张口结舌 張口結舌 zhāng kǒu jié shé agape and tongue-tied (idiom) / at a loss for words / gaping and speechless syn 愚鲁 愚魯 yú lǔ dull-witted / foolish syn 呆头呆脑 獃頭獃腦 dāi tóu dāi nǎo oafish / dull-witted syn 驽钝 nú dùn (literary) dull / slow-witted syn 呆傻 dāi shǎ stupid / foolish / dull-witted syn 结舌 結舌 jié shé tongue-tied / unable to speak (out of surprise, embarrassment etc) 碍口识羞 礙口識羞 ài kǒu shí xiū tongue-tied for fear of embarrassment (idiom) 碍口 礙口 ài kǒu to shy to speak out / tongue-tied / to hesitate / too embarrassing for words syn 讷涩 訥澀 nè sè clumsy in speech / tongue tied 舌根 shé gēn back of tongue / tongue root / dorsal 巧舌如簧 qiǎo shé rú huáng lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom) / fig. to have a glib tongue syn 舌钉 舌釘 shé dīng tongue ring / tongue piercing 如簧之舌 rú huáng zhī shé lit. a tongue like a reed (idiom) / fig. a glib tongue 牛脷酥 niú lì sū ox tongue pastry, oval Guangdong pastry made of fried dough, resembling an ox tongue 名缰利锁 名韁利鎖 míng jiāng lì suǒ lit. fettered by fame and locked up by riches (idiom) / tied down by reputation and wealth / the victim of one's own success syn 灰不溜丢 灰不溜丟 huī bu liū diū gloomy and dull (idiom) / boring and gray / unpleasantly murky 剔透 tī tòu pure and limpid / (of a person) quick-witted 机灵鬼 機靈鬼 jī líng guǐ (jocular) clever and quick-witted person syn 聪明伶俐 聰明伶俐 cōng ming líng lì clever and quick-witted syn 伹 qū clumsy and dumb / slow-witted 文不加点 文不加點 wén bù jiā diǎn to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom) / to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions syn 五花大绑 五花大綁 wǔ huā dà bǎng to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up syn 束手就擒 shù shǒu jiù qín hands tied and waiting to be captured syn 束手就毙 束手就斃 shù shǒu jiù bì hands tied and expecting the worst 束手待死 shù shǒu dài sǐ hands tied and expecting the worst 束手就擒 shù shǒu - jiù qín lit. to submit to having one's hands tied and being taken prisoner (idiom) / fig. to surrender without a fight syn 平板 píng bǎn slab / flat board / (engineering) surface plate / flat / level / (fig.) dull / monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑[ping2ban3 dian4nao3] and 平板手機|平板手机[ping2ban3 shou3ji1] syn 枯燥 kū zào dry and dull / uninteresting / tedious syn 灰不喇唧 huī bù lǎ jī dull gray / gray and loathsome 无精打彩 無精打彩 wú jīng dǎ cǎi dull and colorless (idiom) / lacking vitality / not lively 迂讷 迂訥 yū nè overcautious / conservative and dull in conversation 索然寡味 suǒ rán guǎ wèi dull and insipid 心灵 心靈 xīn líng bright / smart / quick-witted / heart / thoughts / spirit syn 木头 木頭 mù tou slow-witted / blockhead / log (of wood, timber etc) / CL:塊|块[kuai4],根[gen1] syn 机智 機智 jī zhì quick-witted / resourceful syn 机灵 機靈 jī ling clever / quick-witted syn 机警 機警 jī jǐng perceptive / astute / sharp / sharp-witted / vigilant / alert syn 傻乎乎 shǎ hū hū feeble-minded / dim-witted syn 麻利 má li swift / agile / efficient / quick-witted (colloquial) syn 急中生智 jí zhōng shēng zhì quick witted in an emergency / able to react resourcefully syn 机 機 jī (bound form) machine / mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point / pivot / (bound form) quick-witted / flexible / (bound form) organic syn 聪敏 聰敏 cōng mǐn bright / sharp / quick-witted syn 愚钝 愚鈍 yú dùn stupid / slow-witted syn 十三点 十三點 shí sān diǎn half-witted / nitwit 急智 jí zhì quick witted / able to think fast in an emergency syn 缺心眼 quē xīn yǎn stupid / senseless / dim-witted 敏 mǐn (bound form) quick / nimble / agile / (bound form) quick-witted / smart 笨 bèn stupid / foolish / silly / slow-witted / clumsy syn 惺 xīng (literary) to come to one's senses / to awaken / (literary) astute / sharp-witted 思维敏捷 思維敏捷 sī wéi mǐn jié quick-witted / agile of mind 思路敏捷 sī lù mǐn jié quick-witted 灵利 靈利 líng lì clever / bright / quick-witted 灵动 靈動 líng dòng to be quick-witted syn 麻力 má li swift / agile / efficient / quick witted (colloquial) / also written 麻利[ma2 li5] 缪巧 