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"fig. poetic justice" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
劝善惩恶 勸善懲惡 quàn shàn chéng è to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom) / fig. poetic justice / you get what's coming to you
Chinese Pinyin Translation
大法官 dà fǎ guān grand justice / high court justice / supreme court justice syn
社会性别公正高级别会议 社會性別公正高級別會議 High-level meeting on the theme "Gender justice in Liberia: the way forward" / High Level Meeting on Gender Justice / High Level Meeting on Gender Justice in Liberia
利比里亚社会性别公正高级别会议 利比里亞社會性別公正高級別會議 High-level meeting on the theme "Gender justice in Liberia: the way forward" / High Level Meeting on Gender Justice / High Level Meeting on Gender Justice in Liberia
司法部 sī fǎ bù Ministry of Justice (PRC etc) / Justice Department (USA etc)
接受国际法院强制管辖权的声明 接受國際法院強制管轄權的聲明 Declaration recognizing as compulsory the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, in conformity with article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the International Court of Justice / Declarations Recognizing as Compulsory the Jurisdiction of the
欧洲共同体法院 歐洲共同体法院 ōu zhōu gòng tòng tǐ fǎ yuàn Court of Justice of the European Communities / Court of Justice
非洲法院 fēi zhōu fǎ yuàn African Court of Justice / Court of Justice
司法快速响应 司法快速響應 Justice Rapid Response / Justice Rapid Response initiative
司法快速响应倡议 司法快速響應倡議 Justice Rapid Response / Justice Rapid Response initiative
内部司法制度 內部司法制度 United Nations internal justice system / internal justice system;
联合国内部司法制度 聯合國內部司法制度 United Nations internal justice system / internal justice system;
诗意 詩意 shī yì poetry / poetic quality or flavor syn
史诗 史詩 shǐ shī an epic / poetic saga syn
诗情画意 詩情畫意 shī qíng huà yì picturesque charm / idyllic appeal / poetic grace syn
绝句 絕句 jué jù quatrain (poetic form) syn
格律 gé lǜ forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse
楚辞 楚辭 chǔ cí Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚[Chu3], collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝[Han4chao2]
律诗 律詩 lǜ shī regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming syn
雅人 yǎ rén poetic individual / person of refined temperament
诗体 詩體 shī tǐ poetic form or genre
韵事 韻事 yùn shì poetic occasion / elegant situation / in literature, the cue for a poem syn
辞 辭 cí to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad / variant of 詞|词[ci2] syn
赋 賦 fù poetic essay / taxation / to bestow on / to endow with syn
雅人深致 雅人深緻 yǎ rén shēn zhì refined pleasure of poetic minds
风流韵事 風流韻事 fēng liú yùn shì poetic and passionate (idiom) / romance / love affair syn
暗香疏影 àn xiāng shū yǐng (poetic depiction of plum blossom)
互文 hù wén paired phrases (poetic device)
五言绝句 五言絕句 wǔ yán jué jù poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
兰舟 蘭舟 lán zhōu lit. boat made of lily magnolia wood / poetic term for boat
拨云见日 撥雲見日 bō yún jiàn rì lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom) / fig. to restore justice syn
网罟 網罟 wǎng gǔ net used to catch fish (or birds etc) / (fig.) the net of justice 法網|法网[fa3wang3]
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
主持 zhǔ chí to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor syn
司法 sī fǎ judicial / (administration of) justice
正义 正義 zhèng yì justice / righteousness / just / righteous syn
申诉 申訴 shēn sù to file a complaint / to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc) / complaint / appeal
公道 gōng dào justice / fairness / public highway syn
理直气壮 理直氣壯 lǐ zhí qì zhuàng in the right and self-confident (idiom) / bold and confident with justice on one's side / to have the courage of one's convictions / just and forceful syn
道义 道義 dào yì morality / righteousness and justice syn
法网 法網 fǎ wǎng the net of justice / the long arm of the law syn
信义 信義 xìn yì good faith / honor / trust and justice
义无反顾 義無反顧 yì wú fǎn gù honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom) / duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts syn
仗义 仗義 zhàng yì to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by syn
惩处 懲處 chéng chǔ to punish / to administer justice syn
归案 歸案 guī àn to bring to justice / to file away (a document)
四维 四維 sì wéi the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor / see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻[li3 yi4 lian2 chi3] / the four directions / the four limbs (Chinese medicine) / four-dimensional
