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"like (sth momentous)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
不啻 bù chì just as / no less than / like (sth momentous) / as good as / tantamount to syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
Q Q cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc - foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / (loanword) to cue sb
成串 chéng chuàn to be lined up (like a chain of islands, a string of pearls etc) / to form a cluster (like a bunch of grapes) / to come one after the other (like a series of sighs)
同性相斥 tóng xìng xiāng chì like polarities repel each other / (fig.) like repels like
大潮 dà cháo spring tide / (fig.) momentous social change syn
岁月峥嵘 歲月崢嶸 suì yuè zhēng róng eventful years / momentous times
天摇地转 天搖地轉 tiān yáo dì zhuǎn lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves / momentous changes are underway (idiom)
炮响 砲響 pào xiǎng sound of gunfire / fig. news of momentous events
爱不释手 愛不釋手 ài bù shì shǒu (idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down / to find sth utterly irresistible syn
敲开 敲開 qiāo kāi to get sth open by tapping or striking it / (figuratively, when followed by sth like ∼的大門|∼的大门[xx5 de5 da4 men2]) to open the door to ~ / to gain access to ~ syn
让 讓 ràng to yield / to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) / by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4]) syn
闻上去 聞上去 wén shàng qù to smell of sth / to smell like sth
即可 jí kě equivalent to 就可以 / can then (do sth) / can immediately (do sth) / (do sth) and that will suffice
乐意 樂意 lè yì to be willing to do sth / to be ready to do sth / to be happy to do sth / content / satisfied syn
换取 換取 huàn qǔ to obtain (sth) in exchange / to exchange (sth) for (sth else)
改换 改換 gǎi huàn to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else) syn
塞给 塞給 sāi gěi to slip sb sth / to press sb to accept sth / to insert surreptitiously / to foist sth off on sb
异事 異事 yì shì sth else / a separate matter / not the same thing / with different jobs (not colleagues) / a remarkable thing / sth special / an odd thing / sth strange or incomprehensible
一样 一樣 yī yàng same / like / equal to / the same as / just like syn
闭合 閉合 bì hé to close by coming together (like the lips of a wound, the doors of an elevator, the walls of a channel) / to close by connecting in a loop (like a circuit) / closed-loop syn
恰似 qià sì just like / exactly like syn
雷厉风行 雷厲風行 léi lì fēng xíng pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom) / swift and decisive reaction syn
挥金如土 揮金如土 huī jīn rú tǔ lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom) / fig. to spend money like water / extravagant syn
心猿意马 心猿意馬 xīn yuán yì mǎ lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom) / fig. capricious (derog.) / to have ants in one's pants / hyperactive / adventurous and uncontrollable syn
鬼哭狼嚎 guǐ kū láng háo to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom) syn
杀人如麻 殺人如麻 shā rén rú má lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies syn
汗如雨下 hàn rú yǔ xià sweating like rain (idiom) / to perspire profusely / sweating like a pig syn
鸡鸣狗盗 雞鳴狗盜 jī míng gǒu dào crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom) / bag of tricks / useful talents syn
冰消瓦解 bīng xiāo wǎ jiě to melt like ice and break like tiles / to disintegrate / to dissolve syn
有其父必有其子 yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ like father, like son (idiom)
物以类聚 物以類聚 wù yǐ lèi jù similar things come together (idiom) / like draws like / Birds of a feather flock together.
蜗行牛步 蝸行牛步 wō xíng niú bù lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom) / fig. to move at a snail's pace / to make slow progress syn
做牛做马 做牛做馬 zuò niú zuò mǎ lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse / fig. to work extremely hard
同类相吸 同類相吸 tóng lèi xiāng xī Like attracts like.
