年 秊 nián grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2] syn 美好 měi hǎo beautiful / fine syn 理 lǐ texture / grain (of wood) / inner essence / intrinsic order / reason / logic / truth / science / natural science (esp. physics) / to manage / to pay attention to / to run (affairs) / to handle / to put in order / to tidy up syn 合 gě 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 syn 科 kē branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4] 石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn 良好 liáng hǎo good / favorable / well / fine syn 不赖 不賴 bù lài (coll.) not bad / good / fine syn 精心 jīng xīn with utmost care / fine / meticulous / detailed syn 美食 měi shí culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food syn 优美 優美 yōu měi graceful / fine / elegant syn 好话 好話 hǎo huà friendly advice / words spoken on sb's behalf / a good word / kind words / words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions syn 精致 精緻 jīng zhì delicate / fine / exquisite / refined syn 粒子 lì zi grain (of rice) / granule 罚款 罰款 fá kuǎn to fine / penalty / fine (monetary) syn 模范 模範 mó fàn model / fine example syn 美术 美術 měi shù art / fine arts / painting / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 精美 jīng měi exquisite / elegant / fine syn 粉末 fěn mò fine powder / dust syn 美酒 měi jiǔ good wine / fine liquor syn 谷物 穀物 gǔ wù cereal / grain syn 细微 細微 xì wēi tiny / minute / fine / subtle / sensitive (instruments) syn 细小 細小 xì xiǎo tiny / fine / minute syn 细致 細緻 xì zhì delicate / fine / careful / meticulous / painstaking syn 也罢 也罷 yě bà (reduplicated) whether... or... / never mind / fine (indicating acceptance or resignation) syn 优良 優良 yōu liáng fine / good / first-rate syn 小巧 xiǎo qiǎo small and exquisite / delicate / fine (features) / compact / nifty syn 罚金 罰金 fá jīn fine / to forfeit syn 精妙 jīng miào exquisite / fine and delicate (usu. of works of art) syn 精细 精細 jīng xì fine / meticulous / careful syn 骏马 駿馬 jùn mǎ fine horse / steed syn 纤细 纖細 xiān xì fine / slim / tender syn 毫毛 háo máo fine hair (on the body) / down / (often used figuratively as in 動毫毛|动毫毛[dong4hao2mao2] "to harm sb in the slightest way") syn 精品 jīng pǐn quality goods / premium product / fine work (of art) 质地 質地 zhì dì texture / background (texture) / grain / quality / character / disposition syn 佳肴 佳餚 jiā yáo fine food / delicacies / delicious food syn 万事大吉 萬事大吉 wàn shì dà jí everything is fine (idiom) / all is well with the world syn 要得 yào dé good / fine syn 纹路 紋路 wén lù veined pattern / wrinkles / vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 纹理 紋理 wén lǐ vein lines (in marble or fingerprint) / grain (in wood etc) syn 佳作 jiā zuò masterpiece / fine piece of writing syn 缜密 縝密 zhěn mì meticulous / careful / deliberate / delicate / fine (texture) syn 米粒 mǐ lì grain of rice / granule syn 玲珑 玲瓏 líng lóng (onom.) clink of jewels / exquisite / detailed and fine / clever / nimble syn 美中不足 měi zhōng bù zú everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom) / the fly in the ointment 口福 kǒu fú happy knack for chancing upon fine food 细雨 細雨 xì yǔ fine rain / drizzle / poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱|李商隐 syn 工整 gōng zhěng fine work / carefully and neatly done syn 风和日丽 風和日麗 fēng hé rì lì moderate wind, beautiful sun (idiom) / fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime syn 粮票 糧票 liáng piào coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993 滞纳金 滯納金 zhì nà jīn overdue fine / late fine 鬼斧神工 guǐ fǔ shén gōng supernaturally fine craft (idiom) / the work of the Gods / uncanny workmanship / superlative craftsmanship syn 寒毛 hán máo fine hair on the human body syn 美事 měi shì a fine thing / a wonderful thing syn 青丝 青絲 qīng sī fine black hair / dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient) syn 粗细 粗細 cū xì thick and thin / coarse and fine / thickness (caliber) / coarseness / quality of work 微调 微調 wēi tiáo fine tuning / trimming 致密 zhì mì fine / dense / compact syn 细沙 細沙 xì shā fine sand 细密 細密 xì mì fine (texture) / meticulous / careful / detailed syn 丰韵 豐韻 fēng yùn charm / fine-looking (woman) syn 秀才 xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent syn 千里马 千里馬 qiān lǐ mǎ lit. ten thousand mile horse / fine steed syn 杂粮 雜糧 zá liáng grain crops other than rice and wheat syn 银针 銀針 yín zhēn silver needle (fine needle used in acupuncture) 细软 細軟 xì ruǎn fine and soft / valuables syn 五谷丰登 五穀豐登 wǔ gǔ fēng dēng abundant harvest of all food crops / bumper grain harvest syn 社稷 shè jì state / country / the Gods of earth and grain syn 美玉 měi yù fine jade syn 钱粮 錢糧 qián liáng land tax / money and grain (given as tax or tribute) syn 储备粮 儲備糧 chǔ bèi liáng grain reserves 播种机 seed drill (UK) / grain drill (US) 按图索骥 按圖索驥 àn tú suǒ jì lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue syn 酒糟 jiǔ zāo distiller's grain / wine lees 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead syn 神器 shén qì magical object / object symbolic of imperial power / fine weapon / very useful tool 粒子 lì zǐ (elementary) particle / grain 天马 天馬 tiān mǎ (mythology) celestial horse / fine horse / Ferghana horse / (Western mythology) Pegasus 入微 rù wēi down to the smallest detail / thoroughgoing / fine and detailed syn 雨丝 雨絲 yǔ sī drizzle / fine rain 雾化 霧化 wù huà to make into a fine spray / to atomize / (medicine) nebulizer treatment 宣纸 宣紙 xuān zhǐ fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui syn 谷类 穀類 gǔ lèi cereal / grain syn 沙粒 shā lì grain of sand 粮农 糧農 liáng nóng food and agriculture / grain farmer 粮库 糧庫 liáng kù grain depot syn 灌浆 灌漿 guàn jiāng grouting / (of grain) to be in the milk / to form a vesicle (medicine) 谷雨 穀雨 gǔ yǔ Guyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th April-4th May 粒径 粒徑 lì jìng grain size 粮食作物 糧食作物 liáng shi zuò wù grain crops / cereals syn 绵密 綿密 mián mì detailed / meticulous / fine and careful syn 研磨机 硏磨機 yán mó jī grain mill 丝雨 絲雨 sī yǔ drizzle / fine rain 纹银 紋銀 wén yín fine silver syn 余粮 餘糧 yú liáng surplus grain 漕河 cáo hé waterway used for the transportation of grain (in ancient times) (esp. the Grand Canal 大運河|大运河[Da4 Yun4 he2]) 漕运 漕運 cáo yùn (old) to transport by water / to ship grain as tax syn 毛子 máo zi hairy fellow / foreigner / Russian (derog.) / bandit (old) / tuft of fine hair 商品粮 商品糧 shāng pǐn liáng commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency) 