挼 ruá (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled / crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak / feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor / inferior 飞片 flying metal plate / flying plate / flyer plate / plate 除尘器 chú chén qì de-duster / dust collector / dust separator / precipitator 灰霾 huī mái dust haze / dust storm 纤尘 纖塵 xiān chén speck of dust / fine dust syn 坋 bèn dust / to dust / a bank of earth / to bring together / to dig / also pr. [fen4] 浮尘 浮塵 fú chén dust (floating in the air or settled on a surface) / large amount of airborne sand and dust, such as during a sandstorm syn 溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn 飞鼠 飛鼠 fēi shǔ flying squirrel / (dialect) bat 咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 㞎 bǎ (dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit 启海话 啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai 媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn 拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative 磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule 馃子 餜子 guǒ zi (dialect) pastry / (dialect) youtiao / deep-fried cruller 齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental 巴适 巴適 bā shì (Sichuan dialect) comfortable / suitable / excellent / really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb) / to curry favor with 飞行 飛行 fēi xíng (of planes etc) to fly / flying / flight / aviation syn 飞天 飛天 fēi tiān flying Apsara (Buddhist art) 飞身 飛身 fēi shēn to move quickly / to vault / flying tackle 飞雪 飛雪 fēi xuě Flying Snow, a character in "Hero" syn 双飞 雙飛 shuāng fēi flying in pairs / close union as husband and wife / round-trip flight / (slang) threesome 飞碟 飛碟 fēi dié flying saucer / frisbee 飞行器 飛行器 fēi xíng qì flying craft (airplane, drone, missile, balloon, spacecraft, satellite etc) syn 飞鱼 飛魚 fēi yú flying fish 合拢 合攏 hé lǒng to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc) / to bring together / (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings) syn 习习 習習 xí xí (of the wind) blowing gently / abundant / flying syn 李广 李廣 lǐ guǎng Li Guang (-119 BC), Han dynasty general, nicknamed Flying General 飛將軍|飞将军 and much feared by the Xiongnu 匈奴 不明飞行物 不明飛行物 bù míng fēi xíng wù unidentified flying object (UFO) 加油机 jiā yóu jī tanker aircraft / flying tanker 血肉横飞 血肉橫飛 xuè ròu héng fēi flesh and blood flying (idiom) / carnage / people blown to pieces syn 比翼双飞 比翼雙飛 bǐ yì shuāng fēi lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom) / fig. two hearts beating as one / name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish syn 飞虎队 飛虎隊 fēi hǔ duì Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two / Hong Kong nickname for police special duties unit 比翼 bǐ yì (flying) wing to wing 飞蝗 飛蝗 fēi huáng flying locusts 飞虫 飛蟲 fēi chóng flying insect / winged insect 陈纳德 陳納德 chén nà dé (Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II 砉 huā sound of a thing flying fast by / whoosh / cracking sound / Taiwan pr. [huo4] syn 鼯 wú flying squirrel 螣 téng flying dragon 鸓 lěi flying squirrel 健步如飞 健步如飛 jiàn bù rú fēi running as fast as flying syn 悍然不顾 悍然不顧 hàn rán bù gù outrageous and unconventional (idiom) / flying in the face of (authority, convention, public opinion etc) syn 终南捷径 終南捷徑 zhōng nán jié jìng lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) / fig. shortcut to a high-flying career / easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用[Lu2 Cang4 yong4], who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court) syn 雁过拔毛 雁過拔毛 yàn guò bá máo lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose / fig. to seize any opportunity / pragmatic syn 十面埋伏 shí miàn mái fú Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2]) 幽浮 yōu fú UFO (loanword) / unidentified flying object / space ship 鼯鼠亚科 鼯鼠亞科 wú shǔ yà kē flying 在天愿做比翼鸟，在地愿做连理枝 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss 狐蝠 hú fú flying fox / fruit bat (genus Pteropus) 飞蛾投火 飛蛾投火 fēi é tóu huǒ lit. like a moth flying into the fire (idiom) / fig. to choose a path to certain destruction syn 飞身翻腾 飛身翻騰 fēi shēn fān téng flying somersault 飞针走线 飛針走線 fēi zhēn zǒu xiàn flying needle and running seam (idiom) / skillful needlework syn 飞鱼族 飛魚族 fēi yú zú "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study 飞鸽 飛鴿 fēi gē Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936) 鼯鼠 wú shǔ flying squirrel 放线 放線 fàng xiàn (angling) to play a fish / (kite-flying) to let the string out / (dating) to play the field 飞片透镜 flying plate lens 飞毯行动 Operation Flying Carpet 赤鱿 chì yóu neon flying squid 七星鱿鱼 qī xīng yóu yú sevenstar flying squid 空中加油机 空中加油機 tanker aircraft / flying tanker 国际不明飞行物年 國際不明飛行物年 International Year of Unidentified Flying Objects 东非飞行学校 東非飛行學校 East African Flying School 盲目飞行 盲目飛行 blind flying 超低空飞行 超低空飛行 nap-of-the-earth flying 掠地飞行 掠地飛行 nap-of-the-earth flying 鸡飞狗跳 雞飛狗跳 jī fēi gǒu tiào lit. chickens flying and dogs jumping (idiom) / fig. in chaos / in disarray 飞也似的 飛也似的 fēi yě shì de lit. as if flying / very fast 血肉横飞 血肉橫飛 xuè ròu - héng fēi (idiom) flesh and blood flying in all directions / carnage syn 𬸣 鶱 xiān (literary) (adjective) (of birds) flying / soaring 灰尘 灰塵 huī chén dust syn 尘埃 塵埃 chén āi dust syn 粉末 fěn mò fine powder / dust syn 尘土 塵土 chén tǔ dust syn 卷起 捲起 juǎn qǐ to roll up / to curl up / (of dust etc) to swirl up syn 风尘 風塵 fēng chén windblown dust / hardships of travel / vicissitudes of life / prostitution syn 沾满 沾滿 zhān mǎn muddy / covered in (mud, dust, sweat, blood etc) / daubed in syn 除尘 除塵 chú chén to eliminate dust (i.e. filter out suspended particles) 尘封 塵封 chén fēng covered in dust / dusty / lying unused for a long time 烟尘 煙塵 yān chén smoke and dust / air pollution syn 沙尘 沙塵 shā chén airborne sand and dust 沙尘暴 沙塵暴 shā chén bào sand and dust storm syn 粉尘 粉塵 fěn chén dust / airborne powder / solid particulate matter 卷土重来 卷土重來 juǎn tǔ chóng lái lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom) / fig. to regroup and come back even stronger / to make a comeback syn 吸尘器 吸塵器 xī chén qì vacuum cleaner / dust catcher 一尘不染 一塵不染 yī chén bù rǎn untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom) / selfless and incorruptible / spotless syn 后尘 後塵 hòu chén lit. trailing dust / fig. sb's footsteps / course in life 望尘莫及 望塵莫及 wàng chén mò jí lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom) / to be far inferior syn 