飞行 飛行 fēi xíng (of planes etc) to fly / flying / flight / aviation syn 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 跟头 跟頭 gēn tou tumble / somersault syn 后空翻 後空翻 hòu kōng fān backward somersault / backflip 飞鱼 飛魚 fēi yú flying fish 飞天 飛天 fēi tiān flying Apsara (Buddhist art) 翻腾 翻騰 fān téng (of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn / to surge / to seethe / to somersault / to tumble / to flip / to rummage / to turn things over repeatedly syn 筋斗 jīn dǒu tumble / somersault syn 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 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 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 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 空翻 kōng fān flip / somersault 比翼 bǐ yì (flying) wing to wing 飞蝗 飛蝗 fēi huáng flying locusts 翻筋斗 fān jīn dǒu to tumble / to turn a somersault 翻跟头 翻跟頭 fān gēn tou to turn a somersault syn 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 鼯鼠 wú shǔ 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]) 飞片 flying metal plate / flying plate / flyer plate / plate 后翻筋斗 後翻筋斗 hòu fān jīn dǒu backward somersault 向前翻腾 向前翻騰 xiàng qián fān téng forward somersault 向后翻腾 向後翻騰 xiàng hòu fān téng backward somersault 打跟头 打跟頭 dǎ gēn tou to turn a somersault / to turn head over heels 折跟头 折跟頭 zhē gēn tou to do a somersault / to turn head over heels 翻跟斗 fān gēn dǒu to turn a somersault 觔斗 觔鬥 jīn dòu somersault 踺子 jiàn zǐ somersault (in gymnastics or dance) / head-over-heels / aerial flip 侧空翻 側空翻 cè kōng fān aerial cartwheel / side somersault 跟斗 gēn dou somersault / fall / tumble / (fig.) setback / failure syn 踺子 jiàn zi somersault (in gymnastics or dance) / aerial flip 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 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 