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"long and drawn-out" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
旷日持久 曠日持久 kuàng rì chí jiǔ protracted (idiom) / long and drawn-out syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
剑拔弩张 劍拔弩張 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng lit. with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom) / fig. a state of mutual hostility / at daggers drawn syn
悠悠 yōu yōu lasting for ages / long drawn out / remote in time or space / unhurried / a great number (of events) / preposterous / pensive syn
悠长 悠長 yōu cháng long / drawn-out / prolonged / lingering syn
悠 yōu long or drawn out / remote in time or space / leisurely / to swing / pensive / worried syn
知难而退 知難而退 zhī nán ér tuì lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like syn
淘汰 táo tài to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out syn
长期 長期 cháng qī long term / long time / long range (of a forecast) syn
长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn
车裂 車裂 chē liè to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment) syn
万水千山 萬水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road syn
收山 shōu shān (slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career / to pack it in / (of a gangster, prostitute etc) to get out of the game / (of a business) to cease to operate
卷入 捲入 juǎn rù to be drawn into / to be involved in syn
排量 pái liàng discharge volume / engine capacity / engine displacement (volume of air fuel mixture drawn in during one cycle)
手绘 手繪 shǒu huì to paint by hand / to draw by hand / hand-painted / hand-drawn
吸住 xī zhù to draw (towards) / to be drawn to / to be sucked in
和棋 hé qí drawn game (in chess or other board game) / CL:盤|盘[pan2] syn
蜷伏 quán fú to curl up / to lie with knees drawn up / to huddle up syn
画地为牢 畫地為牢 huà dì wéi láo lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities syn
畜力 chù lì animal power / animal-drawn (plow etc)
阄 鬮 jiū lots (to be drawn) / lot (in a game of chance)
辇 輦 niǎn (archaic) man-drawn carriage / an imperial carriage / to transport by carriage syn
兽力车 獸力車 shòu lì chē animal-drawn vehicle / carriage
等额比基金 等額比基金 děng é bǐ jī jīn equality ration fund, a charitable investment fund that can be drawn down in proportion to further donations
银丝卷 銀絲捲 yín sī juǎn yin si juan, steamed bun from Shandong province with hand-drawn dough threads folded over
畜力车 畜力車 chù lì chē animal-drawn cart
井盐 井鹽 jǐng yán salt produced by evaporating brine drawn from wells
情头 情頭 qíng tóu "lovers' avatar" – avatar that matches the avatar of a significant other (e.g. two halves of one image, two images drawn in a similar style etc), used to indicate a romantic relationship (abbr. for 情侶頭像|情侣头像[qing2 lu : 3 tou2 xiang4])
试探 試探 shì tàn to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out syn
灭 滅 miè to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown syn
拔 bá to pull up / to pull out / to draw out by suction / to select / to pick / to stand out (above level) / to surpass / to seize syn
熄 xī to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn
长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression
任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn
远劳 遠勞 yuǎn láo (courteous expression) you have made a long and exhausting journey / you will be making a long trip (when asking a favor that involves going to a faraway place)
分久必合，合久必分 fēn jiǔ bì hé , hé jiǔ bì fēn lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. things are constantly changing
豅 lóng long and wide valley
早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn
远程 遠程 yuǎn chéng remote / long distance / long range syn
不久 bù jiǔ not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after syn
多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time
长远 長遠 cháng yuǎn long-term / long-range syn
前不久 qián bù jiǔ not long ago / not long before syn
多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn
久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn
长廊 長廊 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2]
远景 遠景 yuǎn jǐng scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot
长袖 長袖 cháng xiù long sleeves / long-sleeved shirt
长毛 長毛 cháng máo long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc)
长龙 長龍 cháng lóng long queue / long line (of cars, people etc)
久已 jiǔ yǐ long ago / a long time since syn
远虑 遠慮 yuǎn lǜ long-term considerations / to take the long view
夙 sù morning / early / long-held / long-cherished syn
寿比南山 壽比南山 shòu bǐ nán shān Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live! syn
放长线钓大鱼 放長線釣大魚 fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom) / a long-term plan for major returns
宿见 宿見 sù jiàn long-held opinion / long-cherished view
异地恋 異地戀 yì dì liàn long-distance romance / long-distance relationship
蟏蛸 蠨蛸 xiāo shāo long-jawed orb weaver, aka long-jawed spider (family Tetragnathidae)
长久以来 長久以來 cháng jiǔ yǐ lái for a long time now / long since
远途 遠途 yuǎn tú long-distance / long-haul
长臂吊车 long-reach crane / long-reach boom
长期任职的工作人员 long-service staff / long-serving staff
国家远景研究 guó jiā yuàn jǐng yán jiū National Long-term Perspective Studies programme / National Long-term Perspective Studies
水下远程导弹系统 水下遠程導彈系統 undersea long-range missile system / underwater long-range missile system
兔子尾巴长不了 兔子尾巴長不了 tù zi wěi ba cháng bu liǎo rabbits don't have long tails (idiom) / its days are numbered / won't last long syn
彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom syn
呕心沥血 嘔心瀝血 ǒu xīn lì xuè lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears syn
吹灯拔蜡 吹燈拔蠟 chuī dēng bá là lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with
长达 長達 cháng dá to extend as long as / to lengthen out to syn
暴走 bào zǒu out of control / berserk / to go for a long walk
奔袭 奔襲 bēn xí to carry out a long-range raid
深谋远略 深謀遠略 shēn móu yuǎn lüè a well-thought out long-term strategy
没齿不忘 沒齒不忘 mò chǐ bù wàng lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out / to remember as long as one lives / unforgettable (idiom) syn
没齿难忘 沒齒難忘 mò chǐ nán wàng hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom) / to remember a benefactor as long as one lives / undying gratitude
疏阔 疏闊 shū kuò inaccurate / slipshod / poorly thought-out / distant / vague / long-separated / broadly scattered
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
百分之百 bǎi fēn zhī bǎi a hundred percent / out and out / absolutely syn
不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out syn
透顶 透頂 tòu dǐng out-and-out / thoroughly syn
冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
刻苦耐劳 刻苦耐勞 kè kǔ nài láo to bear hardships and work hard (idiom) / assiduous and long-suffering / hard-working and capable of overcoming adversity syn
发出 發出 fā chū to issue (an order, decree etc) / to send out / to dispatch / to produce (a sound) / to let out (a laugh) syn
整理 zhěng lǐ to arrange / to tidy up / to sort out / to straighten out / to list systematically / to collate (data, files) / to pack (luggage) syn
展开 展開 zhǎn kāi to unfold / to spread out / to open up / to launch / to carry out syn
拿出 ná chū to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence) syn
伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle syn
爆发 爆發 bào fā to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out 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
取出 qǔ chū to take out / to extract / to draw out
掏出 tāo chū to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)
出炉 出爐 chū lú to take out of the furnace / fresh out of the oven / fig. newly announced / recently made available
想出 xiǎng chū to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc)
不合 bù hé to not conform to / to be unsuited to / to be out of keeping with / should not / ought out syn
挤出 擠出 jǐ chū to squeeze out / to extrude / to drain / to find the time / to burst out syn
出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn
喷出 噴出 pēn chū spout / spray / belch / to well up / to puff out / to spurt out
出局 chū jú (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
涌出 湧出 yǒng chū to gush / to gush out / to pour out 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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