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"ironic remark" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
反话 反話 fǎn huà irony / ironic remark
Chinese Pinyin Translation
名言 míng yán saying / famous remark
脱口而出 脫口而出 tuō kǒu ér chū (idiom) to blurt out / to let slip (an indiscreet remark)
俏皮话 俏皮話 qiào pi huà witticism / wisecrack / sarcastic remark / double entendre
俏皮 qiào pi smart / charming / attractive / witty / facetious / ironic syn
改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn
题字 題字 tí zì to write an inscription (poem, remark, autograph etc) / an inscription
一言 yī yán one sentence / brief remark
乌鸦嘴 烏鴉嘴 wū yā zuǐ crow's beak / (fig.) person who makes an inauspicious remark
评注 評註 píng zhù to annotate / annotation / commentary / remark
派 pài (literary) tributary / branch of a river / clique / school / group / faction / (bound form) style / manner / to send (a person or resource) / to dispatch / to allocate (a resource or task) / to appoint (sb) / classifier for factions, groups etc / (preceded by 一[yi]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc / (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ) / the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... / (loanword) pie syn
亏 虧 kuī to lose (money) / to have a deficit / to be deficient / to treat unfairly / luckily / fortunately / thanks to / (used to introduce an ironic remark about sb who has fallen short of expectations) syn
评头论足 評頭論足 píng tóu lùn zú lit. to assess the head and discuss the feet (idiom) / minute criticism of a woman's appearance / fig. to find fault in minor details / to remark upon a person's appearance / nitpicking / overcritical / judgmental syn
梗 gěng branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) syn
怪话 怪話 guài huà ridiculous talk / preposterous remark syn
异说 異說 yì shuō different opinion / dissident view / absurd remark
谶语 讖語 chèn yǔ prophecy / prophetic remark
语惊四座 語驚四座 yǔ jīng sì zuò to make a remark that startles everyone present (idiom) / (of a remark) startling syn
好戏还在后头 好戲還在後頭 hǎo xì hái zài hòu tou the best part of the show is yet to come / (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come / you ain't seen nothin' yet
你真行 nǐ zhēn xíng you're incredible (often an ironic expression of vexation, but can also express approbation)
珠玉 zhū yù pearls and jades / jewels / clever remark / beautiful writing / gems of wisdom / genius / outstanding person
翻嘴 fān zuǐ to withdraw a remark / to quarrel
语失 語失 yǔ shī indiscreet remark / indiscretion / slip of the tongue
言者无意，听者有心 言者無意，聽者有心 yán zhě wú yì , tīng zhě yǒu xīn to take a casual remark to heart (idiom)
干话 幹話 gàn huà (Tw) (slang) remark that sounds like it makes sense but is actually nonsense
漏嘴 lòu zuǐ to make an indiscreet remark
暴论 暴論 bào lùn wild remark / outrageous statement (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 暴論 "bōron")
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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