"fig. archaic expressions" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
之乎者也 zhī hū zhě yě lit. 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom) / fig. archaic expressions syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
弃子 棄子 qì zǐ sacrificed piece (in chess or Go) / abandoned child / (fig.) sth that has been abandoned or sacrificed (an ally, a product, employees etc) / (in expressions such as 拋家棄子|抛家弃子[pao1jia1-qi4zi3]) to abandon one's child(ren)
行头 行頭 háng tóu team leader (archaic) / shopkeeper (archaic) syn
shèng (archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books syn
(archaic) wine vessel / (archaic) sacrificial vessel / (literary) rule / convention
僬僬 jiāo jiāo (archaic) clear-minded / (archaic) bustling
léi (archaic) simple sedan chair for traveling in the mountains / (archaic) platter with compartments for food (also pr. [lei3])
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between / among / amid / (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2zhi3 zhi1 jian1]) syn
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit / a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er / a point (in a discussion etc) / (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) / one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3zhong1]) syn
风情 風情 fēng qíng mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc syn
与其 與其 yǔ qí rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}") syn
别无 別無 bié wú to have no other... (used in fixed expressions)
星火 xīng huǒ spark / meteor trail (mostly used in expressions like 急如星火[ji2 ru2 xing1 huo3]) syn
有失 yǒu shī to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions) syn
后顾之忧 後顧之憂 hòu gù zhī yōu fears of trouble in the rear (idiom) / family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"
字句 zì jù words / expressions / writing syn
secondary / auxiliary / deputy / assistant / vice- / abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb / classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions syn
héng horizontal / across / crosswise / horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters) / to place (sth) flat (on a surface) / to cross (a river, etc) / in a jumble / chaotic / (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable / violent syn
nài used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] and 莫可奈何|莫可奈何[mo4 ke3 nai4 he2] (literary) / used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words syn
仁言利博 rén yán lì bó Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all.
生造 shēng zào to coin (words or expressions)
百姿千态 百姿千態 bǎi zī qiān tài in different poses and with different expressions / in thousands of postures (idiom)
保护和促进文化表现形式多样性公约 保護和促進文化表現形式多樣性公約 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
不误 不誤 bù wù used in expressions of the form 照V不誤|照V不误[zhao4 xx5 bu4 wu4], in which V is a verb, 照[zhao4] means "as before", and the overall meaning is "carry on (doing sth) regardless" or "continue (to do sth) in spite of changed circumstances", e.g. 照買不誤|照买不误[zhao4 mai3 bu4 wu4], to keep on buying (a product) regardless (of price hikes)
颜艺 顏藝 yán yì (ACG) art of making humorously exaggerated facial expressions (loanword from Japanese 顔芸 "kaogei")
则已 則已 zé yǐ (literary) used in expressions of the form 不[bu4] + (verb) + 則已|则已[ze2 yi3] ... "either don't (verb) at all, or if you do, ..."
