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"duck feet (claws)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
鸭掌 鴨掌 yā zhǎng duck feet (claws)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber syn
大脚 大腳 dà jiǎo naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚[xiao3 jiao3]) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal)
跟脚 跟腳 gēn jiǎo to feet the feet perfectly / to follow closely / hard on sb's heels syn
张牙舞爪 張牙舞爪 zhāng yá wǔ zhǎo to bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom) / to make threatening gestures syn
魔爪 mó zhǎo evil clutches / claws syn
爪牙 zhǎo yá pawn / lackey / accomplice (in crime) / collaborator / henchman / claws and teeth syn
爪 zhǎo foot of a bird or animal / paw / claws / talons syn
无爪 無爪 wú zhuǎ without claws / fig. powerless
收敛锋芒 收斂鋒芒 shōu liǎn fēng máng to draw in one's claws / to show some modesty
去爪 qù zhuǎ to declaw (a cat etc) / (food preparation) to remove claws, pincer legs or similar hard tips
鸳鸯 鴛鴦 yuān yāng (bird species of China) mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) / (fig.) affectionate couple / happily married couple syn
鸭子 鴨子 yā zi duck / male prostitute (slang) syn
烤鸭 烤鴨 kǎo yā roast duck
野鸭 野鴨 yě yā wild duck / mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) syn
北京烤鸭 北京烤鴨 běi jīng kǎo yā Peking Duck
垫板 diàn pàn duck-board
板鸭 板鴨 bǎn yā pressed (dried) salted duck
咸鸭蛋 鹹鴨蛋 xián yā dàn salted duck egg
填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck
毛血旺 máo xuè wàng duck's blood and beef tripe in spicy soup
野鸳鸯 野鴛鴦 yě yuān yāng wild mandarin duck / (derog.) illicit lovers / unorthodox couple
闪 閃 shǎn to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine syn
鸭 鴨 yā duck (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (slang) male prostitute syn
鸳 鴛 yuān mandarin duck
鹜 鶩 wù duck syn
鸂 xī a kind of water bird resembling a duck
鶩 wù tame duck
鴢 yòu (duck)
赶鸭子上架 趕鴨子上架 gǎn yā zi shàng jià lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) / fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability
刻鹄类鹜 刻鵠類鶩 kè hú lèi wù to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
鴄 pī wild duck
鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of water bird resembling a mandarin duck
唐老鸭 唐老鴨 táng lǎo yā Donald Duck
家鸭 家鴨 jiā yā domestic duck syn
家鸭绿头鸭 家鴨綠頭鴨 jiā yā lǜ tóu yā mallard / duck (Anas platyrhyncha)
棘鼻青岛龙 棘鼻青島龍 jí bí qīng dǎo lóng Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a 10 meter long hadrosaur with a single horn on its duck-billed snout
鸡同鸭讲 雞同鴨講 jī tóng yā jiǎng lit. chicken speaking with duck / fig. talking without communicating / people not understanding each other
鸭嘴龙 鴨嘴龍 yā zuǐ lóng hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur)
鸭子汤 鴨子湯 yā zi tāng Duck soup
鹥 鷖 yī wigeon (Anas penelope, a Eurasian duck) / seagull (arch.)
