跑步 pǎo bù to run / to jog / (military) to march at the double syn 双重 雙重 shuāng chóng double syn 加倍 jiā bèi to double / to redouble syn 胡言乱语 胡言亂語 hú yán luàn yǔ babbling nonsense (idiom) / crazy and unfounded ravings / double Dutch syn 替身 tì shēn stand-in / substitute / body double / stuntman / scapegoat / fall guy / to stand in for sb else syn 双人 雙人 shuāng rén two-person / double / pair / tandem 双面 雙面 shuāng miàn double-sided / two-faced / double-edged / reversible syn 刀锋 刀鋒 dāo fēng cutting edge or point of a knife, sword or tool syn 宝剑 寶劍 bǎo jiàn (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) / CL:把[ba3] syn 双关语 雙關語 shuāng guān yǔ pun / play on words / a phrase with a double meaning 双层 雙層 shuāng céng double tier / double decker 两面派 兩面派 liǎng miàn pài two-faced person / double-dealing syn 俏皮话 俏皮話 qiào pi huà witticism / wisecrack / sarcastic remark / double entendre 牵牛花 牽牛花 qiān niú huā white-edged morning glory 双人床 雙人床 shuāng rén chuáng double bed 翻番 fān fān to double / to increase by a certain number of times syn 提琴 tí qín instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:把[ba3] 倍增 bèi zēng to double / to redouble / to increase many times over / to multiply by a factor / multiplication syn 双簧管 雙簧管 shuāng huáng guǎn double reed wind instrument (such as oboe or bassoon) 天书 天書 tiān shū imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch 对半 對半 duì bàn half-and-half / 50-50 / to double 刀枪 刀槍 dāo qiāng sword and spear / weapons syn 利剑 利劍 lì jiàn sharp sword 双簧 雙簧 shuāng huáng a form of theatrical double act in which one performer speaks or sings while the other, in front, pretends to be doing the speaking or singing / double reed (as in an oboe or bassoon) 双星 雙星 shuāng xīng double star syn 刀剑 刀劍 dāo jiàn sword 复式 複式 fù shì double / multiple / compound / combined / double-entry (accounting) 双眼皮 雙眼皮 shuāng yǎn pí double eyelid 佩剑 佩劍 pèi jiàn sword / (fencing) saber 钢刀 鋼刀 gāng dāo steel knife / sword 木剑 木劍 mù jiàn wooden sword 马刀 馬刀 mǎ dāo saber / cavalry sword 明日黄花 明日黃花 míng rì huáng huā lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn 双轨 雙軌 shuāng guǐ double-track / parallel tracks / dual-track (system) 舞剑 舞劍 wǔ jiàn to perform a sword-dance 剑身 劍身 jiàn shēn sword blade 剑柄 劍柄 jiàn bǐng sword hilt 重阳节 重陽節 chóng yáng jié Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month syn 尚方宝剑 尚方寶劍 shàng fāng bǎo jiàn variant of 尚方劍|尚方剑[shang4 fang1 jian4] / imperial sword (giving bearer arbitrary powers) / in fiction, Chinese version of 007's license to kill syn 双击 雙擊 shuāng jī (computing) to double-click 剑法 劍法 jiàn fǎ fencing / sword-play 双倍 雙倍 shuāng bèi twofold / double 两倍 兩倍 liǎng bèi twice as much / double the amount 出鞘 chū qiào (of a sword etc) to unsheath 几倍 幾倍 jǐ bèi several times (bigger) / double, treble, quadruple etc 轩辕剑 軒轅劍 xuān yuán jiàn sword 七夕 qī xī double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting 连击 連擊 lián jī to batter / combo (hit) (gaming) / (volleyball, table tennis etc) double hit / double contact 重阳 重陽 chóng yáng Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month syn 兼程 jiān chéng to travel at double speed / to make all haste syn 翻一番 fān yī fān to increase by 100% / to double 绩优股 績優股 jì yōu gǔ gilt-edged stock / blue chip stock 双人房 雙人房 shuāng rén fáng double room 三双 三雙 sān shuāng triple-double 双喜 雙喜 shuāng xǐ double happiness / the combined symmetric character 囍 (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 双拼 雙拼 shuāng pīn (computing) double pinyin (input method where the user types no more than two keystrokes per character, one for the initial and one for the final) 双管 雙管 shuāng guǎn double-barreled 二重 èr chóng double / repeated twice 双刃 雙刃 shuāng rèn double-edged blade 中空玻璃 zhōng kōng bō li double glazing 双人间 雙人間 shuāng rén jiān double room (hotel) 快刀斩乱麻 快刀斬亂麻 kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot syn 白刃 bái rèn naked sword syn 花鼓 huā gǔ flower drum, a type of double-skinned Chinese drum / folk dance popular in provinces around the middle reaches of the Yangtze / (bicycle wheel) hub 验算 驗算 yàn suàn to verify a calculation / a double-check 太极剑 太極劍 tài jí jiàn a kind of traditional Chinese sword-play 七夕节 七夕節 qī xī jié Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month / girls' festival / Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niu2 lang3 zhi1 nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting 日本刀 rì běn dāo Japanese sword / katana 双键 雙鍵 shuāng jiàn double bond (chemistry) 双下巴 雙下巴 shuāng xià ba double chin 双 雙 shuāng two / double / pair / both / even (number) syn 刀 dāo knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs syn 倍 bèi (two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double / to increase or multiply syn 兼 jiān double / twice / simultaneous / holding two or more (official) posts at the same time syn 番 fān (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind / a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double") syn 天狼星 tiān láng xīng Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座 刀枪不入 刀槍不入 dāo qiāng bù rù lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom) / fig. invulnerable / untouchable / thick-skinned / impervious to criticism 抡 掄 lūn to swing (one's arms, a heavy object) / to wave (a sword, one's fists) / to fling (money) syn 破折号 破折號 pò zhé hào dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash) 宝刀不老 寶刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it syn 单刀赴会 單刀赴會 dān dāo fù huì lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines 二重性 èr chóng xìng dualism / two sided / double nature 掬 jū to hold in one's hands / classifier for a double handful / Taiwan pr. [ju2] syn 铗 鋏 jiá pincers for use at a fire / sword syn 两面三刀 兩面三刀 liǎng miàn sān dāo two-faced, three knives (idiom) / double-cross / double dealing and back stabbing syn 重九 chóng jiǔ the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month) 口蜜腹剑 口蜜腹劍 kǒu mì fù jiàn lit. honeyed words, a sword in the belly (idiom) / fig. hypocritical and murderous syn 投笔从戎 投筆從戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person) syn 刻舟求剑 刻舟求劍 kè zhōu qiú jiàn lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom) / fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances syn 龙门刨 龍門刨 lóng mén bào double column surface grinding machine 低音提琴 dī yīn tí qín double bass / contrabass 复视 複視 fù shì double vision / diplopia 篦子 bì zi double-edged fine-toothed comb / grate syn 白马股 白馬股 bái mǎ gǔ gilt-edged securities 吃里爬外 吃裡爬外 chī lǐ pá wài to work against the interests of sb one derives support from / to double-cross one's employer / to bite the hand that feeds you syn 双十节 雙十節 shuāng shí jié Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义[Wu3 chang1 Qi3 yi4] of October 10th, 1911 / (Tw) National Day 锟 錕 kūn steel sword 缑 緱 gōu rope attached to a sword hilt / (archaic) hilt / sword 