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"lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
甩手掌柜 甩手掌櫃 shuǎi shǒu zhǎng guì lit. arm-flinging shopkeeper / fig. sb who asks others to work but does nothing himself syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
试验组 試驗組 shì yàn zǔ trial arm / study arm / arm
膀子 bǎng zi upper arm / arm / wing syn
膀臂 bǎng bì upper arm / arm / reliable helper / right-hand man syn
肱 gōng upper arm / arm syn
交臂 jiāo bì linking arms / arm in arm / very close
唱臂 chàng bì tone-arm (tracking arm of gramophone)
重臂 zhòng bì actuator (arm of a lever) / lever / actuating arm
治疗组 zhì liáo zǔ intervention arm / treatment group / treatment arm
掌柜 掌櫃 zhǎng guì shopkeeper syn
零售商 líng shòu shāng retailer / shopkeeper / retail merchant
店家 diàn jiā (old) shopkeeper / innkeeper / (dialect) shop / store syn
行头 行頭 háng tóu team leader (archaic) / shopkeeper (archaic) syn
坐商 zuò shāng tradesman / shopkeeper
天网恢恢 天網恢恢 tiān wǎng huī huī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law syn
曲肱而枕 qū gōng ér zhěn lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom) / fig. content with simple things
天网恢恢，疏而不失 天網恢恢，疏而不失 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
天网恢恢，疏而不漏 天網恢恢，疏而不漏 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
武装 武裝 wǔ zhuāng arms / equipment / to arm / military / armed (forces) syn
手臂 shǒu bì arm / helper syn
胳膊 gē bo arm / CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],雙|双[shuang1] syn
比试 比試 bǐ shì to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring syn
搀扶 攙扶 chān fú to lend an arm to support sb syn
法网 法網 fǎ wǎng the net of justice / the long arm of the law syn
臂膀 bì bǎng arm syn
臂弯 臂彎 bì wān crook of the arm
胳臂 gē bei arm / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / also pr. [ge1 bi4] syn
上臂 shàng bì upper arm syn
合抱 hé bào to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk) syn
动粗 動粗 dòng cū to use violence (against sb) / to strong-arm sb / to manhandle
摇臂 搖臂 yáo bì rocker arm
甩动 甩動 shuǎi dòng to shake / to fling one's arm / to lash / to swing
拉拉扯扯 lā lā chě chě to tug at / to pull at sb aggressively / to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way / (derog.) to hobnob / to consort syn
不即不离 不即不離 bù jí bù lí to be neither too familiar nor too distant / to keep sb at arm's length syn
秤杆 秤桿 chèng gǎn the beam of a steelyard / a balance arm
力臂 lì bì lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force)
臂 bì arm syn
膊 bó shoulder / upper arm syn
腕 wàn wrist / (squid, starfish etc) arm syn
挟 挾 xié (bound form) to clasp under the arm / (bound form) to coerce / (bound form) to harbor (resentment etc) / Taiwan pr. [xia2] syn
搀 攙 chān to take by the arm and assist / to mix / to blend / to dilute / to adulterate syn
掖 yè to support by the arm / to help / to promote / at the side / also pr. [yi4] syn
挎 kuà to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)
如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ as the arm moves the finger (idiom) / freely and effortlessly / to have perfect command of syn
韝 gōu archer's arm guard
实肘 實肘 shí zhǒu full arm (method of painting)
人马臂 人馬臂 rén mǎ bì Sagittarius spiral arm (of our galaxy)
刑网 刑網 xíng wǎng legal net / the long arm of the law
徒手搏击 徒手搏擊 tú shǒu bó jī arm wrestling
旋臂 xuán bì spiral arm
猎户臂 獵戶臂 liè hù bì Orion spiral arm or local spur of our galaxy (containing our solar system)
肐膊 gē bó arm
肱三头肌 肱三頭肌 gōng sān tóu jī triceps brachii (back of the upper arm)
英仙臂 yīng xiān bì Perseus spiral arm (of our galaxy)
袒免 tǎn miǎn to bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow
诺格 諾格 nuò gé Northrop Grumman (aerospace arm of Boeing)
转矩臂 轉矩臂 zhuàn jǔ bì torque arm
难逃法网 難逃法網 nán táo fǎ wǎng It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law / the long arm of the law
花臂 huā bì tattoo-covered arm / tattoo sleeve
安慰剂治疗组 ān wèi jì zhì liáo zǔ placebo arm / placebo-assigned group / placebo-treated group
非正常交易 non-arm's length transaction
正常交易原则 正常交易原則 arm's length principle
正常交易 arm's-length transaction
随身武器 隨身武器 side arm
古董小武器 antique small arm
顺拐 順拐 shùn guǎi to swing the arm and leg on the same side of the body together while walking
强心针 強心針 qiáng xīn zhēn heart-strengthening shot / fig. a shot in the arm
掰手腕 bāi shǒu wàn arm wrestling
掰腕子 bāi wàn zi arm wrestling
比腕力 bǐ wàn lì arm wrestling (Tw)
三角巾 sān jiǎo jīn sling (for a wounded arm)
臂膊 bì bó arm syn
百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医 百勝難慮敵，三折乃良醫 bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī (a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes
㧟 擓 kuǎi (dialect) to scratch (an itch) / to carry on the arm / to scoop up / Taiwan pr. [kuai1]
臂力 bì lì arm strength
臂展 bì zhǎn arm span
Ｋ书 Ｋ書 K shū to cram (Taiwan, from Taiwanese khè su 齧書, lit. to gnaw a book) / to study / see also 啃書|啃书[ken3 shu1] / (Tw) to cram (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè su], lit. to gnaw a book) / to study / see also 啃書|啃书[ken3 shu1]
目光 mù guāng gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision syn
导航 導航 dǎo háng (lit. and fig.) to navigate syn
污染 wū rǎn to pollute / to contaminate (lit. and fig.) syn
焦点 焦點 jiāo diǎn (lit. and fig.) focal point / focus syn
舞台 舞臺 wǔ tái (lit. and fig.) stage / arena syn
提起 tí qǐ to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings) syn
那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person / fig. the person you have been looking for / Mr Right / the girl of one's dreams
联手 聯手 lián shǒu lit. to join hands / to act together syn
纵横 縱橫 zòng héng lit. warp and weft in weaving / vertically and horizontal / length and breadth / criss-crossed / able to move unhindered / abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) syn
阴影 陰影 yīn yǐng (lit. and fig.) shadow syn
开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.) / to open for business
挖掘 wā jué to excavate / (lit and fig.) to unearth / to dig into syn
青睐 青睞 qīng lài (literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on / (fig.) to show interest in / (favorable) attention / favor syn
渗透 滲透 shèn tòu (lit. and fig.) to permeate / to seep into / (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population) / (of hostile forces) to infiltrate / (chemistry) osmosis syn
桥梁 橋梁 qiáo liáng bridge (lit. and fig.) syn
新颖 新穎 xīn yǐng lit. new bud / fig. new and original syn
复活 復活 fù huó to revive / (lit. and fig.) to come back to life / (religion) resurrection syn
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn
挂牌 掛牌 guà pái lit. to hang up a plate / to open up for business / listed (on stock market) syn
开朗 開朗 kāi lǎng spacious and well-lit / open and clear / (of character) optimistic / cheerful / carefree syn
漫天 màn tiān lit. to fill the whole sky / everywhere / as far as the eye can see syn
出路 chū lù a way out (lit. and fig.) / opportunity for advancement / a way forward / outlet (for one's products)
冷却 冷卻 lěng què to cool (lit. and fig.) 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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