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"lit. closed gourd" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
闷葫芦 悶葫蘆 mèn hú lu lit. closed gourd / fig. enigma / complete mystery / taciturn person syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
冬瓜 dōng guā wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash
苦瓜 kǔ guā bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber)
闭域 閉域 bì yù closed domain / algebraically closed field (math.), e.g. complex number field 複數域|复数域[fu4 shu4 yu4]
已结束的特派团 closed peacekeeping mission / closed mission
军事禁区 closed military area / closed military zone
非开放名单制 非開放名單制 closed list / closed-list system
依样画葫芦 依樣畫葫蘆 yī yàng huà hú lu lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality syn
照葫芦画瓢 照葫蘆畫瓢 zhào hú lu huà piáo lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly syn
依葫芦画瓢 依葫蘆畫瓢 yī hú lu huà piáo lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification syn
守口如瓶 shǒu kǒu rú píng lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom) / tight-lipped / reticent / not breathing a word syn
辟室 闢室 pì shì lit. to open a room / fig. to settle in a quiet room / behind closed doors
葫芦 葫蘆 hú lu calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
瓜 guā melon / gourd / squash / (slang) a piece of gossip syn
匏 páo bottle gourd / Lagenaria vulgaris
瓠 hù gourd
宝葫芦 寶葫蘆 bǎo hú lu magic gourd, granting your every wish
宝葫芦的秘密 寶葫蘆的秘密 bǎo hú lu de mì mì Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼|张天翼[Zhang1 Tian1 yi4]
张天翼 張天翼 zhāng tiān yì Zhang Tianyi (1906-1985), children's writer, author of prize-winning fairy tale Secret of the Magic Gourd 寶葫蘆的秘密|宝葫芦的秘密[Bao3 hu2 lu5 de5 Mi4 mi4]
蒲瓜 pú guā white flowered gourd or calabash (family Crescentia)
李铁拐 李鐵拐 lǐ tiě guǎi Iron-Crutch Li, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙[Ba1 xian1] in Chinese mythology, walking around with an iron crutch and carrying a gourd with special medicine
瓜无滚圆，人无十全 瓜無滾圓，人無十全 guā wú gǔn yuán , rén wú shí quán no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
瓠瓜 hù guā bottle gourd
夜开花 夜開花 yè kāi huā bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜[hu4 gua1])
封闭 封閉 fēng bì to close / to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input) syn
紧闭 緊閉 jǐn bì to close securely / tightly closed / secure
闭着 閉著 bì zhe closed
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
开国 開國 kāi guó to found a state / to open a closed country syn
环路 環路 huán lù ring road / closed circuit / loop
闭路电视 閉路電視 bì lù diàn shì closed-circuit television
内定 內定 nèi dìng to select sb for a position without announcing the decision until later / to decide behind closed doors / all cut and dried
私了 sī liǎo to settle privately / to solve behind closed doors / to settle out of court
电子警察 電子警察 diàn zǐ jǐng chá traffic camera / speed camera / closed-circuit TV police surveillance
门闩 門閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt syn
公休 gōng xiū to have a public holiday / to have an official holiday / (Tw) (of a business establishment) to be closed regularly on certain days, as determined by a trade association
吃闭门羹 吃閉門羹 chī bì mén gēng to be refused entrance (idiom) / to find the door closed syn
闷 悶 mèn bored / depressed / melancholy / sealed / airtight / tightly closed syn
合眼摸象 hé yǎn mō xiàng to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom) / to proceed blindly
深闭固拒 深閉固拒 shēn bì gù jù deep, closed and refusing (idiom) / obstinate / stubborn and perverse
隔行如隔山 gé háng rú gé shān different trades, worlds apart (idiom) / to sb outside the profession, it is a closed book
闭关政策 閉關政策 bì guān zhèng cè closed-door policy
闭音节 閉音節 bì yīn jié closed syllable
封闭性 封閉性 fēng bì xìng closed / encapsulated
半开半关 半開半關 bàn kāi bàn guān half-open, half closed
合缝 合縫 hé fèng (of doors, windows etc) to fit snugly when closed / to close nicely
密闭式循环再呼吸水肺系统 密閉式循環再呼吸水肺系統 mì bì shì xún huán zài hū xī shuǐ fèi xì tǒng closed-circuit rebreather scuba (diving)
封闭性开局 封閉性開局 fēng bì xìng kāi jú Closed Game / Double Queen Pawn Opening (chess) / same as 雙后前兵開局|双后前兵开局
猜枚 cāi méi drinking game where one has to guess the number of small objects in the other player's closed hand
谢绝参观 謝絕參觀 xiè jué cān guān closed to visitors / no admittance
锁国 鎖國 suǒ guó to close a country / to exclude foreign contact / closed country (Qing China, North Korea etc)
闭区间 閉區間 bì qū jiān closed interval (in calculus)
闭卷考试 閉卷考試 bì juàn kǎo shì closed-book examination
闭图象定理 閉圖象定理 bì tú xiàng dìng lǐ closed graph theorem (math.)
闭子集 閉子集 bì zǐ jí closed subset (math.)
关店歇业 關店歇業 guān diàn xiē yè to close up shop and cease business temporarily / closed for business
双后前兵开局 雙后前兵開局 shuāng hòu qián bīng kāi jú Double Queen Pawn Opening / Closed Game (chess) / same as 封閉性開局|封闭性开局
闭集 閉集 bì jí closed set (math.)
封闭生态系统 封閉生態繫統 fēng bì shēng tài xì tǒng closed ecological system
闭门会议 閉門會議 bì mén huì yì closed-door meeting
禁渔区 closed area
闭杯试验 bì bēi shì yàn closed-cup test
密闭生态系统 密閉生態系統 mì bì shēng tài xì tǒng closed ecological system
郁闭林被 郁閉林被 yù bì lín bèi closed forest cover
封闭林 封閉林 fēng bì lín closed wood
限制出入区 限制出入區 xiàn zhì chū rù qū restricted area / closed area
闭路字幕 閉路字幕 closed captioned
关闭式监所 關閉式監所 closed penal institution
暖轿 暖轎 nuǎn jiào closed sedan chair
辟室密谈 闢室密談 pì shì mì tán to discuss behind closed doors
闭目养神 閉目養神 bì mù yǎng shén to relax with one's eyes closed
内测 內測 nèi cè (software development) to do closed beta (or internal beta) testing
暗里 暗裡 àn li privately / secretly / behind closed doors
闭环 閉環 bì huán closed loop
深锁 深鎖 shēn suǒ locked up / closed off / (of one's brow) furrowed / frowning
闭源 閉源 bì yuán (computing) closed-source
闭馆 閉館 bì guǎn (of libraries, museums etc) to be closed syn
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
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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