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"grave and stern" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
冷峻 lěng jùn grave and stern syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
坟山 墳山 fén shān hill cemetery / graveyard / grave / grave mound / low wall at the back of a traditional tomb syn
宿草 sù cǎo grass that has grown on a grave since last year / (fig.) grave / to have died long ago / fodder provided to animals for the night
挖坟 挖墳 wā fén to dig a grave / (lit.) to dig up a grave / (fig.) (slang) to dig up an old thread (in an online forum etc)
万人冢 萬人塚 wàn rén zhǒng mass grave / common grave
肃杀 肅殺 sù shā austere / stern / harsh / somber and desolate (autumn or winter)
出生入死 chū shēng rù sǐ from the cradle to the grave (idiom) / to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb syn
捡骨 撿骨 jiǎn gǔ bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location
厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn
厉声 厲聲 lì shēng stern voice syn
正色 zhèng sè stern / grim / resolute / firm / unflinching / fundamental colors syn
训斥 訓斥 xùn chì to reprimand / to rebuke / to berate / stern criticism syn
斯特恩 sī tè ēn Stern (name)
严辞 嚴辭 yán cí stern words
严父 嚴父 yán fù strict or stern father
严 嚴 yán tight (closely sealed) / stern / strict / rigorous / severe / father syn
烈 liè ardent / intense / fierce / stern / upright / to give one's life for a noble cause / exploits / achievements syn
凛 凜 lǐn cold / to shiver with cold / to tremble with fear / afraid / apprehensive / strict / stern / severe / austere / awe-inspiring / imposing / majestic syn
艄 shāo stern of boat syn
舳 zhú poopdeck / stern of boat
顒 yóng great / just / stern
颙 顒 yóng grand / majestic / just / stern
棑 pái raft / shield / stern of junk
严竣 嚴竣 yán jùn tight / strict / severe / stern / difficult
做脸 做臉 zuò liǎn to win honor / to put on a stern face / to have a facial (beauty treatment)
摇橹 搖櫓 yáo lǔ to scull (with a single oar, usually mounted on the stern of the boat)
板脸 板臉 bǎn liǎn to put on a straight, stern or blank face / to put on a poker face syn
斯特恩气候变化经济学评论 Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
船艄 chuán shāo stern of boat
后梢 後梢 hòu shāo stern (of a boat)
冷厉 冷厲 lěng lì stern / unsympathetic / icy
欸乃 ǎi nǎi (onom.) (literary) the creaking of a stern-mounted oar
黑脸 黑臉 hēi liǎn stern or displeased expression / to show such an expression
凝重 níng zhòng dignified / grave (expression) / imposing (attitude) / heavy (atmosphere) / (music etc) deep and resounding syn
扫墓 掃墓 sǎo mù to sweep a grave (and pay one's respects to the dead person) syn
威容 wēi róng grave and dignified
严重 嚴重 yán zhòng grave / serious / severe / critical syn
严肃 嚴肅 yán sù (of an atmosphere etc) solemn / grave / serious / (of a manner etc) earnest / severe / exacting / to strictly enforce syn
坟墓 墳墓 fén mù grave / tomb syn
临终 臨終 lín zhōng approaching one's end / with one foot in the grave syn
庄重 莊重 zhuāng zhòng grave / solemn / dignified syn
穴位 xué wèi acupuncture point / location of a grave syn
严重后果 嚴重後果 yán zhòng hòu guǒ grave consequence / serious repercussion
重症 zhòng zhèng acute (of medical condition) / grave syn
深重 shēn zhòng very serious / grave / profound syn
墓葬 mù zàng (archeology) grave / tomb syn
墓穴 mù xué tomb / grave syn
形势严峻 形勢嚴峻 xíng shì yán jùn in grave difficulties / the situation is grim
还魂 還魂 huán hún to return from the grave / (old) to recycle (waste products) syn
急难 急難 jí nàn misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament syn
上坟 上墳 shàng fén to visit a grave syn
惨祸 慘禍 cǎn huò terrible tragedy / grave mishap
自取灭亡 自取滅亡 zì qǔ miè wáng to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave syn
墓道 mù dào path leading to a grave / tomb passage / aisle leading to the coffin chamber of an ancient tomb syn
风烛残年 風燭殘年 fēng zhú cán nián one's late days / to have one foot in the grave syn
自掘坟墓 自掘墳墓 zì jué fén mù to dig one's own grave syn
危殆 wēi dài grave danger / in jeopardy / in a critical condition syn
行将就木 行將就木 xíng jiāng jiù mù to approach one's coffin (idiom) / with one foot in the grave syn
坟茔 墳塋 fén yíng grave / tomb / graveyard / cemetery / fig. one's native place (where one's ancestors are buried) syn
室 shì room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy syn
庄 莊 zhuāng farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China) syn
墓 mù grave / tomb / mausoleum syn
垄 壟 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn
坟 墳 fén grave / tomb / CL:座[zuo4] / embankment / mound / ancient book syn
茔 塋 yíng (literary) a grave syn
窆 biǎn to put a coffin in the grave
大敌当前 大敵當前 dà dí dāng qián facing a powerful enemy (idiom) / fig. confronting grave difficulties / Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud syn
大逆不道 dà nì bù dào disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society) syn
墦 fán a grave
襚 suì grave-clothes
大限临头 大限臨頭 dà xiàn lín tóu facing the end (idiom) / at the end of one's life / with one foot in the grave
扶箕 fú jī planchette writing (for taking dictation from beyond the grave) / Ouija board
掘墓工人 jué mù gōng rén grave digger
沉凝 chén níng stagnant / congealed / fig. grave in manner / low (of voice) syn
谒访 謁訪 yè fǎng to pay one's respects / to visit (ancestral grave)
集体坟墓 集體墳墓 jí tǐ fén mù mass grave
丛冢 叢冢 cóng zhǒng mass grave / cluster of graves
犯下或下令犯下严重违约行为 commit or order the commission of grave breaches
由始至终 由始至終 yóu shǐ zhì zhōng cradle to grave syn
大条 大條 dà tiáo (used to modify 事情[shi4 qing5]) serious / grave
坆 fén variant of 墳|坟[fen2] / grave / tomb
危困 wēi kùn grave situation
棺材瓤子 guān cai ráng zi geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)
坟穴 墳穴 fén xué grave
义冢 義塚 yì zhǒng potter's field / pauper's grave
乱葬岗 亂葬崗 luàn zàng gǎng unmarked burial mound / untended graveyard / mass grave
坟包 墳包 fén bāo grave mound
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn
诸子十家 諸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
及其 jí qí (conjunction linking two nouns) and its ... / and their ... / and his ... / and her ... syn
日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn
广电总局 廣電總局 guǎng diàn zǒng jú National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) (abbr. for 國家廣播電視總局|国家广播电视总局[Guo2 jia1 Guang3 bo1 Dian4 shi4 Zong3 ju2]) / formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (2013-2018) and SARFT, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (prior to 2013)
诸子 諸子 zhū zǐ various sages / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
张志新 張志新 zhāng zhì xīn Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
三纲五常 三綱五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
是非曲直 shì fēi qū zhí lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom) / fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons syn
五劳七伤 五勞七傷 wǔ láo qī shāng (TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
三曹 sān cáo the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers
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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