天机 天機 tiān jī mystery known only to heaven (archaic) / inscrutable twist of fate / fig. top secret syn
令牌 lìng pái (archaic) wooden or metal token of authority / (fig.) decree / directive / (computing) token
令箭 lìng jiàn arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority) / fig. instructions from one's superiors syn
开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish syn
热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn
鬼扯脚 鬼扯腳 guǐ chě jiǎo lit. ghost pulls your leg / involuntary tug of muscles / fig. very unlucky / fig. argumentative / fig. can't help doing it
外溢 wài yì (of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed
转身 轉身 zhuǎn shēn (of a person) to turn round / to face about / (of a widow) to remarry (archaic) syn
情色 qíng sè erotic (of art etc) / facial expression (archaic)
我等 wǒ děng we / us (archaic)
恶人 惡人 è rén evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person syn
你等 nǐ děng (archaic) you all
封号 封號 fēng hào (archaic) title granted to a person / to ban an (online) account
造诣 造詣 zào yì level of mastery (of a skill or area of knowledge) / (archaic) to pay a visit to sb syn
理化 lǐ huà physics and chemistry / (archaic) governance and education syn
省事 xǐng shì perceptive / understanding / (archaic) to handle administrative work syn
都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
大宝 大寶 dà bǎo (archaic) throne syn
郎君 láng jūn my husband and master (archaic) / playboy of rich family / pimp syn
水军 水軍 shuǐ jūn (archaic) navy / person employed to post messages on the Internet (abbr. for 網絡水軍|网络水军[Wang3luo4 shui3jun1]) syn
戏份 戲份 xì fèn scene (in a movie etc) / one's part in a movie or play / (archaic) actor's payment
朝朝 zhāo zhāo every day (archaic)
nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] syn
栈道 棧道 zhàn dào plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff / (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers
太岁 太歲 tài suì Tai Sui, God of the year / archaic name for the planet Jupiter 木星[Mu4 xing1] / nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area syn
古旧 古舊 gǔ jiù archaic syn
离世 離世 lí shì (archaic) to live in seclusion / to pass away
歌女 gē nǚ female singer (archaic)
臣妾 chén qiè (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler)
报人 報人 bào rén newsman / journalist (archaic)
yǐn smile (archaic) syn
红胡子 紅胡子 hóng hú zi band of mounted bandits in Manchuria (archaic)
gān (bound form) to have to do with / to concern oneself with / one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1] / (archaic) shield syn
war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) syn
chī mythical beast (archaic) syn
jīng essence / extract / vitality / energy / semen / sperm / mythical goblin spirit / highly perfected / elite / the pick of sth / proficient (refined ability) / extremely (fine) / selected rice (archaic) syn
宫刑 宮刑 gōng xíng castration (archaic punishment)
(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude syn
chāi to send (on an errand) / (archaic) person sent on such an errand / job / official post syn
zuò seat / base / stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1zuo4]) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc syn
(archaic) I / me syn
bèi cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic) syn
dīng male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1] / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl syn
shè (bound form) residence / house / (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) / (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3] syn
to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad / variant of 詞|词[ci2] syn
quán spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic) syn
archaic variant of 蘇|苏[su1] / to revive
zhuàng classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows syn
woman / concubine / female entertainer (archaic) syn
(archaic) to bind up inextricably / (bound form) to form an enduring union / to establish (an alliance, a friendship, a nation etc)
luò camel / white horse with a black mane (archaic)
(archaic) district / (old) type of monkey
zhú surname Zhu / abbr. for 天竺[Tian1zhu2], India (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) / (archaic) Buddhism syn
diāo rock cave (archaic)
xún (archaic) name of a plant mentioned in ancient texts / name of a state that existed during the Zhou dynasty in present-day Shanxi
láng tall tree (archaic) syn
(archaic) to present / to bequeath / variant of 貽|贻[yi2]
insect / poisonous snake (archaic)
xiáng (archaic) a school
gàn (archaic) water leaking into a boat / historically, the name of a river in Jiangxi / (neologism) to fuck (euphemistic variant of 幹|干[gan4])
female personal name (archaic)
niǎn (archaic) man-drawn carriage / an imperial carriage / to transport by carriage syn
(archaic) water caltrop (Trapa natans) syn
xiāo (archaic) hollow of a tree / (literary) empty / hollow
to estimate / to fine (archaic) / variant of 資|资[zi1] syn
(archaic) motif of axes with black handles and white heads, a symbol of authority embroidered on ceremonial robes
archaic translation of element germanium Ge32 鍺|锗[zhe3]
gōu rope attached to a sword hilt / (archaic) hilt / sword
zhào oar (archaic) / scull / paddle / to row / a boat syn
(archaic) embroidery using black and blue thread
麿 (Japanese kokuji) I, me (archaic) / suffix attached to the name of a person or pet / pr. maro
麿 xx (Japanese kokuji) I, me (archaic) / suffix attached to the name of a person or pet / pr. maro
(archaic) field recently opened for cultivation / (literary) to weed
hóu (appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit) / half-blind (archaic)
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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