冲动 衝動 chōng dòng to have an urge / to be impetuous / impulse / urge syn 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 宝剑 寶劍 bǎo jiàn (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) / CL:把[ba3] syn 矿井 礦井 kuàng jǐng a mine / a mine shaft syn 开采 開採 kāi cǎi to extract (ore or other resource from a mine) / to exploit / to mine 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 心血来潮 心血來潮 xīn xuè lái cháo to be prompted by a sudden impulse / carried away by a whim / to have a brainstorm syn 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] 矿坑 礦坑 kuàng kēng mine / mine shaft syn 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 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 双刃剑 雙刃劍 shuāng rèn jiàn double-edged sword (lit. and fig.) 复式 複式 fù shì double / multiple / compound / combined / double-entry (accounting) 双眼皮 雙眼皮 shuāng yǎn pí double eyelid 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 outdated / thing of the past / dead letter syn 双轨 雙軌 shuāng guǐ double-track / parallel tracks / dual-track (system) 重阳节 重陽節 chóng yáng jié Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month syn 双击 雙擊 shuāng jī (computing) to double-click 双倍 雙倍 shuāng bèi twofold / double 两倍 兩倍 liǎng bèi twice as much / double the amount 几倍 幾倍 jǐ bèi several times (bigger) / double, treble, quadruple etc 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 挖矿 挖礦 wā kuàng to mine ore or minerals / (computing) to mine cryptocurrency 翻一番 fān yī fān to increase by 100% / to double 金属探测器 金屬探測器 jīn shǔ tàn cè qì mine detector / mine locator 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) 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 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 乘兴 乘興 chéng xìng while in high spirits / feeling upbeat / on an impulse syn 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 雷 léi thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) 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 感情用事 gǎn qíng yòng shì to act impetuously (idiom) / on an impulse syn 天狼星 tiān láng xīng Sirius, a double star in constellation Canis Major 大犬座 破折号 破折號 pò zhé hào dash / Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash) 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 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) 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 安全鞋 ān quán xié safety shoes / mine shoes / protective boots / anti-mine boots 篦子 bì zi double-edged fine-toothed comb / grate syn 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 地雷 dì léi land mine (CL:顆|颗[ke1]) / (fig.) sore point / weak spot 金矿 金礦 jīn kuàng gold mine / gold ore syn 肥肉 féi ròu fat (e.g. pork fat) / fatty meat / (fig.) a gold mine / cash cow syn 煤矿 煤礦 méi kuàng coal mine / coal seam 矿山 礦山 kuàng shān mine 水雷 shuǐ léi naval mine 铁矿 鐵礦 tiě kuàng iron ore / iron ore mine 坑道 kēng dào mine shaft / gallery / tunnel syn 矿主 礦主 kuàng zhǔ proprietor of a mine 开矿 開礦 kāi kuàng to mine / to open a seam syn 开山 開山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery syn 铜矿 銅礦 tóng kuàng copper mine / copper ore 聚宝盆 聚寶盆 jù bǎo pén treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine syn 顶板 頂板 dǐng bǎn roof / roof plate / rock layer forming roof of a cave or mine / abacus 排雷 pái léi (military) to clear mines / mine clearance syn 我的 wǒ de my / mine 矿场 礦場 kuàng chǎng a mine / pit 挖开 挖開 wā kāi to dig into / to cut a mine into 原矿 原礦 yuán kuàng run of mine 地雷战 地雷戰 landmine warfare / mine warfare 重影 chóng yǐng overlapping images / double exposure of photo (e.g. due to fault or motion of camera) / double vision 