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"famous work" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
名作 míng zuò masterpiece / famous work syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
工作 gōng zuò to work / (of a machine) to operate / job / work / task / CL:個|个[ge4],份[fen4],項|项[xiang4] syn
手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] syn
名 míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people syn
上班 shàng bān to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office syn
著名 zhù míng famous / noted / well-known / celebrated syn
下班 xià bān to finish work / to get off work / next service (train, bus, etc) syn
有名 yǒu míng famous / well-known syn
知名 zhī míng well-known / famous syn
再生 zài shēng to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration syn
成名 chéng míng to make one's name / to become famous syn
名牌 míng pái famous brand / nameplate / name tag syn
歌星 gē xīng singing star / famous singer syn
大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn
闻名 聞名 wén míng well-known / famous / renowned / eminent syn
单干 單幹 dān gàn to work on one's own / to work single-handed / individual farming syn
名言 míng yán saying / famous remark
齐心协力 齊心協力 qí xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn
评分 評分 píng fēn to grade / to mark (student's work) / grade / score (of student's work)
宝剑 寶劍 bǎo jiàn (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) / CL:把[ba3] syn
烧酒 燒酒 shāo jiǔ name of a famous Tang dynasty wine / same as 白酒[bai2 jiu3] syn
同心协力 同心協力 tóng xīn xié lì to work with a common purpose (idiom) / to make concerted efforts / to pull together / to work as one syn
出勤 chū qín to go to work / to be present (at work, school etc) / to be away on business syn
女星 nǚ xīng female star / famous actress syn
做工 zuò gōng to work with one's hands / manual work / workmanship syn
大名鼎鼎 dà míng dǐng dǐng grand reputation / renowned / famous syn
盛名 shèng míng famous reputation syn
名曲 míng qǔ famous song / well-known piece of music
名贵 名貴 míng guì famous and valuable / rare / precious syn
名画 名畫 míng huà famous painting
名门 名門 míng mén famous family / prestigious house syn
名校 míng xiào famous school
耕耘 gēng yún plowing and weeding / farm work / fig. to work or study diligently syn
扬名 揚名 yáng míng to become famous / to become notorious syn
墨迹 墨跡 mò jì ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person syn
西施 xī shī Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu syn
齐名 齊名 qí míng equally famous syn
闻名于世 聞名於世 wén míng yú shì world-famous
举世闻名 舉世聞名 jǔ shì wén míng world-famous (idiom) syn
名将 名將 míng jiàng famous general syn
埋头苦干 埋頭苦幹 mái tóu kǔ gàn to bury oneself in work (idiom) / to be engrossed in work / to make an all-out effort / up to the neck in work syn
庐山 廬山 lú shān Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi / Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot
名医 名醫 míng yī famous doctor syn
名师 名師 míng shī famous master / great teacher syn
上工 shàng gōng to go to work / to start work syn
响当当 響噹噹 xiǎng dāng dāng resounding / loud / well known / famous syn
逸事 yì shì anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person syn
名胜 名勝 míng shèng a place famous for its scenery or historical relics / scenic spot / CL:處|处[chu4] syn
怪杰 怪傑 guài jié monstre sacré (i.e. artist famous for being deliberately preposterous) syn
名句 míng jù oft-quoted phrase / famous line syn
名菜 míng cài famous dishes / specialty dishes
名酒 míng jiǔ a famous wine syn
真迹 真跡 zhēn jì authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist) syn
门生 門生 mén shēng disciple / student (of a famous master) syn
契诃夫 契訶夫 qì hē fū Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays
驰名 馳名 chí míng famous syn
名山 míng shān famous mountain
工种 工種 gōng zhǒng kind of work in production (e.g. benchwork, foundry work etc)
返工 fǎn gōng to do poorly done work over again / (Guangdong dialect) to go to work
苦功 kǔ gōng hard work / laborious effort / painstaking work
勤工俭学 勤工儉學 qín gōng jiǎn xué to work part-time while studying / work-study program syn
慕名 mù míng to admire sb's reputation / to seek out famous person or location syn
左邻右舍 左鄰右舍 zuǒ lín yòu shè neighbors / next-door neighbors / related work units / colleagues doing related work syn
蜚声 蜚聲 fēi shēng to make a name / to become famous syn
左传 左傳 zuǒ zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
鸿门宴 鴻門宴 hóng mén yàn Hongmen feast / (fig.) banquet set up with the aim of murdering a guest / refers to a famous episode in 206 BC when future Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] escaped attempted murder by his rival Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] syn
王昭君 wáng zhāo jūn Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3]
半工半读 半工半讀 bàn gōng bàn dú part work, part study / work-study program syn
误工 誤工 wù gōng to be late for or absent from work / to disrupt one's work / to cause a holdup in the work / loss of working time / a holdup syn
名城 míng chéng famous city
张飞 張飛 zhāng fēi Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine
名扬四海 名揚四海 míng yáng sì hǎi to become known far and wide (idiom) / famous syn
名角 míng jué famous actor syn
李白 lǐ bái Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet
关羽 關羽 guān yǔ Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama
工分 gōng fēn work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era) syn
名优 名優 míng yōu excellent quality / outstanding (product) / abbr. for 名牌優質|名牌优质 / (old) famous actor or actress syn
管子 guǎn zǐ Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period / Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school syn
男星 nán xīng male star / famous actor
屈原 qū yuán Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞
周瑜 zhōu yú Zhou Yu (175-210), famous general of the southern Wu kingdom and victor of the battle of Redcliff / in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], absolutely no match for Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4]
张爱玲 張愛玲 zhāng ài líng Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
郑和 鄭和 zhèng hé Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer
世界知名 shì jiè zhī míng world famous
名表 名錶 míng biǎo famous watch (i.e. expensive brand of wristwatch)
韩信 韓信 hán xìn Han Xin (-196 BC), famous general of first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1]
九华山 九華山 jiǔ huá shān Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains
政工 zhèng gōng political work / ideological work syn
名妓 míng jì famous courtesan
名篇 míng piān famous piece of writing syn
貂蝉 貂蟬 diāo chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]
登临 登臨 dēng lín to visit places famous for their scenery syn
王羲之 wáng xī zhī Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣
名闻 名聞 míng wén famous / of good reputation
齐白石 齊白石 qí bái shí Qi Baishi (1864-1957), famous Chinese painter
雁荡山 雁蕩山 yàn dàng shān Yandang mountains, famous scenic area in southeast Zhejiang
赤壁之战 赤壁之戰 chì bì zhī zhàn Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区[Huang2 zhou1 qu1] of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]
花魁 huā kuí the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom) / (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or courtesan syn
杨玉环 楊玉環 yáng yù huán Yang Yuhuan, aka Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1] (719-756), famous Tang beauty, consort of Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗[Tang2 Xuan2 zong1]
管仲 guǎn zhòng Guan Zhong (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period / known as Guangzi 管子
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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