别 彆 biè to make sb change their ways, opinions etc syn 分别 分別 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually syn 废弃 廢棄 fèi qì to discard / to abandon (old ways) / to invalidate syn 想方设法 想方設法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ to think up every possible method (idiom) / to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other syn 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 腐朽 fǔ xiǔ rotten / decayed / decadent / degenerate syn 路径 路徑 lù jìng path / route / method / ways and means syn 世道 shì dào the ways of the world / the morals of the time syn 复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn 改过 改過 gǎi guò to correct one's errors / to mend one's ways syn 分道扬镳 分道揚鑣 fēn dào yáng biāo lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) / fig. to part ways syn 颓废 頹廢 tuí fèi decadent / dispirited / depressed / dejected syn 改邪归正 改邪歸正 gǎi xié guī zhèng to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf syn 板上钉钉 板上釘釘 bǎn shàng dìng dīng that clinches it / that's final / no two ways about it syn 诡计多端 詭計多端 guǐ jì duō duān deceitful in many ways (idiom) / wily and mischievous / full of craft and cunning syn 千方百计 千方百計 qiān fāng bǎi jì lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom) / by every possible means syn 百般 bǎi bān in hundred and one ways / in every possible way / by every means syn 两全其美 兩全其美 liǎng quán qí měi to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too syn 陈规 陳規 chén guī outmoded conventions / old-fashioned ways syn 千丝万缕 千絲萬縷 qiān sī wàn lǚ linked in countless ways syn 多方 duō fāng in many ways / from all sides syn 邪路 xié lù deviant path / evil ways syn 误区 誤區 wù qū mistaken ideas / misconceptions / the error of one's ways 世情 shì qíng worldly affairs / the ways of the world syn 遗风 遺風 yí fēng tradition or style from the past / old ways / surviving tradition / relic 世态 世態 shì tài the ways of the world / social behavior syn 下水 xià shuǐ downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot syn 拜拜 bái bái (loanword) bye-bye / also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc / (coll.) to part ways (with sb) / (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) syn 世故 shì gù the ways of the world syn 老江湖 lǎo jiāng hú a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world syn 人情世故 rén qíng shì gù worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world syn 自新 zì xīn to reform oneself / to mend one's ways and start life anew 洗心革面 xǐ xīn gé miàn lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf syn 骄奢淫逸 驕奢淫逸 jiāo shē yín yì extravagant and dissipated / decadent syn 依然故我 yī rán gù wǒ to be one's old self (idiom) / to be unchanged / (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways syn 脚踏两条船 腳踏兩條船 jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time 各奔东西 各奔東西 gè bèn dōng xī to go separate ways (idiom) / to part ways with sb / Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1] syn 守旧派 守舊派 shǒu jiù pài person who sticks to old ways / a diehard / a conservative 故态复萌 故態復萌 gù tài fù méng to revert to old ways syn 旧俗 舊俗 jiù sú former custom / old ways syn 陈规陋习 陳規陋習 chén guī lòu xí outmoded conventions / old-fashioned ways syn 改悔 gǎi huǐ to mend one's ways syn 故步自封 gù bù zì fēng stuck in the old ways (idiom) / refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative syn 老于世故 老於世故 lǎo yú shì gù experienced in the ways of the world (idiom) / worldly-wise / sophisticated syn 迷途知返 mí tú zhī fǎn to get back on the right path / to mend one's ways syn 靡靡之音 mǐ mǐ zhī yīn (idiom) decadent music 朝过夕改 朝過夕改 zhāo guò xī gǎi to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways 狂奴故态 狂奴故態 kuáng nú gù tài to be set in one's ways (idiom) 翻然悔悟 fān rán huǐ wù to see the error of one's ways / to make a clean break with one's past syn 道不同不相为谋 道不同不相為謀 dào bù tóng bù xiāng wéi móu lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together / to go separate ways (idiom) 革面洗心 gé miàn xǐ xīn lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf 洗手不干 洗手不幹 xǐ shǒu bù gàn to totally stop doing something / to reform one's ways syn 妇女为妇女争取人权协会－新道路 Women for Women's Human Rights: New Ways / WWHR – New Ways 穨 tuí to become bald / decadent 颓废派 頹廢派 tuí fèi pài decadents (of the Decadent movement of late 19th century Europe) 颓放 頹放 tuí fàng decadent / dissolute / degenerate 淫靡 yín mǐ profligate / extravagantly showy / (of music) lascivious / decadent 腐旧 腐舊 fǔ jiù outmoded / decadent / decaying 腐国 腐國 fǔ guó UK (slang term reflecting a perception of UK as decadent for its attitudes toward homosexuality) 郑声 鄭聲 zhèng shēng folk music of the state of Zheng 鄭|郑[Zheng4] / lascivious, decadent music 按步就班 àn bù jiù bān follow the prescribed order / keep to conventional ways 上有政策，下有对策 上有政策，下有對策 shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom) 不孝有三，无后为大 不孝有三，無後為大 bù xiào yǒu sān , wú hòu wéi dà there are three ways to be unfilial / having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子[Meng4zi3]) 师古 師古 shī gǔ following the ways of old / in imitation of ancient style 故辙 故轍 gù zhé rut (made by vehicles) / (fig.) conventional ways 沾染世俗 zhān rǎn shì sú to be corrupted by the ways of the world (idiom) 泥古 nì gǔ stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative 百般巴结 百般巴結 bǎi bān bā jié to flatter someone in a hundred different ways / assiduous fawning (idiom) 跳脱 跳脫 tiào tuō (Tw) to break free of (outmoded ways of thinking etc) / to move beyond / to transcend 途径和方法小组委员会 途徑和方法小組委員會 Ways and Means Sub-Committee 邪门 邪門 xié mén strange / unusual / evil ways / dishonest practices 老谱 老譜 lǎo pǔ old ways / old habit 一条道走到黑 一條道走到黑 yī tiáo dào zǒu dào hēi to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course 脱亚入欧 脫亞入歐 tuō yà rù ōu to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe / refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan's subsequent colonization projects in Asia 归正 歸正 guī zhèng to return to the right path / to mend one's ways / to reform / Reformed (church etc) 推甄 tuī zhēn to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school / to put a student on the recommendation track (one of several ways of gaining admission to a higher-level school in Taiwan) / abbr. for 推薦甄選|推荐甄选 世相 shì xiàng the ways of the world 矫直 矯直 jiǎo zhí to straighten / (fig.) to mend one's ways 一条路走到黑 一條路走到黑 yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom) / fig. to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course 假洋鬼子 jiǎ yáng guǐ zi (derog.) wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners 治愚 zhì yú to eliminate backward (unscientific) ways of thinking 三不朽 sān bù xiǔ the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]) 