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"falling to pieces" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
分崩离析 分崩離析 fēn bēng lí xī to collapse and fall apart (idiom) / to break up / falling to pieces syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
四分五裂 sì fēn wǔ liè all split up and in pieces (idiom) / disunity (in an organization) / complete lack of unity / to disintegrate / falling apart / to be at sixes and sevens syn
不符合 bù fú hé discrepant / falling short (of expectations) / not matching up / not conforming / (figures) disagree / unbecoming
升降 昇降 shēng jiàng rising and falling syn
纷飞 紛飛 fēn fēi to swirl in the air (of thickly falling snowflakes, flower petals etc) / to flutter about
扑通 撲通 pū tōng (onom.) sound of object falling into water / plop syn
递减 遞減 dì jiǎn progressively decreasing / gradually falling / in descending order
闹翻 鬧翻 nào fān to have a falling out / to have a big argument syn
咕咚 gū dōng splash / (onom.) for heavy things falling down syn
泪如雨下 淚如雨下 lèi rú yǔ xià tears falling like rain (idiom) syn
杞人忧天 杞人憂天 qǐ rén yōu tiān man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears syn
飕飕 颼颼 sōu sōu sound of the wind blowing or rain falling syn
闹矛盾 鬧矛盾 nào máo dùn to be at loggerheads / to have a falling out
撕破脸 撕破臉 sī pò liǎn to have an acrimonious falling-out / to shed all pretense of cordiality / to tear into each other
落石 luò shí falling stone
陨星 隕星 yǔn xīng meteorite / falling star syn
跌打损伤 跌打損傷 diē dǎ sǔn shāng injury such as contusion, sprain or fracture from falling, blow etc
去声 去聲 qù shēng falling tone / fourth tone in modern Mandarin syn
抑扬 抑揚 yì yáng modulation (rising and falling pitch) / intonation / a cadence / to rise and fall (of a body floating in water) syn
上声 上聲 shǎng shēng falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin syn
叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn
黄昏恋 黃昏戀 huáng hūn liàn fig. romantic relationship between an elderly couple / falling in love in the autumn of one's life
捺 nà to press down firmly / to suppress / right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]) syn
磔 zhé old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters (e.g. the last stroke of 大[da4]), now called 捺[na4] / sound made by birds (onom.) / (literary) to dismember (form of punishment) / to spread syn
杞国忧天 杞國憂天 qǐ guó yōu tiān man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears
落叶归根 落葉歸根 luò yè guī gēn lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home syn
一叶知秋 一葉知秋 yī yè zhī qiū lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind
一木难支 一木難支 yī mù nán zhī lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom) / fig. one is helpless alone syn
病包儿 病包兒 bìng bāo r a person who is always falling ill / chronic invalid syn
啪哒 啪噠 pā dā (onom.) sound of object falling into water / plop
摔断 摔斷 shuāi duàn to fall and break / to break (bones) by falling
第三声 第三聲 dì sān shēng third tone in Mandarin / falling-rising tone syn
第四声 第四聲 dì sì shēng fourth tone in Mandarin / falling tone syn
跌市 diē shì falling stock prices / bear market
跌风 跌風 diē fēng falling prices / bear market
霎霎 shà shà (onom.) falling rain / chilly air / cold wind
头朝下 頭朝下 tóu cháo xià (falling or suspended) head downwards / headfirst / headlong
第二春 dì èr chūn (lit.) second spring / (fig.) falling in love for the second time / a new lease of life / rebirth
落花有意，流水无情 落花有意，流水無情 luò huā yǒu yì , liú shuǐ wú qíng lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom) / fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love)
降调 降調 jiàng diào falling intonation (linguistics) / to lower the key of a tune / to demote
扑跌 撲跌 pū diē to fall flat on one's face / (martial arts) pouncing and falling (i.e. all kinds of moves)
嚗 bó (onom.) sound of sth splitting or breaking apart / sound of an object falling to the ground / a cry of rage / Taiwan pr. [bo1]
闹掰 鬧掰 nào bāi (dialect) to have a falling-out (with sb)
征文 徵文 zhēng wén to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
破碎 pò suì to smash to pieces / to shatter syn
切成 qiē chéng to cut up (into pieces) / to slice / to carve / to dice / to shred
分身 fēn shēn (of one who has supernatural powers) to replicate oneself so as to appear in two or more places at the same time / a derivative version of sb (or sth) (e.g. avatar, proxy, clone, sockpuppet) / to spare some time for a separate task / to cut a corpse into pieces / to pull a body apart by the four limbs / parturition syn
零星 líng xīng fragmentary / piecemeal / in bits and pieces / sporadic / scattered syn
打碎 dǎ suì to shatter / to smash / to break into pieces syn
碎裂 suì liè to disintegrate / to shatter into small pieces
