真是 zhēn shi indeed / truly / (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) syn 感谢 感謝 gǎn xiè (express) thanks / gratitude / grateful / thankful / thanks syn 道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn 表情 biǎo qíng (facial) expression / to express one's feelings syn 表示 biǎo shì (of sb) to express / to state / to show / (of sth) to indicate / to signify / to show / expression / manifestation syn 则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn 表达 表達 biǎo dá to express / to convey syn 发挥 發揮 fā huī to display / to exhibit / to bring out implicit or innate qualities / to express (a thought or moral) / to develop (an idea) / to elaborate (on a theme) syn 说来话长 說來話長 shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom) / complicated and not easy to express succinctly syn 快递 快遞 kuài dì express delivery 表白 biǎo bái to explain oneself / to express / to reveal one's thoughts or feelings / declaration / confession syn 致以 zhì yǐ to express / to present / to extend / to tender (greetings, thanks etc) syn 心里话 心裡話 xīn li huà (to express one's) true feelings / what is on one's mind / secret mind 快车 快車 kuài chē express (train, bus etc) 显出 顯出 xiǎn chū to express / to exhibit syn 抒情 shū qíng to express emotion / lyric syn 特快 tè kuài express (train, delivery etc) 致辞 致辭 zhì cí to express in words or writing / to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc) / to address (an audience) / same as 致詞|致词 syn 道谢 道謝 dào xiè to express thanks syn 唱反调 唱反調 chàng fǎn diào to express a different view / to take a different position syn 致歉 zhì qiàn to apologize / to express regret syn 表述 biǎo shù to express / to articulate / to formulate syn 慰问 慰問 wèi wèn to express sympathy, greetings, consolation etc syn 答谢 答謝 dá xiè to express one's thanks syn 寄予 jì yú to place (hope, importance etc) on / to express / to show / to give syn 手舞足蹈 shǒu wǔ zú dǎo lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom) / fig. to dance about / to express one's feelings in body language / to gesture animatedly / (TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs syn 十万火急 十萬火急 shí wàn huǒ jí most urgent / posthaste / express syn 加急 jiā jí to expedite / (of a delivery etc) expedited / express / urgent syn 致哀 zhì āi to express grief / to mourn 抒发 抒發 shū fā to express (an emotion) / to give vent syn 噘嘴 juē zuǐ to pout (to express anger or displeasure) 达意 達意 dá yì to express or convey one's ideas syn 特快专递 特快專遞 tè kuài zhuān dì express mail 快件 kuài jiàn an express consignment (of goods, luggage etc) / express mail service 鸣谢 鳴謝 míng xiè to express gratitude (esp. in public) / vote of thanks syn 不置可否 bù zhì kě fǒu decline to comment / not express an opinion / be noncommittal / hedge syn 恭贺 恭賀 gōng hè to congratulate respectfully / to express good wishes syn 称谢 稱謝 chēng xiè to express thanks syn 出点子 出點子 chū diǎn zi to express an opinion / to offer advice syn 寄予 jì yǔ to place (hope, importance etc) on / to express / to show / to give syn 猎艳 獵艷 liè yàn to chase women / to express oneself in a pompous flowery style 抒写 抒寫 shū xiě to express (emotions in prose) / a written description (of emotions) syn 名状 名狀 míng zhuàng to express / to describe 老几 老幾 lǎo jǐ where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement) 土豪 tǔ háo local tyrant / local strong man / (slang) nouveau riche syn 抒怀 抒懷 shū huái to express emotion syn 谢客 謝客 xiè kè to decline to meet a visitor / to express one's gratitude to one's guests 掉 diào to fall / to drop / to lag behind / to lose / to go missing / to reduce / fall (in prices) / to lose (value, weight etc) / to wag / to swing / to turn / to change / to exchange / to swap / to show off / to shed (hair) / (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) syn 哎 āi hey! / (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) syn 诶 誒 xī sigh (to express regret) 劳 勞 láo (bound form) to toil / labor / (bound form) laborer / (bound form) meritorious deed / (bound form) fatigue / to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth) / to express one's appreciation (Taiwan pr. [lao4]) syn 尤 yóu outstanding / particularly, especially / a fault / to express discontentment against syn 一言难尽 一言難盡 yī yán nán jìn hard to explain in a few words (idiom) / complicated and not easy to express succinctly syn 抒 shū to express / to give expression to / variant of 紓|纾[shu1] / to relieve syn 阐 闡 chǎn to express / to disclose / to enlighten / to open syn 地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 土地 tǔ di local god / genius loci syn 当地 當地 dāng dì local syn 本地 běn dì local / this locality syn 原地 yuán dì (in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product) 总监 總監 zǒng jiān head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration syn 习俗 習俗 xí sú custom / tradition / local tradition / convention syn 本土 běn tǔ one's native country / native / local / metropolitan territory syn 风情 風情 fēng qíng mien / bearing / grace / amorous feelings / flirtatious expressions / local conditions and customs / wind force, direction etc syn 局部 jú bù part / local syn 乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village) / local people / villager / the folks back home syn 高位 gāo wèi high position / eminent status / top job / raised position / upper (limbs) / a high (i.e. local maximum) / high point on scale, high grade, temperature, latitude etc syn 特产 特產 tè chǎn special local product / (regional) specialty 地痞 dì pǐ bully / local ruffian syn 派出所 pài chū suǒ local police station syn 组胺 組胺 zǔ àn histamine (a biogenic amine involved in local immune responses) 乡土 鄉土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) syn 土特产 土特產 tǔ tè chǎn local specialty syn 地头蛇 地頭蛇 dì tóu shé local bully / tyrant / regional mafia boss syn 诸侯 諸侯 zhū hóu dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor / local rulers syn 风土人情 風土人情 fēng tǔ rén qíng local conditions and customs (idiom) syn 地区性 地區性 dì qū xìng regional / local 局域网 局域網 jú yù wǎng local area network (LAN) 土产 土產 tǔ chǎn produced locally / local product (with distinctive native features) syn 慢车 慢車 màn chē local bus or train / slow train with many stops 就地取材 jiù dì qǔ cái to draw on local resources / using materials at hand 随俗 隨俗 suí sú according to custom / to do as local custom requires / do as the Romans do syn 德比 dé bǐ (sports) (loanword) derby (contest between local rivals) 因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances syn 城管 chéng guǎn local government bylaw enforcement officer / city management (abbr. for 城市管理行政執法局|城市管理行政执法局[Cheng2 shi4 Guan3 li3 Xing2 zheng4 Zhi2 fa3 ju2]) 采风 採風 cǎi fēng to collect local cultural material (recording folk songs, taking photos etc) syn 乡音 鄉音 xiāng yīn local accent / accent of one's native place syn 团练 團練 tuán liàn local militia formed to suppress peasant rebellion (old) 土皇帝 tǔ huáng dì local tyrant syn 地方 dì fāng region / regional (away from the central administration) / local syn 在地 zài dì (Tw) local / native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) 地方政府 dì fāng zhèng fǔ local government 民办 民辦 mín bàn run by the local people / privately operated syn 当地时间 當地時間 dāng dì shí jiān local time 地税 地稅 dì shuì local tax (abbr. for 地方稅|地方税[di4fang1shui4]) / land tax (abbr. for 土地稅|土地税[tu3di4shui4]) 街道办事处 街道辦事處 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities 地方性 dì fāng xìng local 提督 tí dū the local commander / provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) 北伐 běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords 