"ill (euphemism)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
欠安 qiàn ān ill (euphemism) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) syn
方便 fāng biàn convenient / suitable / to facilitate / to make things easy / having money to spare / (euphemism) to relieve oneself syn
生病 shēng bìng to fall ill syn
老二 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis syn
和谐 和諧 hé xié harmonious / harmony / (euphemism) to censor syn
更衣室 gēng yī shì change room / dressing room / locker room / (euphemism) toilet syn
小便 xiǎo biàn urine / to urinate / (euphemism) penis or vulva syn
上天 shàng tiān Heaven / Providence / God / the sky above / to fly skywards / (euphemism) to die / to pass away / the previous day (or days) syn
人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn
得病 dé bìng to fall ill / to contract a disease syn
拘束 jū shù to restrict / to restrain / constrained / awkward / ill at ease / uncomfortable / reticent syn
发病 發病 fā bìng (of an illness) to occur / (of a person) to get sick / to fall ill / onset (of a medical condition) syn
恶感 惡感 è gǎn malice / ill will
病倒 bìng dǎo to fall ill / to be stricken with an illness syn
长眠 長眠 cháng mián (euphemism) to rest eternally / to lie buried in (one's final resting place) syn
克星 剋星 kè xīng nemesis / bane / fated to be ill-matched
患病 huàn bìng to fall ill syn
作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) syn
下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn
例假 lì jià legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period
回扣 huí kòu brokerage / a commission paid to a middleman / euphemism for a bribe / a kickback syn
油水 yóu shuǐ grease / profit / ill-gotten gains
更衣 gēng yī to change clothes / to go to the toilet (euphemism) syn
拘泥 jū nì to be a stickler for formalities / to rigidly adhere to / to cling to / constrained / ill at ease syn
不善 bù shàn bad / ill / not good at / not to be pooh-poohed / quite impressive syn
濒危 瀕危 bīn wēi endangered (species) / in imminent danger / critically ill syn
归西 歸西 guī xī to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise) syn
横财 橫財 hèng cái easy money / windfall / ill-gotten gains / undeserved fortune / illegal profit syn
犯病 fàn bìng to fall ill syn
病危 bìng wēi to be critically ill / to be terminally ill syn
辞世 辭世 cí shì to die / to depart this life (euphemism) / same as 去世 syn
弥留 彌留 mí liú seriously ill and about to die syn
分赃 分贓 fēn zāng to share the booty / to divide ill-gotten gains syn
凶兆 xiōng zhào ill omen syn
不义之财 不義之財 bù yì zhī cái ill-gotten wealth or gains syn
命苦 mìng kǔ to be born under an ill star syn
凶多吉少 兇多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious / everything points to disaster syn
芥蒂 jiè dì an obstruction / barrier / ill-feeling / grudge syn
茅房 máo fáng toilet (rural euphemism) / thatched hut or house syn
卧病 臥病 wò bìng ill in bed / bed-ridden syn
危重 wēi zhòng critically ill syn
褒贬 褒貶 bāo biǎn to appraise / to pass judgment on / to speak ill of / praise and censure / appraisal syn
忌口 jì kǒu abstain from certain food (as when ill) / avoid certain foods / be on a diet syn
富态 富態 fù tai (euphemism) stout / portly
离休 離休 lí xiū to retire / to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres) syn
一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
抱病 bào bìng to be ill / to be in poor health syn
不在 bù zài not to be present / to be out / (euphemism) to pass away / to be deceased
不舒服 bù shū fu unwell / feeling ill / to feel uncomfortable / uneasy
有病 yǒu bìng to be ill / (coll.) to be not right in the head syn
不自在 bù zì zai uneasy / ill at ease
病死 bìng sǐ to fall ill and die / to die of illness
罹患 lí huàn to suffer (from an illness) / to fall ill
病重 bìng zhòng seriously ill syn
重蹈 chóng dǎo (fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised) syn
霉运 霉運 méi yùn ill luck / misfortune
行房 xíng fáng euphemism for sexual intercourse / to go to bed with sb syn
作践 作踐 zuò jiàn to ill-use / to humiliate / to degrade / to ruin / also pr. [zuo2 jian4] syn
出恭 chū gōng to defecate (euphemism) / to go to the toilet syn
积劳成疾 積勞成疾 jī láo chéng jí to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom) / to fall ill from constant overwork syn
大姨妈 大姨媽 dà yí mā mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) / (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)
危重病人 wēi zhòng bìng rén critically ill patient
bìng illness / CL:場|场[chang2] / disease / to fall ill / defect syn
nào noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke syn
心神不宁 心神不寧 xīn shén bù níng to feel ill at ease syn
射影 shè yǐng (geometry) projection / (Chinese mythology) creature that spits sand to make people ill
粗率 cū shuài rough / coarse / crude / without due care / ill-considered syn
bàng to slander / to defame / to speak ill of syn
招魂 zhāo hún to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill / (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc)
孤陋寡闻 孤陋寡聞 gū lòu guǎ wén ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded syn
局促不安 jú cù bù ān ill at ease / uncomfortable syn
一念之差 yī niàn zhī chā momentary slip / false step / ill-considered action syn
受病 shòu bìng to fall ill syn
心神不安 xīn shén bù ān to feel ill at ease syn
断袖之癖 斷袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
病急乱投医 病急亂投醫 bìng jí luàn tóu yī lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom) / fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis
塞翁失马 塞翁失馬 sài wēng shī mǎ lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
塞翁失马安知非福 塞翁失馬安知非福 sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good / also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
救焚益薪 jiù fén yì xīn add firewood to put out the flames (idiom) / fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse / to add fuel to the fire
流年不利 liú nián bù lì the year's horoscope augurs ill (idiom) / an unlucky year
贫病交加 貧病交加 pín bìng jiāo jiā poverty compounded by ill health (idiom) syn
塞翁失马焉知非福 塞翁失馬焉知非福 sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
北叟失马 北叟失馬 běi sǒu shī mǎ lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
违和 違和 wéi hé unwell / indisposed / out of sorts / euphemism or honorific for ill
委婉语 委婉語 wěi wǎn yǔ euphemism
另觅新欢 另覓新歡 lìng mì xīn huān to seek happiness elsewhere (euphemism for extramarital sex) / a bit on the side
她经济 她經濟 tā jīng jì "she-economy" reflecting women's economic contribution / euphemism for prostitution-based economy
委婉词 委婉詞 wěi wǎn cí euphemism
婉称 婉稱 wǎn chēng euphemism (tactful expression for sth unpleasant such as death)
婉词 婉詞 wǎn cí euphemism
讳称 諱稱 huì chēng euphemism / word used to avoid a taboo reference
阿堵物 ē dǔ wù (literary) (euphemism) money (literally, "this thing")
岛国动作片 島國動作片 dǎo guó dòng zuò piàn euphemism for Japanese porn movie
附带损害 附帶損害 fù dài sǔn hài collateral damage (both as a legal term, and as a military euphemism)
结恭 結恭 jié gōng to be constipated (euphemism)
先走一步 xiān zǒu yī bù to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself) / (euphemism) to predecease / to die first (e.g. before one's spouse)
定点茶 定點茶 dìng diǎn chá (Tw) (euphemism) prostitute service at a massage parlor or other place designated by the service provider
病包儿 病包兒 bìng bāo r a person who is always falling ill / chronic invalid syn
guǎn ill-looking
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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