"just for show" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
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
表现 表現 biǎo xiàn to show / to show off / to display / to manifest / expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior syn
作秀 zuò xiù to show off (loanword, from English "show") / to grandstand / to perform in a stage show
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
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
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
lín to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before syn
yóu as if / (just) like / just as / still / yet syn
(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)
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
表面的 biǎo miàn de superficial / just for show
素面朝天 sù miàn cháo tiān lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yang2 Gui4 fei1]) (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup / to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
表示 biǎo shì (of sb) to express / to state / to show / (of sth) to indicate / to signify / to show / expression / manifestation syn
节目 節目 jié mù (TV or radio) program / show / item / act / segment / number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3],項|项[xiang4],臺|台[tai2],套[tao4],檔|档[dang4] syn
车展 車展 chē zhǎn auto show / motor show
出示 chū shì to show / to take out and show to others / to display syn
捧场 捧場 pěng chǎng to show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending their show / to attend an event to cheer on the participants / to patronize a restaurant or store / to sing the praises of syn
示弱 shì ruò not to fight back / to take it lying down / to show weakness / to show one's softer side
走秀 zǒu xiù a fashion show / to walk the runway (in a fashion show)
露头 露頭 lòu tóu to show one's head / to give a sign to show one's presence syn
初露头角 初露頭角 chū lù tóu jiǎo lit. to first show one's horns (idiom) / fig. a first show of emerging talent / first sign of emerging talent / budding genius
加演 jiā yǎn to put on extra shows / to extend the run (of a show) / to include an additional element in a show
形于色 形於色 xíng yú sè to show one's feelings / to show it in one's face
露富 lòu fù to show one's wealth / to let one's wealth show
耍宝 耍寶 shuǎ bǎo to show off / to put on a show to amuse others
上菜秀 shàng cài xiù dinner show / dinner and floor show
出菜秀 chū cài xiù dinner show / dinner and floor show
变装秀 變裝秀 biàn zhuāng xiù drag show / cross-dressing show
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
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
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
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
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
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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