张家长，李家短 張家長，李家短 zhāng jiā cháng , lǐ jiā duǎn lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom) / to gossip about the neighbors 标志 標誌 biāo zhì sign / mark / symbol / logo / to symbolize / to indicate / to mark syn 图标 圖標 tú biāo graphic symbol / (computing) icon 爱心 愛心 ài xīn compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL:片[pian4] / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥) syn 符号 符號 fú hào symbol / mark / sign syn 标记 標記 biāo jì sign / mark / symbol / to mark up / (computing) token syn 图例 圖例 tú lì legend (of a map, etc) / diagram / illustration / graphical symbol 如意 rú yì as one wants / according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune syn 音符 yīn fú (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram 红星 紅星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star 箭头 箭頭 jiàn tóu arrowhead / arrow symbol syn 记号 記號 jì hao mark / symbol / notation / seal syn 桂冠 guì guān laurel (as a symbol of victory or merit) syn 贝克 貝克 bèi kè becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) (abbr. for 貝克勒爾|贝克勒尔[bei4 ke4 le4 er3]) 象征 象徵 xiàng zhēng emblem / symbol / token / badge / to symbolize / to signify / to stand for syn 象徵 xiàng zhēng emblem / symbol / token 血泪 血淚 xuè lèi tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering) / blood and tears 红心 紅心 hóng xīn heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye syn 西格玛 西格瑪 xī gé mǎ sigma (Greek letter Σσ) / (symbol for standard deviation in statistics) 音标 音標 yīn biāo phonetic symbol 表征 表徵 biǎo zhēng symbol / indicator / representation syn 斜线 斜線 xié xiàn oblique line / slash (symbol) 九鼎 jiǔ dǐng the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty 橄榄枝 橄欖枝 gǎn lǎn zhī olive branch / symbol of peace 双喜 雙喜 shuāng xǐ double happiness / the combined symmetric character 囍 (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 绿帽子 綠帽子 lǜ mào zi green hat (figuratively, a symbol of being a cuckold) 太极图 太極圖 tài jí tú diagram of cosmological scheme / Yin-Yang symbol ☯ 令箭 lìng jiàn arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority) / fig. instructions from one's superiors syn 迎客松 yíng kè sōng Greeting Pine, symbol of Huangshan 黃山|黄山[Huang2 shan1] syn 标竿 標竿 biāo gān benchmark / pole serving as mark or symbol / pole with a trophy hung on it 皓齿 皓齒 hào chǐ white teeth (symbol of youth and beauty) 桃心 táo xīn heart symbol ♥ 字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn 标 標 biāo mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units syn 符 fú mark / sign / talisman / to seal / to correspond to / tally / symbol / written charm / to coincide syn 梓 zǐ Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items / (bound form) printing blocks syn 黼 fǔ (archaic) motif of axes with black handles and white heads, a symbol of authority embroidered on ceremonial robes 琴瑟不调 琴瑟不調 qín sè bù tiáo out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony 辐射警告标志 輻射警告標志 fú shè jǐng gào biāo zhì radiation warning symbol 书写符号 書寫符號 shū xiě fú hào writing symbol 卍 wàn swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism 囍 xǐ double happiness (similar to 喜喜) / symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 井号 井號 jǐng hào number sign # (punctuation) / hash symbol / pound sign 炼丹八卦炉 煉丹八卦爐 liàn dān bā guà lú eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality / symbol of the alchemist's art / Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble 绿头巾 綠頭巾 lǜ tóu jīn green turban (figuratively, a symbol of being a cuckold) syn 股票代号 股票代號 gǔ piào dài hào ticker symbol (to identify share coupon) 花押 huā yā signature (in grass-style writing) / symbol used in place of a signature (on a document, contract etc) syn 蓄须明志 蓄鬚明志 xù xū míng zhì to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese) 虎头牌 虎頭牌 hǔ tóu pái tiger-head plaque (made of wood and mounted on the front of a yamen 衙門|衙门[ya2men5] during the Qing dynasty as a symbol of authority) 角标 角標 jiǎo biāo subscript or superscript / corner label (on a product, image, document etc) / app icon badge (symbol on the upper-right corner an app icon, such as a red circle to indicate unread messages) 雪山狮子 雪山獅子 xuě shān shī zi Snow lion, mythological animal, a banned symbol of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism 卐 wàn swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, later adopted by Nazi Germany 变音记号 變音記號 biàn yīn jì hao (music) accidental (symbol such as a sharp (♯), flat (♭), natural (♮) etc) 并集 併集 bìng jí union (symbol ∪) (set theory) 牛顿米 牛頓米 niú dùn mǐ newton meter, unit of torque (symbol: N⋅m) 小老鼠 xiǎo lǎo shǔ @ / at symbol 电离辐射警告标志 電離輻射警告標誌 diàn lí fú shè jǐng gào biāo zhì ionizing-radiation warning symbol 贝克勒尔 貝克勒爾 bèi kè lè ěr becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) / abbr. to 貝克|贝克[bei4 ke4] 联集 聯集 lián jí union (symbol ∪) (set theory) (Tw) A圈儿 A圈兒 A quān r at symbol, @ 圈a quān a at symbol, @ 角分符号 角分符號 jiǎo fēn fú hào prime symbol (′) (math., linguistics etc) 角秒符号 角秒符號 jiǎo miǎo fú hào double prime symbol (″) (math., linguistics etc) 玉玦 yù jué penannular jade pendant (often used as a symbol of separation or resolution, for homophony reasons) 艾特 ài tè at symbol, @ 隐讳号 隱諱號 yǐn huì hào cross symbol (×), used to replace a character one does not wish to display 尼特 ní tè nit (symbol: nt), unit of luminance (loanword) 