"common sayings (idiom)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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俗谚口碑 俗諺口碑 sú yàn kǒu bēi common sayings (idiom) / widely circulated proverbs
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孔子家语 孔子家語 kǒng zǐ jiā yǔ The School Sayings of Confucius, a supplement to the Analects / abbr. to 家語|家语[Jia1 yu3]
家语 家語 jiā yǔ The School Sayings of Confucius (abbr. for 孔子家語|孔子家语[Kong3 zi3 Jia1 yu3])
设立共同基金谈判会议 United Nations Negotiating Conference on a Common Fund Negotiating Conference on a Common Fund to Establish the Composite Programme for Raw Materials / United Nations Negotiating Conference on a Common Fund
联合国薪金、津贴和福利共同制度 聯合國薪金、津貼和福利共同制度 United Nations Common System of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits / United Nations Common System / Common System
联合国共同制度 聯合國共同制度 lián hé guó gòng tòng zhì duó United Nations Common System of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits / United Nations Common System / Common System
共同制度 gòng tòng zhì duó United Nations Common System of Salaries, Allowances and Benefits / United Nations Common System / Common System
不同凡响 不同凡響 bù tóng fán xiǎng lit. not a common chord (idiom) / outstanding / brilliant / out of the common run syn
同舟共济 同舟共濟 tóng zhōu gòng jì cross a river in the same boat (idiom) / fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals syn
普通话 普通話 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech syn
交界 jiāo jiè common boundary / common border syn
通病 tōng bìng common problem / common failing syn
百胜 百勝 bǎi shèng BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company / PakSing, common Hong Kong company name
公约数 公約數 gōng yuē shù common factor / common divisor
最大公约数 最大公約數 zuì dà gōng yuē shù highest common factor HCF / greatest common divisor GCD
公因式 gōng yīn shì common factor / common divisor (of a math. expression)
最大公因子 zuì dà gōng yīn zǐ highest common factor HCF / greatest common divisor GCD
花斑癣 花斑癬 huā bān xuǎn pityriasis versicolor (aka tinea versicolor), blotchy skin condition common in tropical areas, common name 汗斑[han4 ban1] syn
共同偏移距聚集 gòng tòng piān yí jù jù jí common offset gather / common range gather
西非经共体移徙与发展共同对策 ECOWAS Common Approach on Migration and Development / ECOWAS Common Approach on Migration
共深点 共深點 gòng shēn diǎn common depth point / common reflection point
共反射点 共反射點 gòng fǎn shè diǎn common depth point / common reflection point
共源收集 gòng yuán shōu jí shot gather / common source gather / common shot gather / shotpoint gather
建立东非共同体共同市场议定书 建立東非共同體共同市場議定書 Protocol on the Establishment of the East African Community Common Market / EAC Common Market Protocol
共同资源 共同資源 common pool resources / common property resources
联合国共同事务协定 聯合國共同事務協定 United Nations common services agreement / common services agreement
共同事务协定 共同事務協定 United Nations common services agreement / common services agreement
出类拔萃 出類拔萃 chū lèi bá cuì to excel the common (idiom) / surpassing / preeminent / outstanding syn
志同道合 zhì tóng dào hé (idiom) to be devoted to a common cause / to be like-minded syn
齐心协力 齊心協力 qí xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn
司空见惯 司空見慣 sī kōng jiàn guàn a common occurrence (idiom) syn
屡见不鲜 屢見不鮮 lǚ jiàn bù xiān a common occurrence (idiom) syn
同心协力 同心協力 tóng xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn
一脉相承 一脈相承 yī mài xiāng chéng traceable to the same stock (idiom) / of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
同甘共苦 tóng gān gòng kǔ shared delights and common hardships (idiom) / to share life's joys and sorrows / for better or for worse syn
鹤立鸡群 鶴立雞群 hè lì jī qún a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom) / way above the common / manifestly superior syn
约定俗成 約定俗成 yuē dìng sú chéng established by popular usage (idiom) / common usage agreement / customary convention syn
同仇敌忾 同仇敵愾 tóng chóu dí kài anger against a common enemy (idiom) / joined in opposition to the same adversary syn
蔚然成风 蔚然成風 wèi rán chéng fēng to have become common practice (idiom) / to become a general trend syn
玉石俱焚 yù shí jù fén to burn both jade and common stone / to destroy indiscriminately (idiom)
求同存异 求同存異 qiú tóng cún yì to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom) syn
习语 習語 xí yǔ common saying / idiom
公而忘私 gōng ér wàng sī for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom) / to behave altruistically / selfless syn
侯门似海 侯門似海 hóu mén sì hǎi lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea / there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
卓乎不群 zhuó hū bù qún standing out from the common crowd (idiom) / outstanding / preeminent
卓尔不群 卓爾不群 zhuó ěr bù qún standing above the common crowd (idiom) / outstanding / excellent and unrivaled syn
吴越同舟 吳越同舟 wú yuè tóng zhōu Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom) / fig. cooperation between natural rivals / to collaborate towards a common end / in the same boat together
