含义 含義 hán yì meaning (implicit in a phrase) / implied meaning / hidden meaning / hint / connotation syn 一改故辙 一改故轍 yī gǎi gù zhé complete change from the old rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / a volte-face / to change old practices 本性难移 本性難移 běn xìng nán yí It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are. / Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23) 江山易改，本性难移 江山易改，本性難移 jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom) / you can't change who you are / Can the leopard change his spots? 释义 釋義 shì yì the meaning of sth / an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases / definition / an interpretation (of doctrine) / religious doctrine 言不由衷 yán bù yóu zhōng to say sth without meaning it (idiom) / to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different syn 意译 意譯 yì yì meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation 假借义 假借義 jiǎ jiè yì the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and") 古义 古義 gǔ yì ancient meaning / original or etymological meaning of a word 走 zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn 变化 變化 biàn huà (intransitive) to change / to vary / change / variation (CL:個|个[ge4]) syn 转向 轉向 zhuǎn xiàng to change direction / fig. to change one's stance syn 变动 變動 biàn dòng to change / to fluctuate / change / fluctuation syn 变色 變色 biàn sè to change color / to discolor / to change countenance / to become angry syn 改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn 零钱 零錢 líng qián change (of money) / small change / pocket money syn 质变 質變 zhì biàn qualitative change / fundamental change syn 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn 改换 改換 gǎi huàn to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else) syn 剧变 劇變 jù biàn to change dramatically / radical change syn 骤变 驟變 zhòu biàn to change suddenly / to change abruptly syn 变天 變天 biàn tiān to have a change of weather (esp. for the worse) / (fig.) to experience a major upheaval / to undergo sweeping change syn 变样 變樣 biàn yàng to change (appearance) / to change shape syn 换汤不换药 換湯不換藥 huàn tāng bù huàn yào different broth but the same old medicine (idiom) / a change in name only / a change in form but not in substance syn 改弦易辙 改弦易轍 gǎi xián yì zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune syn 流变 流變 liú biàn to flow and change / development and change (of society) 移情别恋 移情別戀 yí qíng bié liàn change of affection, shift of love (idiom) / to change one's feelings to another love / to fall in love with sb else 秘书长气候变化筹资高级别咨询小组 High-level Advisory Group of the Secretary-General on Climate Change Financing / High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing 一个联合国气候变化训练服务平台 一個聯合國气候變化訓練服務平台 yī gè lián hé guó qì hòu biàn huà xùn liàn fù wù píng tái One United Nations Training Service Platform for Climate Change / One UN Training Service Platform for Climate Change 快速启动气候变化融资 快速啟動气候變化融資 kuài sù qǐ dòng qì hòu biàn huà róng zī fast-start climate change financing / fast-start climate change funding 变革和改革派 變革和改革派 Change and Reform bloc / Change and Reform 变革推动者 變革推動者 biàn gé tuī dòng zhě agent of change / change agent 变革推动因素 變革推動因素 biàn gé tuī dòng yīn sù agent of change / change agent 变革动因 變革動因 biàn gé dòng yīn agent of change / change agent 秘书长气候变化问题特使 Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Climate Change / Special Envoy on Climate Change 气候变化特使 Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Climate Change / Special Envoy on Climate Change 苏丹人民解放运动民主变革派 蘇丹人民解放運動民主變革派 Sudan People's Liberation Movement-Democratic Change SPLM-Democratic Change 找零 zhǎo líng to give change / change money 易主 yì zhǔ (of property) to change owners / (of sovereignty, political power etc) to change hands 文章 wén zhāng article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4] syn 意义 意義 yì yì sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 意思 yì si idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc syn 革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL:次[ci4] syn 有意义 有意義 yǒu yì yì to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting 意味 yì wèi meaning / implication / flavor / overtone / to mean / to imply / (Tw) to get a sense of syn 手心 shǒu xīn palm (of one's hand) / control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) syn 如来 如來 rú lái tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc) 含蓄 hán xù to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism) syn 真谛 真諦 zhēn dì the real meaning / the true essence syn 何谓 何謂 hé wèi (literary) what is? / what is the meaning of? syn 后顾之忧 後顧之憂 hòu gù zhī yōu fears of trouble in the rear (idiom) / family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything" 寓意 yù yì moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning syn 涵义 涵義 hán yì content / meaning / connotation / implication 民族主义 民族主義 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism 原意 yuán yì original meaning / original intention syn 含意 hán yì meaning syn 引申 yǐn shēn to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc) / derivation 字里行间 字裡行間 zì lǐ háng jiān between the words and the lines (idiom) / implied meaning / connotations syn 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 消受 xiāo shòu to bear / to enjoy (usually in negative combination, meaning unable to enjoy) syn 真意 zhēn yì real intention / true meaning / correct interpretation syn 走失 zǒu shī lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation) syn 语义 語義 yǔ yì meaning of words / semantic 词义 詞義 cí yì meaning of a word 歇后语 歇後語 xiē hòu yǔ anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part) 口风 口風 kǒu fēng meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech syn 弄懂 nòng dǒng to make sense of / to grasp the meaning of / to figure out 苦口婆心 kǔ kǒu pó xīn earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom) / to persuade patiently syn 语意 語意 yǔ yì meaning / content of speech or writing / semantic 题意 題意 tí yì meaning of a title / implication / theme 本义 本義 běn yì original meaning / literal sense 深长 深長 shēn cháng profound (meaning, implications etc) syn 意 yì idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate syn 意蕴 意蘊 yì yùn inner meaning / implication / connotation syn 言外之意 yán wài zhī yì (idiom) unspoken implication / the actual meaning of what was said syn 字义 字義 zì yì meaning of a character 明 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn 很 hěn very / quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) syn 无义 無義 wú yì without meaning / nonsense / immoral / faithless 意谓 意謂 yì wèi to mean / meaning 词意 詞意 cí yì meaning of word / sense 义 義 yì justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship syn 转义 轉義 zhuǎn yì (linguistics) transferred meaning / (computing) to escape 词不达意 詞不達意 cí bù dá yì words do not convey the meaning / poorly expressed / senseless / inarticulate 音义 音義 yīn yì sound and meaning 话里有话 話裡有話 huà lǐ yǒu huà one's words carry an implicit meaning syn 释文 釋文 shì wén interpreting words / to explain the meaning of words in classic texts / to decipher an old script 双关语 雙關語 shuāng guān yǔ pun / play on words / a phrase with a double meaning 含蕴 含蘊 hán yùn to contain / to hold / content / (of a poem etc) full of implicit meaning 答 dā bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1ying5], 答理[da1li5] etc syn 伊 yī (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that syn 吉 jí lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9) syn 谓 謂 wèi to speak / to say / to name / to designate / meaning / sense syn 茹 rú to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant) syn 蝈 蟈 guō small green cicada or frog (meaning unclear, possibly onom.) / see 蟈蟈|蝈蝈 long-horned grasshopper 鱄 zhuān fish (meaning variable: mackerel, anchovy, fresh-water fish) 奇文共赏 奇文共賞 qí wén gòng shǎng lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom) / universally praised (original meaning) / incomprehensible nonsense / preposterous bullshit 弦外之音 xián wài zhī yīn overtone (music) / (fig.) connotation / implied meaning syn 心口不一 xīn kǒu bù yī heart and mouth at variance (idiom) / keeping one's real intentions to oneself / saying one thing but meaning sth different syn 