) to the utmost syn
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of syn
suì (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces / to shatter / to crumble / broken / fragmentary / scattered / garrulous syn
méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn
bàn petal / segment / clove (of garlic) / piece / section / fragment / valve / lamella / classifier for pieces, segments etc syn
kuì (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike / (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement) / (bound form) to be routed / to be overrun / to fall to pieces / (bound form) to fester / to ulcerate syn
shì to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4] syn
to mend by stapling or cramping broken pieces together
残花败柳 殘花敗柳 cán huā bài liǔ broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman
冼星海 xiǎn xīng hǎi Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱[Huang2 He2 Da4 he2 chang4]
鸡飞蛋打 雞飛蛋打 jī fēi dàn dǎ the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken / a dead loss (idiom) syn
败絮 敗絮 bài xù ruined / broken down / shabby
一鳞半爪 一鱗半爪 yī lín bàn zhuǎ lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / only odd bits and pieces syn
鸡零狗碎 雞零狗碎 jī líng gǒu suì in pieces syn
yáo the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e.g. ☶
qìng chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone syn
千刀万剐 千刀萬剮 qiān dāo wàn guǎ to make mincemeat of sb / to hack sb to pieces (used while cursing)
肝肠寸断 肝腸寸斷 gān cháng cùn duàn lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom) / fig. grief-stricken syn
零敲碎打 líng qiāo suì dǎ to do things in bits and pieces (idiom) / piecemeal work syn
dōu root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps syn
dūn upsetting (forged pieces)
cut meat into pieces / diced meat
伤心蒿目 傷心蒿目 shāng xīn hāo mù to grieve / broken-hearted
拙嘴笨舌 zhuō zuǐ bèn shé lit. clumsy mouth and broken tongue (idiom) / awkward speaker
败柳残花 敗柳殘花 bài liǔ cán huā broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman
柔肠寸断 柔腸寸斷 róu cháng cùn duàn lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short / broken-hearted (idiom)
涕泗滂沱 tì sì pāng tuó a flood of tears and mucus / broken-hearted and weeping bitterly
蓬户瓮牖 蓬戶甕牖 péng hù wèng yǒu thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom) / poor person's house / humble home syn
韦编三绝 韋編三絕 wéi biān sān jué lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently
千金一掷 千金一擲 qiān jīn yī zhì lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom) / to throw away money recklessly / extravagant syn
零打碎敲 líng dǎ suì qiāo to do things in bits and pieces (idiom) / piecemeal work syn
Broken Spur 热液田 Broken Spur 熱液田 Broken Spur rè yè tián Broken Spur hydrothermal field
破瓦寒窑 破瓦寒窯 pò wǎ hán yáo lit. broken tiles, cold hearth / fig. a broken-down house / poor and shabby dwelling syn
破镜 破鏡 pò jìng broken mirror / fig. broken marriage / divorce
布罗肯海底高原 Broken Ridge oceanic plateau / Broken Ridge plateau
破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng - chóng yuán lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom) / fig. long-separated lovers are reunited / a broken relationship is restored syn
乐昌破镜 樂昌破鏡 lè chāng - pò jìng lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
broken utensil
伤心致死 傷心致死 shāng xīn zhì sǐ to grieve to death / to die of a broken-heart
宁为玉碎,不为瓦全 寧為玉碎,不為瓦全 nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán Better broken jade than intact tile. / Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
摺線 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线, broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
断弦 斷弦 duàn xián widowed / lit. broken string, cf 琴瑟[qin2 se4] qin and se, two instruments epitomizing marital harmony
断瓦残垣 斷瓦殘垣 duàn wǎ cán yuán the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated
破读 破讀 pò dú pronunciation of a character other than the standard / lit. broken reading
碎掉 suì diào to drop and smash / broken
断脊梁战 duàn jǐ liáng zhàn broken-back war
摺线 摺線 zhé xiàn variant of 折線|折线[zhe2 xian4], broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
坏鸟 壞鳥 huài niǎo sinister person / unsavory character / broken (not in working order)
碎碎念 suì suì niàn to sound like a broken record / to prattle / to nag / to mutter
折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat
心伤 心傷 xīn shāng broken-hearted
边角科 邊角科 biān jiǎo kē leftover bits and pieces (of industrial, material)
七零八碎 qī líng bā suì bits and pieces / scattered fragments syn
折子戏 摺子戲 zhé zi xì opera highlights performed as independent pieces
棋具 qí jù checkers (board and pieces for go 圍棋|围棋 or Chinese chess 象棋 etc)
血田 xuè tián field of blood / battlefield / hateful place / Aceldama (field bought by Judas Iscariot with his 30 pieces of silver in Matthew 27:7)
零杂 零雜 líng zá bit and pieces / small odds and ends
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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