八卦 bā guà the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] / gossip / gossipy 一成不变 一成不變 yī chéng bù biàn nothing much changes (idiom) / always the same / stuck in a rut syn 病变 病變 bìng biàn pathological changes / lesion / diseased (kidney, cornea etc) 缓冲 緩衝 huǎn chōng buffer / to cushion / to adjust to sharp changes 变迁 變遷 biàn qiān changes / vicissitudes syn 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 厚望 hòu wàng great hopes / great expectations 瞬息万变 瞬息萬變 shùn xī wàn biàn in an instant a myriad changes (idiom) / rapid substantial change syn 应变 應變 yìng biàn to meet a contingency / to adapt oneself to changes 大业 大業 dà yè great cause / great undertaking syn 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn 千变万化 千變萬化 qiān biàn wàn huà countless changes / constant permutation syn 易经 易經 yì jīng The Book of Changes ("I Ching") 变化多端 變化多端 biàn huà duō duān changeable / changing / varied / full of changes syn 贤人 賢人 xián rén great person of the past / venerable forebear / the great and the good syn 冷暖 lěng nuǎn lit. daily changes of temperature / fig. well-being / sb's comfort, health, prosperity etc syn 周易 zhōu yì another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] 宏愿 宏願 hóng yuàn great aspiration / great ambition syn 六经 六經 liù jīng Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经[Yue4 jing1], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1] syn 万变不离其宗 萬變不離其宗 wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom) / plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose syn 大变 大變 dà biàn huge changes 大功 dà gōng great merit / great service syn 拐点 拐點 guǎi diǎn turning point / breaking point / inflexion point (math., a point of a curve at which the curvature changes sign) 天旋地转 天旋地轉 tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom) / giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world syn 五经 五經 wǔ jīng the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1], the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1] 易传 易傳 yì zhuàn Yi Zhuan, commentary on the "Book of Changes" or "I Ching" 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] 朝令夕改 zhāo lìng xī gǎi to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom) syn 损 損 sǔn to decrease / to lose / to damage / to harm / (coll.) to ridicule / to deride / (coll.) caustic / sarcastic / nasty / mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ syn 鼎 dǐng ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes syn 雌黄 雌黃 cí huáng orpiment / arsenic trisulfide As2S3 / make changes in writing / malign / criticize without grounds syn 卦 guà divinatory diagram / one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] / one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1] 新官上任三把火 xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom) 颠来倒去 顛來倒去 diān lái dǎo qù to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms syn 玄孙 玄孫 xuán sūn great-great-grandson 十三经 十三經 shí sān jīng the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼[Zhou1 li3], Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4], Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4], The Analects 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经[Xiao4 jing1], Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] syn 五大湖 wǔ dà hú Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes 嬗 shàn (literary) to go through successive changes / to evolve 彖 tuàn to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 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 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb syn 万 萬 wàn ten thousand / a great number 多么 多麼 duō me how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent syn 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 英国 英國 yīng guó United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lian2 he2 wang2 guo2] / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Ying1 ge2 lan2] 王 wáng king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great syn 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 大多数 大多數 dà duō shù (great) majority syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn 大量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous syn 大师 大師 dà shī great master / master syn 大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult syn 大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn 费力 費力 fèi lì to expend a great deal of effort syn 老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 急速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) syn 伟人 偉人 wěi rén great person syn 用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort syn 大帝 dà dì heavenly emperor / "the Great" (title) syn 长城 長城 cháng chéng the Great Wall syn 不列颠 不列顛 bù liè diān Britain / British / Great Britain 惋惜 wǎn xī to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sb syn 重担 重擔 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility syn 北斗 běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan syn 抢手 搶手 qiǎng shǒu (of goods) popular / in great demand syn 大雪 dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December 大不列颠 大不列顛 dà bù liè diān Great Britain 辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly / with great trouble syn 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 雄心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration syn 抬举 擡舉 tái ju to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3] syn 远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight 狄更斯 dí gēng sī Dickens (name) / Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist 毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn 兴高采烈 興高采烈 xìng gāo cǎi liè happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight syn 珍视 珍視 zhēn shì to place great importance on / to treasure syn 盛情 shèng qíng great kindness / magnificent hospitality syn 波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves / billows syn 淋漓尽致 淋漓盡致 lín lí jìn zhì lit. extreme saturation (idiom) / fig. vividly and thoroughly / in great detail / without restraint / (of a performance) brilliant syn 悉心 xī xīn to put one's heart (and soul) into sth / with great care syn 宏大 hóng dà great / grand syn 富含 fù hán to contain in great quantities / rich in syn 大街小巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng great streets and small alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city syn 高材生 gāo cái shēng student of great ability syn 摆架子 擺架子 bǎi jià zi to put on airs / to assume great airs syn 悠悠 yōu yōu lasting for ages / long drawn out / remote in time or space / unhurried / a great number (of events) / preposterous / pensive syn 失之交臂 shī zhī jiāo bì to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip syn 金日成 jīn rì chéng Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) Great Leader of North Korea 小巫见大巫 小巫見大巫 xiǎo wū jiàn dà wū lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom) / fig. to pale into insignificance by comparison syn 大张旗鼓 大張旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ with great fanfare syn 壮志 壯志 zhuàng zhì great goal / magnificent aspiration syn 托尔斯泰 托爾斯泰 tuō ěr sī tài Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 奔流 bēn liú to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current syn 百发百中 百發百中 bǎi fā bǎi zhòng lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits / to carry out a task with great precision / to shoot with unfailing accuracy / be a crack shot (idiom) syn 神通广大 神通廣大 shén tōng guǎng dà (idiom) to possess great magical power / to possess remarkable abilities syn 