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"involved and tricky" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
绕绕 繞繞 rào rào twisting and turning / involved and tricky
Chinese Pinyin Translation
绕脖子 繞脖子 rào bó zi tricky / involved / to beat about the bush syn
涉事 shè shì to be involved in the matter (Example: 涉事三人[she4shi4 san1 ren2], the three people involved) / (archaic) to recount the events
盘根错节 盤根錯節 pán gēn cuò jié twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom) / complicated and very tricky / knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties syn
翻云覆雨 翻雲覆雨 fān yún fù yǔ to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom) / fig. to shift one's ground / tricky and inconstant / to make love
羊肠小道 羊腸小道 yáng cháng xiǎo dào road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom) / narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job syn
七弯八拐 七彎八拐 qī wān - bā guǎi (idiom) twisting and turning / (idiom) tricky and complicated
虚诈 虛詐 xū zhà tricky and hypocritical
油花 yóu huā grease or fat blobs at the surface of a liquid / tricky and dissolute
绝招 絕招 jué zhāo unique skill / unexpected tricky move (as a last resort) / masterstroke / finishing blow syn
刁钻 刁鑽 diāo zuān crafty / tricky syn
挠头 撓頭 náo tóu tricky / problematic / difficult / to scratch one's head (in puzzlement) syn
绕手 繞手 rào shǒu thorny issue / tricky case
唐宋八大家 táng sòng bā dà jiā Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[Liu3 Zong1 yuan2], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1], the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1], Wang Anshi 王安石[Wang2 An1 shi2], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[Zeng1 Gong3]
蒙恬 méng tián Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall
赖昌星 賴昌星 lài chāng xīng Lai Changxing (1958-), notorious Xiamen mafia boss involved in large scale corruption and smuggling, extradited from Canada back to China in 2008
约翰・霍金斯 約翰・霍金斯 yuē hàn · huò jīn sī John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain / Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist
约翰·霍金斯 約翰·霍金斯 yuē hàn · huò jīn sī John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain / Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist
唐宋八大家 táng - sòng bā dà jiā the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gu3wen2 yun4dong4], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[Liu3 Zong1yuan2], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1yang2 Xiu1], the three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1], Wang Anshi 王安石[Wang2 An1shi2], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[Zeng1 Gong3]
双方 雙方 shuāng fāng bilateral / both sides / both parties involved syn
伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle syn
当事人 當事人 dāng shì rén persons involved or implicated / party (to an affair) syn
介入 jiè rù to intervene / to get involved syn
复出 復出 fù chū to come back out of retirement / to get involved again after having withdrawn syn
第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn
卷入 捲入 juǎn rù to be drawn into / to be involved in syn
涉足 shè zú to set foot in / to step into / to become involved for the first time syn
涉案 shè àn (of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case
插手 chā shǒu to get involved in / to meddle / interference syn
过问 過問 guò wèn to show an interest in / to get involved with syn
有份 yǒu fèn to have a share of (responsibility etc) / to be concerned / to be involved
当事 當事 dāng shì to be in charge / to be confronted (with a matter) / involved (in some matter)
受累 shòu lěi to get dragged into / to get involved (on sb else's account) syn
事主 shì zhǔ victim (of a criminal) / party involved (in a dispute etc) / main instigator syn
搅和 攪和 jiǎo huo to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people) syn
参政 參政 cān zhèng to be involved in politics / participation in politics
机要 機要 jī yào (attributive) (of a person) involved in sensitive, confidential work / (of information) secret / classified syn
八国联军 八國聯軍 bā guó lián jūn Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900
掺和 摻和 chān huo to mix / to put together / to interfere in / to get involved in
涉险 涉險 shè xiǎn to take risks / involved in adventure
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
怕事 pà shì timid / to be afraid of getting involved / to be afraid of getting into trouble
难解难分 難解難分 nán jiě nán fēn hard to untie, hard to separate (idiom) / inextricably involved / locked in battle syn
兴师动众 興師動眾 xīng shī dòng zhòng to muster large forces / to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task) syn
错综 錯綜 cuò zōng intricate / complicated / tangled / involved / to synthesize syn
组胺 組胺 zǔ àn histamine (a biogenic amine involved in local immune responses)
赤眉 chì méi Red Eyebrows, rebel group involved in the overthrow of the Xin dynasty 新朝[Xin1 chao2]
项英 項英 xiàng yīng Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[Xin1 si4 jun1], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]
