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"it is said" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
据称 據稱 jù chēng it is said / allegedly / according to reports / or so they say syn
据闻 據聞 jù wén it is said / it is alleged / it is reported
Chinese Pinyin Translation
下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn
到底 dào dǐ finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all / to the end / to the last syn
听说 聽說 tīng shuō to hear (sth said) / one hears (that) / hearsay / listening and speaking syn
究竟 jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter / after all / when all is said and done / (in an interrogative sentence) finally / outcome / result syn
无所谓 無所謂 wú suǒ wèi to be indifferent / not to matter / cannot be said to be syn
毕竟 畢竟 bì jìng after all / all in all / when all is said and done / in the final analysis syn
据说 據說 jù shuō it is said that / reportedly syn
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that ... (at the start of a narrative) / to discuss / to recount
可言 kě yán it may be said
终究 終究 zhōng jiū in the end / after all is said and done syn
可谓 可謂 kě wèi it could even be said
堪称 堪稱 kān chēng can be rated as / can be said to be
留步 liú bù (said by departing guest) no need to see me out
言外之意 yán wài zhī yì (idiom) unspoken implication / the actual meaning of what was said syn
气话 氣話 qì huà angry words / sth said in the moment of anger
玉兔 yù tù the Jade Hare (legendary rabbit said to live in the Moon) / the Moon syn
贤内助 賢內助 xián nèi zhù (said of sb else's wife) a good wife syn
谈何容易 談何容易 tán hé róng yì easier said than done (idiom) syn
听说过 聽說過 tīng shuō guo to hear said
闻言 聞言 wén yán to have heard what was said
不怎么样 不怎麼樣 bù zěn me yàng not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it syn
秦桧 秦檜 qín huì Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1]
列子 liè zǐ Lie Zi, Daoist author, said to be early Warring States period 戰國|战国[Zhan4 guo2] / Daoist text in eight chapters, said to be by Lie Zi, probably compiled during WeiJin times 魏晉|魏晋[Wei4 Jin4] (3rd century AD)
四不像 sì bù xiàng common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago
淫羊藿 yín yáng huò Epimedium, genus of herbaceous flowering plant, cultivated in the Far East as aphrodisiac / also called barrenwort or horny goatweed (said to resemble crushed goat's testicles)
茬 chá stubble (crop residue) / stubble (hair growth) / classifier for a batch of sth produced during a particular cycle: a crop / sth just said or mentioned syn
蟾 chán toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking) / (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon / (metonym) the moon
蜃 shèn giant clam / (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of buildings syn
蓬莱 蓬萊 péng lái (Chinese mythology) Penglai, one of three fabled islands in the Bohai sea, where immortals were said to live / (by extension) fairyland
恭敬不如从命 恭敬不如從命 gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom) / (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
归根结蒂 歸根結蒂 guī gēn jié dì ultimately / in the final analysis / after all / when all is said and done
满打满算 滿打滿算 mǎn dǎ mǎn suàn taking everything into account (idiom) / when all is said and done
九九归一 九九歸一 jiǔ jiǔ guī yī nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done
打边鼓 打邊鼓 dǎ biān gǔ to echo what sb said / to back sb up from the sidelines (in an argument)
知易行难 知易行難 zhī yì xíng nán easy to grasp but difficult to put into practice (idiom) / easier said than done
亃 lín mythical animal, said to have yellow body and white tail
隋炀帝 隋煬帝 suí yáng dì Emperor Yang of Sui (569-618), said to have murdered his father and brother to seize the throne, reigned 604-618
索国 索國 suǒ guó Somalia / Somaliland / (Tw) Solomon Islands / Suoguo, a state recorded in the Chinese historical texts, said to have been established by the ancestors of the Göktürks
乐经 樂經 yuè jīng Book of Music, said to be one of the Six Classics lost after Qin's burning of the books in 212 BC, but may simply refer to Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
