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站不住脚 站不住腳 zhàn bu zhù jiǎo ill-founded / groundless
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
生病 shēng bìng to fall ill syn
儒家 rú jiā Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
拘束 jū shù to restrict / to restrain / constrained / awkward / ill at ease / uncomfortable / reticent syn
中央党校 中央黨校 zhōng yāng dǎng xiào Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933
霉运 霉運 méi yùn ill luck / misfortune
作践 作踐 zuò jiàn to ill-use / to humiliate / to degrade / to ruin / also pr. [zuo2 jian4] syn
一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
新华社 新華社 xīn huá shè Xinhua News Agency, founded in 1931 as the press outlet of the Chinese Communist Party
不舒服 bù shū fu unwell / feeling ill / to feel uncomfortable / uneasy
腾讯 騰訊 téng xùn Tencent, Chinese tech conglomerate, founded in 1998
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
国美 國美 guó měi GOME, electronics chain founded in Beijing in 1987
不善 bù shàn bad / ill / not good at / not to be pooh-poohed / quite impressive syn
克星 剋星 kè xīng nemesis / bane / fated to be ill-matched
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
中山大学 中山大學 zhōng shān dà xué Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists
患病 huàn bìng to fall ill syn
北京青年报 北京青年報 běi jīng qīng nián bào Beijing Youth Daily, newspaper founded in 1949
宋楚瑜 sòng chǔ yú James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党
法轮功 法輪功 fǎ lún gōng Falun Gong (Chinese spiritual movement founded in 1992, regarded as a cult by the PRC government)
东吴 東吳 dōng wú Eastern Wu (222-280) / the southern state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权
病死 bìng sǐ to fall ill and die / to die of illness
油水 yóu shuǐ grease / profit / ill-gotten gains
国美电器 國美電器 guó měi diàn qì GOME Electrical Appliances (founded in Beijing, 1987)
罹患 lí huàn to suffer (from an illness) / to fall ill
命苦 mìng kǔ to be born under an ill star syn
得病 dé bìng to fall ill / to contract a disease syn
新军 新軍 xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895)
病倒 bìng dǎo to fall ill / to be stricken with an illness syn
濒危 瀕危 bīn wēi endangered (species) / in imminent danger / critically ill syn
病危 bìng wēi to be critically ill / to be terminally ill syn
大公报 大公報 dà gōng bào Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name / Ta Kung Pao, newspaper founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong
病重 bìng zhòng seriously ill syn
北魏 běi wèi Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
拘泥 jū nì to be a stickler for formalities / to rigidly adhere to / to cling to / constrained / ill at ease 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
吴国 吳國 wú guó Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods) / Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms
女真 nǚ zhēn Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] and Qing Dynasty
重蹈 chóng dǎo (fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised) syn
褒贬 褒貶 bāo biǎn to appraise / to pass judgment on / to speak ill of / praise and censure / appraisal syn
三联书店 三聯書店 sān lián shū diàn Joint Publishing, bookstore chain and publisher, founded in Hong Kong in 1948
横财 橫財 hèng cái easy money / windfall / ill-gotten gains / undeserved fortune / illegal profit syn
工人日报 工人日報 gōng rén rì bào Workers' Daily, Chinese newspaper founded in 1949
同盟会 同盟會 tóng méng huì Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912
芥蒂 jiè dì an obstruction / barrier / ill-feeling / grudge syn
分赃 分贓 fēn zāng to share the booty / to divide ill-gotten gains syn
不义之财 不義之財 bù yì zhī cái ill-gotten wealth or gains syn
危重 wēi zhòng critically ill syn
犯病 fàn bìng to fall ill syn
金朝 jīn cháo Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
金代 jīn dài Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), founded by the Jurchen 女真[Nu:3 zhen1] people of North China, a precursor of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
秦代 qín dài Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
墨家 mò jiā Mohist School of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), founded by the philosopher 墨子[Mo4 zi3]
凶兆 xiōng zhào ill omen 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
抱病 bào bìng to be ill / to be in poor health syn
忌口 jì kǒu abstain from certain food (as when ill) / avoid certain foods / be on a diet syn
弥留 彌留 mí liú seriously ill and about to die syn
危重病人 wēi zhòng bìng rén critically ill patient
恶感 惡感 è gǎn malice / ill will
卧病 臥病 wò bìng ill in bed / bed-ridden syn
bìng illness / CL:場|场[chang2] / disease / to fall ill / defect syn
射影 shè yǐng (geometry) projection / (Chinese mythology) creature that spits sand to make people ill
邓世昌 鄧世昌 dèng shì chāng Deng Shichang (1849-1894), Qing dynasty naval specialist, founded naval dockyards and two naval colleges, died heroically in action against the Japanese
救世军 救世軍 jiù shì jūn Salvation Army (protestant philanthropic organization founded in London in 1865)
粗率 cū shuài rough / coarse / crude / without due care / ill-considered syn
阴阳家 陰陽家 yīn yáng jiā School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍|邹衍[Zou1 Yan3] syn
兴中会 興中會 xīng zhōng huì Revive China Society, founded by Dr Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山 in 1894 in Honolulu
中国同盟会 中國同盟會 zhōng guó tóng méng huì Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912
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
bàng to slander / to defame / to speak ill of syn
心神不宁 心神不寧 xīn shén bù níng to feel ill at ease syn
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
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
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)
欠安 qiàn ān ill (euphemism) syn
受病 shòu bìng to fall ill syn
心神不安 xīn shén bù ān to feel ill at ease syn
博鳌亚洲论坛 博鰲亞洲論壇 bó áo yà zhōu lùn tán Boao Forum for Asia, founded in 2001
七十七国集团 七十七國集團 qī shí qī guó jí tuán Group of 77, loose alliance of developing countries, founded in 1964
燕京大学 燕京大學 yān jīng dà xué Yanjing or Yenching University, Christian university in Beijing founded in 1919
中国新民党 中國新民黨 zhōng guó xīn mín dǎng New Democracy Party of China, a short-lived party founded in 2007 by human rights activist Guo Quan, who was jailed in 2009
初设 初設 chū shè first founded
和记黄埔 和記黃埔 hé jì huáng pǔ Hutchison Whampoa (former investment holding company based in Hong Kong, founded in 1863, defunct in 2015)
唐招提寺 táng zhāo tí sì Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin 鑒真和尚|鉴真和尚 and his last resting place
国防语言学院 國防語言學院 guó fáng yǔ yán xué yuàn US Defense Language Institute (founded 1941)
政府大学院 政府大學院 zhèng fǔ dà xué yuàn the name of Academia Sinica 中央研究院[Zhong1 yang1 Yan2 jiu1 yuan4] when it was founded
新儒家 xīn rú jiā New Confucianism, a social and political movement founded in 1920s China that combines aspects of Western and Eastern philosophy / see also 當代新儒家|当代新儒家[Dang1 dai4 Xin1 Ru2 jia1]
新剧同志会 新劇同志會 xīn jù tóng zhì huì New Play Comrade Society, Chinese theatrical company founded in 1912, a continuation of the Spring Willow Society 春柳社[Chun1 liu3 she4]
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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