"fig. Western dress" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
革履 gé lǚ leather (shoes) / fig. Western dress syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
打扮 dǎ ban to decorate / to dress / to make up / to adorn / manner of dressing / style of dress syn
着装 著裝 zhuó zhuāng to dress / dress / clothes / outfit syn
彩排 cǎi pái dress rehearsal / to have a dress rehearsal syn
jìng to make up (one's face) / to dress / (of one's dress) beautiful
变装 變裝 biàn zhuāng to change clothes / to dress up / to put on a costume / to cosplay / to cross-dress
洋装 洋裝 yáng zhuāng Western-style dress syn
中西医 中西醫 zhōng xī yī Chinese and Western medicine / a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine
西医 西醫 xī yī Western medicine / a doctor trained in Western medicine
刘毅 劉毅 liú yì Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316) / Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420)
佛朗机炮 佛朗機炮 fó lǎng jī pào Western (or Western-style) cannon of the Ming era
洋味 yáng wèi Western taste / Western style
西艺 西藝 xī yì Western skills / in Qing times, refers to Western technology, esp. military and naval know-how
西撒哈拉问题秘书长个人特使 西撒哈拉問題秘書長個人特使 Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara / Personal Envoy for Western Sahara
西撒哈拉问题个人特使 西撒哈拉問題個人特使 Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara / Personal Envoy for Western Sahara
Western吸取法 Western blotting / Western blot
洋垃圾 yáng lā jī trash or used goods from Western countries / the dregs of society of Western countries / Taiwan pr. [yang2 le4 se4]
边幅 邊幅 biān fú fringes of cloth / (fig.) one's dress / one's appearance
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.
日落西山 rì luò xī shān the sun sets over western hills (idiom) / the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi
上西天 shàng xī tiān (Buddhism) to go to the Western Paradise / (fig.) to die syn
驾鹤西去 駕鶴西去 jià hè xī qù lit. to fly on a crane to the Western Paradise / fig. to pass away (idiom)
服装 服裝 fú zhuāng dress / clothing / costume / clothes / CL:身[shen1] syn
婚纱 婚紗 hūn shā wedding dress / CL:身[shen1]
装潢 裝潢 zhuāng huáng to mount (a picture) / to dress / to adorn / decoration / packaging syn
装扮 裝扮 zhuāng bàn to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to disguise oneself syn
修饰 修飾 xiū shì to decorate / to adorn / to dress up / to polish (a written piece) / to qualify or modify (grammar) syn
穿着 穿著 chuān zhuó attire / clothes / dress syn
旗袍 qí páo Chinese-style dress / cheongsam
穿戴 chuān dài to dress / to be dressed / clothing / apparel syn
低胸 dī xiōng low-cut (dress) / plunging (neckline)
连衣裙 連衣裙 lián yī qún a one-piece dress syn
装点 裝點 zhuāng diǎn to decorate / to dress up / to deck syn
长衫 長衫 cháng shān long gown / cheongsam / traditional Asian dress for men or (in Hong Kong) women's qipao syn
卸妆 卸妝 xiè zhuāng to remove makeup / (old) to take off formal dress and ornaments syn
看齐 看齊 kàn qí to follow sb's example / to emulate / (of troops etc) to dress (come into alignment for parade formation) syn
韩服 韓服 hán fú hanbok (traditional Korean dress)
晚礼服 晚禮服 wǎn lǐ fú evening dress
梳妆 梳妝 shū zhuāng to dress and groom oneself syn
凉拌 涼拌 liáng bàn to dress cold food with sauce / (slang) there's not much you can do about it (wordplay using 拌[ban4] instead of its homophone 辦|办[ban4])
披挂 披掛 pī guà to put on a suit of armor / to put on dress / to wear syn
便装 便裝 biàn zhuāng casual dress syn
便服 biàn fú everyday clothes / informal dress / civilian clothes syn