凤头潜鸭 鳳頭潛鴨 fèng tóu qián yā (bird species of China) tufted duck (Aythya fuligula)
白头硬尾鸭 白頭硬尾鴨 bái tóu yìng wěi yā (bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
斑嘴鸭 斑嘴鴨 bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) eastern spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
栗树鸭 栗樹鴨 lì shù yā (bird species of China) lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
瘤鸭 瘤鴨 liú yā (bird species of China) knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
莱桑鸭 萊桑鴨 lái sāng yā Laysan duck
白头树鸭 白頭樹鴨 white-faced whistling duck
双色树鸭 雙色樹鴨 fulvous whistling duck
待毙 待斃 dài bì to await death / to be a sitting duck
春江水暖鸭先知 春江水暖鴨先知 chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom) / fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows
鸭子儿 鴨子兒 yā zǐ r (coll.) duck's egg syn
㶉鶒 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of waterbird resembling a mandarin duck
丑鸭 丑鴨 chǒu yā (bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
印缅斑嘴鸭 印緬斑嘴鴨 yìn miǎn bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
棕颈鸭 棕頸鴨 zōng jǐng yā (bird species of China) Philippine duck (Anas luzonica)
罗纹鸭 羅紋鴨 luó wén yā (bird species of China) falcated duck (Mareca falcata)
长尾鸭 長尾鴨 cháng wěi yā (bird species of China) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis)
云石斑鸭 雲石斑鴨 yún shí bān yā (bird species of China) marbled teal / marbled duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
毛鸭蛋 毛鴨蛋 máo yā dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
鸭仔蛋 鴨仔蛋 yā zǐ dàn balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell)
煮熟的鸭子飞了 煮熟的鴨子飛了 zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi le the cooked duck flew away (proverb) / (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers
一学就会 一學就會 yī xué jiù huì to pick up (a skill) in a very short time / to take to sth like a duck to water
印缅斑嘴鸭 印緬斑嘴鴨 yìn - miǎn bān zuǐ yā (bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
㶉𫛶 鸂鶒 xī chì a kind of waterbird resembling a mandarin duck
𬸚𬸦 鸑鷟 yuè zhuó (literary) mythical bird similar to a phoenix / (archaic) waterbird similar to a large duck
站立 zhàn lì to stand / standing / on one's feet syn
双脚 雙腳 shuāng jiǎo two legs / both feet
自立 zì lì independent / self-reliant / self-sustaining / to stand on one's own feet / to support oneself syn
手足 shǒu zú hands and feet / (fig.) brothers / retinue, henchmen, accomplices syn
脚底 腳底 jiǎo dǐ soles of the feet syn
拳脚 拳腳 quán jiǎo Chinese boxing / fist and feet / punching and kicking syn
脚踏实地 腳踏實地 jiǎo tà shí dì to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) / realistic without flights of fancy / steady and serious character syn
手舞足蹈 shǒu wǔ zú dǎo lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs syn
双足 雙足 shuāng zú both feet / two-legged
见方 見方 jiàn fāng (measurement) (after a length) square (as in "10 feet square") syn
小脚 小腳 xiǎo jiǎo bound feet (traditional) syn
腿脚 腿腳 tuǐ jiǎo legs and feet / ability to walk / strides syn
跳脚 跳腳 tiào jiǎo to stomp or hop about (in anxiety, anger etc) / to dance on one's feet / hopping mad (anxious, etc) syn
光脚 光腳 guāng jiǎo bare feet
自食其力 zì shí qí lì lit. to eat off one's own strength (idiom) / fig. to stand on one's own feet / to earn one's own living syn
顿足 頓足 dùn zú stamp (one's feet)
泡脚 泡腳 pào jiǎo to soak the feet
鱼尾纹 魚尾紋 yú wěi wén wrinkles of the skin / crow's feet
老茧 老繭 lǎo jiǎn callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 老趼 syn
左右开弓 左右開弓 zuǒ yòu kāi gōng lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom) / fig. to display ambidexterity / to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession / to use both feet equally (football) syn
情同手足 qíng tóng shǒu zú as close as one's hands and feet (idiom) / loving one another as brothers / deep friendship / closely attached to one another syn
捶胸顿足 捶胸頓足 chuí xiōng dùn zú (idiom) to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish etc) syn
品头论足 品頭論足 pǐn tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / nitpicking / overcritical syn
临时抱佛脚 臨時抱佛腳 lín shí bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / doing things at the last minute / making a hasty last-minute effort syn
轻捷 輕捷 qīng jié light on one's feet / nimble / agile syn
茧子 繭子 jiǎn zi callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 趼子 syn
拆台 拆臺 chāi tái (theater) to dismantle the stage / (fig.) to pull the rug out from under sb's feet / to undermine sb's plans syn
抱佛脚 抱佛腳 bào fó jiǎo lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom) / fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / panic measures in place of timely preparation syn
五刑 wǔ xíng imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chi1], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhang4], forced labor 徒[tu2], exile or banishment 流[liu2], capital punishment 死[si3]
削足适履 削足適履 xuē zú shì lǚ to cut the feet to fit the shoes (idiom) / to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed) / impractical or inelegant solution syn
掌骨 zhǎng gǔ metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet)
老虎凳 lǎo hǔ dèng tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn
链 鏈 liàn chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain syn
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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