"hell-for-leather" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
猖猖狂狂 chāng chāng kuáng kuáng wild / hurried and confused / hell-for-leather
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
皮革 pí gé leather / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn
皮鞋 pí xié leather shoes syn
jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
地狱 地獄 dì yù hell / infernal / underworld / (Buddhism) Naraka syn
去死 qù sǐ go to hell! / drop dead!
皮带 皮帶 pí dài strap / leather belt / CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1] syn
真皮 zhēn pí (anatomy) dermis / genuine leather
见鬼 見鬼 jiàn guǐ absurd / strange / (interj.) curse it! / to hell with it! syn
皮球 pí qiú ball (made of rubber, leather etc)
皮具 pí jù leather products / CL:件[jian4]
牛皮 niú pí cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big talk syn
幽冥 yōu míng dark / hell / netherworld / hades
阎王 閻王 yán wáng same as 閻羅王|阎罗王 / Yama, King of Hell / translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja syn
冥王 míng wáng the king of hell
黄泉 黃泉 huáng quán the Yellow Springs / the underworld of Chinese mythology / the equivalent of Hades or Hell syn
死心塌地 sǐ xīn tā dì to be hell-bent on / dead set on sth / unswerving syn
皮箱 pí xiāng leather suitcase
阎罗 閻羅 yán luó (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell syn
鬼门关 鬼門關 guǐ mén guān the gates of hell syn
革履 gé lǚ leather (shoes) / fig. Western dress syn
火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire / fig. living hell syn
皮囊 pí náng leather bag
麂皮 jǐ pí suede / chamois leather
人造革 rén zào gé artificial leather
阎罗王 閻羅王 yán luó wáng (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell syn
冥府 míng fǔ underworld / hell syn
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
活受罪 huó shòu zuì (coll.) to go through sheer hell
皮袋 pí dài leather bag / leather pouch (for liquid)
阴司 陰司 yīn sī hell / nether world
皮条 皮條 pí tiáo thong / leather strap / pimp / procurer
animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office) syn
阿鼻地狱 阿鼻地獄 ā bí dì yù (Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells
撒赖 撒賴 sā lài to make a scene / to raise hell syn
leather / skin / fur / CL:張|张[zhang1] / pico- (one trillionth) / naughty syn
wéi soft leather syn
to incline (one's torso) / to bow / leather ball used in ancient times / (literary) to bring up / to rear / Taiwan pr. [ju2] syn
xiāo saltpeter / to tan (leather)
(phonetic) / dressed leather
leather shoes
leather ball
leather ball / Taiwan pr. [ju2]
tiáo reins of leather
qiū crupper / leather strap / (dialect) to draw back / to shrink
zhǎng patch of leather
人间地狱 人間地獄 rén jiān dì yù hell on earth (idiom) / suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive / fig. having an uncomfortable time syn
破罐破摔 pò guàn pò shuāi lit. to smash a pot just because it has a crack (idiom) / fig. to give up altogether after a setback / to throw one's hands up in frustration and let it all go to hell syn
páo to work hides / leather bag
韦编三绝 韋編三絕 wéi biān sān jué lit. the leather binding (of the bamboo scroll) has broken three times / fig. to study diligently
布衣韦带 布衣韋帶 bù yī wéi dài in hemp cloth and with a leather belt / poorly dressed
皮筏 pí fá leather float / inflatable raft
仿皮 fǎng pí imitation leather
皮面 pí miàn outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe) syn
阎王爷 閻王爺 yán wáng yé (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell syn
阴曹 陰曹 yīn cáo hell / the inferno syn
阿鼻 ā bí Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells / fig. hell / hell on earth
工发组织皮革和皮革制品业协商 UNIDO Consultation on the Leather and Leather Products Industry
皮革和皮革制品工业小组 Leather and Leather Products Industry Panel
qín leather shoes / leather belt / thin bamboo strips
仆街 pū jiē drop dead! / go to hell! / fuck you! (Cantonese)
地府 dì fǔ hell / the nether world / Hades
大祸临头 大禍臨頭 dà huò lín tóu facing imminent catastrophe / calamity looms / all hell will break loose
森罗殿 森羅殿 sēn luó diàn the Palace of the King of Hell 閻王|阎王[Yan2wang5]
浮动地狱 浮動地獄 fú dòng dì yù floating hell / slave ships
无底坑 無底坑 wú dǐ kēng the bottomless pit (Hell in the Bible) / pitless (elevator)
赴阴曹 赴陰曹 fù yīn cáo to enter hell
跳出火坑 tiào chū huǒ kēng lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom) / to escape from a living hell / to free oneself from a life of torture
阎君 閻君 yán jūn (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
阎老 閻老 yán lǎo (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
阎魔 閻魔 yán mó (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
阎王好见,小鬼难当 閻王好見,小鬼難當 yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)
搞毛 gǎo máo (dialect) what are you doing? / what the hell?
靠腰 kào yāo (lit.) to cry from hunger (from Taiwanese 哭枵, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-iau]) / (Tw) (slang) to whine / shut the hell up! / fuck! / damn!
靠北 kào běi (Tw) (slang) to rattle on / to carp / stop whining! / shut the hell up! / fuck! / damn! (from Taiwanese 哭爸, Tai-lo pr. [khàu-pē], "to cry over one's dad's death")
死要面子活受罪 sǐ yào miàn zi huó shòu zuì to go through hell for the sake of keeping up appearances (idiom)
太阳从西边出来 太陽從西邊出來 tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly
三小 sān xiǎo (Tw) (vulgar) what the hell? (from Taiwanese 啥潲, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-siâ], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么[shen2me5])
夭寿 夭壽 yāo shòu to die young / (Tw) (curse word) drop dead / go to hell / (literary) short life and long life
摆烂 擺爛 bǎi làn (neologism c. 2014) (slang) to stop striving (esp. when one knows one cannot succeed) / to let it all go to hell / (sports) to tank
活见鬼 活見鬼 huó jiàn guǐ what the hell / preposterous syn
欲仙欲死 yù xiān - yù sǐ (idiom) to experience sheer ecstasy (or, when used ironically, sheer hell)
破罐破摔 pò guàn - pò shuāi lit. to smash a pot just because it has a crack (idiom) / fig. to give up altogether after a setback / to throw one's hands up in frustration and let it all go to hell syn
阎王 閻王 yán wang (Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell / (fig.) cruel and tyrannical person syn
kuò leather
leather top of a cart
xiǎn leather girth on horse
均湿 均濕 jūn shī to moisten evenly (e.g. in tanning leather)
揉制 róu zhì to knead (leather)
浑脱 渾脫 hún tuō leather float / inflatable raft
皮带传动 皮帶傳動 pí dài chuán dòng a leather drive belt
皮制品 皮製品 pí zhì pǐn leather goods
羔皮 gāo pí lambskin / kid leather
革囊 gé náng leather purse / fig. human body
革制品 革製品 gé zhì pǐn leather goods
鞣制 鞣製 róu zhì to tan (leather) / tanning
皮张和皮革产品业常设委员会 皮張和皮革產品業常設委員會 Standing Committee on the Hides, Skins, and Leather Products Industry
非洲区域皮革与鞋类工业计划 非洲區域皮革與鞋類工業計劃 Regional African Leather and Footwear Industry Scheme
吉莫 jí mò (old) name of a kind of leather
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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