浓妆 濃妝 nóng zhuāng heavy makeup and gaudy dress
中装 中裝 zhōng zhuāng Chinese dress syn
不修边幅 不修邊幅 bù xiū biān fú not care about one's appearance (idiom) / slovenly in dress and manner syn
穿着打扮 穿著打扮 chuān zhuó dǎ bàn style of dress / one's appearance
汉服 漢服 hàn fú traditional Han Chinese dress
龙袍 龍袍 lóng páo dragon robe / emperor's court dress
整队 整隊 zhěng duì to dress (troops) / to line up (to arrange in a straight line)
男扮女装 男扮女裝 nán bàn nǚ zhuāng (of a man) to dress as a woman (idiom)
绮罗 綺羅 qǐ luó beautiful silk fabrics / person in beautiful silk dress
奇装异服 奇裝異服 qí zhuāng yì fú bizarre dress
礼帽 禮帽 lǐ mào hat that goes with formal dress / top hat
朝服 cháo fú court dress in former times syn
滚边 滾邊 gǔn biān (of a dress etc) border, edging syn
clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes syn
zhuāng adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack syn
试演 試演 shì yǎn audition / dress rehearsal / preview (of a theatrical performance) / dummy run syn
时装鞋 時裝鞋 shí zhuāng xié dress shoes
缟素 縞素 gǎo sù white silk mourning dress syn
妆饰 妝飾 zhuāng shì to dress up syn
娃娃装 娃娃裝 wá wa zhuāng baby-doll dress
扮装 扮裝 bàn zhuāng to dress up and make up (like an actor) syn
to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes) syn
穿 chuān to wear / to put on / to dress / to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to penetrate / to pass through / to thread syn
重孝 zhòng xiào mourning dress syn
cái to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment syn
bàn to disguise oneself as / to dress up / to play (a role) / to put on (an expression) syn
auspicious / propitious / good luck / felicity / euphoria / used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress syn
(arch.) court dress syn
qiàng to briefly boil (a vegetable etc), then dress with soy sauce, oil, vinegar etc / to briefly stir-fry (meat, chopped spring onions etc), then add to other ingredients and cook further syn
zhàn unadorned but elegant dress
hempen thread / to dress hemp
dài untidy (in dress)
nóng bright light / warm dress
zhuā dress the hair
乔装打扮 喬裝打扮 qiáo zhuāng dǎ bàn to dress up in disguise (idiom) / to pretend for the purpose of deceit
宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) / diligently attending to official matters
绲边 緄邊 gǔn biān (of a dress etc) border, edging
jié lift up a dress
sleeve of dress
kǔn a border or band on the edge of a dress
伪饰 偽飾 wěi shì to prettify / to dress (sth) up
冶容 yě róng to mold (into seductive shape) / to dress up (usu. derogatory) / to sex up syn
品服 pǐn fú costume / ceremonial dress (determining the grade of an official)
正装 正裝 zhèng zhuāng formal dress
type of jade ornament for court dress (old)
看菜吃饭,量体裁衣 看菜吃飯,量體裁衣 kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure / to act according to actual circumstances / to live within one's means
穿着讲究 穿著講究 chuān zhuó jiǎng jiu smart clothes / particular about one's dress
袒衣 tǎn yī to dress in a hurry with part of the body showing
装酸哭穷 裝酸哭窮 zhuāng suān kū qióng to dress poorly an plead poverty (even though rich) (idiom)
开高叉 開高叉 kāi gāo chā slit dress
女扮男装 女扮男裝 nǚ bàn nán zhuāng (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
作战服 作戰服 battle dress uniform
军礼服 軍禮服 dress uniform
军便服 軍便服 service dress
妆扮 妝扮 zhuāng bǎn to decorate / to adorn / to dress up
hùn edging (of a dress etc) / old variant of 混[hun4]
装裹 裝裹 zhuāng guo to dress a corpse / shroud
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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