丁丁 zhēng zhēng sound of chopping wood, chess pieces hitting the board etc syn
习作 習作 xí zuò (writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece / an exercise
细碎 細碎 xì suì fragments / bits and pieces syn
击碎 擊碎 jī suì to smash to pieces
切块 切塊 qiē kuài to cut into pieces syn
星罗棋布 星羅棋布 xīng luó qí bù scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom) / spread all over the place syn
肉酱 肉醬 ròu jiàng minced meat sauce / (fig.) mincemeat / a person cut to pieces
血肉横飞 血肉橫飛 xuè ròu héng fēi flesh and blood flying (idiom) / carnage / people blown to pieces syn
捣碎 搗碎 dǎo suì to pound into pieces / to mash syn
稀烂 稀爛 xī làn smashed up / broken into pieces / thoroughly mashed / pulpy syn
一掷千金 一擲千金 yī zhì qiān jīn lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom) / to throw away money recklessly / extravagant syn
边角料 邊角料 biān jiǎo liào scrap / bits and pieces left over
化整为零 化整為零 huà zhěng wéi líng to break up the whole into pieces (idiom) / dealing with things one by one / divide and conquer
压碎 壓碎 yā suì to crush to pieces
揉碎 róu suì to crush / to crumble into pieces
稀里哗啦 稀裡嘩啦 xī li huā lā (onom.) chaotic or dynamic noises (pattering, crashing, rustling, clattering, sobbing etc) / smashed to pieces / completely routed
摔破 shuāi pò to fall and smash into pieces
破镜重圆 破鏡重圓 pò jìng chóng yuán a shattered mirror put back together (idiom) / (of marriage) to pick up the pieces and start anew / for a separated couple to reconcile and reunite syn
入 rù to enter / to go into / to join / to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2]) / abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1] / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") syn
撕烂 撕爛 sī làn to tear up / to tear to pieces
齑粉 齏粉 jī fěn fine powder / broken pieces syn
冼星海 xiǎn xīng hǎi Xian Xinghai (1905-1945), violinist and composer, known for patriotic wartime pieces, including Yellow River Oratorio 黃河大合唱|黄河大合唱[Huang2 He2 Da4 he2 chang4]
一鳞半爪 一鱗半爪 yī lín bàn zhuǎ lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / only odd bits and pieces syn
鸡零狗碎 雞零狗碎 jī líng gǒu suì in pieces syn
块 塊 kuài lump (of earth) / chunk / piece / classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units / lump syn
碎 suì (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces / to shatter / to crumble / broken / fragmentary / scattered / garrulous syn
枚 méi classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4]) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy syn
溃 潰 kuì (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike / (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement) / (bound form) to be routed / to be overrun / to fall to pieces / (bound form) to fester / to ulcerate syn
瓣 bàn petal / segment / clove (of garlic) / piece / section / fragment / valve / lamella / classifier for pieces, segments etc syn
仕 shì to serve as an official / an official / the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4] syn
磬 qìng chime stones, ancient percussion instrument made of stone or jade pieces hung in a row and struck as a xylophone syn
锔 鋦 jū to mend by stapling or cramping broken pieces together
蔸 dōu root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps syn
镦 鐓 dūn upsetting (forged pieces)
胾 zì cut meat into pieces / diced meat
千刀万剐 千刀萬剮 qiān dāo wàn guǎ to make mincemeat of sb / to hack sb to pieces (used while cursing)
千金一掷 千金一擲 qiān jīn yī zhì lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom) / to throw away money recklessly / extravagant syn
肝肠寸断 肝腸寸斷 gān cháng cùn duàn lit. liver and guts cut to pieces (idiom) / fig. grief-stricken syn
零打碎敲 líng dǎ suì qiāo to do things in bits and pieces (idiom) / piecemeal work syn
零敲碎打 líng qiāo suì dǎ to do things in bits and pieces (idiom) / piecemeal work syn
边角科 邊角科 biān jiǎo kē leftover bits and pieces (of industrial, material)
七零八碎 qī líng bā suì bits and pieces / scattered fragments syn
折子戏 摺子戲 zhé zi xì opera highlights performed as independent pieces
棋具 qí jù checkers (board and pieces for go 圍棋|围棋 or Chinese chess 象棋 etc)
血田 xuè tián field of blood / battlefield / hateful place / Aceldama (field bought by Judas Iscariot with his 30 pieces of silver in Matthew 27:7)
零杂 零雜 líng zá bit and pieces / small odds and ends
手抓羊肉 shǒu zhuā yáng ròu hand-held mutton (mutton pieces on the bone, eaten with the fingers)
收拾残局 收拾殘局 shōu shi cán jú to clear up the mess / to pick up the pieces
鎹 xx (Japanese kokuji) large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together / pr. kasugai
自乱阵脚 自亂陣腳 zì luàn zhèn jiǎo (idiom) to lose one's head / to panic / to go to pieces
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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