"euphemism" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
委婉语委婉語	wěi wǎn yǔ	euphemism
委婉词委婉詞	wěi wǎn cí	euphemism
婉称婉稱	wǎn chēng	euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)
婉词婉詞	wǎn cí	euphemism
讳称諱稱	huì chēng	euphemism / word used to avoid a taboo reference

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
去	qù	to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)	syn
方便	fāng biàn	convenient / suitable / to facilitate / to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself	syn
和谐和諧	hé xié	harmonious / harmony / (euphemism) to censor	syn
人事	rén shì	personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life	syn
不在	bù zài	not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased
上天	shàng tiān	Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days)	syn
老二	lǎo èr	second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis	syn
小便	xiǎo biàn	urine / to urinate / (euphemism) penis or vulva	syn
下体下體	xià tǐ	lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants	syn
回扣	huí kòu	brokerage / a commission paid to a middleman / euphemism for a bribe / a kickback	syn
作怪	zuò guài	(of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)	syn
更衣室	gēng yī shì	change room / dressing room / locker room / (euphemism) toilet	syn
更衣	gēng yī	to change clothes / to go to the toilet (euphemism)	syn
离休離休	lí xiū	to retire / to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres)	syn
长眠長眠	cháng mián	(euphemism) to rest eternally / to lie buried in (one's final resting place)	syn
辞世辭世	cí shì	to die / to depart this life (euphemism) / same as 去世	syn
例假	lì jià	legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period
行房	xíng fáng	euphemism for sexual intercourse / to go to bed with sb	syn
归西歸西	guī xī	to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise)	syn
茅房	máo fáng	toilet (rural euphemism) / thatched hut or house	syn
出恭	chū gōng	to defecate (euphemism) / to go to the toilet	syn
大姨妈大姨媽	dà yí mā	mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) / (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)
富态富態	fù tai	(euphemism) stout / portly
断袖之癖斷袖之癖	duàn xiù zhī pǐ	lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書\|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
欠安	qiàn ān	ill (euphemism)	syn
另觅新欢另覓新歡	lìng mì xīn huān	to seek happiness elsewhere (euphemism for extramarital sex) / a bit on the side
她经济她經濟	tā jīng jì	"she-economy" reflecting women's economic contribution / euphemism for prostitution-based economy
违和違和	wéi hé	unwell / indisposed / out of sorts / euphemism or honorific for ill
阿堵物	ē dǔ wù	(literary) (euphemism) money (literally, "this thing")
岛国动作片島國動作片	dǎo guó dòng zuò piàn	euphemism for Japanese porn movie
附带损害附帶損害	fù dài sǔn hài	collateral damage (both as a legal term, and as a military euphemism)
结恭結恭	jié gōng	to be constipated (euphemism)
先走一步	xiān zǒu yī bù	to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself) / (euphemism) to predecease / to die first (e.g. before one's spouse)
定点茶定點茶	dìng diǎn chá	(Tw) (euphemism) prostitute service at a massage parlor or other place designated by the service provider

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"euphemism" Chinese-English Dictionary

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