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Chinese Pinyin Translation
也就是 yě jiù shì in other words / i.e.
即 jí namely / that is / i.e. / prompt / at once / at present / even if / prompted (by the occasion) / to approach / to come into contact / to assume (office) / to draw near syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock / chicken soup / (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)
释迦牟尼 釋迦牟尼 shì jiā móu ní Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
近代史 jìn dài shǐ modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc
干妈 乾媽 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn
浓淡 濃淡 nóng dàn shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark) syn
很 hěn very / quite / (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) syn
四害 sì hài "the four pests", i.e. rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows / see also 打麻雀運動|打麻雀运动[Da3 Ma2 que4 Yun4 dong4]
黑五类 黑五類 hēi wǔ lèi the "five black categories" (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. landlords, rich peasants, counterrevolutionaries, bad elements and rightists
螵蛸 piāo xiāo ootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM) / cuttlebone (abbr. for 海螵蛸 [hai3 piao1 xiao1])
限定词 限定詞 xiàn dìng cí determiner (in grammar, i.e. article, demonstrative, possessive pronoun, noun genitive etc)
苏州码子 蘇州碼子 sū zhōu mǎ zi Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,〸 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine / also called 草碼|草码[cao3ma3]
干爹 乾爹 gān diē adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
干女儿 乾女兒 gān nǚ ér adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
干娘 乾娘 gān niáng adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn
干儿子 乾兒子 gān ér zi adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn
红黑名单 紅黑名單 hóng hēi míng dān whitelist and blacklist, i.e. 紅名單|红名单[hong2 ming2 dan1] and 黑名單|黑名单[hei1 ming2 dan1]
项上人头 項上人頭 xiàng shàng rén tóu head / neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life)
一致资源定址器 一致資源定址器 yī zhì zī yuán dìng zhǐ qì uniform resource locator (URL), i.e. web address
统一资源定位 統一資源定位 tǒng yī zī yuán dìng wèi universal resource locator (URL), i.e. webaddress
统一资源定位符 統一資源定位符 tǒng yī zī yuán dìng wèi fú universal resource locator (URL), i.e. webaddress
东引乡 東引鄉 dōng yǐn xiāng Tungyin township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
干儿 乾兒 gān ér adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
无时无刻 無時無刻 wú shí - wú kè (idiom) (when followed by 不[bu4]) at no time / never (Note: 無時無刻不|无时无刻不[wu2shi2-wu2ke4 bu4] therefore means "at no time not ...", i.e. "at all times".) / (when not followed by 不[bu4]) at all times / always syn
反映论 反映論 fǎn yìng lùn theory of reflection (in dialectic materialism), i.e. every perception reflects physical reality
红五类 紅五類 hóng wǔ lèi the “five red categories” (Cultural Revolution term), i.e. poor and lower-middle peasants, workers, revolutionary soldiers, revolutionary cadres, and revolutionary martyrs
三个世界 三個世界 sān gè shì jiè three worlds, i.e. Western capitalism, Soviet communism and the non-aligned countries
戴绿帽子 戴綠帽子 dài lǜ mào zi to have been cheated on by one's partner (formerly meant "to be a cuckold", i.e. applied to men only)
合体字 合體字 hé tǐ zì a Chinese character formed by combining existing elements - i.e. a combined ideogram 會意|会意 or radical plus phonetic 形聲|形声
双碳 雙碳 shuāng tàn "double carbon", i.e. peak carbon 碳達峰|碳达峰[tan4 da2 feng1] and carbon neutrality 碳中和[tan4 zhong1 he2] / China's double carbon policy, announced in 2020, which aims to reach peak carbon use by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060
红股 紅股 hóng gǔ (economics) bonus stock or share, i.e. share issued fully or partly paid to an existing shareholder in a company, generally on a pro rata basis
北竿乡 北竿鄉 běi gān xiāng Peikan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
三公经费 三公經費 sān gōng jīng fèi "three public expenditures" of the PRC government, i.e. air travel, food and entertainment, and public vehicles
士农工商 士農工商 shì nóng gōng shāng "the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
清末民初 qīng mò mín chū the late Qing and early Republic, i.e. China around 1911
生命带 生命帶 shēng mìng dài (neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt / (astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone
第五个现代化 第五個現代化 dì wǔ gè xiàn dài huà fifth modernization, i.e. democracy, cf Deng Xiaoping's 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] Four Modernizations 四個現代化|四个现代化[si4 ge5 xian4 dai4 hua4]
关外 關外 guān wài beyond the pass, i.e. the region north and east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关[Shan1 hai3 guan1] or the region west of Jiayu Pass 嘉峪關|嘉峪关[Jia1 yu4 guan1] or both
陈元光 陳元光 chén yuán guāng Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王|开漳圣王[Kai1 zhang1 sheng4 wang2], i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhang1 zhou1], Fujian
祭出 jì chū to brandish (a figurative weapon, i.e. some measure intended to deal with the situation) / to resort to (some tactic)
四民 sì mín "the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
舌尖音 shé jiān yīn apical consonant (produced with the tip of the tongue, i.e. d or t)
三个世界 三個世界 sān ge shì jiè the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America
双曲余割 雙曲餘割 shuāng qū yú gē hyperbolic cosecant, i.e. function cosech(x)
被和谐 被和諧 bèi hé xié to be "harmonized" i.e. censored
应卯 應卯 yìng mǎo to answer the roll call at 卯時|卯时[mao3 shi2], i.e. between 5 and 7 am / fig. to put in a conventional appearance
莒光乡 莒光鄉 jǔ guāng xiāng Chukuang township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
南竿乡 南竿鄉 nán gān xiāng Nankan or Nangan township in Lienchiang county 連江縣|连江县[Lian2 jiang1 xian4] i.e. the Matsu Islands, Taiwan
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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