正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time) / just right / just enough / to happen to / to chance to / by chance / it just so happens that syn 够味 夠味 gòu wèi lit. just the right flavor / just right / just the thing / excellent 才然 纔然 cái rán just recently / just a moment ago / just now 凑合 湊合 còu he to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad syn 糟糕 zāo gāo too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad syn 好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad / good and bad / standard / quality / (coll.) very bad syn 刚刚 剛剛 gāng gang just recently / just a moment ago syn 恰到好处 恰到好處 qià dào hǎo chù it's just perfect / it's just right syn 正巧 zhèng qiǎo just by chance / to happen to (just at the right time) / opportune syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 当 當 dāng to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at syn 适值 適值 shì zhí just at that time / as it happens / by good luck, just then syn 临 臨 lín to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before syn 犹 猶 yóu as if / (just) like / just as / still / yet syn 甫 fǔ (classical) barely / just / just now syn 寥寥可数 寥寥可數 liáo liáo kě shǔ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / just a handful / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. syn 刚一 剛一 gāng yī to be just about to / to have just started to 适间 適間 shì jiān just now / just a moment ago 算老几 算老幾 suàn lǎo jǐ just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc) 难兄难弟 難兄難弟 nán xiōng nán dì lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom) / fig. one is just as bad as the other syn 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé jackals of the same tribe (idiom) / fig. They are all just as bad as each other. syn 不大离 不大離 bù dà lí pretty close / just about right / not bad / same as 差不多 也有今天 yě yǒu jīn tiān (coll.) to get one's just deserts / to serve sb right / to get one's share of (good or bad things) / every dog has its day 学坏 學壞 xué huài to follow bad examples / to be corrupted by bad examples 坏分子 壞份子 huài fèn zǐ bad element / bad egg / troublemaker syn 臭 chòu stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition) syn 染风习俗 染風習俗 rǎn fēng xí sú bad habits / to get into bad habits through long custom 牛鬼蛇神 niú guǐ shé shén evil monsters / (fig.) bad characters / (political) bad elements syn 报喜不报忧 報喜不報憂 bào xǐ bù bào yōu to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news / to sweep bad news under the carpet 一马勺坏一锅 一馬勺壞一鍋 yī mǎ sháo huài yī guō one ladle (of sth bad) spoils the (whole) pot (idiom) / one bad apple spoils the barrel 遇人不淑 yù rén - bù shū (idiom) to be in a relationship with or marry a bad person / (idiom) to associate with a bad person 就是 jiù shì exactly / precisely / only / simply / just / (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even / even if syn 只是 zhǐ shì merely / only / just / nothing but / simply / but / however syn 一样 一樣 yī yàng same / like / equal to / the same as / just like syn 不仅 不僅 bù jǐn not just / not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) syn 刚才 剛纔 gāng cái just now (variant of 剛才|刚才[gang1 cai2]) syn 便是 biàn shì (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as syn 只不过 祇不過 zhǐ bù guò it's just that ... syn 只不过 只不過 zhǐ bu guò only / merely / nothing but / no more than / it's just that ... syn 个别 個別 gè bié individually / one by one / just one or two / exceptional / rare syn 正如 zhèng rú just as / precisely as syn 万一 萬一 wàn yī just in case / if by any chance / contingency syn 正当 正當 zhèng dāng timely / just (when needed) syn 偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn 公正 gōng zhèng just / fair / equitable syn 刚好 剛好 gāng hǎo just / exactly / to happen to be syn 正义 正義 zhèng yì justice / righteousness / just / righteous syn 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is / exactly! 正要 zhèng yào to be just about to / to be on the point of syn 高低 gāo dī height / level / (music) pitch / relative superiority / propriety / discretion (usu. in the negative, e.g. 不知高低[bu4zhi1 gao1di1]) / no matter what / just / simply (will not ..., must ... etc) / at long last syn 这不 這不 zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact, ... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) 方才 fāng cái just now / then syn 恰恰 qià qià exactly / just / precisely syn 恰好 qià hǎo as it turns out / by lucky coincidence / (of number, time, size etc) just right syn 以防 yǐ fáng (so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case syn 宛如 wǎn rú to be just like syn 在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else) / just ...ing (and nothing else) 一二 yī èr one or two / a few / a little / just a bit syn 索性 suǒ xìng you might as well (do it) / simply / just syn 一如 yī rú to be just like 跟前 gēn qián the front (of) / (in) front / (in) sb's presence / just before (a date) syn 硬是 yìng shì just / simply / stubbornly / really syn 初来乍到 初來乍到 chū lái zhà dào to be a newcomer / just off the boat 光是 guāng shì solely / just syn 正值 zhèng zhí just at the time of / honest / upright / (math.) positive value syn 一如既往 yī rú jì wǎng just as in the past (idiom) / as before / continuing as always syn 只管 zhǐ guǎn solely engrossed in one thing / just (one thing, no need to worry about the rest) / simply / by all means / please feel free / do not hesitate (to ask for sth) syn 单单 單單 dān dān only / merely / just syn 花瓶 huā píng flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) syn 俨然 儼然 yǎn rán just like / solemn / dignified / neatly laid out syn 好比 hǎo bǐ to be just like / can be compared to syn 唯独 唯獨 wéi dú only / just (i.e. it is only that...) / all except / unique syn 敷衍 fū yǎn to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the classics) / perfunctory / to skimp / to botch / to do sth half-heartedly or just for show / barely enough to get by syn 理直气壮 理直氣壯 lǐ zhí qì zhuàng in the right and self-confident (idiom) / bold and confident with justice on one's side / to have the courage of one's convictions / just and forceful syn 正正 zhèng zhèng neat / orderly / just in time 有道 yǒu dào to have attained the Way / (of a government or a ruler) enlightened / wise and just 适才 適才 shì cái just now / a moment ago (often used in the early vernacular) syn 宛若 wǎn ruò to be just like syn 见义勇为 見義勇為 jiàn yì yǒng wéi to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects) / to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause syn 何止 hé zhǐ far more than / not just syn 恰恰相反 qià qià xiāng fǎn just the opposite syn 恰似 qià sì just like / exactly like syn 当儿 當兒 dāng r the very moment / just then / during (that brief interval) syn 曾几何时 曾幾何時 céng jǐ hé shí just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when.. syn 干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid / direct and to the point / simply / just / might as well syn 贪玩 貪玩 tān wán to only want to have a good time / to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline 寥寥无几 寥寥無幾 liáo liáo wú jǐ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. syn 临别 臨別 lín bié just before parting 就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn 指日可待 zhǐ rì kě dài imminent / just around the corner (idiom) syn 临阵 臨陣 lín zhèn just before the battle / to approach the front line 适逢 適逢 shì féng to just happen to coincide with syn 新丁 xīn dīng new addition to a family (i.e. a birth) / a boy who has just come of age / (in a job etc) newcomer / novice 不啻 bù chì just as / no less than / like (sth momentous) / as good as / tantamount to syn 恰如其分 qià rú qí fèn (idiom) appropriate / apt / just right syn 参半 參半 cān bàn half / half and half / both ... and ... / just as much ... as ... / equally syn 差强人意 差強人意 chā qiáng rén yì (idiom) just passable / barely satisfactory syn 当口 當口 dāng kǒu at that moment / just then 