飞行 飛行 fēi xíng (of planes etc) to fly / flying / flight / aviation syn 狐狸 hú li fox / fig. sly and treacherous person syn 福克斯 fú kè sī Fox (media company) / Focus (car manufactured by Ford) 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 飞天 飛天 fēi tiān flying Apsara (Buddhist art) 飞虫 飛蟲 fēi chóng flying insect / winged insect 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 老狐狸 lǎo hú li old fox / fig. cunning person syn 笑里藏刀 笑裡藏刀 xiào lǐ cáng dāo lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom) / friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese syn 狐假虎威 hú jiǎ hǔ wēi lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom) / fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people syn 银狐 銀狐 yín hú silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus) / also written 玄狐 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 火狐 huǒ hú red panda (Ailurus fulgens) / red fox (Vulpes vulpes) 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 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 白狐 bái hú arctic fox syn 福斯 fú sī (Tw) Volkswagen (car manufacturer) / Fox Entertainment Group 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 比翼 bǐ yì (flying) wing to wing 飞蝗 飛蝗 fēi huáng flying locusts 老油条 老油條 lǎo yóu tiáo old fox / slick customer syn 老奸巨猾 lǎo jiān jù huá cunning / crafty / wily old fox syn 油子 yóu zi dense and sticky substance / (dialect) wily old fox syn 沙漠之狐 shā mò zhī hú Desert Fox 狐 hú fox syn 狐狸精 hú li jīng fox-spirit / vixen / witch / enchantress syn 九尾狐 jiǔ wěi hú nine-tailed fox (mythological creature) syn 狐狸尾巴 hú li wěi ba lit. fox's tail (idiom) / visible sign of evil intentions / to reveal one's evil nature / evidence that reveals the villain syn 北极狐 北極狐 běi jí hú arctic fox syn 兔死狐悲 tù sǐ hú bēi lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom) / fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress syn 陈纳德 陳納德 chén nà dé (Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II 芡 qiàn Gorgon plant / fox nut (Gorgon euryale or Euryale ferox) / makhana (Hindi) syn 砉 huā sound of a thing flying fast by / whoosh / cracking sound / Taiwan pr. [huo4] syn 鼯 wú flying squirrel 鼯鼠 wú shǔ flying squirrel 螣 téng flying dragon 社鼠城狐 shè shǔ chéng hú lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls / fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others' power to bully and exploit people 篝火狐鸣 篝火狐鳴 gōu huǒ hú míng to tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion / an uprising is afoot (idiom) 穷鼠啮狸 窮鼠嚙狸 qióng shǔ niè lí a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom) / the smallest worm will turn being trodden on 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]) 飞片 flying metal plate / flying plate / flyer plate / plate 极地狐 極地狐 jí dì hú arctic fox 狐女 hú nǚ fox lady / in folk stories, a beautiful girl who will seduce you then reveal herself as a ghost 狐步舞 hú bù wǔ fox-trot (ballroom dance) (loanword) 玄狐 xuán hú silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus) syn 赤狐 chì hú red fox (Vulpes vulpes) syn 獙獙 bì bì mythological beast resembling a fox with wings 老油子 lǎo yóu zi (coll.) wily old fox / crafty fellow syn 幽浮 yōu fú UFO (loanword) / unidentified flying object / space ship 塕 wěng flying dust (dialect) / dust 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 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) 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 飞鼠 飛鼠 fēi shǔ flying squirrel / (dialect) bat 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 