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"fig. fallen woman" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
残花败柳 殘花敗柳 cán huā bài liǔ broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman
败柳残花 敗柳殘花 bài liǔ cán huā broken flower, withered willow (idiom) / fig. fallen woman
Chinese Pinyin Translation
姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
亡国 亡國 wáng guó (of a nation) to be destroyed / to be subjugated / a fallen nation syn
半壁江山 bàn bì jiāng shān half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory syn
落井下石 luò jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down syn
零落 líng luò withered and fallen / scattered / sporadic syn
前仆后继 前仆後繼 qián pū hòu jì one falls, the next follows (idiom) / stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave syn
亏 虧 kuī to lose (money) / to have a deficit / to be deficient / to treat unfairly / luckily / fortunately / thanks to / (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations) syn
投井下石 tóu jǐng xià shí to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down syn
秋风扫落叶 秋風掃落葉 qiū fēng sǎo luò yè lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom) / to drive out the old and make a clean sweep
萚 蘀 tuò fallen leaves and bark
蘀 tuò fallen leaves and bark
枕藉 zhěn jiè to lie in total disorder / lying fallen over one another
身陷牢笼 身陷牢籠 shēn xiàn láo lóng fallen into a trap
夜幕低垂 yè mù dī chuí darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc) syn
捐躯者纪念碑 捐軀者紀念碑 Memorial to the Fallen
倒木 dǎo mù fallen tree
调戏 調戲 tiáo xì to take liberties with a woman / to dally / to assail a woman with obscenities syn
产妇 產婦 chǎn fù woman recuperating after childbirth / woman in childbirth syn
巾帼 巾幗 jīn guó woman / woman's headdress (ancient) syn
女强人 女強人 nǚ qiáng rén successful career woman / able woman syn
慰安妇 慰安婦 wèi ān fù comfort woman (woman or girl forced into sex slavery by the Japanese military 1937-1945) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 慰安婦 "ianfu")
娉婷 pīng tíng (literary) (of a woman) to have a graceful demeanor / beautiful woman syn
小仙女 xiǎo xiān nǚ girl fairy / beautiful girl or young woman / (neologism) (slang) irrational and egocentric young woman
女杰 女傑 nǚ jié woman of distinction / a woman to be admired or respected syn
婧 jìng (literary) (of a woman) slender / delicate / (literary) (of a woman) talented
剩女 shèng nǚ "leftover woman" (successful career woman who has remained single)
女生外向 nǚ shēng wài xiàng a woman is born to leave her family (idiom) / a woman's heart is with her husband
正妹 zhèng mèi (Tw) beautiful woman / sexy woman
良家女子 liáng jiā nǚ zǐ woman from a respectable family / respectable woman
孤男寡女 gū nán guǎ nǚ a single man and a single woman / bachelors / a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
异女 異女 yì nǚ (Tw) heterosexual woman / straight woman
雏儿 雛兒 chú ér newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo syn
夫唱妇随 夫唱婦隨 fū chàng fù suí fig. the man sings and the woman follows / fig. marital harmony syn
天仙 tiān xiān immortal (esp. female) / deity / fairy / Goddess / fig. beautiful woman syn
迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) syn
细腰 細腰 xì yāo slender waist / fig. pretty woman / mortise and tenon joint on a coffin
倾国倾城 傾國傾城 qīng guó qīng chéng lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful / also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qing1 cheng2 qing1 guo2] syn
女将 女將 nǚ jiàng female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise syn
花枝招展 huā zhī zhāo zhǎn lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman) syn
秋波 qiū bō autumn ripples / (fig.) luminous eyes of a woman / amorous glance syn
母老虎 mǔ lǎo hǔ tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen
小媳妇 小媳婦 xiǎo xí fu young married woman / mistress / (fig.) punching bag / (old) child bride
粉黛 fěn dài face powder and eyebrow liner / cosmetics / (fig.) beautiful woman
蛾眉 é méi (fig.) beautiful woman syn
品头论足 品頭論足 pǐn tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / nitpicking / overcritical syn
春笋 春筍 chūn sǔn springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate syn
盐碱地 鹽鹼地 yán jiǎn dì saline soil / (fig.) infertile woman syn
花容月貌 huā róng yuè mào lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) beautiful
西子捧心 xī zǐ pěng xīn lit. Xishi clasps at her heart (idiom) / fig. a woman who is beautiful even when suffering the pangs of illness
评头论足 評頭論足 píng tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / to remark upon a person's appearance / nitpicking / overcritical / judgmental syn
倾城倾国 傾城傾國 qīng chéng qīng guó lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful syn
女大十八变 女大十八變 nǚ dà shí bā biàn lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
妇女能顶半边天 婦女能頂半邊天 fù nǚ néng dǐng bàn biān tiān Woman can hold up half the sky / fig. nowadays, women have an equal part to play in society
老牛吃嫩草 lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
素面朝天 sù miàn cháo tiān lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
鲜花插在牛粪上 鮮花插在牛糞上 xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure / fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)
本尊 běn zūn (Buddhism) yidam (one's chosen meditational deity) / the principal object of worship on a Buddhist altar / (of a monk who has the ability to appear in multiple places at the same time) the honored one himself (contrasted with his alternate forms, 分身[fen1 shen1]) / (fig.) (jocular) the genuine article / the real McCoy / the man himself / the woman herself / the original manifestation of sth (not a spin-off or a clone)
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
女人 nǚ rén woman syn
美女 měi nǚ beautiful woman syn
女性 nǚ xìng woman / the female sex syn
人家 rén jiā household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1] syn
女子 nǚ zǐ woman / female syn
老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn
温柔 溫柔 wēn róu gentle and soft / tender / sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) syn
妹妹 mèi mei younger sister / young woman / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
妇女 婦女 fù nǚ woman syn
出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn
美人 měi rén beautiful woman / belle syn
太太 tài tai married woman / Mrs. / Madam / wife / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn
女郎 nǚ láng young woman / maiden / girl / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn
身形 shēn xíng figure (esp. a woman's) syn
阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
老人家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man syn
少妇 少婦 shào fù young married woman syn
孕妇 孕婦 yùn fù pregnant woman syn
儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children / sons and daughters / a young man and a young woman (in love) syn
大姐 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) syn
月经 月經 yuè jīng menstruation / a woman's period syn
红颜 紅顏 hóng yán a beautiful woman / young beauties / youths / rosy cheeks syn
佳人 jiā rén beautiful woman syn
淑女 shū nǚ wise and virtuous woman / lady syn
妖精 yāo jing evil spirit / alluring woman syn
绝色 絕色 jué sè (of a woman) remarkably beautiful / stunning syn
妇人 婦人 fù rén married woman syn
第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn
粉色 fěn sè pink / white / erotic / beautiful woman / powdered (with make-up) syn
青衣 qīng yī black clothes / servant (old) / young woman role in Chinese opera, also called 正旦[zheng4 dan4] syn
芳心 fāng xīn the affection, or heart, of a young woman
主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn
窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn
献身 獻身 xiàn shēn to commit one's energy to / to devote oneself to / to sacrifice one's life for / (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to syn
玉女 yù nǚ beautiful woman / fairy maiden attending the Daoist immortals / (polite) sb else's daughter / Chinese dodder (Cuscuta chinensis), plant whose seeds are used for TCM syn
苗条 苗條 miáo tiao (of a woman) slim / slender / graceful syn
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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