"calling" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
使命 shǐ mìng n. mission / long-term task to which one devotes oneself / a calling syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
标注 標注 biāo zhù to mark out / to tag / to put a sign on sth explaining or calling attention to / to annotate (e.g. a character with its pinyin) syn
承运 承運 chéng yùn to provide transport / to accept the Mandate of Heaven / to acknowledge one's calling to be emperor
承兑 承兌 chéng duì (commerce) to accept (i.e. acknowledge as calling for payment) / to honor (a check, a promise)
风声鹤唳 風聲鶴唳 fēng shēng hè lì lit. wind sighing and crane calling (idiom) / fig. to panic at the slightest move / to be jittery syn
喽 嘍 lou (final particle equivalent to 了[le5]) / (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation) syn
咪 mī sound for calling a cat
嘤 嚶 yīng calling of birds
譁 huá clamor / noise / (bound form) sound used to call cats / variant of 嘩|哗, cat-calling sound / clamor / noise
三方通话 sān fāng tòng huà three-party call / three party calling / three-party conference / three-way calling
畅谈话卡 暢談話卡 chàng tán huà kǎ long-term calling card (telephone)
话卡 話卡 huà kǎ calling card (telephone)
叫某人摊牌 叫某人攤牌 jiào mǒu rén tān pái calling someone's bluff
对着和尚骂贼秃 對著和尚罵賊禿 duì zhe hé shang mà zéi tū lit. in the presence of a monk, insult another monk, calling him a bald-headed bandit (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
龟笑鳖无尾 龜笑鱉無尾 guī xiào biē wú wěi lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom) / fig. the pot calling the kettle black
喊住 hǎn zhù to stop (sb) by calling out to them
奔走呼号 bēn zǒu hū háo (idiom) To run about calling for help. It describes someone in distress who seeks assistance and tries to attract attention.
患至呼天 huàn zhì hū tiān (idiom) Describes failing to prepare in advance and calling on heaven for help only when disaster strikes.
马鹿异形 馬鹿異形 mǎ lù yì xíng (idiom) Refers to Zhao Gao’s story of calling a deer a horse, and describes deliberately reversing right and wrong.
一则一，二则二 一則一，二則二 yī zé yī，èr zé èr (idiom) Describes speaking honestly, precisely, and without ambiguity. It is equivalent to calling things exactly what they are.
名纸生毛 míng zhǐ shēng máo (idiom) A calling card has become so worn that its writing is blurred. The expression means that, despite repeated attempts, one has still failed to meet someone.
哭天抢地 哭天搶地 kū tiān qiāng dì (idiom) To cry and wail loudly while calling on Heaven and striking the ground with one’s head. Describes someone overwhelmed by grief or despair.
嘤鸣求友 嚶鳴求友 yīng míng qiú yǒu (idiom) To seek friends or companions who share the same aspirations, like birds calling for their kind.
怀刺不适 huái cì bù shì (idiom) To have a calling card ready to seek an eminent person but find no one to whom it can be presented.
招魂扬幡 zhāo hún yáng fān (idiom) Originally, to make a great display while calling back the soul of the dead.
指天为誓 zhǐ tiān wéi shì (idiom) To swear by calling heaven as one's witness, thereby affirming firm resolve or loyalty to someone.
擂天倒地 léi tiān dǎo dì (idiom) To cry and wail desperately, calling on heaven and beating the ground.
牛马襟裾 牛馬襟裾 niú mǎ jīn jú (idiom) A contemptuous term for a vile, immoral person who merely looks human. It is equivalent to calling someone a beast in human clothing.
衣冠土枭 衣冠土梟 yī guān tǔ xiāo (idiom) It refers to a person of extremely bad character and despicable conduct. It is equivalent to calling someone a beast in human clothing.
詈夷为跖 lì yí wéi zhí (idiom) To abuse Boyi by calling him Daozhi. It refers to reversing right and wrong and slandering good people.
誓日指天 shì rì zhǐ tiān (idiom) To swear an oath before the sky and the sun, calling them as witnesses. It is synonymous with “swear to Heaven.”
阿鼻叫唤 ā bí jiào huàn (idiom) Originally, this refers to the cries of those who have fallen into the Avīci hell. By extension, it describes an extremely tragic voice calling for help.
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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