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"headhunting (tribal custom)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
猎头 獵頭 liè tóu headhunting (executive recruitment) / headhunter (profession) / headhunting (tribal custom)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
土着和部落人民 土著和部落人民 indigenous and tribal peoples / native and tribal peoples
定制 定製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made
订制 訂製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made
随俗 隨俗 suí sú according to custom / to do as local custom requires / do as the Romans do syn
出草 chū cǎo (of Taiwan aborigines) to go on a headhunting expedition
酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir
蚩尤 chī yóu Chiyou, legendary tribal leader who was defeated and killed by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
土司 tǔ sī sliced bread (loanword from "toast") / government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
酋 qiú tribal chief syn
部落军队 部落軍隊 tribal levies
部落居民 tribal peoples
部落分支 tribal sub-fraction
独立国家土着和部落居民公约 獨立國家土著和部落居民公約 Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries
吉格扬苏部落问题研究中心 吉格揚蘇部落問題研究中心 Jigyansu Tribal Research Centre
热带森林土着和部落人民宪章 熱帶森林土著和部落人民憲章 Charter of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests / Charter of Forest Peoples
森林人民宪章 森林人民憲章 sēn lín rén mín xiàn zhāng Charter of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests / Charter of Forest Peoples
联邦管辖部落地区 聯邦管轄部落地區 Federally Administered Tribal Areas
部落政府会议 部落政府會議 Conference of Tribal Governments
亚洲土着和部落人民网络 亞洲土著和部落人民網絡 Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network
印度土着和部落人民理事会 印度土著和部落人民理事會 Indian Council of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
土着和部落人民研究金方桉 土著和部落人民研究金方案 Fellowship Programme for Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
亚洲土着和部落人民权利会议 亞洲土著和部落人民權利會議 Asian Conference on the Rights of Indigenous / Tribal Peoples
热带森林土着部落民族国际联盟 熱帶森林土著部落民族國際聯盟 International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests
君长 君長 jūn zhǎng the monarch and his ministers / tribal chief
蒙兀国 蒙兀國 měng wù guó Khamag Mongol, a 12th century Mongolic tribal confederation
习惯 習慣 xí guàn habit / custom / usual practice / to be used to / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
自定义 自定義 zì dìng yì custom / user-defined
民俗 mín sú popular custom syn
萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) syn
习俗 習俗 xí sú custom / tradition / local tradition / convention syn
风俗 風俗 fēng sú social custom / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
特制 特製 tè zhì specially made / custom-made
风尚 風尚 fēng shàng current custom / current way of doing things syn
重拾 chóng shí to pick up (a theme etc) / to regain (confidence) / to revive (a custom, friendship etc)
新风 新風 xīn fēng new trend / new custom syn
沿袭 沿襲 yán xí to carry on as before / to follow (an old custom etc) syn
古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn
习气 習氣 xí qì custom / practice (usu. a regrettable one) syn
恶俗 惡俗 è sú bad habit / evil custom / vulgarity
闹洞房 鬧洞房 nào dòng fáng disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)
礼俗 禮俗 lǐ sú etiquette / custom syn
风 風 fēng wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1] syn
积习 積習 jī xí old habit (usually bad) / inbred custom / deep-rooted practice syn
福袋 fú dài fukubukuro or "lucky bag", Japanese New Year custom where merchants offer grab bags containing random products at a steep discount
旧俗 舊俗 jiù sú former custom / old ways syn
习 習 xí (bound form) to practice / to study / habit / custom syn
抓周 zhuā zhōu custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.)
俗 sú custom / convention / popular / common / coarse / vulgar / secular syn
未能免俗 wèi néng miǎn sú unable to break the custom (idiom) / bound by conventions
染风习俗 染風習俗 rǎn fēng xí sú bad habits / to get into bad habits through long custom
积习成俗 積習成俗 jī xí chéng sú accumulated habits become custom
习俗移性 習俗移性 xí sú yí xìng one's habits change with long custom
违时绝俗 違時絕俗 wéi shí jué sú to defy the times and reject custom (idiom) / in breach of current conventions
执牛耳 執牛耳 zhí niú ěr to be the acknowledged leader (from the custom of a prince holding a plate on which lay the severed ears of a sacrificial bull at an alliance ceremony)
中国风俗 中國風俗 zhōng guó fēng sú Chinese custom
向例 xiàng lì custom / usual practice / convention up to now syn
问名 問名 wèn míng to enquire, according to custom, after the name and horoscope of intended bride / one of a set of six traditional marriage protocols (六禮|六礼), in which name as well as date and time of birth (for horoscope) are formally requested of the prospective bride's family
听房 聽房 tīng fáng to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
听窗 聽窗 tīng chuāng to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
旧习 舊習 jiù xí old habit / former custom syn
躲年 duǒ nián to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)
颓风 頹風 tuí fēng degenerate custom / decadent ways
定制软件 dìng zhì ruǎn jiàn custom software / bespoke software
时俗 時俗 shí sú prevalent custom of the time
造型蛋糕 zào xíng dàn gāo custom-designed cake (e.g. cake shaped like a guitar, camera or cartoon character)
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
老例 lǎo lì custom / customary practice syn
婚俗 hūn sú marriage custom
公模 gōng mú (manufacturing) off-the-shelf mold (as opposed to a custom or proprietary mold)
公版 gōng bǎn (publishing) public-domain / copyright-expired / (design, manufacturing etc) standard shared design or template / stock, non-custom version
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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