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"facing the sun" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
向阳 向陽 xiàng yáng facing the sun / exposed to the sun syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
朝阳 朝陽 cháo yáng to be exposed to the sun / in a position facing the sun syn
中山大学 中山大學 zhōng shān dà xué Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists
临门 臨門 lín mén to arrive home / facing one's home / home-coming / (soccer) facing the goalmouth
排面 pái miàn a row of things facing oneself (esp. a row of products on a shelf facing customers in a store) / (neologism c. 2019) (coll.) ostentation / showiness / impressiveness
孙子 孫子 sūn zǐ Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] syn
晒太阳 曬太陽 shài tài yáng to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
宋庆龄 宋慶齡 sòng qìng líng Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925
暴晒 暴曬 bào shài (of the sun) to scorch / to expose to a scorching sun
孙武 孫武 sūn wǔ Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
孙大圣 孫大聖 sūn dà shèng Great-Sage Sun / Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1]
晒 曬 shài (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to syn
晅 xuān light of the sun / to dry in the sun
太阳窗 太陽窗 tài yáng chuāng sun window / sun roof (of car)
孙悦 孫悅 sūn yuè Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star / Sun Yue (1985-), PRC basketball star
孙武子 孫武子 sūn wǔ zǐ Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC), author of "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3]
金乌 金烏 jīn wū Golden Crow / the sun / the three-legged golden crow that lives in the sun
国际宁静太阳年 國際宁靜太陽年 guó jì níng jìng tài yáng nián International Year of the Quiet Sun / International Quiet Sun year
面前 miàn qián in front of / facing / (in the) presence (of) syn
指向 zhǐ xiàng to point towards / aimed at / facing / the direction indicated syn
对峙 對峙 duì zhì (of mountains etc) to stand facing each other / (fig.) to confront each other syn
向北 xiàng běi northward / facing north
正对 正對 zhèng duì directly facing
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death / at death's door
向左 xiàng zuǒ facing left / leftwards / to the left
向右 xiàng yòu facing right / rightwards / to the right
前人 qián rén predecessor / forebears / the person facing you syn
迎风 迎風 yíng fēng in the wind / facing the wind / downwind syn
当街 當街 dāng jiē in the middle of the street / facing the street
相向 xiāng xiàng facing one another / face-to-face syn
朝前 cháo qián facing forwards
临街 臨街 lín jiē facing the street
正眼 zhèng yǎn facing directly (with one's eyes) / (to look sb) in the eyes
对 對 duì right / correct / towards / at / for / concerning / regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite / facing / matching / to match together / to adjust / to fit / to suit / to answer / to reply / to add / to pour in (a fluid) / to check / to compare / classifier: couple / pair syn
面壁 miàn bì to face the wall / to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism) / (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc
临危 臨危 lín wēi dying (from illness) / facing death / on one's deathbed syn
临水 臨水 lín shuǐ facing the water (favored location)
饰面 飾面 shì miàn ornamental facing / veneer
寡不敌众 寡不敵眾 guǎ bù dí zhòng the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom) syn
临刑 臨刑 lín xíng facing execution syn
朝 cháo imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards syn
贴边 貼邊 tiē biān welt / facing (of a garment) / to be relevant syn
庑 廡 wǔ small rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda
大敌当前 大敵當前 dà dí dāng qián facing a powerful enemy (idiom) / fig. confronting grave difficulties / Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud syn
刀锯斧钺 刀鋸斧鉞 dāo jù fǔ yuè knife, saw, ax and hatchet (idiom) / facing torture and execution
向壁虚构 向壁虛構 xiàng bì xū gòu facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom) / baseless fabrication
向壁虚造 向壁虛造 xiàng bì xū zào facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom) / baseless fabrication
四脚朝天 四腳朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān four legs facing the sky (idiom) / flat on one's back
