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"elective (subject)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
选修 選修 xuǎn xiū (at a school) to take as an elective / an elective / elective (subject)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
提到 tí dào to mention / to raise (a subject) / to refer to syn
转移 轉移 zhuǎn yí to shift / to relocate / to transfer / (fig.) to shift (attention) / to change (the subject etc) / (medicine) to metastasize syn
话题 話題 huà tí subject (of a talk or conversation) / topic
隐瞒 隱瞞 yǐn mán to conceal / to hide (a taboo subject) / to cover up the truth syn
主题 主題 zhǔ tí theme / subject syn
题 題 tí topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject / to inscribe / to mention / CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4] syn
题目 題目 tí mù subject / title / topic (CL:個|个[ge4]) / exercise or exam question (CL:道[dao4]) syn
标题 標題 biāo tí title / heading / headline / caption / subject syn
提及 tí jí to mention / to raise (a subject) / to bring to sb's attention
撞车 撞車 zhuàng chē to crash (into another car) / (fig.) (of opinions, schedules etc) to clash / (of subject matter) to be the same
精通 jīng tōng to be proficient in / to master (a subject) syn
题材 題材 tí cái subject matter syn
阐述 闡述 chǎn shù to expound (a position) / to elaborate (on a topic) / to treat (a subject) syn
入门 入門 rù mén entrance door / to enter a door / to learn the basics of a subject / introduction (to a subject) / (attributive) entry-level
身不由己 shēn bù yóu jǐ (idiom) (of one's circumstances) beyond one's control / unable to do anything about it / (of one's actions) not subject to conscious control (i.e. done in spite of oneself) syn
议题 議題 yì tí topic of discussion / topic / subject / issue (under discussion) / CL:項|项[xiang4]
隐情 隱情 yǐn qíng sth one wishes to keep secret / ulterior motive / a subject best avoided syn
学科 學科 xué kē subject / branch of learning / course / academic discipline syn
科目 kē mù academic subject / field of study syn
专科 專科 zhuān kē specialized subject / branch (of medicine) / specialized training school syn
臣民 chén mín subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
打岔 dǎ chà interruption / to interrupt (esp. talk) / to change the subject
说起 說起 shuō qǐ to mention / to bring up (a subject) / with regard to / as for
语文 語文 yǔ wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
岔开 岔開 chà kāi to diverge / to branch off the road / to change (the subject) syn
主体 主體 zhǔ tǐ main part / bulk / body / subject / agent syn
正传 正傳 zhèng zhuàn main subject of long novel / true biography
离题 離題 lí tí to digress / to stray from the subject
开课 開課 kāi kè school begins / give a course / teach a subject syn
话头 話頭 huà tóu subject (under discussion) / thread (of an argument) syn
切题 切題 qiè tí to keep to the subject syn
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn
作罢 作罷 zuò bà to drop (subject etc) syn
主语 主語 zhǔ yǔ subject (in grammar)
事由 shì yóu main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter) syn
臣子 chén zǐ official in feudal court / subject syn
看相 kàn xiàng to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features syn
国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn
工科 gōng kē engineering as an academic subject
画龙点睛 畫龍點睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom) / fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point syn
融会贯通 融會貫通 róng huì guàn tōng to master the subject via a comprehensive study of surrounding areas syn
话茬 話茬 huà chá tone of voice / topic / subject under discussion
国企 國企 guó qǐ state-owned enterprise / (Tw) international business management (as a subject of study) (abbr. for 國際企業管理|国际企业管理[guo2ji4 qi3ye4 guan3li3])
本题 本題 běn tí the subject under discussion / the point at issue syn
商学 商學 shāng xué business studies / commerce as an academic subject
顺民 順民 shùn mín docile subject (of new dynasty) / toady
菜鸟 菜鳥 cài niǎo (coll.) sb new to a particular subject / rookie / beginner / newbie
进门 進門 jìn mén to enter a door / to go in / to learn the basics of a subject / to join one's husband's household upon marriage
征文 徵文 zhēng wén to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else) / just ...ing (and nothing else)
深入浅出 深入淺出 shēn rù qiǎn chū to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom) / (of language) simple and easy to understand syn
高数 高數 gāo shù further math / advanced mathematics (school subject, abbr. for 高等數學|高等数学)
溥仪 溥儀 pǔ yí Puyi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor
