独处 獨處 dú chǔ to live alone / to spend time alone (or with a significant other) 如履薄冰 rú lǚ bó bīng lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom) / fig. to be extremely cautious / to be skating on thin ice syn 履险如夷 履險如夷 lǚ xiǎn rú yí lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom) / fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly syn 单刀赴会 單刀赴會 dān dāo fù huì lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom) / fig. to go alone into enemy lines 孤身只影 孤身隻影 gū shēn zhī yǐng lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom) 顾影自怜 顧影自憐 gù yǐng zì lián lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom) / fig. alone and dejected syn 一个巴掌拍不响 一個巴掌拍不響 yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support 一木难支 一木難支 yī mù nán zhī lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom) / fig. one is helpless alone syn 走在 zǒu zài walking (on sth) 驻足 駐足 zhù zú to stop (walking) / to halt syn 拐杖 guǎi zhàng crutches / crutch / walking stick syn 步道 bù dào walking path / pathway 前脚 前腳 qián jiǎo one moment ..., (the next ...) / leading foot (in walking) 灯会 燈會 dēng huì carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance 行尸走肉 行屍走肉 xíng shī zǒu ròu walking corpse (idiom) / zombie / person who lives only on the material level syn 后脚 後腳 hòu jiǎo (one moment ...,) the next ... / trailing foot (in walking) 竞走 競走 jìng zǒu walking race (athletics event) 大步流星 dà bù liú xīng at a stride / taking large steps (while walking) syn 走步 zǒu bù to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball) 步履维艰 步履維艱 bù lǚ wéi jiān to have difficulty walking (idiom) / to walk with difficulty syn 高跷 高蹺 gāo qiāo stilts / walking on stilts as component of folk dance 拐棍 guǎi gùn cane / walking stick syn 活字典 huó zì diǎn walking dictionary / well-informed person 杖 zhàng a staff / a rod / cane / walking stick / to flog with a stick (old) syn 蹡 qiāng (manner of walking) 一走了之 yī zǒu liǎo zhī to avoid a problem by walking away from it / to quit 儦 biāo walking to and fro 步犁 bù lí walking plow 辿 chān used in names, e.g. 龍王辿|龙王辿[Long2 wang2 Chan1] Longwang Chan, a place in Shaanxi Province / (literary) (of one's walking pace) slow 跮 chì hasty walking 拽步 zhuài bù to take long strides / to hurry (while walking) 撒呓挣 撒囈掙 sā yì zhēng somniloquy / to talk or act in one's sleep / sleep-walking 走索 zǒu suǒ tightrope walking 走绳 走繩 zǒu shéng tightrope walking 踥蹀 qiè dié walking / in motion 步行性肺炎 walking pneumonia 顺拐 順拐 shùn guǎi to swing the arm and leg on the same side of the body together while walking 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 行板 xíng bǎn andante / at a walking pace 躣 qú (manner of walking) 辅具 輔具 fǔ jù assistive device (walking frame, hearing aid etc) 款段 kuǎn duàn (literary) pony / (of a horse) walking leisurely 经行 經行 jīng xíng to perform walking meditation 学步车 學步車 xué bù chē baby walker / baby walking frame 森林浴 sēn lín yù forest bathing: spending time in a forest, walking or deep-breathing etc, as therapy (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 森林浴 "shinrin'yoku") 莲步 蓮步 lián bù (literary) light, airy steps (as if walking on lotuses) / elegant gait of a woman 独立 獨立 dú lì independent / independence / to stand alone syn 单身 單身 dān shēn unmarried / single / alone syn 单独 單獨 dān dú alone / by oneself / on one's own syn 独自 獨自 dú zì alone syn 何况 何況 hé kuàng let alone / to say nothing of / besides / what's more syn 别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of / not to mention / let alone 单个 單個 dān ge single / alone / individually / an odd one syn 放任 fàng rèn to ignore / to let alone / to indulge syn 孤身 gū shēn alone / lonely syn 只身 隻身 zhī shēn alone / by oneself syn 独身 獨身 dú shēn unmarried / single / alone syn 孤零零 gū líng líng lone / isolated and without help / all alone / solitary syn 惟独 惟獨 wéi dú only / solely / this one alone syn 独居 獨居 dú jū to live alone / to live a solitary existence 无独有偶 無獨有偶 wú dú yǒu ǒu not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.) / not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case syn 落单 落單 luò dān to be on one's own / to be left alone / to be left out 独来独往 獨來獨往 dú lái dú wǎng coming and going alone (idiom) / a lone operator / keeping to oneself / unsociable / maverick 放羊 fàng yáng to tend a flock of sheep / to let sheep out to pasture / fig. to throw off the reins / to leave sb alone / acting freely and irresponsibly 独独 獨獨 dú dú alone syn 遑论 遑論 huáng lùn let alone / not to mention 独断 獨斷 dú duàn to decide alone without consultation / arbitrary / dictatorial syn 独酌 獨酌 dú zhuó to drink alone 伶仃 líng dīng alone and helpless syn 孑然 jié rán solitary / lonely / alone 独断独行 獨斷獨行 dú duàn dú xíng to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself syn 独 獨 dú alone / independent / single / sole / only syn 唯 wéi only / alone / -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism) syn 孑 jié (literary) lonely / all alone 阒 闃 qù quiet / to live alone 踽 jǔ hunchbacked / walk alone 茕 煢 qióng alone / desolate 独断专行 獨斷專行 dú duàn zhuān xíng to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself syn 瞏 qióng (literary) to gaze in terror / (literary) alone / unaided 孑然一身 jié rán yī shēn to be all alone in the world syn 泥菩萨过江 泥菩薩過江 ní pú sà guò jiāng a clay Bodhisattva fording a river / unable to save oneself, let alone others 茕茕孑立 煢煢孑立 qióng qióng jié lì to stand all alone 踽踽独行 踽踽獨行 jǔ jǔ dú xíng to walk alone (idiom) 一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance) / alone (without company) 伶俜 líng pīng (literary) lonely / all alone / solitary 孑影孤单 孑影孤單 jié yǐng gū dān to be all alone by oneself 孑立 jié lì to be alone / to stand in isolation 孑立无依 孑立無依 jié lì wú yī to stand alone / to have no one to rely on 孑身 jié shēn all by oneself / all alone 孤孑特立 gū jié tè lì to be all alone in the world 孤征 gū zhēng to act on one's own / to fight alone 守空房 shǒu kōng fáng to stay home alone (of married woman) 挈挈 qiè qiè alone / solitary 空身 kōng shēn empty handed (carrying nothing) / alone 莫讲 莫講 mò jiǎng let alone / not to speak of (all the others) 孤独于世 孤獨於世 gū dú yú shì alone in the world (idiom) 独立应用程序 stand-alone application 独立计算机 獨立計算機 stand-alone computer unit 独立项目 獨立項目 stand-alone project 