房子 fáng zi house / building (single- or two-story) / apartment / room / CL:棟|栋[dong4],幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],套[tao4],間|间[jian1] syn 故事 gù shi narrative / story / tale 线索 線索 xiàn suǒ trail / clues / thread (of a story) syn 通讯 通訊 tōng xùn communications / news story / dispatch / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm 说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom) / complicated and not easy to express succinctly syn 演绎 演繹 yǎn yì (of a story etc) to unfold / to play out / to develop (a technique etc) / to enact / (logic) to deduce / to infer syn 片段 piàn duàn fragment (of speech etc) / extract (from book etc) / episode (of story etc) syn 剧情 劇情 jù qíng story line / plot / drama (genre) 长话短说 長話短說 cháng huà duǎn shuō to make a long story short (idiom) 奇异 奇異 qí yì fantastic / bizarre / odd / exotic / astonished syn 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 刊登 kān dēng to carry a story / to publish (in a newspaper or magazine) syn 启示 啟示 qǐ shì to reveal / to enlighten / enlightenment / revelation / illumination / moral (of a story etc) / lesson syn 楼层 樓層 lóu céng floor / story (of a building) syn 叙述 敘述 xù shù to relate (a story or information) / to tell or talk about / to recount / narration / telling / narrative / account syn 传话 傳話 chuán huà to pass on a story / to communicate a message syn 内情 內情 nèi qíng inside story / inside information syn 荒诞 荒誕 huāng dàn beyond belief / incredible / preposterous / fantastic syn 趣事 qù shì entertaining anecdote / interesting story or incident syn 脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) syn 归结 歸結 guī jié to sum up / to conclude / to put in a nutshell / conclusion / end (of a story etc) syn 头条 頭條 tóu tiáo lead story (on the news) syn 却说 卻說 què shuō and the story continues thus: (literary auxiliary particle 發語辭|发语辞) 伯利恒 伯利恆 bó lì héng Bethlehem (in the biblical nativity story) 狡辩 狡辯 jiǎo biàn to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story / to make excuses syn 爆出 bào chū to burst out / to appear unexpectedly / to break (media story) syn 寓意 yù yì moral (of a story) / lesson to be learned / implication / message / import / metaphorical meaning syn 假造 jiǎ zào to forge / fake / to fabricate (a story) syn 稀奇古怪 xī qí gǔ guài crazy / bizarre / weird / fantastic / strange syn 平房 píng fáng bungalow / single-story house 要闻 要聞 yào wén important news story / headline 短篇小说 短篇小說 duǎn piān xiǎo shuō short story 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth syn 关子 關子 guān zi climax (in a story) syn 扬言 揚言 yáng yán to put about (a story, plan, threat etc) / to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story) / to threaten syn 原委 yuán wěi the whole story syn 支线 支線 zhī xiàn branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story) 天方夜谭 天方夜譚 tiān fāng yè tán fantasy story 成语 成語 chéng yǔ Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4] 始末 shǐ mò whole story / the ins and outs syn 奇形怪状 奇形怪狀 qí xíng guài zhuàng fantastic oddities of every description (idiom) / grotesquely shaped syn 逸事 yì shì anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person syn 没治 沒治 méi zhì hopeless / helpless / incurable / fantastic / out of this world 千奇百怪 qiān qí bǎi guài fantastic oddities of every description (idiom) syn 奇谈 奇談 qí tán odd story / exotic tale / fig. ridiculous argument 轶闻 軼聞 yì wén anecdote / apocryphal story 就里 就裡 jiù lǐ inside story syn 开讲 開講 kāi jiǎng to begin a lecture / to start on a story syn 改成 gǎi chéng to convert / to turn into (sth else) / to adapt (a story to another medium) syn 佳话 佳話 jiā huà story or deed that captures the imagination and is spread far and wide syn 伏笔 伏筆 fú bǐ foreshadowing (literary device) / foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story) 路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn 揭底 jiē dǐ to reveal the inside story / to expose sb's secrets syn 续篇 續篇 xù piān sequel / continuation (of a story) 本事 běn shì source material / original story syn 加盖 加蓋 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story syn 鬼故事 guǐ gù shi ghost story 专题报道 專題報道 feature story 老套 lǎo tào hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion 戏说 戲說 xì shuō dramatic form consisting of historical narration / history as jocular narrative / to stretch history for a joking story / amusing story with strained interpretations of history / to make an unreasonable comparison in jest syn 单层 單層 dān céng single layer / single story / single deck / single level 别论 別論 bié lùn a different matter / another story / (old) objection 书馆 書館 shū guǎn teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts) 神话故事 神話故事 shén huà gù shi mythical story / myth 姐妹俩 姐妹倆 jiě mèi liǎ The Sisters (short story) 石头记 石頭記 shí tou jì The Story of the Stone, another name for A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4] 委曲 wěi qū sinuous / devious / full details of a story / to stoop syn 大闹天宫 大鬧天宮 dà nào tiān gōng Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 民间故事 民間故事 mín jiān gù shi folk story / folktale 三岔口 sān chà kǒu At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4] 催泪 催淚 cuī lèi to move to tears (of a story) / tear-provoking (gas) / lacrimogen 小人书 小人書 xiǎo rén shū children's picture story book / CL:本[ben3] syn 神奇四侠 神奇四俠 shén qí sì xiá Fantastic 瞎编 瞎編 xiā biān to fabricate (a story) 一言以蔽之 yī yán yǐ bì zhī one word says it all (idiom, from Analects) / to cut a long story short / in a nutshell syn 二十四史 èr shí sì shǐ the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story 胡编乱造 胡編亂造 hú biān luàn zào to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom) / to make things up 附会 附會 fù huì to add parallels and interpretations (to a story etc) / to develop and embellish / to interpret (often in a strained manner) 莫泊桑 mò bó sāng Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), French novelist and short story writer 根由 gēn yóu the whys and the wherefores / the detailed story / root cause syn 邪乎 xié hu extraordinary / severe / exaggerated / overstated / fantastic / incredible syn 楼 樓 lóu house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4] syn 层 層 céng to pile on top of one another / layer / stratum / floor (of a building) / story / (math.) sheaf / classifier for layers syn 妄 wàng absurd / fantastic / presumptuous / rash syn 添油加醋 tiān yóu jiā cù lit. to add oil and vinegar / fig. adding details while telling a story (to make it more interesting) syn 彼拉多 bǐ lā duō Pilate (Pontius Pilate in the Biblical passion story) 空穴来风 空穴來風 kōng xué lái fēng lit. wind from an empty cave (idiom) / fig. unfounded (story) / baseless (claim) syn 串供 chuàn gòng to collude to fabricate a story 泄底 洩底 xiè dǐ to divulge the inside story syn 诌 謅 zhōu to make up (a story) / Taiwan pr. [zou1] 海伦·凯勒 海倫·凱勒 Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker) 炒冷饭 炒冷飯 chǎo lěng fàn to stir-fry leftover rice / fig. to rehash the same story / to serve up the same old product syn 洛阳纸贵 洛陽紙貴 luò yáng zhǐ guì lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom) / fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes syn 反面人物 fǎn miàn rén wù negative character / bad guy (in a story) syn 阘 闒 tà door or window in an upper story 闒 tà door or window in an upper story 自圆其说 自圓其說 zì yuán qí shuō to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story 