横切 橫切 héng qiē to cut across / a horizontal cut 剪切 jiǎn qiē to cut (with scissors or similar tool) / to shear / (geology) shear / (computing) to cut (as in "cut-and-paste") syn 截断 截斷 jié duàn to break or cut in two / to sever / to cut off / (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc) / to interrupt / (math.) to truncate 裁 cái to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment syn 划过 划過 huá guò (of a meteor etc) to streak across (the sky) / (of a searchlight, lightning etc) to play across (the sky) 横跨 橫跨 héng kuà to span / to stretch across / to travel across syn 笑逐颜开 笑逐顏開 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face syn 敔 yǔ percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick 严酷 嚴酷 yán kù bitter / harsh / grim / ruthless / severe / cut-throat (competition) syn 刭 剄 jǐng cut the throat syn 划破 劃破 huá pò to cut open / to rip / to streak across (lightning, meteor etc) / to pierce (scream, searchlight etc) 横贯 橫貫 héng guàn horizontal traverse / to cut across / to cross transversally 横断 橫斷 héng duàn to cross (a road, an ocean etc) / to cut across 横截 橫截 héng jié to cut across / cross-sectional / transverse 横陈 橫陳 héng chén to lie in disarray / to cut across / to traverse 切入 qiē rù to cut into / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team) / (cinema) to cut (to the next scene) 剪掉 jiǎn diào to cut off / to cut away / to trim 割肉 gē ròu to cut some meat / to cut off a piece of flesh / (fig.) (coll.) to sell at a loss 腰斩 腰斬 yāo zhǎn to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment) / to cut sth in half / to reduce sth by a dramatic margin / to terminate / to cut short 割伤 割傷 gē shāng to gash / to cut / gash / cut 划 劃 huá to cut / to slash / to scratch (cut into the surface of sth) / to strike (a match) syn 割 gē to cut / to cut apart syn 断袖之癖 斷袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve. 寸头 寸頭 cùn tóu (male hair style) crew cut / butch cut 喉咙 喉嚨 hóu lóng the throat syn 嗓子 sǎng zi throat / voice / CL:把[ba3] syn 咽喉 yān hóu throat syn 喉头 喉頭 hóu tóu throat / larynx syn 自刎 zì wěn to commit suicide by cutting one's own throat syn 嗓子眼 sǎng zi yǎn throat syn 鼻咽癌 bí yān ái cancers of the nose and throat / nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) 喉部 hóu bù neck / throat 鼻咽 bí yān nose and throat 抹脖子 mǒ bó zi to slit one's own throat / to commit suicide syn 卡脖子 qiǎ bó zi to squeeze the throat / (fig.) to have in a stranglehold / critical syn 咽 yān throat / pharynx / narrow pass syn 喉 睺 hóu throat / larynx syn 嗓 sǎng throat / voice syn 吭 háng throat syn 颏 頦 ké (used in bird names) throat syn 嗌 ài (literary) to choke / to have a blockage in the throat / Taiwan pr. [yi4] 鲠 鯁 gěng to choke on a piece of food / (literary) a fish bone lodged in one's throat syn 哙 噲 kuài throat / to swallow syn 骨鲠在喉 骨鯁在喉 gǔ gěng zài hóu fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly / sth on one's mind 如鲠在喉 如鯁在喉 rú gěng zài hóu lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom) / fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure 喉轮 喉輪 hóu lún viśuddha or visuddha, the throat chakra 查克拉, residing in the neck 喉鸣 喉鳴 hóu míng throat sound such as choking, donkey's bray etc 梅核气 梅核氣 méi hé qì (TCM) plum-pit qi, a feeling of a lump in the throat (globus pharyngis) or of stagnant phlegm 耳鼻咽喉 ěr bí yān hóu ear nose and throat / otolaryngology 馕嗓 饢嗓 nǎng sǎng to stuff one's throat with food 骨鲠 骨鯁 gǔ gěng fish bone / bone stuck in the throat / sth one feels obliged to speak out about / candid speaker 深喉 深睺 shēn hóu deep throating (sex act) / a deep throat (anonymous informant) 喉片 hóu piàn throat lozenge 咽峡炎 咽峽炎 yān xiá yán angina / sore throat 喷管喉道 噴管喉道 throat of a nozzle 脓毒性咽喉炎 膿毒性咽喉炎 strep throat 桑眼 sǎng yǎn throat 揪痧 jiū shā folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation syn 嗓门眼 嗓門眼 sǎng mén yǎn throat 清嗓 qīng sǎng to clear one's throat / to hawk 掐脖子 qiā bó zi to seize by the throat 喉韵 喉韻 hóu yùn pleasant aftertaste in the back of the throat (esp. when drinking tea) 嗓眼 sǎng yǎn throat 清嗓子 qīng sǎng zi to clear one's throat 嗌 yì (literary) the throat / (literary) (military) choke point 卡痰 kǎ tán to have phlegm stuck in one's throat 喉管 hóu guǎn the airway in the throat syn 遇到 yù dào to meet / to run into / to come across syn 对面 對面 duì miàn (sitting) opposite / across (the street) / directly in front / to be face to face syn 碰到 pèng dào to come across / to run into / to meet / to hit syn 满脸 滿臉 mǎn liǎn across one's whole face syn 遇上 yù shàng to come across (sb) / to run into syn 相遇 xiāng yù to meet / to encounter / to come across syn 全场 全場 quán chǎng everyone present / the whole audience / across-the-board / unanimously / whole duration (of a competition or match) 跨越 kuà yuè to step across / step over syn 满面 滿面 mǎn miàn across one's whole face / (smiling) from ear to ear 掠过 掠過 lüè guò to flit across / to sweep past / to glance (strike at an angle) 相逢 xiāng féng to meet (by chance) / to come across syn 横扫 橫掃 héng sǎo to sweep away / to sweep across syn 飞越 飛越 fēi yuè to fly across / to fly over / to fly past / (literary) (of one's spirits) to soar 回族 huí zú Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China 统考 統考 tǒng kǎo unified examination (e.g. across the country) 天马行空 天馬行空 tiān mǎ xíng kōng like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style syn 突厥 tū jué Turkic people, who lived across the Eurasian continent / (esp.) the Göktürks of medieval Inner Asia 拦腰 攔腰 lán yāo (hitting) squarely in the middle / (slicing) across the middle / to hold by the waist syn 偷渡 tōu dù illegal immigration / to stowaway (on a ship) / to steal across the international border / to run a blockade 鹊桥 鵲橋 què qiáo magpie bridge across the Milky Way between Altair and Vega where Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed an annual meeting 可遇不可求 kě yù bù kě qiú can be discovered but not sought (idiom) / one can only come across such things serendipitously 汪道涵 wāng dào hán Wang Daohan (1915-2005), former president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits 跨海大桥 跨海大橋 kuà hǎi dà qiáo bay bridge (elevated bridge across stretch of water) 照壁 zhào bì a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy) syn 贺兰山 賀蘭山 hè lán shān Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia 满堂红 滿堂紅 mǎn táng hóng success across the board / victory in everything one touches syn 一马平川 一馬平川 yī mǎ píng chuān flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom) / wide expanse of flat country syn 纵横驰骋 縱橫馳騁 zòng héng chí chěng to criss-cross / to run unhindered across the whole country syn 卧轨 臥軌 wò guǐ to lie across the railway tracks (to commit suicide or to prevent trains from getting through) 泅渡 qiú dù to swim across 怒形于色 怒形於色 nù xíng yú sè to betray anger (idiom) / fury written across one's face syn 拦河坝 攔河壩 lán hé bà a dam across a river 