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"landlord (old usage)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
员外 員外 yuán wài landlord (old usage) syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
好容易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy syn
约定俗成 約定俗成 yuē dìng sú chéng established by popular usage (idiom) / common usage agreement / customary convention syn
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
老账 老賬 lǎo zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
安人 ān rén to pacify the people / landlady (old) / wife of 員外|员外[yuan2 wai4], landlord
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
沿用 yán yòng to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage syn
照准 照準 zhào zhǔn request granted (formal usage in old document) / to aim (gun) syn
国务总理 國務總理 guó wù zǒng lǐ minister of state (old usage)
嫠节 嫠節 lí jié chastity of a widow (old usage)
孀闺 孀閨 shuāng guī a widow's chamber (old usage)
未冠 wèi guān minor (old usage, person under 20)
未成冠 wèi chéng guān minor (old usage, person under 20)
鼓箧 鼓篋 gǔ qiè beginning-school ceremony (old usage) / classical learning
楼主 樓主 lóu zhǔ original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional)
大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn
房东 房東 fáng dōng landlord syn
地主 dì zhǔ landlord / landowner / host syn
斗地主 鬥地主 dòu dì zhǔ dou dizhu ("fight the landlord") (card game)
房主 fáng zhǔ landlord / house owner syn
东家 東家 dōng jiā master (i.e. employer) / landlord / boss syn
分租 fēn zū (of a landlord) to rent out one or more parts of a property / (of a tenant) to sublet one or more parts of a property / (agriculture) sharecropping
富户 富戶 fù hù rich family / large landlord syn
东 東 dōng east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord syn
庄 莊 zhuāng farmstead / village / manor / place of business / banker (in a gambling game) / grave or solemn / holdings of a landlord (in imperial China) syn
佃 diàn to rent farmland from a landlord syn
土财主 土財主 tǔ cái zhǔ local wealthy landlord / country money-bags / rich provincial
地主阶级 地主階級 dì zhǔ jiē jí the landlord class
庄稼户 莊稼戶 zhuāng jia hù wealthy farmer / landlord
教师爷 教師爺 jiào shī yé master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house / (fig.) sb who arrogantly and condescendingly lectures others
劣绅 劣紳 liè shēn evil gentry / wicked landlord syn
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
童叟无欺 童叟無欺 tóng sǒu wú qī cheating neither old nor young (idiom) / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
翻老账 翻老賬 fān lǎo zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
翻旧账 翻舊賬 fān jiù zhàng to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds
老少无欺 老少無欺 lǎo shào wú qī cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. syn
旧病复发 舊病復發 jiù bìng fù fā old illness recurs (idiom) / a relapse / fig. to repeat an old error / the same old problem syn
常用 cháng yòng in common usage
业绩 業績 yè jì achievement / accomplishment / (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc) / results syn
用法 yòng fǎ usage
武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
使用权 使用權 shǐ yòng quán usage rights
用量 yòng liàng quantity used / usage / consumption / dose
西服 xī fú suit / Western-style clothes (historical usage) syn
小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn
用词 用詞 yòng cí usage (of a term) / wording / phrasing
使用率 usage factor
个体户 個體戶 gè tǐ hù self-employed / a private firm (PRC usage) syn
使用量 shǐ yòng liàng volume of use / usage amount
名目 míng mù name / designation / item / rubric / (formal usage) fame syn
惯用语 慣用語 guàn yòng yǔ commonly used phrase / idiom / colloquial usage
全球变暖 全球變暖 quán qiú biàn nuǎn global warming (PRC usage) / written 全球暖化 in Taiwan
不标准 不標準 bù biāo zhǔn nonstandard / incorrect / (of one's speech) poor / woeful (not in keeping with correct pronunciation or usage)
使用数量 使用數量 shǐ yòng shù liàng usage (i.e. extent of use)
全球暖化 quán qiú nuǎn huà global warming (Taiwan and Hong Kong usage) / written 全球變暖|全球变暖 in PRC
国务长官 國務長官 guó wù zhǎng guān secretary of state (esp. historical, or Japanese or Korean usage)
心影儿 心影兒 xīn yǐng ér (Taiwan usage) child in need of help (orphaned, abandoned, abused etc)
戴奥辛 戴奧辛 dài ào xīn dioxin, carcinogenic heterocyclic hydrocarbon (esp. Taiwan usage)
正用 zhèng yòng correct usage
相沿成习 相沿成習 xiāng yán chéng xí well established / accepted as a result of long usage syn
雪柜 雪櫃 xuě guì icebox / refrigerator (Hong Kong usage)
韩半岛 韓半島 hán bàn dǎo Korean peninsula (esp. South Korean usage)
吃到饱 吃到飽 chī dào bǎo (Tw) all-you-can-eat (food) / (fig.) unlimited usage (digital services etc)
国际数字保密商务通用法 General Usage for International Digitally Ensured Commerce
国家频谱使用表 國家頻譜使用表 national spectrum usage table
使用报告 使用報告 usage report
核可的特派团因数 核可的特派團因數 mission-approved factor / mission-related factor / mission usage factor / mission factor
特派团使用因数 特派團使用因數 mission-approved factor / mission-related factor / mission usage factor / mission factor
错峰 錯峰 cuò fēng to stagger usage to ameliorate peak load
活学活用 活學活用 huó xué huó yòng to creatively combine learning with usage / to learn and apply pragmatically
欧巴 歐巴 ōu bā (female usage) older brother (loanword from Korean "oppa") / male friend
欧尼 歐尼 ōu ní (female usage) older sister (loanword from Korean "eonni")
BM B M Brandy Melville, fashion brand known for clothes targeted at very slim young women / (generic usage) fashions for petite young women
伪命题 偽命題 wěi mìng tí false proposition / fundamentally flawed notion / (in popular usage, can also refer to anything based on a flawed notion, such as a false dichotomy or a question that starts with a false premise)
省流 shěng liú to conserve mobile data / to minimize mobile data usage (abbr. for 省流量[sheng3 liu2 liang4])
一众 一眾 yī zhòng a group of people / a whole group (esp. in formal or journalistic usage)
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn
古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn
老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn
老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn
老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn
古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn
食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn
白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn
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
寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn
老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age syn
解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) 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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