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"late afternoon" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
晚半天儿 晚半天兒 wǎn ban tiān r late afternoon
Chinese Pinyin Translation
先 xiān beforehand / first / earlier / at first / originally / for the time being / for now / (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) syn
下午 xià wǔ afternoon / CL:個|个[ge4] / p.m. syn
迟到 遲到 chí dào to arrive late syn
晚点 晚點 wǎn diǎn (of trains etc) late / delayed / behind schedule / light dinner syn
前妻 qián qī ex-wife / late wife syn
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth) syn
深夜 shēn yè very late at night syn
熬夜 áo yè to stay up late or all night
已故 yǐ gù the late / deceased syn
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
后期 後期 hòu qī late stage / later period syn
午后 午後 wǔ hòu afternoon syn
先后 先後 xiān hòu early or late / first and last / priority / in succession / one after another syn
趁早 chèn zǎo as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late syn
不及 bù jí to fall short of / not as good as / too late syn
午觉 午覺 wǔ jiào siesta / afternoon nap
亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 wáng yáng bǔ láo lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom) / fig. to act belatedly / better late than never / to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted syn
启蒙 啟蒙 qǐ méng to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty syn
先人 xiān rén ancestor / forefather / sb's late father syn
半夜三更 bàn yè sān gēng in the depth of night / late at night syn
迟迟 遲遲 chí chí late (with a task etc) / slow syn
误诊 誤診 wù zhěn to misdiagnose / to be late in giving medical treatment
赶不及 趕不及 gǎn bù jí not enough time (to do sth) / too late (to do sth) syn
开夜车 開夜車 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night syn
后来居上 後來居上 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom) / the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation / the pupil surpasses the master syn
先父 xiān fù deceased father / my late father syn
误点 誤點 wù diǎn not on time / late (public transport, airlines) / overdue / behind schedule / delayed syn
月末 yuè mò end of month / late in the month syn
滞纳金 滯納金 zhì nà jīn overdue fine / late fine
赶早 趕早 gǎn zǎo as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late syn
姗姗来迟 姍姍來遲 shān shān lái chí to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming syn
教案 jiào àn lesson plan / teaching plan / a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing)
梅雨 méi yǔ East Asian rainy season (in late spring and early summer) syn
消夜 xiāo yè nighttime snack / late-night supper syn
起早贪黑 起早貪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late syn
风烛残年 風燭殘年 fēng zhú cán nián one's late days / to have one foot in the grave syn
深秋 shēn qiū late autumn syn
小春 xiǎo chūn 10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn syn
误工 誤工 wù gōng to be late for or absent from work / to disrupt one's work / to cause a holdup in the work / loss of working time / a holdup syn
去年底 qù nián dǐ late last year / the end of last year
佛爷 佛爺 fó ye Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] syn
三民主义 三民主義 sān mín zhǔ yì Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)
夜阑人静 夜闌人靜 yè lán rén jìng the still of the night (idiom) / late at night syn
迟了 遲了 chí le late
特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
无厘头 無厘頭 wú lí tóu silly talk or "mo lei tau" (Cantonese), genre of humor emerging from Hong Kong late in the 20th century
清末 qīng mò the final years of the Qing dynasty 清朝[Qing1 chao2] / late Qing
袁绍 袁紹 yuán shào Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord
宵夜 xiāo yè midnight snack / late-night snack
明末 míng mò late Ming / first half of the 17th century
袁世凯 袁世凱 yuán shì kǎi Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
晚清 wǎn qīng the late Qing / late 19th and early 20th century China
三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè in the depth of the night / very late at night syn
反清 fǎn qīng anti-Qing / refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4]
张角 張角 zhāng jué Zhang Jue (-184), leader of the Yellow turban rebels during the late Han
西学 西學 xī xué Western learning (intellectual movement in the late Qing) / also called 洋務運動|洋务运动
下午好 xià wǔ hǎo (greeting) good afternoon
王世充 wáng shì chōng Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang
黄巢 黃巢 huáng cháo Huang Chao (-884), leader of peasant uprising 875-884 in late Tang
闯王 闖王 chuǎng wáng Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645)
张之洞 張之洞 zhāng zhī dòng Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing
张宝 張寶 zhāng bǎo Zhang Bao (-184), leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han 漢朝|汉朝[Han4 chao2]
热干面 熱乾面 rè gān miàn noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
张献忠 張獻忠 zhāng xiàn zhōng Zhang Xianzhong (1606-1647), leader of a late-Ming peasant revolt
晚育 wǎn yù late childbirth / to have a child at a later age
郑玄 鄭玄 zhèng xuán Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar
顾炎武 顧炎武 gù yán wǔ Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录
三伏 sān fú the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August syn
李渔 李漁 lǐ yú Li Yu (1611-c. 1680), late Ming and early Qing writer and dramatist
中伏 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year syn
李贽 李贄 lǐ zhì Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer
格致 格緻 gé zhì to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知[ge2 wu4 zhi4 zhi1]) / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
格物 gé wù to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2] / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
生米煮成熟饭 生米煮成熟飯 shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn the rice is cooked / what's done is done / it's too late to change anything now (idiom) syn
冯梦龙 馮夢龍 féng mèng lóng Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说[Gu3 jin1 Xiao3 shuo1]
末流 mò liú late degenerate stage syn
晚 wǎn evening / night / late syn
迟 遲 chí late / delayed / slow syn
肝 gān liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy syn
为时已晚 為時已晚 wéi shí yǐ wǎn already too late syn
时至今日 時至今日 shí zhì jīn rì (idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour syn
后悔莫及 後悔莫及 hòu huǐ mò jí too late for regrets (idiom) / It is useless to repent after the event. syn
阑 闌 lán railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late syn
晏 yàn late / quiet syn
午安 wǔ ān Good afternoon! / Hello (daytime greeting)
洋务派 洋務派 yáng wù pài the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing
晚近 wǎn jìn most recent in the past / recent / late / recently
威海卫 威海衛 wēi hǎi wèi Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
张岱 張岱 zhāng dài Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
着忙 著忙 zháo máng to rush / in a hurry / to worry about being late syn
过时不候 過時不候 guò shí bù hòu being late is not acceptable (idiom)
哥老会 哥老會 gē lǎo huì late-Qing underground resistance movement against the Qing dynasty
以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom) / let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties) / Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
夜阑珊 夜闌珊 yè lán shān late at night
夤 yín late at night
昃 zè afternoon / decline
追悔莫及 zhuī huǐ mò jí too late for regrets (idiom) / It is useless to repent after the event. syn
早出晚归 早出晚歸 zǎo chū wǎn guī to leave early and return late (idiom) syn
陈仁锡 陳仁錫 chén rén xī Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author
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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