"butterfly kingfish" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
腹翼鱼 腹翼魚 fù yì yú butterfly kingfish
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
蝴蝶 hú dié butterfly / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn
蝶泳 dié yǒng butterfly stroke (swimming) syn
梁祝 liáng zhù The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale / abbr. for 梁山伯與祝英台|梁山伯与祝英台[Liang2 Shan1 bo2 yu3 Zhu4 Ying1 tai2]
dié (bound form) butterfly syn
蛱蝶 蛺蝶 jiá dié nymphalid / butterfly
蝴蝶犬 hú dié quǎn papillon (lapdog with butterfly-like ears)
庄周梦蝶 莊周夢蝶 zhuāng zhōu mèng dié Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] dreams of a butterfly (or is it the butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi?)
军曹鱼 軍曹魚 jūn cáo yú cobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum)
梁山伯与祝英台 梁山伯與祝英臺 liáng shān bó yǔ zhù yīng tái The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale of the tragic love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai
燕尾蝶 yān wěi dié swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
破蛹 pò yǒng to emerge from a pupa (of a butterfly etc)
蝴蝶效应 蝴蝶效應 hú dié xiào yìng butterfly effect (dynamical systems theory)
蝶类 蝶類 dié lèi butterfly (family)
鸳鸯蝴蝶 鴛鴦蝴蝶 yuān yang hú dié Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) / derogatory reference to populist and romantic writing around 1900
鸳鸯蝴蝶派 鴛鴦蝴蝶派 yuān yang hú dié pài Mandarin ducks and butterfly (i.e. love birds) literary school around 1900, criticized as populist and romantic by socialist realists
凤蝶 鳳蝶 fèng dié swallowtail butterfly
破茧成蝶 破繭成蝶 pò jiǎn chéng dié lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom) / fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle / to get to a better place after going through difficult period
粉蝶 fěn dié pierid (butterfly of the Pieridae family)
虎斑蝶 hǔ bān dié common tiger butterfly (Danaus genutia)
交际花 交際花 jiāo jì huā (female) social butterfly / socialite / courtesan
燕尾蝶 yàn wěi dié swallow tail butterfly (family Papilionidae)
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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