高亢 gāo kàng high-pitched and penetrating (musical instrument, voice etc) / high-spirited / fever-pitched (atmosphere) syn 自命清高 zì mìng qīng gāo to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom) / smug and self-righteous / holier-than-thou 高压 高壓 gāo yā (physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed / oppressive syn 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 昂首阔步 昂首闊步 áng shǒu kuò bù striding forward with head high (idiom) / to walk with spirited and vigorous step / to strut syn 飘飘然 飄飄然 piāo piāo rán elated / light and airy feeling (after a few drinks) / smug and conceited / complacent syn 意气风发 意氣風發 yì qì fēng fā (idiom) high-spirited / full of mettle syn 昂扬 昂揚 áng yáng elated / high-spirited / uplifting (music) syn 来劲 來勁 lái jìn (dialect) to be full of zeal / high-spirited / exhilarating / to stir sb up syn 昂昂 áng áng high-spirited / brave-looking syn 昂奋 昂奮 áng fèn buoyant / high-spirited / vigorous syn 人无远虑，必有近忧 人無遠慮，必有近憂 rén wú yuǎn lǜ , bì yǒu jìn yōu He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow. 高级 高級 gāo jí high level / high grade / advanced / high-ranking syn 高层 高層 gāo céng high-rise / high level / high class 社会性别公正高级别会议 社會性別公正高級別會議 High-level meeting on the theme "Gender justice in Liberia: the way forward" / High Level Meeting on Gender Justice / High Level Meeting on Gender Justice in Liberia 利比里亚社会性别公正高级别会议 利比里亞社會性別公正高級別會議 High-level meeting on the theme "Gender justice in Liberia: the way forward" / High Level Meeting on Gender Justice / High Level Meeting on Gender Justice in Liberia 高接梨 gāo jiē lí (Tw) high-grafted pear (a variety of Asian pear grown in Taiwan, produced by grafting scions from high-altitude or high-latitude regions onto local rootstocks, adapting them to Taiwan's subtropical climate) 踌躇满志 躊躇滿志 chóu chú mǎn zhì enormously proud of one's success (idiom) / smug / complacent syn 上脸 上臉 shàng liǎn to turn red in the face (while drinking) / to become smug (when complimented) 得瑟 dè se (dialect) cocky / smug / to show off 屁颠屁颠 屁顛屁顛 pì diān pì diān lit. jolting buttocks / (colloquial intensifier) groveling / eager / compliant / smug 神气活现 神氣活現 shén qì huó xiàn arrogant appearance / smug appearance / to act condescending / to put on airs syn 低沉 dī chén (of weather) overcast / gloomy / (of a voice) low and deep / low-spirited / downcast syn 舍己为公 捨己為公 shě jǐ wèi gōng to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom) / to behave altruistically / selfless and public spirited syn 精神 jīng shen vigor / vitality / spirited / good-looking syn 奋起 奮起 fèn qǐ to rise vigorously / a spirited start syn 烈性 liè xìng strong / intense / spirited / virulent syn 气昂昂 氣昂昂 qì áng áng full of vigor / spirited / valiant syn 急公好义 急公好義 jí gōng hào yì public-spirited syn 骏 駿 jùn spirited horse syn 騠 tí spirited horse 气冲霄汉 氣衝霄漢 qì chōng xiāo hàn (idiom) dauntless / courageous / spirited syn 痛快淋漓 tòng kuài lín lí joyous / hearty / spirited / (of commentary) trenchant / incisive syn 欢势 歡勢 huān shi lively / full of vigor / vibrant / spirited 欢实 歡實 huān shi lively / full of vigor / vibrant / spirited 穷棒子 窮棒子 qióng bàng zi poor but spirited person / (old) (derog.) peasant syn 缺德鬼 quē dé guǐ public nuisance / a wicked, mean spirited individual 活气 活氣 huó qì spirited atmosphere 来神 來神 lái shén to become spirited 落拓不羁 落拓不羈 luò tuò - bù jī (idiom) unconventional / uninhibited / free-spirited syn 老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn 高官厚禄 高官厚祿 gāo guān hòu lù high post and generous salary (idiom) / promotion to a high official position syn 迂阔 迂闊 yū kuò high sounding and impractical / high flown nonsense syn 援助实效问题高级别论坛 援助實效問題高級別論壇 High-Level Forum on Joint Progress toward Enhanced Aid Effectiveness (Harmonization, Alignment, and Results) / High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness 高级代表办事处 高級代表辦事處 Office of the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina / Office of the High Representative 全系统一致性高级别小组 全系統一致性高級別小組 High-level Panel on UN System-wide Coherence in the Areas of Development, Humanitarian Assistance and the Environment / High-level Panel on System-wide Coherence 高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm 高科技 gāo kē jì high tech / high technology 高新技术 高新技朮 gāo xīn jì shù high tech / high technology syn 高清 gāo qīng high definition (television etc) / high fidelity (audio) 高职 高職 gāo zhí vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school 高分 gāo fēn high marks / high score 高昂 gāo áng to hold (one's head) high / expensive / high (spirits etc) syn 高技术 高技術 gāo jì shù high technology / high tech syn 偏高 piān gāo to be on the high side / to be unusually high 高调 高調 gāo diào high-sounding speech / bombast / high-profile syn 昂首 áng shǒu head high / in high spirits / to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse) syn 高清晰度 gāo qīng xī dù high definition (instruments) / high resolution 治学 治學 zhì xué scholarship / high-level study / to do scholarly research / to pursue a high level of study 高热量 高熱量 gāo rè liàng high calorie (foodstuff) / high heat content 束之高阁 束之高閣 shù zhī gāo gé tied up in a bundle on a high shelf / to put sth on the back burner / no longer a high priority syn 高不成低不就 gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 昂 áng to lift / to raise / to raise one's head / high / high spirits / soaring / expensive syn 轩 軒 xuān pavilion with a view / high / tall / high fronted, curtained carriage (old) syn 高不凑低不就 高不湊低不就 gāo bù còu dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 高级官员 高級官員 gāo jí guān yuán high ranking official / high level official 高低不就 gāo dī bù jiù can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom) / not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one 秘书长气候变化筹资高级别咨询小组 High-level Advisory Group of the Secretary-General on Climate Change Financing / High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing 可塑高爆炸药 high-explosive squash head (UK) / high-explosive plastic (US) 高轨道 gāo guǐ dào high orbit / high altitude orbit 联合国人权事务高级专员办事处 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights / Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 全民教育高层会议 Education for All High-level Group / EFA High-level Group 落实发展权问题高级别工作队 high-level task force on the implementation of the right to development / High-Level Task Force on the Right to Development 塞内加尔河开发组织高级委员会 塞內加爾河開發組織高級委員會 High Commission of the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River / High Commission of the OMVS 平均小潮高潮面 píng jūn xiǎo cháo gāo cháo miàn mean high-water neaps / neap high water 平均大潮高潮面 píng jūn dài cháo gāo cháo miàn mean high-water springs / spring high water 高箱 gāo xiāng high cube container / high cube 高保护价值森林 高保護價值森林 forest of high conservation value / high conservation value forests 高效液相色谱法 高效液相色譜法 high-performance liquid chromatography / high-efficiency liquid chromatography 高科技犯罪问题高级别会议 高科技犯罪問題高級別會議 High-level Meeting on High-tech Crime 满潮 滿潮 mǎn cháo high tide / high water 高帮 高幫 gāo bāng high-top (shoes) / ankle-high shoes 女高 nǚ gāo (slang) female high school student / all-girls high school 恨天高 hèn tiān gāo (slang) sky-high heels / ultra-high-heeled shoes 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 荣华富贵 榮華富貴 róng huá fù guì glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom) / high position and great wealth syn 达官贵人 達官貴人 dá guān guì rén high official and noble persons (idiom) / the great and the good syn 山高水长 山高水長 shān gāo shuǐ cháng high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom) / fig. noble and far-reaching syn 扒高踩低 pá gāo cǎi dī crawl high, step low (idiom) / unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors / toadying and bullying 高举远蹈 高舉遠蹈 gāo jǔ yuǎn dǎo to leave office for a high and distant place (idiom) / to retire and place oneself above the fray 饥饿、贫穷和高油价、高粮价 饑餓、貧窮和高油價、高糧價 hunger, poverty and high oil and food prices 三大纪律八项注意 三大紀律八項注意 sān dà jì lǜ bā xiàng zhù yì the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime 高高在上 gāo gāo - zài shàng (idiom) situated high / aloft / (idiom) (fig.) aloof and remote / situated above the masses and out of touch with reality 凌云 凌雲 líng yún (lit. and fig.) towering / lofty / high syn 兴高采烈 興高采烈 xìng gāo cǎi liè happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight syn 高高在上 gāo gāo zài shàng set up on high (idiom) / not in touch with reality / aloof and remote 高挑 gāo tiǎo raised high / (of a person) slender / tall and thin (Taiwan pr. [gao1tiao1]) syn 敬爱 敬愛 jìng ài to respect and love / to hold in high esteem syn 