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝 病來如山倒，病去如抽絲 bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom) / expect to convalesce slowly
虎父无犬子 虎父無犬子 hǔ fù wú quǎn zǐ lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific) / With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure to do well. / like father, like son
生物多样性大国联盟集团 生物多樣性大國聯盟集團 shēng wù duō yàng xìng dài guó lián méng jí tuán Group of Like-minded Megadiverse Countries / Like-minded Group
大国联盟集团 大國聯盟集團 dài guó lián méng jí tuán Group of Like-minded Megadiverse Countries / Like-minded Group
当牛作马 當牛作馬 dāng niú zuò mǎ to work like a horse and toil like an ox / fig. to slave for sb
○ líng character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) / variant of 〇[ling2] / character used in Taiwan as a substitute for a real name (like "X" in English) / variant of 〇[ling2]
从善如登，从恶如崩 從善如登，從惡如崩 cóng shàn rú dēng , cóng è rú bēng doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)
老子英雄儿好汉，老子反动儿混蛋 老子英雄兒好漢，老子反動兒混蛋 lǎo zi yīng xióng ér hǎo hàn , lǎo zi fǎn dòng ér hún dàn If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan) / fig. like father, like son
丈八蛇矛 zhàng bā shé máo ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
蛇矛 shé máo ancient spear-like weapon with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí jīng tūn lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale syn
杀人如麻 殺人如麻 shā rén - rú má lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies syn
蝇营狗苟 蠅營狗苟 yíng yíng - gǒu gǒu lit. to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom) / fig. to lead an undignified life / to resort to any means for personal gain syn
蚕食鲸吞 蠶食鯨吞 cán shí - jīng tūn lit. to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom) / fig. to seize (territory etc) incrementally or wholesale 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
有如 yǒu rú to be like sth / similar to / alike syn
懒得 懶得 lǎn dé not to feel like (doing sth) / disinclined to syn
航空母舰 航空母艦 háng kōng mǔ jiàn aircraft carrier (CL:艘[sou1]) / (coll.) (metaphor for sth huge, whale-like)
一窝蜂 一窩蜂 yī wō fēng like a swarm of bees / in droves (used to describe people flocking to do sth) syn
堆积如山 堆積如山 duī jī rú shān to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth syn
名实 名實 míng shí name and reality / how sth is portrayed and what it is actually like
爱 愛 ài to love / to be fond of / to like / affection / to be inclined (to do sth) / to tend to (happen) syn
络 絡 luò net-like object / to hold sth in place with a net / to wind / to twist / (TCM) channels in the human body syn
缨 纓 yīng tassel / sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc) / ribbon syn
硌 gè (coll.) (of sth hard or rough) to press against some part of one's body causing discomfort (like a small stone in one's shoe) / to hurt / to chafe syn
趋之若鹜 趨之若鶩 qū zhī ruò wù to rush like ducks (idiom) / the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
犹之乎 猶之乎 yóu zhī hū just like (sth)
谈资 談資 tán zī sth that people like to chat about / topic of idle conversation
如蛆附骨 rú qū fù gǔ lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom) / fig. fixed on sth / to cling on without letting go / to pester obstinately
一学就会 一學就會 yī xué jiù huì to pick up (a skill) in a very short time / to take to sth like a duck to water
懒得 懶得 lǎn de to not feel like (doing sth) / to be disinclined to syn
虎视眈眈 虎視眈眈 hǔ shì - dān dān lit. to fix one's eyes on sth like a tiger watching its prey (idiom) / fig. to eye covetously syn
那么着 那麼著 nà me zhe (do sth) that way / like that syn
作为 作為 zuò wéi one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be syn
保留 bǎo liú to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later syn
一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day syn
革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL:次[ci4] syn
加以 jiā yǐ in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn
有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth / to have sth on one's mind / there is something the matter
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
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
快要 kuài yào nearly at the point of (doing sth) / about to (do sth) syn
失落 shī luò to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
观赏 觀賞 guān shǎng to look at sth with pleasure / to watch (sth marvelous) / ornamental syn
不惜 bù xī not stint / not spare / not hesitate (to do sth) / not scruple (to do sth) syn
换成 換成 huàn chéng to exchange (sth) for (sth else) / to replace with / to convert into syn
不屑 bù xiè to disdain to do sth / to think sth not worth doing / to feel it beneath one's dignity syn
不服 bù fú not to accept sth / to want to have sth overruled or changed / to refuse to obey or comply / to refuse to accept as final / to remain unconvinced by / not to give in to syn
恨不得 hèn bu de wishing one could do sth / to hate to be unable / itching to do sth syn
自认 自認 zì rèn to believe (sth in relation to oneself) / to regard oneself as / to acknowledge (sth in relation to oneself) / to resign oneself to
不干 bù gàn unwilling to do sth / incapable of sth / to quit
协办 協辦 xié bàn to assist / to help sb do sth / to cooperate in doing sth syn
厌烦 厭煩 yàn fán bored / fed up with sth / sick of sth syn
接住 jiē zhù to catch (sth thrown etc) / to receive (sth given) / to accept
匮乏 匱乏 kuì fá to be deficient in sth / to be short of sth (supplies, money etc) syn
扑面 撲面 pū miàn lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils syn
修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken) / to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds syn
半边 半邊 bàn biān half of sth / one side of sth
费心 費心 fèi xīn to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth) / may I trouble you (to do sth) syn
善用 shàn yòng to be good at using (sth) / to put (sth) to good use syn
突显 突顯 tū xiǎn conspicuous / to make sth stand out / make sth prominent syn
名堂 míng tang item (in a program of entertainments) / trick (act of mischief) / worthwhile result / accomplishment / sth significant but not immediately apparent / sth more than meets the eye syn
明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight)
就着 就著 jiù zhe (eat sth) with (sth else) / taking advantage of / using
企盼 qǐ pàn to expect / to look forward to / anxious for sth / to hope (to get sth) syn
鸡肋 雞肋 jī lèi chicken ribs / sth of little value or interest / sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up / to be physically weak
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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