锻炼 鍛煉 duàn liàn to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself syn 充电 充電 chōng diàn to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge 演技 yǎn jì acting / performing skills 粗话 粗話 cū huà vulgar language / coarse language syn 露一手 lòu yī shǒu to show off one's abilities / to exhibit one's skills syn 精炼 精煉 jīng liàn to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable syn 普通话 普通話 pǔ tōng huà Mandarin (common language) / Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language) / ordinary speech syn 母语 母語 mǔ yǔ native language / mother tongue / (linguistics) parent language 失传 失傳 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct syn 基本功 jī běn gōng basic skills / fundamentals syn 口语 口語 kǒu yǔ colloquial speech / spoken language / vernacular language / slander / gossip / CL:門|门[men2] 会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn 相加 xiāng jiā to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills) 功底 gōng dǐ training in the basic skills / knowledge of the fundamentals syn 登峰造极 登峰造極 dēng fēng zào jí to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements) syn 两手 兩手 liǎng shǒu one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise syn 尚武 shàng wǔ to promote a martial spirit / to revere military skills / warlike 道行 dào héng skills acquired through religious practice / (fig.) ability / skill / Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5] 厨艺 廚藝 chú yì cooking skills / culinary talent 基本技能 basic skills 粗口 cū kǒu swear words / obscene language / foul language 不学无术 不學無術 bù xué wú shù without learning or skills (idiom) / ignorant and incompetent syn 红客 紅客 hóng kè "honker", Chinese hacker motivated by patriotism, using one's skills to protect domestic networks and work in national interest 扁鹊 扁鵲 biǎn què 秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era 藏文 zàng wén Tibetan script / Tibetan written language / Tibetan language 三脚猫 三腳貓 sān jiǎo māo sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area) 面试技巧 miàn shì jì qiǎo interviewing skills 花拳绣腿 花拳繡腿 huā quán xiù tuǐ flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom) / highly embellished and ineffectual / fancy but impractical skills / all show and no go / pugilistic wankery 传艺 傳藝 chuán yì to impart skills / to pass on one's art 文饰 文飾 wén shì to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over syn 菜 cài vegetable / greens (CL:棵[ke1]) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]) / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor / (coll.) (one's) type syn 大放异彩 大放異彩 dà fàng yì cǎi to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment) / to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill 用武之地 yòng wǔ zhī dì ample scope for abilities / favorable position for the use of one's skills (idiom) 杂七杂八 雜七雜八 zá qī zá bā an assortment / a bit of everything / lots of different (skills) syn 宝刀不老 寶刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it syn 语料 語料 yǔ liào (linguistics) language material / language data 辩士 辯士 biàn shì eloquent person / person with rhetoric skills syn 英语 英語 yīng yǔ English (language) 语言 語言 yǔ yán language / CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3] syn 文 wén language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 syn 法语 法語 fǎ yǔ French (language) 西班牙语 西班牙語 xī bān yá yǔ Spanish language 文字 wén zì character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 英文 yīng wén English (language) 德语 德語 dé yǔ German (language) 俄语 俄語 é yǔ Russian (language) 脏话 髒話 zāng huà profanity / obscene language / speaking rudely syn 满嘴 滿嘴 mǎn zuǐ a full mouth of (sth physical) / to have the mouth exclusively filled with (a certain language, lies, promises etc) syn 中文 zhōng wén Chinese language syn 葡萄牙语 葡萄牙語 pú táo yá yǔ Portuguese (language) 日语 日語 rì yǔ Japanese language 拉丁语 拉丁語 lā dīng yǔ Latin (language) 词汇 詞彙 cí huì vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word syn 拉丁文 lā dīng wén Latin (language) 通用 tōng yòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable 切口 qiè kǒu slang / argot / private language used as secret code syn 腔调 腔調 qiāng diào a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement syn 外语 外語 wài yǔ foreign language / CL:門|门[men2] syn 手语 手語 shǒu yǔ sign language 隔阂 隔閡 gé hé misunderstanding / estrangement / (language etc) barrier syn 阿拉伯语 阿拉伯語 ā lā bó yǔ Arabic (language) 德文 dé wén German (language) 荷兰语 荷蘭語 hé lán yǔ Dutch (language) 比划 比劃 bǐ huà to gesture / to use sign language / to gesticulate / to engage in body combat or martial art / to come to blows syn 行话 行話 háng huà jargon / language of the trade 汉语 漢語 hàn yǔ Chinese language / CL:門|门[men2] syn 手舞足蹈 shǒu wǔ zú dǎo lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs syn 日文 rì wén Japanese (language) 法文 fǎ wén French language 语文 語文 yǔ wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject) 瑞典语 瑞典語 ruì diǎn yǔ Swedish (language) 俄文 é wén Russian language 白话 白話 bái huà spoken language / vernacular syn 简写 簡寫 jiǎn xiě to write characters in simplified form / the simplified form of a character / to abbreviate (a word or expression) / to write in simple language syn 古语 古語 gǔ yǔ ancient language / old expression syn 古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn 三生有幸 sān shēng yǒu xìng the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) / (courteous language) it's my good fortune... syn 词藻 詞藻 cí zǎo rhetoric / flowery language 秽语 穢語 huì yǔ obscene language 巴利 bā lì Pali, language of Theravad Pali canon / Barry (name) / Gareth Barry (1981-), English footballer 外文 wài wén foreign language (written) syn 复读 復讀 fù dú (of an audio device) to repeat a recorded phrase (e.g. for language learning) syn 语系 語系 yǔ xì language family 中古 zhōng gǔ medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand 粤语 粵語 yuè yǔ Cantonese language 泰语 泰語 tài yǔ Thai (language) 韩文 韓文 hán wén hangul, Korean phonetic alphabet / Korean written language 单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn 汉文 漢文 hàn wén Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad 国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn 中国话 中國話 zhōng guó huà (spoken) Chinese language 官话 官話 guān huà "officialese" / bureaucratic language / Mandarin syn 语种 語種 yǔ zhòng language type (in a classification) 外国语 外國語 wài guó yǔ foreign language syn 语感 語感 yǔ gǎn instinctive feel for the language 藏语 藏語 zàng yǔ Tibetan language 辞令 辭令 cí lìng polite speech / diplomatic language / rhetoric syn 隐语 隱語 yǐn yǔ secret language / codeword syn 中文版 zhōng wén bǎn Chinese (language) version 