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"goose bumps" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
鸡皮疙瘩 雞皮疙瘩 jī pí gē da goose pimples / goose bumps
Chinese Pinyin Translation
平整 píng zhěng smooth / level / to level off / to flatten (remove bumps) syn
钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs syn
正步 zhèng bù goose-step (for military parades)
凹凸 āo tū concave or convex / bumps and holes / uneven (surface) / rugged syn
鹅毛 鵝毛 é máo goose feather syn
大雁 dà yàn wild goose / CL:隻|只[zhi1] syn
沉鱼落雁 沉魚落雁 chén yú luò yàn lit. fish sink, goose alights (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. female beauty captivating even the birds and beasts syn
鸿雁 鴻雁 hóng yàn (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides) syn
大雁塔 dà yàn tǎ Giant Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
杀鸡取卵 殺雞取卵 shā jī qǔ luǎn lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn
鸿 鴻 hóng eastern bean goose / great / large syn
鹅绒 鵝絨 é róng goose down
唳 lì cry of a crane or wild goose syn
趋之若鹜 趨之若鶩 qū zhī ruò wù to rush like ducks (idiom) / the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
鹅毛大雪 鵝毛大雪 é máo dà xuě goose feather snow (idiom) / big heavy snow fall syn
竭泽而渔 竭澤而漁 jié zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn
雪雁 xuě yàn (bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens)
来鸿去燕 來鴻去燕 lái hóng qù yàn lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom) / fig. always on the move
千里寄鹅毛 千里寄鵝毛 qiān lǐ jì é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
千里送鹅毛 千里送鵝毛 qiān lǐ sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
千里鹅毛 千里鵝毛 qiān lǐ é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2] syn
轻于鸿毛 輕於鴻毛 qīng yú hóng máo light as a goose feather (idiom) / trifling / unimportant 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
雪泥鸿爪 雪泥鴻爪 xuě ní hóng zhǎo a goose's footprint in the snow / vestiges of the past (idiom) / the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
鱼沉雁杳 魚沉雁杳 yú chén yàn yǎo lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom) / fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away) / to have lost contact
鸿毛泰山 鴻毛泰山 hóng máo tài shān lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
鸿毛泰岱 鴻毛泰岱 hóng máo tài dài light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
起粟 qǐ sù to get goose bumps
胡雁 hú yàn Tatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times
鴈 yàn wild goose
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重 千里送鵝毛，禮輕人意重 qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重 千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重 qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
斑头雁 斑頭雁 bān tóu yàn (bird species of China) bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
母鹅 母鵝 mǔ é goose (female)
白跑一趟 bái pǎo yī tàng to go on an errand for nothing / to go on a wild-goose chase
礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛 禮輕人意重，千里送鵝毛 lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng , qiān lǐ sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
礼轻情意重 禮輕情意重 lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
钻牛角 鑽牛角 zuān niú jiǎo lit. honing a bull's horn / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖
小白额雁 小白額雁 xiǎo bái é yàn (bird species of China) lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)
加拿大雁 jiā ná dà yàn (bird species of China) cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)
灰雁 huī yàn (bird species of China) greylag goose (Anser anser)
豆雁 dòu yàn (bird species of China) taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)
棉凫 棉鳧 mián fú (bird species of China) cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)
埃及雁 āi jí yàn Egyptian goose
白额雁 白額雁 bái é yàn (bird species of China) greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons)
红胸黑雁 紅胸黑雁 hóng xiōng hēi yàn (bird species of China) red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis)
小雁塔 xiǎo yàn tǎ Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an
鹅颈式照明火焰 鵝頸式照明火焰 é jǐng shì zhào míng huǒ yàn goose-neck flare
鵞 é variant of 鵝|鹅[e2] / goose
石蜐 shí jié goose barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes)
白颊黑雁 白頰黑雁 bái jiá hēi yàn (bird species of China) barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
短嘴豆雁 duǎn zuǐ dòu yàn (bird species of China) tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)
飞鸿 飛鴻 fēi hóng swan goose / (fig.) letter / message
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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