斧钺汤镬 斧鉞湯鑊 fǔ yuè tāng huò battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom) / facing torture and execution
死不改悔 sǐ bù gǎi huǐ not to repent even facing death (idiom) / unrepentant / very obstinate
倒座儿 倒座兒 dào zuò r the north-facing room opposite the master's in a siheyuan 四合院[si4 he2 yuan4]
前门打虎，后门打狼 前門打虎，後門打狼 qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom) / fig. facing one problem after another
前门拒虎，后门进狼 前門拒虎，後門進狼 qián mén jù hǔ , hòu mén jìn láng to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom) / fig. facing one problem after another
向火 xiàng huǒ to warm oneself facing the fire
大祸临头 大禍臨頭 dà huò lín tóu facing imminent catastrophe / calamity looms / all hell will break loose
大限临头 大限臨頭 dà xiàn lín tóu facing the end (idiom) / at the end of one's life / with one foot in the grave
朝后 朝後 cháo hòu backwards / facing back
背山临水 背山臨水 bèi shān lín shuǐ with back to the mountain and facing the water (favored location)
临街房 臨街房 lín jiē fáng the store front / the part of a house facing the street serving as a store
临难 臨難 lín nàn in peril / facing disaster
陷入困境 xiàn rù kùn jìng to fall into difficulty (e.g. facing bankruptcy)
顶风停止 頂風停止 dǐng fēng tíng zhǐ to lie to (facing the wind)
对坐 對坐 duì zuò to sit facing each other
穆斯林民族迎接21世纪挑战十年行动纲领 穆斯林民族迎接21世紀挑戰十年行動綱領 Ten-year Programme of Action to Meet the Challenges Facing the Muslim Ummah in the Twenty-first Century / Ten-Year Programme of Action
十年行动纲领 十年行動綱領 Ten-year Programme of Action to Meet the Challenges Facing the Muslim Ummah in the Twenty-first Century / Ten-Year Programme of Action
实施保护死刑犯权利的保障措施 實施保護死刑犯權利的保障措施 Implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty
保护死刑犯权利的保障措施 保護死刑犯權利的保障措施 Safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty
上犬式 shàng quǎn shì upward-facing dog (yoga pose)
下犬式 xià quǎn shì downward-facing dog (yoga pose)
金字塔式 jīn zì tǎ shì downward-facing dog (yoga pose)
大难临头 大難臨頭 dà nàn lín tóu to be facing imminent calamity (idiom) / disaster is looming syn
向着 向著 xiàng zhe towards / facing (sb or sth) / (coll.) to side with / to favor syn
当面锣，对面鼓 當面鑼，對面鼓 dāng miàn luó , duì miàn gǔ lit. gong facing gong, drum opposite drum (idiom) / fig. to come together to thrash out the issue face to face
街门 街門 jiē mén gate or door facing the street
太阳 太陽 tài yang sun / CL:個|个[ge4] / abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4 yang2 xue2] syn
朝阳 朝陽 zhāo yáng the morning sun syn
转头 轉頭 zhuàn tóu nutation (plants turning to face the sun) syn
夕阳 夕陽 xī yáng sunset / the setting sun syn
下山 xià shān to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn
上山 shàng shān to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise
六合 liù hé the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun syn
落日 luò rì setting sun syn
出没 出沒 chū mò to come and go / to roam about (mostly unseen) / (of a ghost) to haunt (a place) / (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets) / (of the sun) to rise and set
悟空 wù kōng Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 You2 Ji4]
烈日 liè rì scorching sun syn
晨曦 chén xī first rays of morning sun / first glimmer of dawn syn
孙中山 孫中山 sūn zhōng shān Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党 / same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙
海阔天空 海闊天空 hǎi kuò tiān kōng wide sea and sky (idiom) / boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun syn
骄阳 驕陽 jiāo yáng blazing sun syn
天窗 tiān chuāng hatchway / skylight / sun roof
旭日 xù rì the rising sun syn
五颜六色 五顏六色 wǔ yán liù sè multicolored / every color under the sun syn
谈天说地 談天說地 tán tiān shuō dì to talk endlessly / to talk about everything under the sun syn
白日 bái rì daytime / sun / time syn
东吴 東吳 dōng wú Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权
民族主义 民族主義 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
孙权 孫權 sūn quán Sun Quan (reigned 222-252), southern warlord and king of state of Wu 吳|吴[Wu2] in the Three Kingdoms period
阳光明媚 陽光明媚 yáng guāng míng mèi the sun shines brightly (idiom)
斜阳 斜陽 xié yáng setting sun 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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