一言既出，驷马难追 一言既出，駟馬難追 yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom) / a promise must be kept
介之推 jiè zhī tuī Jie Zhitui (7th century BC), legendary selfless subject of Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公[Jin4 Wen2 gong1], in whose honor the Qingming festival 清明[Qing1 ming2] (Pure brightness or tomb-sweeping festival) is said to have been initiated
周穆王 zhōu mù wáng King Mu, fifth king of Zhou, said to have lived to 105 and reigned 976-922 BC or 1001-947 BC, rich in associated mythology
宋慈 sòng cí Song Ci (1186-1249), author of "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" 洗冤集錄|洗冤集录[Xi3yuan1 Ji2lu4] (1247), said to be the world's first forensic science text
搭茬 dā chá to respond to what sb has just said
东坡肘子 東坡肘子 dōng pō zhǒu zi Dongpo pork shoulder, traditional dish said to have been created by Northern Song dynasty writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡
河殇 河殤 hé shāng River Elegy, influential 1988 CCTV documentary series, said to have stimulated the Beijing Spring democracy movement of 1980s
洗冤集录 洗冤集錄 xǐ yuān jí lù "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" (1247) by Song Ci 宋慈[Song4 Ci2], said to be the world's first forensic science text
箕子 jī zǐ Jizi, legendary sage from end of Shang dynasty (c. 1100 BC), said to have opposed the tyrant Zhou 紂|纣[Zhou4], then ruled ancient Korea in the Zhou 周[Zhou1] dynasty
见说 見說 jiàn shuō to hear what was said
说时迟，那时快 說時遲，那時快 shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài (idiom) no sooner said than done / before you know it
赛义迪 賽義迪 sài yì dí Said or Sayed (Arabic name)
适人 適人 shì rén (said of a woman) to marry (old)
锺繇 鍾繇 zhōng yáo Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷书
赑屃 贔屭 bì xì (literary) (Chinese mythology) creature resembling a turtle with the head of a dragon, said to be capable of bearing great loads, often carved as plinths for steles in former times / (literary) strenuous / exerting great force
钟繇 鍾繇 zhōng yáo Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷書|楷书[kai3 shu1]
承让 承讓 chéng ràng you let me win (said politely after winning a game)
五百年前是一家 wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
何不食肉糜 hé bù shí ròu mí lit. "Why don't they eat meat?" (said by Emperor Hui of Jin 晉惠帝|晋惠帝[Jin4 Hui4 di4] when told that his people didn't have enough rice to eat) / fig. (of people from higher class etc) to be oblivious to other people's plight
不是冤家不聚头 不是冤家不聚頭 bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu destiny will make enemies meet (idiom) / (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
神女有心，襄王无梦 神女有心，襄王無夢 shén nǚ yǒu xīn , xiāng wáng wú mèng lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom) / (said of a woman's unrequited love)
知无不言，言无不尽 知無不言，言無不盡 zhī wú bù yán , yán wú bù jìn lit. not hiding anything he knows, not stopping before he has said it through (idiom) / fig. frank / outspoken
北京瘫 北京癱 běi jīng tān "Beijing slouch", sitting posture said to be adopted esp. by Beijingers, popularized by 葛優|葛优[Ge3 You1]
抓哏 zhuā gén (of a comedian) to seize on something sb has just said or done to make an ad lib joke
山本头 山本頭 shān běn tóu (Tw) "Yamamoto haircut", similar to a butch cut, but with even length (no tapering on the sides and back), said to be named after Admiral Yamamoto 山本五十六[Shan1 ben3 Wu3 shi2 liu4]
说一千，道一万 說一千，道一萬 shuō yī qiān , dào yī wàn when all is said and done / at the end of the day
浑小子 渾小子 hún xiǎo zi (derog.) young hooligan (sometimes said in jest)
貌若潘安 mào ruò pān ān to have the looks of a Pan An 潘安[Pan1 An1] (referring to a historical figure said to be extremely handsome)
山精 shān jīng mountain spirit / monster or creature said to inhabit mountains
抛头露面 拋頭露面 pāo tóu lù miàn to put oneself out in the public eye (said of sb for whom doing so is deemed unseemly) syn
炮烙 páo luò form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire
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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