"elaborate contraption" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 牙机巧制 牙機巧制 | ingenious gear machine / elaborate contraption |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 发挥 發揮 | to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme) | syn | |
| 敷衍 | to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the classics) / perfunctory / to skimp / to botch / to do sth half-heartedly or just for show / barely enough to get by | syn | |
| 阐述 闡述 | to expound (a position) / to elaborate (on a topic) / to treat (a subject) | syn | |
| 精巧 | elaborate | syn | |
| 繁文缛节 繁文縟節 | convoluted and overelaborate (document) / unnecessarily elaborate writing / mumbo-jumbo | syn | |
| 雕琢 | to sculpt / to carve (jade) / ornate artwork / overly elaborate prose | syn | |
| 细化 細化 | to give a more granular level of detail / to elaborate / to refine / to become more differentiated | ||
| 铺陈 鋪陳 | to arrange / to spread out / to narrate in detail / to describe at great length / to elaborate | syn | |
| 勾心斗角 勾心鬥角 | to fight and scheme against each other (idiom) / (in palace construction) elaborate and refined | syn | |
| 繁缛 繁縟 | many and elaborate | syn | |
| 牵羊担酒 牽羊擔酒 | pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom) / fig. to offer elaborate congratulations / to kill the fatted calf | ||
| 繁征博引 繁徵博引 | an elaborate string of references / many quotations | ||
| 项庄舞剑 項莊舞劍 | lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom, refers to plot to kill Liu Bang during the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4] in 206 BC) / fig. an elaborate deception hiding malicious intent | ||
| 不题 不題 | we will not elaborate on that (used as pluralis auctoris) | ||
| 敷演 | variant of 敷衍 / to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the meaning of the classics) | ||
| 琼筵 瓊筵 | banquet / elaborate feast | ||
| 繁文 | convoluted / elaborate formalities | ||
| 项庄舞剑，意在沛公 項莊舞劍，意在沛公 | lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom) / refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[Pei4 gong1] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4] / an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent | ||
| 分述 | to elaborate / detailed explanation |