繆巧 miù qiǎo plan / scheme / intelligent / quick-witted 少根筋 shǎo gēn jīn (coll.) dim-witted / foolish / absent-minded 聪明伶俐 聰明伶俐 cōng ming - líng lì (idiom) bright / clever / quick-witted syn 轻嘴薄舌 輕嘴薄舌 qīng zuǐ bó shé lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom) / hasty and rude / caustic and sharp-tongued syn 急嘴急舌 jí zuǐ jí shé lit. quick mouth and quick tongue / fig. to interrupt sb urgently and say one's piece / to chime in rapidly 驾轻就熟 駕輕就熟 jià qīng jiù shú lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom) / fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back syn 平分 píng fēn to divide evenly / to bisect (geometry) / deuce (tennis) / tied score syn 结扎 結扎 jié zā to tie up / to bind up / (medicine) to ligate / (of a male) to have a vasectomy (ligation of the vasa deferentia) / (of a female) to have one's tubes tied (tubal ligation) 束手 shù shǒu to have one's hands tied / helpless / unable to do anything about it 爱莫能助 愛莫能助 ài mò néng zhù unable to help however much one would like to (idiom) / Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My hands are tied. syn 和局 hé jú draw / tied game syn 束发 束髮 shù fà to tie up one's hair / (literary) (of a boy) to be in one's adolescence (in ancient China, boys tied up their hair) 束之高阁 束之高閣 shù zhī gāo gé tied up in a bundle on a high shelf / to put sth on the back burner / no longer a high priority syn 牵累 牽累 qiān lèi to weigh down / tied down (by affairs) syn 牵累 牽累 qiān lěi to weigh down / to trouble / to implicate (sb) / tied down (by affairs) syn 拉家带口 拉家帶口 lā jiā dài kǒu to bear the burden of a household (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn 荮 葤 zhòu (dialect) to wrap with straw / classifier for a bundle (of bowls, dishes etc) tied with straw syn 再赛 再賽 zài sài to compete again (i.e. either have a rematch or, when the scores are tied, have extra time) 反接 fǎn jiē trussed / with hands tied behind the back 携家带口 攜家帶口 xié jiā dài kǒu (idiom) to take all one's family along / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn 携家带眷 攜家帶眷 xié jiā dài juàn to take all one's family along (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations 附带条件的援助 tied aid 附带条件的信托基金 附帶條件的信托基金 tied trust fund 无附带条件的援助 無附帶條件的援助 non-tied financial aid 一条绳上的蚂蚱 一條繩上的螞蚱 yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together 简册 簡冊 jiǎn cè booklet / brochure / (old) book (made of bamboo strips tied together) 好聚好散 hǎo jù hǎo sàn to part without hard feelings (idiom) / to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it 朱绂 朱紱 zhū fú (archaic) red silk ribbon tied to a seal or a jade pendant / red knee cover, part of an official's robes (also a synedoche for the attire of an official) / to be an official 好聚好散 hǎo jù - hǎo sàn (idiom) to part without hard feelings / to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it 总角 總角 zǒng jiǎo (literary) children's hairstyle with hair tied into a bun on both sides of the head / (fig.) childhood syn 淡淡 dàn dàn faint / dim / dull / insipid / unenthusiastic / indifferent syn 缓解 緩解 huǎn jiě to bring relief / to alleviate (a crisis) / to dull (a pain) syn 平淡 píng dàn flat / dull / ordinary / nothing special syn 无味 無味 wú wèi flavorless / unpalatable / odorless / dull / uninteresting syn 沉闷 沉悶 chén mèn oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled syn 淡化 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination syn 暗淡 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak syn 呆滞 呆滯 dāi zhì dull / lifeless / sluggish syn 灰暗 huī àn dull gray / drab / murky syn 无趣 無趣 wú qù dull / vapid / colorless 没趣 沒趣 méi qù embarrassing / dull / unsatisfactory syn 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 灰溜溜 huī liū liū dull gray / gloomy / dejected / crestfallen / with one's tail between one's legs syn 隐痛 隱痛 yǐn tòng hidden anguish / secret suffering / (medicine) dull pain syn 索然 suǒ rán dull / dry syn 