宋教仁 sòng jiào rén Song Jiaoren (1882-1913), politician of the revolutionary party involved in the 1911 Xinhai revolution, murdered in Shanghai in 1913
涉讼 涉訟 shè sòng to be involved in a lawsuit
当事国 當事國 dāng shì guó the countries involved
带累 帶累 dài lèi to get someone involved in one's trouble syn
带累 帶累 dài lěi to get sb involved in one's trouble / Taiwan pr. [dai4 lei4] syn
涉 shè (literary) to wade across a body of water / (bound form) to experience / to undergo / to be involved / to concern syn
厕 廁 cè (bound form) restroom / toilet / lavatory / (literary) to be mingled with / to be involved in syn
紊 wěn involved / tangled / disorderly / confused / chaotic / Taiwan pr. [wen4] syn
紊 wèn involved / tangled / disorderly / confused / chaotic / Taiwan pr. wen4 syn
旁观者清 旁觀者清 páng guān zhě qīng an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom) syn
置身事外 zhì shēn shì wài not to get involved / to stay out of it syn
婵媛 嬋媛 chán yuán (literary) (of a woman) graceful / (literary) to be interwoven / (literary) to be emotionally involved
外侧裂周区 外側裂周區 wài cè liè zhōu qū perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech
有关人士 有關人士 yǒu guān rén shì persons involved / those connected with (sth)
桓玄 huán xuán Huan Xuan (369-404), general involved in the break-up of Eastern Jin
三鹿集团 三鹿集團 sān lù jí tuán Sanlu Group, Chinese state-owned dairy products company involved in the 2008 melamine poisoning scandal
亚罗号 亞羅號 yà luó hào the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War)
伴侣号 伴侶號 bàn lǚ hào HMS Consort, Royal Navy destroyer involved in 1949 Amethyst incident on Changjiang
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved / ignore it! / don't have anything to do with (him, her etc) / don't speak to
卑之，毋甚高论 卑之，毋甚高論 bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression) / my humble point is a familiar opinion / what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
卑之，无甚高论 卑之，無甚高論 bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression) / my humble point is a familiar opinion / what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
博福斯 bó fú sī Bofors, Swedish arms company involved in major corruption case during 1980s
单方决定 單方決定 dān fāng jué dìng to decide without reference to other parties involved / unilateral decision
外侧裂週圍 外側裂周圍 wài cè liè zhōu wéi perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech
外鹜 外鶩 wài wù to get involved in things which are not one's business
大刀会 大刀會 dà dāo huì Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion
击剑者 擊劍者 jī jiàn zhě fencer (i.e. sportsman involved in fencing)
有关各方 有關各方 yǒu guān gè fāng all parties involved
溜边 溜邊 liū biān to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
溜边儿 溜邊兒 liū biān r to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / (fig.) to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
烟花债 煙花債 yān huā zhài involved in a love affair
当事者 當事者 dāng shì zhě the person involved / the people holding power syn
当局者迷，旁观者清 當局者迷，旁觀者清 dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng (idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved
碰磁人 pèng cí rén person involved in a currently widespread fraud in PRC called 碰磁, consisting of crashing cars then demanding compensation
紫石英号 紫石英號 zǐ shí yīng hào HMS Amethyst, Royal Navy corvette involved in a 1949 gunfight with the PLA on the Changjiang
酿酶 釀酶 niàng méi zymase (enzyme in yeast involved in fermentation)
外侧裂周围 外側裂周圍 wài cè liè zhōu wéi perisylvian (the part of the brain surrounding the lateral sulcus or Sylvian fissure), involved in speech
坑爹 kēng diē to get one's father involved in a difficult situation / (vulgar) (of sth that makes one feel misled or let down etc) to be a big disappointment
罗圈架 羅圈架 luó quān jià a quarrel in which third parties get involved
勾连 勾連 gōu lián to be linked together / to be involved with / to collude / interconnection / involvement / collusion syn
入戏 入戲 rù xì (of an actor) to inhabit one's role / to become the character / (of an audience) to get involved in the drama
皇帝不急太监急 皇帝不急太監急 huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom) / fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
双输 雙輸 shuāng shū lose-lose (situation) / (of the two sides involved) to both be disadvantaged
趟浑水 趟渾水 tāng hún shuǐ (fig.) to get involved in an unsavory enterprise
外骛 外騖 wài wù to get involved in things which are not one's business
入局 rù jú to enter the game / to get involved / to walk into a scam
冷眼旁观 冷眼旁觀 lěng yǎn - páng guān (idiom) to observe with an indifferent attitude / to be a bystander (usually referring to someone who could get involved but chooses not to) syn
置身事外 zhì shēn - shì wài (idiom) not to get involved / to stay out of it syn
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
沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn
诸子十家 諸子十家 zhū zǐ shí jiā various sages and ten schools of thought / refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others
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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