爱民如子 愛民如子 ài mín rú zǐ (idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler) syn
牛骥同槽 牛驥同槽 niú jì tóng cáo cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom) / fig. the common and the great are treated alike / also written 牛驥同皂|牛骥同皂[niu2 ji4 tong2 zao4]
牛骥同皂 牛驥同皂 niú jì tóng zào cow and famous steed at the same trough (idiom) / fig. the common and the great are treated alike
兰艾同焚 蘭艾同焚 lán ài tóng fén lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom) / fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common / the rain falls on the just and unjust alike
蜀犬吠日 shǔ quǎn fèi rì lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom) / fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things / alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day syn
食荼卧棘 食荼臥棘 shí tú wò jí to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom) / to share the hard life of the common people
俯拾皆是 fǔ shí jiē shì lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom) / fig. extremely common / easily available syn
假道伐虢 jiǎ dào fá guó to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo / to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
如火如茶 rú huǒ rú chá common erroneous version of 如火如荼[ru2 huo3 ru2 tu2] (idiom), daunting and vigorous (momentum) / magnificent
戮力同心 lù lì tóng xīn concerted efforts in a common cause (idiom) / united and working together syn
数见不鲜 數見不鮮 shuò jiàn bù xiān a common occurrence (idiom) syn
白苋紫茄 白莧紫茄 bái xiàn zǐ qié white amaranth, purple eggplant (idiom) / common foodstuff, unpretentious lifestyle
神爱世人 神愛世人 shén ài shì rén the gods love the common people (idiom)
不是一家人不进一家门 不是一家人不進一家門 bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom) / marriages are predestined / people marry because they share common traits
吃大锅饭 吃大鍋飯 chī dà guō fàn lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
瘦死的骆驼比马大 瘦死的駱駝比馬大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
侯门似海 侯門似海 hóu mén - sì hǎi lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom) / fig. there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people
戮力同心 lù lì - tóng xīn (idiom) to join forces to work towards a common goal syn
求同存异 求同存異 qiú tóng - cún yì (idiom) to put aside differences and work together / to seek common ground and cooperate syn
天南地北 tiān nán - dì běi (idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places / from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that syn
一般 yī bān same / ordinary / so-so / common / general / generally / in general syn
普通 pǔ tōng common / ordinary / general / average syn
共同 gòng tóng common / joint / jointly / together / collaborative syn
公共 gōng gòng public / common / communal syn
常用 cháng yòng in common usage
普遍 pǔ biàn universal / general / widespread / common syn
常见 常見 cháng jiàn commonly seen / common / to see sth frequently syn
百姓 bǎi xìng common people syn
平常 píng cháng ordinary / common / usually / ordinarily syn
民众 民眾 mín zhòng the populace / the masses / the common people syn
常规 常規 cháng guī code of conduct / conventions / common practice / routine (medical procedure etc) syn
感冒 gǎn mào to catch cold / (common) cold / CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4] / (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative) / (Tw) to detest / can't stand syn
常识 常識 cháng shí common sense / general knowledge / CL:門|门[men2]
公元 gōng yuán CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini) syn
共识 共識 gòng shí common understanding / consensus
寻常 尋常 xún cháng usual / common / ordinary syn
常见问题 常見問題 cháng jiàn wèn tí common problems / FAQ
俗称 俗稱 sú chēng commonly referred to as / common term syn
通俗 tōng sú common / everyday / average syn
风气 風氣 fēng qì general mood / atmosphere / common practice syn
同感 tóng gǎn (have the) same feeling / similar impression / common feeling syn
金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name
布衣 bù yī plain cotton clothing / (literary) the common people syn
公元前 gōng yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ)
常理 cháng lǐ common sense / conventional reasoning and morals syn
民事诉讼 民事訴訟 mín shì sù sòng common plea / civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case)
俗语 俗語 sú yǔ common saying / proverb / colloquial speech syn
交集 jiāo jí (of diverse emotions) to occur simultaneously / to intermingle / common ground / points of commonality / overlap / connection / interaction / dealings / (math.) (set theory) intersection syn
共同点 共同點 gòng tóng diǎn common ground
苍生 蒼生 cāng shēng (area where) vegetation grows / the common people syn
统一思想 統一思想 tǒng yī sī xiǎng with the same idea in mind / with a common purpose
市井 shì jǐng marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people syn
风寒 風寒 fēng hán wind chill / cold weather / common cold (medicine)
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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