司法行政 administration of justice
刑部 xíng bù Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)
伸张 伸張 shēn zhāng to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue) / to promote syn
忘恩负义 忘恩負義 wàng ēn fù yì to forget favors and violate justice (idiom) / ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth syn
打抱不平 dǎ bào bù píng (idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice / to fight for justice syn
冤案 yuān àn miscarriage of justice syn
误判 誤判 wù pàn to misjudge / error of judgment / incorrect ruling / miscarriage of justice
错案 錯案 cuò àn a misjudged legal case / a miscarriage (of justice) syn
绳之以法 繩之以法 shéng zhī yǐ fǎ to punish according to the law / to bring to justice syn
振振有词 振振有詞 zhèn zhèn yǒu cí to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom) / to argue with the courage of one's convictions syn
法制日报 法制日報 fǎ zhì rì bào Legal Daily, newspaper published by PRC Ministry of Justice
暗无天日 暗無天日 àn wú tiān rì all black, no daylight (idiom) / a world without justice syn
法办 法辦 fǎ bàn to bring to justice / to punish according to the law syn
高级法院 高級法院 gāo jí fǎ yuàn High Court of Justice
义 義 yì justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship syn
大义灭亲 大義滅親 dà yì miè qīn to place righteousness before family (idiom) / ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it syn
申冤 shēn yuān to appeal for justice / to demand redress for a grievance syn
廷尉 tíng wèi Commandant of Justice in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
冤狱 冤獄 yuān yù unjust charge or verdict / miscarriage of justice / frame-up syn
冤情 yuān qíng facts of an injustice / circumstances surrounding a miscarriage of justice
错判 錯判 cuò pàn miscarriage of justice
司寇 sī kòu minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China)
仗义执言 仗義執言 zhàng yì zhí yán to speak out for justice (idiom) / to take a stand on a matter of principle syn
律政司 lǜ zhèng sī Department of Justice (Hong Kong)
任侠 任俠 rèn xiá chivalrous / helping the weak for the sake of justice
仗义疏财 仗義疏財 zhàng yì shū cái to help the needy for justice (idiom) / to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy syn
无情无义 無情無義 wú qíng wú yì completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom) / cold and ruthless syn
不见天日 不見天日 bù jiàn tiān rì all black, no daylight (idiom) / a world without justice
得道多助 dé dào duō zhù a just cause enjoys abundant support (idiom) / those upholding justice will find help all around syn
振振有辞 振振有辭 zhèn zhèn yǒu cí to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom) / to argue with the courage of one's convictions / also written 振振有詞|振振有词
礼义廉耻 禮義廉恥 lǐ yì lián chǐ sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[si4 wei2])
首席大法官 shǒu xí dà fǎ guān Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court)
国际法庭 國際法庭 guó jì fǎ tíng International Court of Justice in The Hague
国际法院 國際法院 guó jì fǎ yuàn International Court of Justice
欧洲法院 歐洲法院 ōu zhōu fǎ yuàn European Court of Justice
社会正义 社會正義 shè huì zhèng yì social justice
首席法官 shǒu xí fǎ guān Chief Justice
捉拿归案 捉拿歸案 zhuō ná guī àn to bring to justice
五常 wǔ cháng the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence 仁[ren2], justice 義|义[yi4], propriety 禮|礼[li3], wisdom 智[zhi4] and honor 信[xin4] / alternative term for 五倫|五伦[wu3lun2], the five cardinal relationships / alternative term for 五行[wu3xing2], the five elements syn
夏正民 xià zhèng mín Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
大理 dà lǐ judicial officer / justice of the peace (old)
太平绅士 太平紳士 tài píng shēn shì Justice of the Peace (JP)
德雷福斯 dé léi fú sī Dreyfus (name) / Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewish background, infamously imprisoned 1894 in miscarriage of justice
德雷福斯案件 dé léi fú sī àn jiàn Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice
攀诬陷害 攀誣陷害 pān wū xiàn hài unjust accusation / miscarriage of justice
法网灰灰，疏而不漏 法網灰灰，疏而不漏 fǎ wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu The net of justice is wide, but no-one escapes.
法网难逃 法網難逃 fǎ wǎng nán táo it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
申理 shēn lǐ to right a wrong / to seek justice
礼义 禮義 lǐ yì righteousness / justice
义之所在 義之所在 yì zhī suǒ zài justice is to be found everywhere (idiom)
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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