取保候审 取保候審 qǔ bǎo hòu shěn release from custody, subject to provision of a surety, pending investigation (PRC)
臣下 chén xià official in feudal court / subject
支开 支開 zhī kāi to send (sb) away / to change the subject / to open (an umbrella etc)
美劳 美勞 měi láo (Tw) arts and crafts (as a school subject)
孝廉 xiào lián xiaolian, two examination subjects in Han, later a single subject in Ming and Qing / successful second degree candidate
秋瑾 qiū jǐn Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films
相士 xiàng shì fortune-teller who uses the subject's face for his prognostication
相面 xiàng miàn fortune telling based on the subject's face syn
读 讀 dú to read out / to read aloud / to read / to attend (school) / to study (a subject in school) / to pronounce syn
课 課 kè subject / course / CL:門|门[men2] / class / lesson / CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2] / to levy / tax / form of divination syn
念 niàn to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4]) syn
臣 chén state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131 syn
岔 chà fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) syn
受试者 受試者 shòu shì zhě subject (in an experiment) / participant (in a clinical trial etc)
食古不化 shí gǔ bù huà to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom) / to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject syn
立传 立傳 lì zhuàn to record sb's achievements in writing / to write a biography enhancing the subject's image
毛概 máo gài Introduction to Maoism (subject) / abbr. for 毛澤東思想概論|毛泽东思想概论[Mao2 Ze2 dong1 Si1 xiang3 Gai4 lun4]
主词 主詞 zhǔ cí subject
照猫画虎 照貓畫虎 zhào māo huà hǔ lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom) / fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation syn
五伦 五倫 wǔ lún the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) syn
三纲五常 三綱五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
大题小作 大題小作 dà tí xiǎo zuò to cut a long story short / a brief treatment of a complicated subject / fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter
业精于勤 業精於勤 yè jīng yú qín mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study. / Excellence in work is only possible with diligence. / Practice makes perfect.
略知皮毛 lüè zhī pí máo slight knowledge of sth / superficial acquaintance with a subject / a smattering
风花雪月 風花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom) / effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
点睛之笔 點睛之筆 diǎn jīng zhī bǐ the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom) / fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point
退选 退選 tuì xuǎn to withdraw from an election / to drop out of an elective course
主谓句 主謂句 zhǔ wèi jù subject-predicate sentence / subject-predicate clause
主谓宾 主謂賓 zhǔ wèi bīn subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
主宾谓 主賓謂 zhǔ bīn wèi subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)
初心 chū xīn (one's) original intention, aspiration etc / (Buddhism) "beginner's mind" (i.e. having an attitude of openness when studying a subject just as a beginner in that subject would)
不为已甚 不為已甚 bù wéi yǐ shèn refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment / not be too hard on subject syn
交叉学科 交叉學科 jiāo chā xué kē interdisciplinary / interdisciplinary subject (in science)
主科 zhǔ kē required courses in the major subject
主谓结构 主謂結構 zhǔ wèi jié gòu subject-predicate construction
介之推 jiè zhī tuī Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明[Qing1 ming2] (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated
别提了 別提了 bié tí le say no more / don't bring it up / drop the subject
受支配 shòu zhī pèi subject to (foreign domination, emotions etc)
售完即止 shòu wán jí zhǐ while stocks last / subject to availability
完形心理学 完形心理學 wán xíng xīn lǐ xué Gestalt psychology (concerned with treating a subject as a coherent whole)
揪斗 揪鬥 jiū dòu to seize and subject to public criticism (form of persecution during the Cultural Revolution) syn
浣纱记 浣紗記 huàn shā jì Huansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan and Ming saga reworked by 梁辰魚|梁辰鱼 from History of the Southern States Wu and Yue, 吳越春秋|吴越春秋, a popular opera subject
臣属 臣屬 chén shǔ official in feudal court / subject
花边人物 花邊人物 huā biān rén wù person who is often the subject of gossip or sensational news / tabloid favorite / clickbait star
转科 轉科 zhuǎn kē to change major (at college) / to take up a new specialist subject / to transfer to a different medical department
题旨 題旨 tí zhǐ subject of literary work
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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